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
 * Duane Denison (born 1959), American musician and founding member of The Jesus Lizard, and Tomahawk (band)
 * 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