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

• Nathaniel Dickinson (pioneer) (1601–1676), founder of Hadley, Massachusetts
• 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 papermaking inventor

Born 1800–1899

• Almaron Dickinson (1800–1836), Texan 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
• George Dickinson (Canterbury cricketer) (1828–1913), New Zealand cricketer
• Edward F. Dickinson (1829–1874), American lawyer, soldier and politician
• Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
• Lavinia Norcross Dickinson (1833–1899), sister of Emily who enabled her publication
• 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
• Donald M. Dickinson (1846–1917), American lawyer and politician, 34th US Postmaster General
• John Dickenson (Canadian politician) (1847–1932)
• Jacob M. Dickinson (1851–1928), U.S. Secretary of War, founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Frances Dickinson (physician) (1856–1945), American physician, clubwoman
• Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson (1859–1943), British politician, peace activist
• Robert Latou Dickinson (1861–1950), American obstetrician, artist and research scientist
• Fairleigh S. Dickinson (c.1862–1948), American co-founder of Becton Dickinson
• Lester J. Dickinson (1873–1968), American politician, senator from Iowa
• Marvin M. Dickinson (1877–1951), American football and baseball player and coach
• George Sherman Dickinson (1888–1964), American developer of Dickinson library classification
• Edwin Dickinson (1891–1978), American painter and draftsman
• Velvalee Dickinson (1893–c.1980), American World War II spy for Japan
• Margaret Esme Dickinson (1894–1949), Australian ballet dancer

Born 1900–1949

• George Dickinson (1903–1978), New Zealand international cricketer and rugby union player
• William Boyd Dickinson (1908–1978), U.S. war correspondent, editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin
• Jacob Alan Dickinson (1911–1971), U.S. lawyer, desegregation advocate
• Ben Dickinson Samuel Benson Dickinson (1912–2000), Australian geologist
• 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
• Angie Dickinson (born 1931), American actress
• 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 Spalding née Linda Dickinson, 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

• James Dickinson (taxidermist) (born 1950), English taxidermist
• Charles Dickinson (writer) (born 1951), American writer
• Q. Todd Dickinson (1952–2020), American lawyer
• Janice Dickinson (born 1955), American model, photographer, author and talent agent
• Arlene Dickinson (born 1956), South African – Canadian businesswoman
• 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
• Helen Dickinson (born 1966), British chief executive
• Brian Dickinson (climber) (born 1974), American mountain climber
• Oliver Dickinson (born 1980), Anglo-French documentary film director
• Carl Dickinson (born 1987), English footballer
• Jason Dickinson (born 1995), professional ice hockey player
• Ellie Dickinson (born 1998), English cyclist
• James Charles (internet personality) né James Charles Dickinson (born 1999), internet personality

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

Notes[]

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