Gleason is an Irish surname.  It is an anglicisation of the Irish name Ó Glasáin or Ó Gliasáin.  Most common in County Tipperary but originating in East County Cork, in the once powerful Uí Liatháin kingdom, where the Gleasons were great lords and sometimes kings.

The name may refer to:

People

In arts and entertainment
Adda Gleason (1888–1971), American actress
Bill Gleason (1922–2010), panelist on The Sportswriters on TV
F. Keogh Gleason (1906–1982), American film-set decorator at MGM studios
Gina Gleason, American guitarist (Baroness)
Jackie Gleason (1916–1987), American comedian and actor
James Gleason (1882–1959), American actor, playwright, and screenwriter
Joanna Gleason (born 1950), Canadian actress
Madeline Gleason (1909–1973), American poet and dramatist
Max Gleason, American musician and YouTuber, better known as Smooth McGroove
Patrick Gleason (artist), contemporary comic book artist
Paul Gleason (1939–2006), American film and television actor
Ralph J. Gleason (1917–1975), American jazz and pop music critic
Russell Gleason (1907–1945), American actor
Vanessa Gleason (born 1979), American model and actress, Playboy Playmate of the Month

In government, law, and politics
Charles R. Gleason (1830–1907), American politician and businessman
Herbert P. Gleason (1928–2013), American lawyer
James P. Gleason (1921–2008), American lawyer and politician, legislative assistant to Richard Nixon
John J. Gleason (born 1954), American politician
Lafayette B. Gleason (1863–1937), Secretary of the Republican State Committee
Mary J. L. Gleason (fl. 1980s–2020s) Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada
Patrick Jerome "Battle-Axe" Gleason (1844–1901), Irish-born mayor of Long Island City, New York, US
Robert A. Gleason Jr. (contemporary), American politician, chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party
Sharon L. Gleason (born 1957), American lawyer, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
William E. Gleason (1837–1893), Justice of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court 
William Henry Gleason (1829–1902), American real-estate developer and politician; cofounder of the city of Eau Gallie, Florida
William Henry Gleason (1833–1892), American minister and politician
William Henry Hunt Gleason (1862–1949), American school administrator of Brevard County School District, Florida
William Lansing Gleason (1899–1991), mayor of Eau Gallie, Florida, cofounder of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida

In science and academia
Andrew M. Gleason (1921–2008), American mathematician
Donald Gleason (1920–2008), American physician and pathologist
Henry A. Gleason (1882–1975), American ecologist, botanist, and taxonomist
Jean Berko Gleason (born 1931), American psycholinguist
William A. Gleason, American professor of English at Princeton University

In sports
Ben Gleason (born 1998), American ice hockey player
Bill Gleason (1858–1932), American baseball player
Bill Gleason (1868–1893), American baseball player
Billy Gleason (William Patrick Gleason; 1894–1957), American baseball player
Erin Gleason (born 1977), American speed skater
Jimmy Gleason (1898–1931), American Indy 500 racecar driver
Kid Gleason (William Jethro Gleason; 1866–1933), American baseball player and manager
Steve Gleason (born 1977), American football player
Tim Gleason (born 1983), American hockey player
William Gleason (born 1943), American aikidoka, aikido instructor and author

In other fields
George W. Gleason, American World War II flying ace
James E. Gleason (1869–1964), American mechanical engineer, inventor, President of the Gleason Corporation
Kate Gleason (1865–1933), American engineer and businesswoman (Gleason Corporation)
Robert Gleason (murderer) (1970–2013), American convicted murderer
William Henry Gleason (1829–1902), American real estate developer and politician, cofounder of the city of Eau Gallie, Florida, United States
William Lansing Gleason (fl. 20th century), cofounder of the town of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida

Fictional characters
Kirk Gleason, in the television series Gilmore Girls

See also
Gleason (disambiguation)
Gleeson (disambiguation)
Justice Gleason (disambiguation)
James Gleason (disambiguation)
William Gleason (disambiguation)

References