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Emerson (surname)

Emerson is an English surname derived from Anglo-Saxon Emars sunu, meaning "Emar's son" or "Ethelmar's son". Another origin has been suggested as starting with the Old French epic hero Aimeri de Narbonne which passed into Italian as Amerigo and subsequently into English as Emery, Amery, and Imray, among others; Emerson is thought to derived as a patronymic from Emery.

Prominent people who share this surname have been listed below.

In literature

In business

  • Ernest Emerson (born 1955), American knifemaker and martial arts expert
  • Isaac Edward Emerson (1859–1931), American businessman, creator of the headache remedy Bromo-Seltzer
  • John Wesley Emerson (1832–1899), American lawyer, historian, Civil War officer, and founder of the Emerson Electric Company
  • Raymond Emerson (1886–1977), American civil engineer, investment banker, and faculty at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
  • S. Thomas Emerson (also known as Tom Emerson; born 1941), American entrepreneur, angel investor and educator

In performing arts

In politics

  • Andrew L. Emerson, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1828–1829), first Mayor of Portland, Maine (1832)
  • Arthur Emerson, 21st Governor of American Samoa
  • Bill Emerson (1938–1996), aka Norvell William Emerson, American US congressman from Missouri
  • Clarence Emerson (1901–1963), Canadian merchant and politician, senator (1957–1963)
  • Craig Emerson (born 1954), Australian Labor Party representative from Queensland
  • David Emerson (born 1945), Canadian politician, businessman, civil servant
  • Frank Emerson (1882–1931), American politician, former governor of the US state of Wyoming
  • Hugh A. Emerson (1793–1860), lawyer and politician in Newfoundland, member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (1837–1842)
  • James Emerson (1895–1917), British Army officer, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • James A. Emerson (1865–1922), New York politician
  • Jo Ann Emerson (born 1950), American congresswoman from Missouri, and widow of former congressman Bill Emerson
  • John Emerson (mayor) (1859–1932), Canadian politician; former mayor of Calgary, Alberta
  • Julie Emerson (born 1988), American politician
  • Junius Emerson (1926–1992), American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1965–1968, 1981–1982)
  • Lewis Edward Emerson (1890–1949), lawyer, judge and politician, first Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador (1944–1949)
  • Louis W. Emerson (1857–1924), US congressman from New York
  • Newton Emerson (born c. 1970), Northern Irish political commentator and satirist
  • Peter Emerson (born 1943 or 1944), Northern Irish political activist
  • Prescott Emerson (1840–1889), lawyer and politician in Newfoundland, speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (1874–1878)
  • Rupert Emerson (1899–1979), American professor of political science and international relations
  • Herbert William Emerson (1881–1962), governor of Punjab, British India

In law

In science and education

In sport

In visual arts

Fictional characters

Other

  • Eben Emerson, American lighthouse keeper at Wood Island Light, Maine (1861–1865)
  • Ida Emerson, Broadway composer and lyricist
  • Jimmy Coleman, better known as J. Paul Emerson (died 2001), American radio host
  • Jared Emerson-Johnson (born 1981), American video game music composer, sound designer, voice director and voice actor
  • Jodi Emerson (born 1972), anti-human trafficking advocate
  • Joseph Emerson (1821–1900), American minister and theologian
  • Lidian Jackson Emerson (1802–1892), second wife of Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Mark T. Emerson, United States Navy rear admiral, commanded of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (2006–2009)
  • Meredith Emerson, American murdered whilst hiking on Blood Mountain
  • Norman Emerson (1900–1966), Irish Anglican priest
  • Rick Emerson (also known as Rick Taylor; born 1973), American radio host
  • Ursula Newell Emerson (1806–1888), American missionary in the Hawaiian Islands, co-founder of the Waialua Protestant Church
  • Zelie Emerson (1883–1969), American suffragette in England

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