Dickinson (name)

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

People surnamed Dickinson

(The list is divided into 100- and 50-years periods and then sorted by the first letter of given name and then by the first letter of middle name if it exists)

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 businessman 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
• William Croft Dickinson (1897–1963), a leading expert in the history of early modern Scotland
• 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
• Hugh Dickinson (1929–2025), English clergyman, dean of Salisbury
• 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
• Steven Dickinson (born 1967), Local celebrity and comedian known by many as Selfie Steve also uses the Alias Dicky

Born since 2000

• Hunter Dickinson (born 2000), American basketball player

Pseudonyms and aliases

• Angie Dickinson, born 'Angeline Brown' in 1931, United States
• Christine Arnothy (1930–2015), Hungary, used the pen name 'William Dickinson'

People sharing the given name Dickinson

• Dickinson W. Richards (1895–1973), United States

See also

Human name disambiguation pages

• David Dickinson (disambiguation)
• John Dickinson (disambiguation)
• William Dickinson (disambiguation)

Notes