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Cheney is a surname, and may refer to: *Ben Cheney, lumber businessman *Benjamin Pierce Cheney, American businessman *Chris Cheney, guitarist and lead singer of Australian rock band The Living End *Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States **Lynne Cheney, Dick Cheney's wife **Elizabeth Cheney, Dick Cheney's daughter **Mary Cheney, Dick Cheney's daughter *Dorothy Cheney, tennis player *Edwin Cheney, commissioned the Frank Lloyd Wright Cheney House *Emily Cheney Neville, author and Newbury Medal winner *Eric Cheney, an independent British motorcycle designer and manufacturer *Howell Cheney, American manufacturer *John Cheyne (Master of the Horse) (c1445-1499) Master of the Horse to King Edward IV of England *John Cheyne (Speaker of the House) Speaker of the House (14th C) *Lauren Cheney (born 1987), American soccer player *Mary Cheney Greeley, wife of Horace Greeley *Oren B. Cheney, abolitionist, founder of Bates College *Person C. Cheney, United States Senator, Governor of New Hampshire *Thomas Cheney (c1485-1558), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports *Tom Cheney (cartoonist), an award-winning cartoonist who writes for The New Yorker and MAD Magazine *Tom Cheney (baseball player), a former Major League Baseball pitcher