Fessenden
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Fessenden, an English surname dating back to the 17th century, can refer to:
- People:
- Larry Fessenden (born 1963), American film director
- Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, radio pioneer
- Richard Fessenden Chemistry Professor, University of Notre Dame
- Samuel Fessenden (1784-1869), American abolitionist; father of Samuel Clement, Thomas Amory Deblois & William P. Fessenden
- Samuel Clement Fessenden, judge and U.S. Representative from Maine 1861 – 1863
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden attorney, and briefly U.S. Representative from Maine, December 1862 – 1863
- William P. Fessenden, U.S. Senator and Lincoln's Treasury Secretary
- Place Names:
- Fessenden, North Dakota
- Fessenden, a fictional princedom in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series
- Schools:
- Brands:
- Fessenden (guitars), a pedal steel guitar manufacturer