Dickson (surname)
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Dickson is a surname, and may refer to:
- Adrian Dickson, British broadcaster
- Alexander Dickson, Sir, Admiral, A.D.C. to King William IV
- Alexander Dickson Sir, British general
- Alexander Dickson of Hartree and Kilbucho, Professor of Botany at Edinburgh University, 1880
- Alexander Dickson of West Dod, born 1685 in Rescobie parish, Forfarshire, Landed Proprietor
- Andrew Dickson, American artist
- Anne Dickson, Northern Ireland politician
- Barbara Dickson, British actress and singer
- Brenda Dickson, American actress
- Brian Dickson, Canadian judge
- Carter Dickson, American mystery writer, writing also as John Dickson Carr (his real name)
- Charles Dickson, granted arms Lord Lyon Court, in 1481
- Charles Scott Dickson, Scottish judge and politician
- Clarissa Dickson Wright, British food writer
- Collingwood Dickson, Sir, holder of the Victoria Cross,British Army General
- David Dickson, Bailie and MP Forfar Burghs,1661, King Charles II's Restoration parliament
- David Dickson,(1583-1663), Revd. Dr. David Dickson, Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh University and Moderator of the General Assembly 1653
- David Dickson of Clocksbriggs and Rescobie, (1743-1803), Freeholder and Commissioner of Supply for Forfarshire, Landed proprietor
- David Dickson of Clocksbriggs and Rescobie, (1811-1869), Dunkirk Textile manufacturer and merchant
- David Dickson of Clocksbriggs, Director Regional School of Agriculture, Arras, France
- Dorothy Dickson, American actress
- Earle Dickson, American developer of adhesive bandages
- Georges Dickson, Civil servant, also a member of French Council of State
- Gloria Dickson, American actress
- Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian science fiction writer
- Hugh Dickson, Esquire, of Berwickshire, Scotland, 1431
- H. R. P. Dickson, British political agent in the Middle East, primarily Kuwait; also an author of several books on Kuwait, husband of Violet Dickson
- Ian Dickson, Australian music business figure and TV personality
- Itimi Dickson, Nigerian-Singaporean football player
- James Dickson, Australian politician
- James Anderson Dickson of Woodville, (1825-1901), Colonel Black Watch, Royal Highlanders; Provost of Arbroath, (1854-59), Banker and Shipowner
- James I. A. Dickson of Vikaryd, Swedish politician, MP Swedish parliament, a Captain in the Finnish army early 20th century
- Jason Dickson, Canadian baseball player
- Jean Dickson, Surgeon-General, Director French Army Medical Services
- Jeremiah Dickson, Sir, Major-General
- John Dickson of Belchester,Berwickshire, had a Charter confirmed by King James V, on December 1st, 1539
- John Dickson of Hartrie and Kilbucho, Judge and Politician, Colonel of Horse and Foot 1643
- John Dickson, pseudonym of Sigrid Schultz
- John Dickson of Busby, MP, Colonel of Horse and Foot 1649
- John Dickson of Kilbucho, MP for Peebles 1747
- John Farqhuar Dickson of Panbride, (1819-1896), Colonel of the Angus Rifles,landed proprietor and farmer, Commissioner for Supply of Forfarshire, J.P.
- John Poynder Dickson, 1st Baron Islington, British politician
- Joseph Dickson, American politician
- L. E. Dickson, American mathematician
- Margaret H. Dickson, American politician
- Maurice Rhynd Dickson of Deuchar,(1882-1941), Colonel, played for Oxford University and Scotland at both cricket and rugby
- Ngila Dickson, New Zealand costume designer
- Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
- Oscar Dickson, 1st Baron Dickson, Swedish Explorer and philanthropist
- Peter Dickson, British radio personality
- Robert Dickson in Bughtrig, Gentleman, Berwickshire, who fell at Flodden Field in 1513
- Sir Robert Dickson of Inveresk, Ist Baronet, MP for Edinburgh 1702,one of founders of Bank of Scotland in 1695
- Robert Dickson (writer) - Canadian poet and academic, winner of the Governor General's Award for French language poetry in 2002
- Robert Dickson (1843-1924) - Swedish politician, governor in Jönköping and Stockholm
- Robert Dickson - Australian rules football player, contestant on Survivor and film director
- Scott R. Dickson, American airline executive
- Thomas Dickson of Hazelside, (1247-1307), Baron of Symington and Hazelside, also Governor of Douglas Castle, patriarch of the Dicksons
- Tricia Dickson, American voice actor
- Dame Violet Dickson, British author and botanist, wife of H. R. P. Dickson
- Walter Hamilton Dickson, Canadian politician
- William Dickson, administrator of Fort Louis in the Falklands in 1833
- William Dickson (1769-1846), lawyer, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada
- William Dickson of Kilbucho, Brigadier-General, Lieut-Governor of Cork, and MP in 1802
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson, British Chief of the Air Staff from 1953 to 1956
- William Dickson, American Congressman from Tennessee
- William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (1860-1935), Scottish film pioneer
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