Chamberlain (surname)

Chamberlain is an English surname. In English, it means an attendant for a sovereign or lord in his bedchamber, or a chief officer in the household of a king or nobleman.

List of people
Notable people with this surname include:
 * Alec Chamberlain (born 1964), English football player
 * Azaria Chamberlain (1980) baby killed by dingo; mother and father wrongfully imprisoned for murder
 * Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1865–1914), Canadian anthropologist
 * Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), English football player
 * Ardwight Chamberlain (born 1957), American voice actor and screenwriter
 * Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937), British politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner, son of Joseph Chamberlain
 * Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850–1935), British Japanologist and poet
 * Betsey Guppy Chamberlain (c. 1797–1886), textile mill worker of Native American background who wrote sketches and poetry in the early 19th century
 * Brenda Chamberlain (politician) (born 1952), Canadian politician
 * Brenda Chamberlain (artist) (1912–1971), Welsh artist and poet
 * Boeta Chamberlain (b. 1999), South African rugby union player
 * Calvin T. Chamberlain (1795–1878), New York politician
 * Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1863–1943), American botanist
 * Corinna Chamberlain, as also as Chan Ming-yan, Hong Kong-based Sinophone singer and actress with Australia-New Zealand ancestry
 * Cyril Chamberlain (1909–1974), British actor
 * Daniel Henry Chamberlain (1835–1907), American politician
 * Daniel R. Chamberlain, American academic administrator, president of Houghton College
 * David Chamberlain (born 1975), American cross-country skier
 * Dean Chamberlain, American photographer
 * Edward Chamberlain (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Emma Chamberlain, American Youtuber
 * George Chamberlain (disambiguation), several people
 * Helen Chamberlain (born 1967), British television host
 * Henry Chamberlain (disambiguation), several people
 * Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855–1927), British author noted for his works concerning the Aryan race
 * Howland Chamberlain (1911-1984), American actor
 * Ice Box Chamberlain (1867–1929), American baseball player
 * Jay Chamberlain (1925–2001), American race car driver
 * Jerry Chamberlain (born 1952), American singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer
 * Joba Chamberlain (born 1985), American baseball player
 * John Chamberlain (letter writer) (1553–1628), English writer
 * John Angus Chamberlain (1927–2011), American sculptor
 * John Curtis Chamberlain (1772–1834), US politician
 * John Henry Chamberlain (1831–1883), English architect
 * John Loomis Chamberlain (1858–1948), American army officer, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal
 * John Marvin Chamberlain (1844–1928), English composer
 * John Rensselaer Chamberlain (1903–1995), American journalist and editor
 * Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914), British politician
 * Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914), college professor, officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and Governor of Maine
 * Lauren Chamberlain (born 1993), American softball infielder
 * Lindy Chamberlain (born 1948) and Michael Chamberlain (1944–2017), whose infant daughter Azaria disappeared in the Dingo Baby case
 * Marise Chamberlain (born 1935), New Zealand middle-distance runner
 * Matt Chamberlain (born 1967), American drummer
 * M. E. Chamberlain (1932–2022), British historian
 * Mellen Chamberlain (1821–1900), American lawyer, historian and librarian
 * Montague Chamberlain (1844–1924), Canadian-American naturalist, founder of the American Ornithologists' Union
 * Nathan Henry Chamberlain (1830–1901), American clergyman
 * Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940, son of Joseph Chamberlain
 * Neville Bowles Chamberlain (1820–1902), British Field Marshal
 * Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain (1856–1944), British Army officer and Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary
 * Neville Patrick Chamberlain (born 1960), English footballer
 * Neville Chamberlain (bishop) (1939–2018), British Anglican cleric, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brechin, 1997–2005
 * Owen Chamberlain (1920–2006), Nobel Prize–winning American physicist and co-discoverer of the anti-proton
 * Richard Chamberlain (born 1935), American actor who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare
 * Richard Chamberlain (MP for Islington West) (1840–1899), British politician
 * Samuel Chamberlain (1829–1908), American soldier, painter and artist
 * Samuel Selwyn Chamberlain (1851–1916), American journalist
 * Siobhan Chamberlain (born 1983), English football goalkeeper
 * Spencer Chamberlain (born 1983), American vocalist for the band Underoath
 * Thomas Crowder Chamberlain (1843–1928), American geologist
 * Tosh Chamberlain (1934–2021), English footballer
 * Vicente Cuadra Chamberlain (1919–2000), Nicaraguan advertising executive
 * Warren D. Chamberlain (1927–2013), American politician
 * William Charles Chamberlain (1818–1878), British Rear Admiral
 * William H. Chamberlain (1931–1972), American politician from Illinois
 * Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), American basketball player