Brackenridge (surname)

Brackenridge is a Scottish surname with origins in southern Lanarkshire, Scotland. Notable people with the surname include:

• George Washington Brackenridge (1832–1920), Texas philanthropist
• Henry Marie Brackenridge (1786–1871), writer, congressman
• Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748–1816), writer, judge
• John Brackenridge (clergyman) (1772–1844), American clergyman
• John Brackenridge (baseball) (1880–1953), American baseball player
• Marian Brackenridge (1903–1999), American sculptor
• Mary Eleanor Brackenridge (1837–1924), Texas business woman, suffragist and civic organizer
• Steve Brackenridge (born 1984), English footballer
• Sureena Brackenridge, British politician
• Tyron Brackenridge (born 1984), Canadian football player
• William Brackenridge (1810–1893), Scottish botanist
• Celia Brackenridge OBE (1950–2018) British Sportswoman, campaigner and academic, co-founder of the Women's Sports Foundation (now Women in Sport) in 1984

See also

• Breckenridge (surname)

References