Davenport (surname)

Davenport is a surname and may refer to:

A

 * Abraham Davenport (1715–1789), American politician
 * A'keria C. Davenport (born 1988), American drag queen
 * Alan Garnett Davenport (1932–2009), Canadian wind engineer
 * Alice Davenport (1864–1936), American film actress
 * Andrew Davenport (born 1965), English writer, puppeteer, producer, co-creator and writer of Teletubbies
 * Arthur Davenport (disambiguation)
 * Ashley Davenport (1794–1874), New York state senator

B

 * Bernard Davenport (1939–2018), Irish ambassador
 * Bill Davenport (1906–2001), American footballer

C

 * Calum Davenport (born 1983), English footballer
 * Charles Davenport (1866–1944), American biologist and eugenicist
 * Christopher Davenport (1598–1680), English Catholic theologian
 * Claire Davenport (1933–2002), English actress
 * Clay Davenport, American baseball statistician
 * Clyde Davenport (1921–2020), American folk musician

D

 * Derrick Davenport (born 1978), American male model
 * Dorothy Davenport (1895–1977), American actress, screenwriter and film director
 * Doris Davenport (1917–1980), American actress

E

 * Ed. J. Davenport (1899–1953), Los Angeles City Council member
 * Edward Davenport (fraudster) (1966–) also known as "(Lord) Fast Eddie", convicted English fraudster and property developer
 * Edward Loomis Davenport (1816–1877), American actor
 * Emily Davenport, American inventor

F

 * Fanny Davenport (1850–1898), English-born American stage actress
 * Francis William Davenport (1847–1925), English composer and music professor
 * Franklin Davenport (1755–1832), American politician
 * Frederick M. Davenport (1866–1956), American politician

G

 * Gail Davenport (born 1949), American politician
 * George Davenport (1783–1845), American frontiersman, trader and US Army colonel; Davenport, Iowa, was named in his honor
 * George Davenport (1860-1902), English first-class cricketer
 * Gertrude Crotty Davenport (1866–1946), American biologist and eugenicist
 * Glorianna Davenport, documentary filmmaker and researcher
 * Guy Davenport (1927–2005), American writer, intellectual, and teacher

H

 * Harold Davenport (1907–1969), British mathematician
 * Harriett Davenport (1899–1953), Los Angeles City Council member
 * Harry Davenport (1866–1949), American film actor
 * Harry J. Davenport (1902–1977), American politician
 * Harry Davenport (1833–1895), English politician
 * Hayes Davenport (1986-), American homelessness activist
 * Herbert J. Davenport (1861–1931), American economist
 * Hester Davenport (1642–1717), English stage actress
 * Homer Davenport (1867–1912), American political cartoonist
 * Honey Davenport (born 1985), American drag queen
 * Hugh Bromley-Davenport (1870–1954), English cricketer

I

 * Ian Davenport (artist) (born 1960), English painter
 * Ira Davenport (politician) (1841–1904), American politician
 * Ira Davenport (athlete) (1887–1941), American athlete and football player
 * Isaiah Davenport (1784–1827), American master builder

J

 * Jack Davenport (born 1973), British actor
 * Jack A. Davenport (1931–1951), United States Marine Medal of Honor recipient
 * James Davenport (clergyman) (1716–1757), American clergyman
 * James Davenport (Connecticut politician) (1756–1797), American lawyer and politician
 * James C. Davenport (born 1938), American physicist
 * James H. Davenport (born 1953), British computer scientist and mathematician
 * Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903), Anglo-American actress
 * Jessica Davenport (born 1985), American basketball player
 * Jim Davenport (1933–2016), former American baseball player and manager
 * John Davenport (minister) (1597–1670), Puritan clergyman and one of the founders of New Haven, Connecticut
 * John Davenport (orientalist) (1789 – 1877), British orientalist and writer
 * John Edwin Davenport (born 1928), American politician
 * Julién Davenport (born 1995), American football player

K

 * Kennedy Davenport, a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race
 * Kenny Davenport (1862–1908), English footballer
 * Kiana Davenport, American-Hawaiian author
 * Kim Davenport (born 1955), American professional pool player

L

 * Lindsay Davenport (born 1976), American female professional tennis player
 * Louis Davenport (1869–1951), American businessman
 * Lucy Davenport, British actress

M

 * Madison Davenport (born 1996), American actress and singer
 * Marcia Davenport (1903–1996), American author and music critic
 * Marcus Davenport (born 1996), American football player
 * Mary Ann Davenport (1759–1843), English actress
 * Marmaduke Davenport, pseudonym for British confidence trickster Alexander Day
 * Mike Davenport (born 1968), American musician
 * Milla Davenport (1871–1936), stage and film actress
 * Millia Davenport (1895–1992), American costumer, theater designer, and scholar
 * Miriam Davenport (1915–1999), American painter and sculptor

N

 * Najeh Davenport (born 1979), American footballer
 * N'Dea Davenport (born 1966), American R&B/soul singer/songwriter
 * Nigel Davenport (1928–2013), British actor

P

 * Paul Davenport (born 1946), 9th president of the University of Western Ontario
 * Peter Davenport (born 1961), former English professional footballer

R

 * Richard Davenport-Hines (born 1953), British writer
 * Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639), English dramatist
 * Robert Davenport (Royal Navy officer) (1882–1965), British admiral
 * Robert Davenport (Australian politician) (1816–1896), pioneer of South Australia, brother of Samuel
 * Ross Davenport (born 1984), British swimmer
 * Roy M. Davenport (1909–1987), United States Navy Rear Admiral, 5-time recipient of the Navy Cross
 * Russell Davenport (1899–1954), American publisher and writer

S

 * Samuel Davenport (disambiguation)
 * Samuel Davenport (Australian politician) (1818–1906), South Australian pioneer and parliamentarian
 * Samuel Arza Davenport (1834–1911), American politician
 * Stanley Woodward Davenport (1861–1921), American politician
 * Stuart Davenport (born 1962), New Zealand squash player
 * Sahara Davenport (1984–2012), a past contestant of Rupaul's Drag Race

T

 * Thomas Davenport (inventor) (1802–1851), blacksmith from Vermont, US who was an inventor of DC electric motors
 * Thomas Davenport (congressman) (died 1838), US representative from Virginia
 * Thomas H. Davenport (born 1954), American academic

W

 * Wilbur Davenport (1920–2003), American communications engineer and MIT professor
 * Wallace Davenport (1925–2004), American jazz trumpeter
 * Willie Davenport (1943–2002), American athlete
 * William Davenport (filmmaker) (born 1960), filmmaker and autism activist
 * William Davenport (scientist) (1772–1824), Irish academic and clergyman
 * William Bromley-Davenport (1821–1884), British MP for Warwickshire North
 * William Bromley-Davenport (1862–1949), British soldier, footballer and Conservative politician
 * Wink Davenport (1942–2022), American former volleyball player

Z

 * Zavion Michael Davenport (1985-2020), American drag queen known as Chi Chi DeVayne

Brothers

 * Davenport Brothers (Ira Erastus and William Henry), noted frauds of spiritualism