Dyson (surname)

Dyson is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ambrose Dyson (1876–1913), Australian political cartoonist
• Andre Dyson (born 1979), American football player
• Anthony Edward Dyson (1928–2002), British literary critic
• Brian Dyson (born 1935), American businessman
• Charles Wilson Dyson (1861–1930), American naval officer
• Chris Dyson (born 1978), American racing driver
• David Dyson (naturalist), (1823-1856) British naturalist, scientific collector, curator and weaver
• Edward Dyson (1865–1931), Australian writer and journalist
• Edward Ambrose Dyson (1908–1952), Australian illustrator and political cartoonist
• Esther Dyson (born 1951), Swiss-born American journalist, author, businesswoman, investor, commentator, and philanthropist
• Frank Dyson (1931–1979), British rugby league footballer
• Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939), English astronomer
• Freeman Dyson (1923–2020), British-American physicist
• Geoff Dyson (1923–1989), English footballer
• George Dyson (composer) (1883–1964), English musical composer
• George Dyson (science historian) (born 1953), American-Canadian author and science historian
• H. Kempton Dyson (1880–1944), English structural engineer and architect
• Hugo Dyson (1896–1975), English academic
• Humfrey Dyson (1582–1633), English scrivener, notary, and book collector
• Jack Dyson (1934–2000), English cricketer and footballer
• James Dyson (born 1947), British inventor and engineer
• Jeremy Dyson (born 1966), English author, musician, and screenwriter
• Jerome Dyson (born 1987), American basketball player in Israel
• John Dyson (rugby) (1866–1909), English rugby union player
• John Barry Dyson (1942–1995), English footballer
• John Dyson, Lord Dyson (born 1943), British judge
• John Dyson (Australian cricketer) (born 1954), Australian cricketer
• John S. Dyson (fl. 1960s–2020s), American businessman
• John Dyson (fl. 1980s), English musician
• Kenny Dyson (born 2001), American football player
• Kevin Dyson (born 1975), American football player
• Kina Malpartida Dyson (born 1980), Peruvian boxer
• Marianne J. Dyson (fl. 1990s–2010s), American author
• Mia Dyson (born 1981), Australian musician
• Michael Eric Dyson (born 1958), American author, preacher, radio host, and professor
• Rada Dyson-Hudson (1930–2016), American anthropologist
• Rob Dyson (born 1946), American racing driver
• Ronnie Dyson (1950–1990), American singer and actor
• Ruth Dyson (born 1957), New Zealand politician
• Ruth Dyson (keyboardist) (1917–1997), English keyboardist
• Terry Dyson (born 1934), English footballer
• Thomas A. Dyson (1851–1898), American politician
• Tony Dyson (1947–2016), British special effects designer
• Torkwase Dyson (fl. 2000s–2010s), American contemporary artist
• Will Dyson (1880–1938), Australian artist, cartoonist, and caricaturist
• William Dyson (1857–1936), English cricketer

See also

• Dyson, other uses
• Miles Bennett Dyson, fictional character from the film Terminator 2 who was the most directly responsible for "Judgement Day"