Cheshire (surname)

Cheshire is a surname, derived from the English county of Cheshire. Notable people with the surname include:

• Drew Cheshire (born 1991), English rugby union player
• Edward Cheshire, British brewer and Mayor of Smethwick 1902–1903
• Elizabeth Cheshire (born 1967), American actress
• Fleming D. Cheshire (1849–1922), American businessman, interpreter, and diplomat
• Geoffrey Cheshire (1886–1978), British barrister, scholar, and writer
• Godfrey Cheshire (born 1951), American film critic, film writer, and director
• Harry Cheshire (1891–1968), American actor
• Ian Cheshire (engineer) (1936–2013), Scottish petroleum engineer
• Ian Cheshire (businessman) (born 1959), British businessman
• Jenny Cheshire, British sociolinguist and professor
• John Cheshire (born 1942), British retired senior Royal Air Force commander
• John Cheshire (boxer) (born 1947), British boxer
• John Cheshire (rugby league) (born 1933), Welsh rugby league footballer
• Joseph Blount Cheshire (1850–1932), American Episcopal bishop of North Carolina, US
• Leonard Cheshire (1917–1992), British World War II RAF pilot and philanthropist
• Lorraine Cheshire (born 1958), English actress
• Maxine Cheshire (1930–2020), American newspaper reporter
• Oliver Cheshire (born 1988), English fashion model and writer
• Rowan Cheshire (born 1995), British freestyle skier
• Simon Cheshire (born 1964), British author of children's literature
• Stuart Cheshire, computer scientist and programmer at Apple