title: Chenoweth
text: # Chenoweth
  
  Chenoweth is a name of Cornish origin meaning "new house" (Chy nowydh) in the Cornish language. Chenowith, Chinowith, Chernoweth, and Chernowith are alternative spellings.
  
  ## People
  
  ### Real
  
  * Alice Chenoweth (1853–1925), birth name of American author and activist Helen H. Gardener
  * Blair Chenoweth (born 1981), American dance instructor, former Miss Alaska
  * Caroline Van Deusen Chenoweth (1846–1917), American educator and diplomat
  * Ellen Chenoweth, contemporary American casting director
  * Eric Chenowith (born 1979), American basketball player
  * Erica Chenoweth (born 1980), American political scientist
  * Florence Chenoweth (born 1945), Liberian agriculture and food security specialist
  * Francis A. Chenoweth (1819–1899), American politician
  * Helen Chenoweth-Hage (1938–2006), American politician
  * John Chenoweth (Colorado politician) (1897–1986), American politician
  * Kristin Chenoweth (born 1968), American actress and singer
  * Laura Chenoweth Butz (1860–1939), American educator
  * Lemuel Chenoweth (1811–1887), American covered bridge builder
  * Richard Chenoweth (18th century), builder of Fort Nelson, Kentucky
  * Vida Chenoweth (1928-2018), ethnomusicologist, marimbist and linguist
  
  ### Fictional
  
  * Brenda Chenowith, on the television series Six Feet Under
  * Billy Chenowith, brother of Brenda Chenowith on Six Feet Under
  