Farnsworth (surname)
Farnsworth is a surname which may refer to:
People
- Alice Hall Farnsworth, American astronomer
- Bill Farnsworth, Australian rugby league footballer, brother of Viv
- Charles S. Farnsworth, American general in World War I, Chief of Infantry
- Christopher Farnsworth, American novelist and screenwriter
- Daniel D. T. Farnsworth, American politician, briefly second Governor of West Virginia
- Dave Farnsworth, American politician
- David Farnsworth, American Loyalist and British agent during the American Revolutionary War, hanged for attempting to undermine the American economy by counterfeiting money
- Dr. Dean Farnsworth, developer of the Farnsworth Lantern Test, used to screen for color blindness
- E. Allan Farnsworth, American legal scholar
- E. L. Farnsworth, American politician
- Eddie Farnsworth, American politician who first assumed office in 2001
- Edward Farnsworth, American college football player and US Army officer
- Elizabeth Farnsworth, correspondent and former substitute anchor of the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Elon Farnsworth (Michigan Attorney General), American lawyer, politician and Michigan Attorney General
- Elon J. Farnsworth, Union cavalry general in the American Civil War
- Emma Justine Farnsworth, American photographer
- Philo Taylor Farnsworth, "The father of television", American inventor and pioneer who was granted the first patent for the television by the United States Government
- Henry Weston Farnsworth, American soldier, writer, and journalist
- Herbert E. Farnsworth, American Civil War soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
- Jeff Farnsworth, Major League Baseball pitcher in 2002
- Joe Farnsworth, American jazz drummer
- John F. Farnsworth, American politician and Union Army general in the Civil War
- John Semer Farnsworth, former US Navy officer convicted of spying for Japan from 1932 to 1934
- Kyle Farnsworth, American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Linsey Farnsworth, British politician
- Paul R. Farnsworth, American music psychologist
- Philo Farnsworth, American inventor of the electronic television camera
- Philo Judson Farnsworth, American physician and professor
- Robert M. Farnsworth, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Missouri and author
- Richard Farnsworth, American actor
- Richard Farnsworth (politician), member of the Maine House of Representatives
- Richard Farnsworth (Quaker), one of the early leaders of the Society of Friends
- Terry Farnsworth, Canadian Olympic judoka
- Thomas J. Farnsworth, President of the West Virginia Senate from 1883 to 1885
- Viv Farnsworth, Australian rugby league footballer, brother of Bill
- Walter K. Farnsworth, American attorney and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
- Ward Farnsworth, American law professor and dean of the University of Texas School of Law
- Wilton S. Farnsworth, American sports writer, editor and boxing promoter
Fictional characters
- Astrid Farnsworth, a special agent in the television series Fringe
- Cubert Farnsworth, Hubert J. Farnsworth's 12-year-old clone
- Hubert J. Farnsworth, a main character in the television series Futurama, named after Philo Farnsworth
- Jerry Farnsworth and his family, characters in Robert A. Heinlein's novel Job: A Comedy of Justice
- Leo Farnsworth is one of the characters played by Warren Beatty in the 1978 movie Heaven Can Wait
- Oliver V. Farnsworth, an attorney from The Man Who Fell to Earth
- Rudolph Farnsworth, a Kim Possible villain