What is "furneaux"

Furneaux may refer to:

• Furneaux (surname)

• Chapman and Furneaux, steam locomotive manufacturer with a works situated in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK
• Furneaux Burrowing Crayfish or Engaeus, genus of freshwater crayfish found in Australia
• Furneaux Group, group of 52 islands, at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia
• Furneaux Pelham, village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England
• Viscount Furneaux or Earl of Birkenhead, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Furneaux is a Norman- French locational surname.

Notable people with this name include:

• Charles Furneaux (1835–1913), drawing instructor in the Boston area
• Furneaux Cook (1839–1903), English opera singer and actor
• Henry Furneaux (1829–1900), British classical scholar, specialising in Tacitus
• Karen Furneaux (born 1976), Canadian sprint kayaker who has been competing since 1988
• Ky Furneaux (born 1973), Australian outdoor guide, TV host, female survival expert and stunt person
• Peter Furneaux (born 1935), English football club chairman and investor
• Philip Furneaux (1726–1783), English independent minister
• Robert Furneaux Jordan (1905–1978), English architect, architectural critic and novelist
• Robin Furneaux or Frederick Smith (1936–1985), 3rd Earl of Birkenhead
• Thomas Furneaux Lennon or Thomas Lennon (filmmaker), documentary filmmaker
• Tobias Furneaux (1735–1781), English navigator and Royal Navy officer, accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration
• William Mordaunt Furneaux or William Furneaux, Dean of Winchester in the early decades of the 20th century
• Yvonne Furneaux (born 1928), French film actress