Morrison (surname)
Morrison is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the English Morris.[1] The personal name Morris sometimes is a variant of Maurice, and was quite popular in the Middle Ages.[2] In Scotland the surname is sometimes also an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic MacGilleMhuire, a surname meaning "son of the servant of (the Virgin) Mary".[3] The Scottish surname Morrison is also sometimes an Anglicised form of the Irish O'Muirghesasain, meaning "descendant of Muirgheas".[4] In Ireland the surname is sometimes an Anglicised form of the Irish Mac Muiris, a surname derived from the patronymic form of Muiris. The Irish personal name Muiris derives from the Gaelic adjective Mor or the Gaelic word Muir.[5]
People with the surname
- A. B. Morrison (1878–1967), American college sports coach
- Adam Morrison (born 1984), American basketball player
- Aileen Morrison, (born 1982), Irish triathlete
- Alan Morrison (poet)
- Alan Morrison (organist), American musician
- Alan Morrison (lawyer), American Supreme Court litigator, co-founder of Public Citizen
- Alan Morrison (racing driver), British race-car driver
- Alan Morrison (general), Major General in the Australian Army
- Alasdair Morrison (politician), Scottish Labour Party politician
- Alasdair Morrison (banker), Scottish banker
- Alastair Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale (born 1958), British peer
- Alastair Ardoch Morrison (1911–1998), Australian graphic artist and author
- Alexander Morrison (politician) (1851–1930), Canadian Member of Parliament
- Alexander Morrison (headmaster) (1829–1903), born Scotland, Australian headmaster of Scotch College
- Alexander Morrison (botanist), (1849–1913), born Scotland, Australian
- Alexander B. Morrison (born 1930), Canadian scientist, academic, civil servant and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Alexander Morrison (judge) (born 1927), British judge
- Alex Morrison (born 1941), former Lieutenant Colonel of the Canadian Forces
- Angus Morrison (minister), Moderator-elect of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2015-2016
- Arthur Morrison (1863–1945), English author and journalist
- Barb Morrison (born 1967), American record producer
- Blake Morrison (born 1950), British poet and author
- Father Brian Morrison (1933–2009) Charity worker, Priest
- Brendan Morrison (born 1975), Canadian hockey player
- Bret Morrison (1912–1978), American actor
- Brooke Morrison (born 1979), Australian field hockey player
- Bruce Morrison (born 1944), American politician
- Bruce Morrison (cricketer) (born 1933), New Zealand cricketer
- Cameron Morrison (1869–1953), American politician
- Charles Clayton Morrison (1874–1966), American Disciples of Christ minister and Christian socialist
- Charles Morrison (cricketer) (1883–1948), West Indian cricketer
- Chick Morrison (1878–1924), American silent film actor
- Clinton Morrison (born 1979), Irish footballer
- Dan Morrison (wrestler) (born 1974), American professional wrestler
- Dan Morrison (umpire), umpire in Major League Baseball
- Daniel Morrison, Royal New Zealand Ballet
- Danny Morrison (writer) (born 1953), Irish republican writer and activist
- Danny Morrison (cricketer) (born 1966), New Zealand cricketer
- Daniel Morrison, actor who played Chris Sharpe in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Danny Morrison (sports executive), President of the Carolina Panthers
- David Morrison, Australian army officer
- Dave Morrison (footballer), footballer
- David Morrison (astrophysicist)
- Dave Morrison (poet)
- Dave Morrison (soccer), (born 1957) American soccer player
- Dave Morrison (ice hockey) (born 1962), hockey player
- DeLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr., (1912–1964), Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana 1946–1961
- DeLesseps Story "Toni" Morrison, Jr., (1944–1996), Louisiana politician and son of DeLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison
- Des Morrison (boxer), Jamaican/British boxer of the 1970s and '80s
- Dorilus Morrison (1814–1898), American politician
- Ellis Morrison, American politician
- Francis Moryson (before 1628 – c. 1681), Virginia colonial politician
- Frank Morrison (disambiguation)
- Fynes Moryson (1566–1630), English traveller and writer
- Geanie Morrison (born 1950), American politician
- George Morrison (actor), silent film actor starring in The Cameo of the Yellowstone
- George Morrison (artist) (1919–2000), American artist
- George Morrison (documentary maker) (born 1922), Irish filmmaker
- George Morrison (director, acting teacher) (born 1928), US acting teacher, teaches at The New Actors Workshop
- George Morrison (ice hockey) (born 1948), National Hockey League player
- George Morrison (musician) (1891–1974), American bandleader
- George Morrison (pioneer), founder of Morrison, Colorado
- George Morrison (Northern Ireland politician), member of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
- George Morrison (British politician) (George Alexander Morrison) (1869–1956), Liberal (then National Liberal) Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, 1934–45
- George D. Morrison (1890–1973), American actor better known as Pete Morrison
- George Ernest Morrison (1862–1920), Australian adventurer known as Chinese Morrison
- George F. Morrison (1867–1943), American electric executive
- George Ivan Morrison (born 1945), birth name of singer/songwriter Van Morrison
- George M. Morrison (born 1902), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada
- George Pitt Morison (1861–1946), Australian painter and engraver
- George S. Morrison (diplomat) (c. 1830–1893), British diplomat
- George S. Morison (engineer) (1845–1903), American engineer and bridge designer
- George Stephen Morrison (1919–2008), U.S. Navy Admiral and father of The Doors singer Jim Morrison
- George W. Morrison (1809–1888), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Grant Morrison (born 1960), Scottish comic book writer and artist
- Greg Morrison (born 1965), Canadian writer and composer
- Henry Morrison (cricketer) (1850–1913), New Zealand cricketer for Otago
- Henry C. Morrison (1871–1945), American educator
- Henry Clay Morrison (1857–1942), American evangelist and Asbury College president
- Henry Morrison Flagler (1830–1913), American industrialist
- Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), British politician
- Howard Morrison (1935–2009), New Zealand singer
- Hugh Morrison (Manitoba politician) (1892–1957), Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 1936–1957
- Hugh Morrison (UK politician) (1868–1931), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament 1918–1923, 1924–1931
- Hugh Morrison (Northern Ireland politician), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Queen's University of Belfast
- Ian Morrison (disambiguation)
- James Morrison (disambiguation)
- Jason Morrison (disambiguation)
- Jennifer Morrison (born 1979), American actress
- Jim Morrison (1943–1971), American singer-songwriter
- John Morrison (disambiguation)
- Joseph Curran Morrison (1816–1885), lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West
- Joseph G. Morrison (1871–1947), minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene
- Joseph Wanton Morrison (1783–1826), British soldier in the War of 1812
- Joe Morrison, NFL football player
- Keith Morrison (born 1944), Canadian journalist
- Kenny Morrison (born 1974), American actor
- Kirk Morrison (born 1982), American football linebacker
- Kirk Morrison (poker player) (fl. since 1994), American poker player
- Marion Morrison (1907–1979), birth name of John Wayne, American actor
- Mark Morrison, R&B singer
- Mark Morrison (ice hockey b. 1963), Canadian
- Mark Morrison (ice hockey b. 1982), Northern Irishman
- Mark Coxon Morrison, Scottish Rugby union footballer
- Matthew Morrison (born 1978), American actor
- Mateo Morrison, Dominican author
- Michael Morrison (author) (born 1970), American author, software developer, and toy inventor
- Mike Morrison (baseball), 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders, Syracuse Stars, and Baltimore Orioles
- Michael Morrison (footballer), currently playing for Charlton Athletic
- Mike Morrison (born 1979), American ice hockey player
- Mike Morrison (basketball, born 1967), American basketball player
- Mike Morrison (basketball, born 1989), American basketball player
- Michael Morrison (pornography) (1946–2006), American pornographic actor and director
- Father Michael Morrison - Army chaplain
- Norman Morrison (1933–1965), American Vietnam War protester
- Patricia Morison (born 1915), American actress
- Patricia Morrison (born 1962), American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (born 1946), American author
- Paul Morrison (director) (born 1944), British film director & screenwriter
- Paul J. Morrison (born 1954), American politician and lawyer
- Paul Morrison (artist) (born 1966), English painter
- Phil Morrison (yachts) (born 1946), British yacht designer
- Phil Morrison (director) (born 1968), American movie director
- Phil Morrison (driver), British race driver
- Phil Morrison (baseball), American baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Philip Morrison (1915–2005), American physicist involved with the Manhattan Project, who later became a faculty member at MIT
- Philip J. Morrison (born 1950) American physicist in the field of hydrodynamics and plasma physics and a professor at the University of Texas
- Piercy Morrison (1868–1936), English rugby union player
- Ravel Morrison (born 1993), English footballer
- Ray Morrison (1885–1982), American athlete and coach
- Reece Morrison (born 1945), American football player
- Richard Morrison (ambassador) (16th century), Edward VI's ambassador to Charles V
- Richard Morrison (Neighbours), fictional character from the soap opera Neighbours
- Richard James Morrison (1795–1874), English astrologer
- Richard T. Morrison, United States Tax Court judge
- Sir Richard Morrison, (1767–1849) - Irish architect
- Robert Morison (1620–1683), Scottish botanist
- Robert Morrison (missionary) (1782–1834), first Protestant missionary to China in 1807
- Robert Morrison (Phi Delta Theta) (1822–1902), one of the founders of Phi Delta Theta, an international fraternity
- Robert Morrison (sheriff) (1837–1871), sheriff killed as part of a posse near Convict Lake, California
- Robert Morrison (Arizona), Arizona Attorney General, 1955–1960
- Robert Morrison (rower) (1902–1980), British rower, gold medal winner at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Robert Morrison, scientist who invented the ultralight foam known as SEAgel in 1992
- Robert Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison (1881–1953), British Labour Party politician
- Robert F. Morrison (c. 1840 – 1887), 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
- Robbie Morrison, British comics writer
- Robert W. Morrison, American educator
- Rob Morrison (born 1968), American television journalist
- Robert J. H. Morrison (born 1961), Canadian academic
- Robert Morrison (footballer), New Zealand international football player
- Robert Morrison (soccer) (died 1952), Scottish American soccer half back
- Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972), New Zealand writer
- Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), American historian
- Scott Morrison (basketball player), Canadian professional basketball player
- Scott Morrison (footballer) (born 1984), Scottish association football player
- Scott Morrison (journalist), Canadian sports writer
- Scott Morrison (politician) (born 1968), Australian politician
- Sean Morrison (footballer)
- Sean Morrison (beach volleyball)
- Sean J. Morrison, American biology professor
- Shelley Morrison (born 1936), American actress
- Sophia Morrison (1859-1917), Manx cultural activist, folklore collector and writer
- Sterling Morrison (1942–1995), American musician
- Steve Morrison (radio personality), American radio DJ for the Preston and Steve Show on 93.3 FM WMMR
- Steve Morrison (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Steve Morrison (American football), former Indianapolis Colt
- Steve Morison (born 1983), English born Welsh international footballer
- Stevie Morrison, British yachtsman
- Terry Morrison (politician), state legislator from Maine
- Terry Morrison (academic), Canadian academic
- Temuera Morrison (born 1960), New Zealand actor
- Theodore Nevin Morrison (1850–1929), Episcopal Bishop in the United States
- Thomas Brash Morison (1868–1945), Scottish politician and judge
- Thomas David Morrison (1796–1856), Canadian doctor and politician
- Thomas Morrison (actor) (born 1983), English television actor
- Thomas Morrison (admiral) (born 1911), Australian Rear Admiral, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff 1962–1964
- Tom Morrison (baseball) (1869–1902), American baseball player
- Tom Morrison (footballer) (1904-?), Scottish footballer
- Tommy Morrison (1969–2013), American boxer
- Tommy Morrison (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1940), Irish footballer
- Tommy Morrison (footballer born 1943), Scottish footballer
- Toni Morrison (born 1931), American author, Nobel Prize winner
- Van Morrison (born 1945), Northern Irish singer/songwriter
- Walter Frederick Morrison (1920–2010), American inventor of the frisbee
- William Morrison (businessman), founder of the Morrisons supermarket chain
- William Morrison (director), music video director and musician
- William Morrison (Australian politician), member of the Australian House of Representatives
- William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil (1893–1961), British politician and Governor General of Australia
- William Morrison Charlap (born 1966), American jazz pianist
- William Morrison (dentist), American dentist
- William R. Morrison (Canadian historian) (born 1947)
- William Ralls Morrison, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- William Robert Morrison (1878–1947), Canadian politician and Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario
- Joseph Samachson (1906–1980), biochemist and science-fiction writer under the pseudonym William Morrison
- William Garth Morrison (1943–2013), Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories
- William Morrison (missionary), American missionary based in the Congo Free State
- William Morrison (Alberta politician), former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- William Morrison (American politician), member of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1779
- William Morrison (Canadian politician), politician in Lillooet (electoral district), British Columbia
- William Morrison (trader) (19th century), fur trader in Minnesota, USA, see Old Crow Wing, Minnesota
- William Morrison (gardener), plant collector employed by Kew, 1824–39
See also
- Morison (surname)
- Baron Morrison, a title in the United Kingdom Peerage
- Morrison-Bell Baronets, a Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Clan Morrison, a Scottish Highland clan
References
- ↑ Morrison Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 5 March 2012. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 198, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ↑ Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, p. 612.
- ↑ Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, pp. 638–639.
- ↑ Surname Search, retrieved 5 March 2012. This website, for the surname Morrison, cited MacLysaght, Edward (1980), Irish Families, Dublin.
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