Furness (disambiguation)

Furness is a peninsula in the southern part of Cumbria, in north-west England.

Furness may also refer to:
 * Furness Abbey, a former monastery in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
 * Furness Building Society, a British building society
 * Furness Church, a church in County Kildare, Ireland
 * Furness College, Barrow-in-Furness, A college of further education situated in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
 * Furness College, Lancaster, A constituent college of Lancaster University, named after the Furness area
 * Furness Fells, a multitude of hills and mountains in Furness
 * Furness line, a railway in North West England
 * Furness Railway, a former railway company operating in Furness
 * Furness Vale, a village in High Peak, Derbyshire, England
 * Silurus furness, a species of fish
 * Viscount Furness, a former title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

People with the surname Furness:


 * Betty Furness (1916–1994), American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator
 * Bruce Furness (21st century), former mayor of Fargo, North Dakota
 * Caroline Furness (1869–1936), American astronomer
 * Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness (1852–1912), British businessman and Liberal politician
 * Christopher Furness (VC) (1912–1940), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Deborra-Lee Furness (born 1955), Australian actress, director and producer
 * Don Furness (Australian rules footballer) (born 1930), former Australian rules footballer
 * Don Furness (rugby union) (1921–1993), former rugby union player
 * Ed Furness (1911–2005), Canadian comic book artist
 * Frank Furness (1839–1912), American architect
 * George Furness (1820–1900), British construction engineer
 * Harold Furness (1887–1975), American cricketer
 * Horace Howard Furness (1833–1912), American Shakespearean scholar
 * Rachel Furness (born 1988), Northern Irish association footballer
 * Richard Furness (1791–1857), British poet
 * Steve Furness (1950–2000), American football defensive tackle
 * Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904–1970), American socialite
 * Vera Furness (1921–2002), English chemist and industrial manager
 * William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (1929–1995), Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
 * William Henry Furness (1802–1896), American abolitionist and Unitarian minister
 * William Henry Furness III (1866-1920) American physician, ethnographer and author
 * Annis Lee Wister (née Furness, 1830–1908), American translator
 * Caroline Furness Jayne (née Furness, 1873–1909), American ethnologist