Morrison

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Morrison may refer to:

Contents 1 Companies 2 People 3 Places 4 Ships 5 Supreme Court cases 6 Surname

[edit] Companies

• Morrisons, a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom

[edit] People

• Adam Morrison (born 1984), American professional basketball player
• Alexia Morrison, litigant in Morrison v. Olson, a case before the Supreme Court of the United States
• Brendan Morrison (born 1975), Canadian NHL player, centre for the Vancouver Canucks
• Bruce Morrison (born 1944), American politician, former US Congressman
• David Morrison, senior scientist, NASA Astrobiology Institute
• Donald Morrison (born 1858), Canadian folk hero "The Megantic Outlaw"
• Duane R. Morrison (1952–2006), gunman in Platte Canyon High School shooting
• George Ernest Morrison (1862–1920), Australian adventurer
• Grant Morrison (born 1960), Scottish comic book writer
• Herbert Morrison (1888-1965), British politician
• Howard J. Morrison (born 1932), American Toy Inventor such as Simon
• James Morrison, a disambiguation page
• Jennifer Morrison (born 1979), US Actress
• Keith Morrison, Canadian Broadcast Journalist
• Ken Morrison, Executive Chairman of Wm Morrisons supermarket chain (see above)
• Marion Morrison, a.k.a. John Wayne, (born 1907) American movie star
• Mark Morrison (born 1972), British musician
• Norman Morrison (1933–1936), American Vietnam War protestor
• Philip Morrison (1915–2005), American physicist, Manhattan Project group leader
• Robert Morrison, a disambiguation page
• Sterling Morrison (1942–1995), American guitarist of The Velvet Underground
• Temuera Morrison (born 1960), New Zealand actor
• Tommy Morrison (born 1969), American Boxer
• Toni Morrison (born 1931), American author, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993
• Travis Morrison (born 1972), American vocalist and guitarist
• Van Morrison (born 1945), Irish vocalist and songwriter (Ivan Morrison)
• Willson Morrison (born 1941), Retired bus and coach driver living in Scotland
• Kirk Morrison (born 1982), NFL linebacker for the Oakland raiders #52

[edit] Places

• Morrison, Colorado
• Morrison, Illinois
• Morrison, Iowa
• Morrison, Missouri
• Morrison, Oklahoma
• Morrison, Tennessee
• Morrison, Wisconsin

• Morrison Cove, a valley in Blair and Bedford counties of central Pennsylvania
• Morrison Formation, the primary fossil-bearing location in Dinosaur National Monument
• Morrison Hill, in Hong Kong
• Morrison Christian Academy, in Taichung, Taiwan

[edit] Ships

• The Morrison was a merchant ship which attempted to visit Japan in 1837 but was driven away: see Morrison Incident
• USS Morrison (DD-560), a Fletcher-class destroyer sunk in the Pacific in 1945

[edit] Supreme Court cases

• Morrison v. Olson (1988), which ruled that the Independent Counsel Act was constitutional
• United States v. Morrison (2000), which ruled that the Violence Against Women Act was unconstitutional

[edit] Surname

As a surname, possible spellings are Morison, Morrison (most common), and Morrisson (rare).