# Ogden (name)

Ogden is both a surname and a given name of English origin.

## Surname

* Abner Nash Ogden (1809–1875), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
* Alan Ogden (born 1954), English professional footballer
* Aaron Ogden, governor of New Jersey
* Bud Ogden, American professional basketball player
* Carlos C. Ogden, American Medal of Honor recipient
* Charles Ogden (children's writer)
* Charles Kay Ogden, Cambridge University linguist, inventor of Basic English
* Charles Richard Ogden, Canadian politician
* Charles W. Ogden (1873–1956), American real estate investor and philanthropist
* David Ogden (disambiguation)
* Darius A. Ogden (1813–1889), New York politician
* Elias B. D. Ogden (1800–1865), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
* Eric Ogden (politician), British politician
* Eric Ogden (photographer), photographer
* Eva L. Ogden (1853–1919), American writer
* Frederick B. Ogden (1827–1893), 8th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
* Graham Ogden (born 1938), Australian biblical scholar, theologian and priest
* Heather Ogden, Canadian ballet dancer
* Henry Alexander Ogden (1856–1936), American illustrator
* Ira Ernest Ogden (1899–1960), American Banker
* Jack Ogden (jewellery historian), an archaeologist and historian focusing on the development of jewellery materials and techniques
* Jack Ogden (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s
* James Ernest Ogden, Australian politician
* James Matlock Ogden, American politician
* Jeff Ogden, a former National Football League wide receiver
* John Ogden (disambiguation)
* Jonathan Ogden, American football offensive tackle
* Jonathan Ogden, English musician
* Jonathan Ogden (surgeon)
* Jonathan Robert Ogden (1806–1882), English composer
* Karen Ogden, Australian basketball player
* Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, American writer better known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm
* Marques Ogden, American football offensive tackle and center
* Maureen Ogden (1928–2022), American politician
* Michael Ogden (1926–2003), British lawyer
* Nigel Ogden, British theatre organist
* Perry Ogden (b. 1961), British fashion and documentary photographer and film director
* Peter Ogden (businessman), one of the British founders of Computacenter
* Peter Skene Ogden, Canadian explorer of the American West
* Ralph Ogden, American professional basketball player
* Robert Curtis Ogden (1836–1913), American businessman and promoter of education in the South
* Robert Morris Ogden (1877–1959), American psychologist and academic
* Roger L. Ogden broadcasting executive
* Robert N. Ogden, Jr. (1839–1905), American politician and Confederate lieutenant colonel
* Thomas Ogden, psychoanalyst and writer
* Val Ogden, American politician
* William Ogden (disambiguation)

## Given name

* Ogden L. Mills, American businessman and politician
* Ogden Nash, American poet
* Ogden R. Reid, a member of the United States House of Representatives
* Ogden Rood, American physicist
* Ogden Lindsley, American psychologist, founder of Precision Teaching

## Fictional characters

* Stan Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street
* Hilda Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; wife of Stan
* Irma Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; daughter of Stan and Hilda
* Trevor Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; son of Stan and Hilda
* Pauline "Polly" Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; wife of Trevor
* Damian Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; son of Trevor and Polly
* Dr. Julia Ogden, in the Canadian television series Murdoch Mysteries
* Ogden Ford, title character of The Little Nugget by P. G. Wodehouse
* Ogden Wernstrom, in the animated television series Futurama
* Ogden Morrow, in the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline