Denison (name)

Denison is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough (1805–1860), British Liberal Party politician and diplomat, known as Lord Albert Conyngham
• Augusta Elizabeth Denison, wife of Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley
• Anthony Denison (born 1949), American actor
• Brianna Denison (1988–2008), American college student and murder victim
• Daniel Denison (golfer), English professional golfer
• Daniel R. Denison, professor of management and organization
• David Denison (born 1950), British linguist
• Dimies T. Stocking Denison (1852–1940), American businesswoman, philanthropist and clubwoman
• Duane Denison (born 1959), American musician and founding member of the Jesus Lizard and Tomahawk
• Edmund Denison, chairman of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
• Edward Denison (philanthropist) (1840–1870), English philanthropist
• Edward Denison (bishop) (1801–1854), English bishop
• Edward E. Denison (1873–1953), American congressman
• Edward Fulton Denison (1915–1992), American economist
• Ellery Denison (1900–1989), philatelist of Maryland
• Evelyn Denison (1800–1873), statesman, Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1857 to 1872
• Francis Napier Denison (1866–1946), Canadian meteorologist, inventor, seismologist, and astronomer
• George Denison, several people
• Hugh Denison (1865–1940), Australian businessman, born Hugh Robert Dixson
• John G. Denison, Former chairman of ATA Airlines and Global Aero Logistics
• Joseph Denison (banker) (1726–1806), English banker
• Joseph Denison (pastor) (1815–1900), American Methodist pastor and first President of Kansas State University (1863-1873)
• Mark R. Denison (born 1955), American physician and medical researcher on coronaviruses
• Oswald Denison, New Zealand rower
• Sean Denison (born 1985), Canadian basketball player
• Robert Denison (1697–1765), soldier and political figure in Connecticut and Nova Scotia
• Walter Denison, New Zealand lawn bowler
• William Denison (1804–1871), Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land, 1847–1855, and Governor of New South Wales, 1855–1861
• William Joseph Denison (c. 1726–1806), English banker, politician, landowner, and philanthropist

Given name

• Denison Bollay (born 1952), software engineer
• Denison Cabral (born 1974), midfielder for the Baltimore Blast
• Denison Miller (1860–1923), first governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Denison Olmsted (1791–1859), American physicist and astronomer
• Denison Witmer, indie singer-songwriter

See also

• Dennison (surname)