Gurney is an English surname of Anglo-Norman origin.
Notable families The Gurney family (Norwich), Quakers in England that established Gurney's bank: Anna Gurney (1795–1857), Old English scholar Catherine Gurney (1848–1930), English activist Daniel Gurney (1791–1880), banker and antiquary Elizabeth Fry née Gurney (1780–1845), prison reformer and philanthropist Hudson Gurney (1775–1864), English antiquary, verse-writer, and politician Isabel Charlotte Gurney (Isabel Talbot, Baroness Talbot de Malahide) (1851–1932), English philanthropist John Henry Gurney Sr. (1819–1890), banker and amateur ornithologist, son of Joseph John Gurney Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847), banker, brother of Elizabeth Fry and father of John Henry Gurney Robert Gurney (1879–1950), English zoologist Samuel Gurney (1786–1856), banker and philanthropist English shorthand pioneers: Thomas Gurney (shorthand writer) (1705–1770), first known official shorthand writer Sir John Gurney (judge) (1768–1845), barrister and judge William Brodie Gurney (1777–1855), shorthand writer and philanthropist Joseph Gurney (1804–1879), British shorthand writer and biblical scholar English clergymen and civil servants (related to the banking family): Archer Thompson Gurney (1820–1887), Church of England clergyman and hymn writer John Hampden Gurney (1802–1862), Anglican clergyman and hymnist Richard Gurney (1790–1843), vice-warden of the stannaries, and father of Archer Thompson Gurney Edmund Gurney (divine) (d.1648), English clergyman, divine and anti-Catholic writer Russell Gurney (1804–1878), English Conservative Party politician American professional auto racing drivers: Dan Gurney (1931–2018), father of Alex Gurney Alex Gurney (born 1974), son of Dan Gurney
Others with this surname A. R. Gurney (1930–2017), American playwright and novelist Alison Gurney (born 1957), Scottish pharmacologist Andy Gurney (b. 1974), English footballer Alexander George Gurney (1902–1955), Australian cartoonist and comic strip creator Bobby Gurney (1907–1994), English football player Charles Raymond Gurney (1906–1942), Australian aviator Charles W. Gurney (1840–1913), American businessman Daryl Gurney (b. 1986), Northern Irish darts player Edmund Gurney (1847–1888), English psychologist and psychic researcher. Edward Gurney (1868–1938), English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire Edward J. Gurney (1914–1996), U.S. Representative and Senator from Florida Eric Gurney (1910–1992), Canadian cartoonist who worked with the Walt Disney Company Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793–1875), British scientist Harry Gurney (b. 1986), English cricketer Sir Henry Gurney (Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney) (1898–1951), British High Commissioner in Malaya Ivor Gurney (1890–1937), English composer and war poet James Gurney (born 1958), U.S. artist best known as the creator and illustrator of the Dinotopia books Jason Gurney (1910–1973), British sculptor who fought in the Spanish Civil War Jeremiah Gurney (1812–1886), American daguerreotype photographer John Chandler Gurney (1896–1985), U.S. Senator from South Dakota Margaret Gurney (1908–2002), American mathematician, statistician, and computer programmer Margaret Gurney (artist) (b.1943), Australian artist Oliver Gurney (1911–2001), English assyriologist and hittitologist Peter Gurney (1938–2006), English guinea pig campaigner Rachel Gurney (1920–2001), English actor Sir Richard Gurney (d.1647), 1st Baronet, English merchant, Lord Mayor of London
Ronald Wilfred Gurney (1898–1953), British theoretical physicist Scott Gurney (b. 1976), American actor and executive producer Stan Gurney (1908–1942), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross Steve Gurney (b. 1963), New Zealand multisport and triathlon athlete
In fiction Gladys Gurney, a member of the extended Simpson family in The Simpsons Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney, protagonist of Peter Barnes' 1968 play, The Ruling Class. Gurney Halleck, character from Dune