# 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
* 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
* 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

### Born since 2000

* Hunter Dickinson (born 2000), American basketball player

### Pseudonyms and aliases

* Angie Dickinson, born 'Angeline Brown' in 1931, United States
* Christine Arnothy (born 1934), Hungary, used the pen name 'William Dickinson'