Farnsworth (surname)
Farnsworth is a surname which may refer to:
People
- Bill Farnsworth (1887-1966), Australian rugby league footballer, brother of Viv
- Charles S. Farnsworth (1862-1955), American general in World War I, Chief of Infantry
- Christopher Farnsworth (born 1971), American novelist and screenwriter
- Daniel D. T. Farnsworth (1819-1892), American politician, briefly second Governor of West Virginia
- Dave Farnsworth (born 1951), American politician
- David Farnsworth, American Loyalist and British agent during the American Revolutionary War, hanged for attempting the undermine the American economy by counterfeiting money
- Dr. Dean Farnsworth, developer of the Farnsworth Lantern Test, used to screen for color blindness
- E. Allan Farnsworth (1928-2005), American legal scholar
- E. L. Farnsworth (1863-1940), American politician
- Eddie Farnsworth, American politician who first assumed office in 2001
- Edward Farnsworth (1880-1937), American college football player and US Army lieutenant colonel
- Elizabeth Farnsworth (born 1943), correspondent and former substitute anchor of the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Elon Farnsworth (Michigan Attorney General) (1799-1877), American lawyer, politician and Michigan Attorney General
- Elon J. Farnsworth (1837-1863), Union cavalry general in the American Civil War
- Emma Justine Farnsworth (1860-1952), American photographer
- Herbert E. Farnsworth (1834-1908), American Civil War soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
- Jeff Farnsworth (born 1975), Major League Baseball pitcher in 2002
- Joe Farnsworth (born 1968), American jazz drummer
- John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), American politician and Union Army general in the American Civil War
- John Semer Farnsworth (1893-1952), former US Navy officer convicted of spying for Japan from 1932 to 1934
- Kyle Farnsworth (born 1976), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Philo Farnsworth (1906-1971), American inventor of the electronic television camera
- Philo Judson Farnsworth (1832-1909), American physician and professor
- Robert M. Farnsworth (born 1929), Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Missouri and author
- Richard Farnsworth (1920-2000), American actor
- Richard Farnsworth (politician), member of the Maine House of Representatives (1996-1998, 2012- )
- Richard Farnsworth (Quaker) (fl. second half of 17th century), one of the early leaders of the Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Thomas J. Farnsworth, President of the West Virginia Senate from 1883 to 1885
- Viv Farnsworth (1889–1953), Australian rugby league footballer, brother of Bill
- Walter K. Farnsworth (1870–1929), American attorney and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
- Ward Farnsworth (born 1967), American law professor and dean of the University of Texas School of Law
- Wilton S. Farnsworth (1885-1945), American sports writer, editor and boxing promoter
Fictional characters
- Astrid Farnsworth, a special agent in the television series Fringe
- Cubert Farnsworth, Hubert J. Farnsworth's 12-year-old clone (also from the television series Futurama)
- Hubert J. Farnsworth, a main character in the television series Futurama, named after Philo Farnsworth
- Jerry Farnsworth and his family, characters in Robert A. Heinlein's novel Job: A Comedy of Justice
- Leo Farnsworth is one of the characters played by Warren Beatty in the 1978 movie Heaven Can Wait
- Oliver V. Farnsworth, an attorney from The Man Who Fell to Earth
- Rudolph Farnsworth, a Kim Possible villain
See also
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