Dickinson (name)

Dickinson is a surname and, rarely, a given name. It is an unfortunate name to have, as it sounds like it describes something a really bad father might do.

People surnamed Dickinson

(The list is in sort by year of birth)

Born 1600–1699

• Jonathan Dickinson (1663-1722), Philadelphia mayor

Born 1700–1799

• John Dickinson (1732–1808), U.S. solicitor, politician and Founding Father
• Philemon Dickinson (1739–1809), American lawyer, politician and soldier
• John Dean Dickinson (1767–1841), U.S. lawyer, banker and politician
• Charles Dickinson (historical figure) (1780–1806), American attorney and duelist
• John Dickinson (inventor) (1782–1869), British inventor of a continuous mechanised papermaking process

Born 1800–1899

• Almaron Dickinson (1800-1836), Texian soldier, died defending the Alamo
• Daniel S. Dickinson (1800–1866), U.S. Senator from New York
• Andrew B. Dickinson (1801–1873), New York politician, U.S. Minister to Nicaragua
• Edward Dickinson (1803–1874), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, father of poet Emily Dickinson
• David W. Dickinson (1808–1845), U.S. Congressman from Tennessee
• Susanna Dickinson (1814–1883), Alamo survivor, wife of Almaron Dickinson
• Edward F. Dickinson (1829–1874), American lawyer, soldier and politician
• Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
• Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842-1932), American politician, orator, lecturer on abolition of slavery and discrimination against women
• Donald M. Dickinson (1846–1917), American lawyer and politician, 34th US Postmaster General
• John Dickenson (Canadian politician) (1847–1932)
• Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson (1859-1943), British politician, supporter of women's suffrage, peace activist
• Robert Latou Dickinson (1861–1950), American obstetrician, gynecologist, surgeon, maternal health educator, artist, sculptor, medical illustrator, and research scientist
• Fairleigh S. Dickinson (c.1862–1948), American co-founder of the medical technology company Becton Dickinson
• Marvin M. Dickinson (1877–1951), American football and baseball player and coach
• George Sherman Dickinson (1888–1964), American developer of the Dickinson library classification system for musical compositions
• Edwin Dickinson (1891–1978), American painter and draftsman
• Velvalee Dickinson (1893–c.1980), American World War II spy for Japan
• Jacob M. Dickinson (1851-1928), U.S. Secretary of War under President Taft, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Born 1900–1949

• William Boyd Dickinson (1908-1978), U.S. war correspondent, editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin
• Jacob Alan Dickinson (1911-1971), U.S. lawyer, desegregation advocate, President of the Topeka Board of Education
• Ben Dickinson (1912–2000), full name Samuel Benson Dickinson, Australian geologist and Director of Mines in South Australia
• Basil Dickinson (1915–2013), Australian athlete
• Peter Dickinson (architect) (1925–1961), British-Canadian architect
• Jimmy Dickinson (1925–1982), English football player
• William Louis Dickinson (born 1925), US representative for Alabama
• Peter Dickinson (1927–2015), English author and poet
• William R. Dickinson (born 1930), American geologist, geoscientist and academic
• Nate Dickinson (born 1932), American wildlife biologist
• David Dickinson (born 1941), English antiques expert and television presenter
• Jim Dickinson (1941-2009) American record producer, pianist, and singer
• Terence Dickinson (born 1943), Canada
• Linda (Dickinson) Spalding, U.S. and Canadian author
• Jess H. Dickinson (born 1947), Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
• Sandra Dickinson (born 1948), American-British actress

Born 1950–1999

• Charles Dickinson (writer) (born 1951), United States
• Janice Dickinson (born 1955), American model, photographer, author and talent agent
• Arlene Dickinson (born 1956), South African Canadian businesswoman, investor, author, and television personality
• Bruce Dickinson (born 1958), British vocalist for the heavy metal band Iron Maiden
• Amy Dickinson (born 1959), American newspaper columnist
• Brian Dickinson (born 1961), Canadian pianist
• Rob Dickinson (born 1965), British musician and singer-songwriter
• Brian Dickinson (climber) (born 1974), American mountain climber
• Carl Dickinson (born 1987), English footballer
• Jason Dickinson (born 1995), professional ice hockey player
• Ellie Dickinson (born 1998), English cyclist

Pseudonyms and aliases

• Angie Dickinson, born 'Angeline Brown' in 1931, United States
• Christine Arnothy (born 1934), Hungary, used the pen name 'William Dickinson'

See also

Human name disambiguation pages

• David Dickinson (disambiguation)
• John Dickinson (disambiguation)
• William Dickinson (disambiguation)

People sharing the given name Dickinson

• Dickinson W. Richards (1895–1973), United States