Dickinson (name)

Dickinson is a surname and, rarely, a given name.

People surnamed Dickinson
(The list is sorted by year of birth)


 * Born 1600–1699
 * Jonathan Dickinson (1663–1722), Philadelphia mayor
 * Nathaniel Dickinson (pioneer) (1601–1676), founder of Hadley, Massachusetts


 * Born 1700–1799
 * Charles Dickinson (historical figure) (1780–1806), American attorney and duelist
 * John Dickinson (1732–1808), U.S. solicitor, politician and Founding Father
 * John Dean Dickinson (1767–1841), U.S. lawyer, banker and politician
 * John Dickinson (inventor) (1782–1869), British papermaking inventor
 * Philemon Dickinson (1739–1809), American lawyer, politician and soldier
 * Townsend Dickinson (1795–1851), associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court


 * Born 1800–1899
 * Almaron Dickinson (1800–1836), Texan soldier, died defending the Alamo
 * Andrew B. Dickinson (1801–1873), New York politician, U.S. Minister to Nicaragua
 * Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842–1932), American lecturer on slavery and discrimination against women
 * Charles M. Dickinson (1842–1924), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and diplomat from New York
 * Daniel S. Dickinson (1800–1866), U.S. Senator from New York
 * David W. Dickinson (1808–1845), U.S. Congressman from Tennessee
 * Donald M. Dickinson (1846–1917), American lawyer and politician, 34th US Postmaster General
 * Edward Dickinson (1803–1874), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, father of poet Emily Dickinson
 * Edward F. Dickinson (1829–1874), American lawyer, soldier and politician
 * Edwin Dickinson (1891–1978), American painter and draftsman
 * Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
 * Fairleigh S. Dickinson (c.1862–1948), American co-founder of Becton Dickinson
 * Frances Dickinson (physician) (1856–1945), American physician, clubwoman
 * George Dickinson (Canterbury cricketer) (1828–1913), New Zealand cricketer
 * George Sherman Dickinson (1888–1964), American developer of Dickinson library classification
 * Henry Winram Dickinson (1870–1952), British engineering historian
 * Jacob M. Dickinson (1851–1928), U.S. Secretary of War, founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
 * John Dickenson (Canadian politician) (1847–1932)
 * Lavinia Norcross Dickinson (1833–1899), sister of Emily who enabled her publication
 * Leonard R. Dickinson (1898–1994), American busimessman and politician
 * Lester J. Dickinson (1873–1968), American politician, senator from Iowa
 * Maggie Dickinson (1894–1949), Australian ballet dancer
 * Margaret Rebecca Dickinson (1821–1918), British botanical artist
 * Marvin M. Dickinson (1877–1951), American football and baseball player and coach
 * Robert Latou Dickinson (1861–1950), American obstetrician, artist and research scientist
 * Susanna Dickinson (1814–1883), Alamo survivor, wife of Almaron Dickinson
 * Velvalee Dickinson (1893–c.1980), American World War II spy for Japan
 * Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson (1859–1943), British politician, peace activist


 * Born 1900–1949
 * Angie Dickinson (born 1931), American actress
 * Basil Dickinson (1915–2013), Australian athlete
 * Ben Dickinson Samuel Benson Dickinson (1912–2000), Australian geologist
 * Charles Edgar Dickinson (1908–1964), American landscape architect and educator
 * David Dickinson (born 1941), English antiques expert and television presenter
 * George Dickinson (1903–1978), New Zealand international cricketer and rugby union player
 * Jacob Alan Dickinson (1911–1971), U.S. lawyer, desegregation advocate
 * Jess H. Dickinson (born 1947), Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
 * Jim Dickinson (1941–2009) American record producer, pianist, and singer
 * Jimmy Dickinson (1925–1982), English football player
 * Leo Dickinson (born 1946), British climber, adventurer, film-maker
 * Linda Spalding née Linda Dickinson, U.S. and Canadian author
 * Nate Dickinson (1932–2011), American wildlife biologist
 * Peter Dickinson (architect) (1925–1961), British-Canadian architect
 * Peter Dickinson (1927–2015), English author and poet
 * Peter Dickinson (composer) (1934–2023), English composer
 * Sandra Dickinson (born 1948), American-British actress
 * Terence Dickinson (1943–2023), Canada
 * William Boyd Dickinson (1908–1978), U.S. war correspondent, editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin
 * William L. Dickinson (1925–2008), U.S. representative for Alabama
 * William R. Dickinson (1931–2015), American geologist, geoscientist and academic


 * Born 1950–1999
 * Amy Dickinson (born 1959), American newspaper columnist
 * Arlene Dickinson (born 1956), South African – Canadian businesswoman
 * Brian Dickinson (born 1961), Canadian pianist
 * Brian Dickinson (climber) (born 1974), American mountain climber
 * Bruce Dickinson (born 1958), British vocalist for the heavy metal band Iron Maiden
 * Carl Dickinson (born 1987), English footballer
 * Charles Dickinson (author) (born 1951), American writer
 * Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, American writer
 * Ellie Dickinson (born 1998), English cyclist
 * Helen Dickinson (born 1966), British chief executive
 * James Dickinson (taxidermist) (born 1950), English taxidermist
 * James Charles Dickinson (born 1999), American makeup artist and internet personality
 * Janice Dickinson (born 1955), American model, photographer, author and talent agent
 * Jason Dickinson (born 1995), professional ice hockey player
 * Oliver Dickinson (born 1980), Anglo-French documentary film director
 * Q. Todd Dickinson (1952–2020), American lawyer
 * Rob Dickinson (born 1965), British musician and singer-songwriter


 * Born since 2000
 * Hunter Dickinson (born 2000), American basketball player

Pseudonyms and aliases

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

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