Morrison (surname)
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Morrison (alternate spellings: Morison, Morrieson or Moryson) is a surname of Scottish origin, and may refer to:
- Adam Morrison, Charlotte Bobcats basketball player
- Alexander Morrison (botanist), whose author abbreviation is "Morrison"
- Brendan Morrison (1975) NHL hockey player
- Fynes Moryson (1566-1630), English traveller and writer
- Grant Morrison, comic writer and artist
- Herbert Morrison, British politician
- Herbert Morrison (announcer), radio reporter best known for his vivid description of the fire that destroyed the Hindenburg airship
- Hugh Morrison (UK politician) (1868–1931), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament 1918–1923, 1924–1931
- Hugh Morrison (Manitoba politician) (1892–1957), Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 1936–1957
- Jennifer Morrison (1979-), American Actress
- Jim Morrison (1943-1971), Lead singer/songwriter for 'The Doors' and several other people called James or Jim
- John Paul Morrison (born 1937), a computer programmer
- Kirk Morrison (1982), NFL Oakland Raiders middle linebacker
- Marion Morrison (1907-1979), American Actor who is better known by his stage name John Wayne
- Norman Morrison (1933-1965), Vietnam War protester
- Paul J. Morrison (born 1954), an American politician and lawyer
- Paul Morrison (born 1966), an English painter
- Philip Morrison, a physicist
- Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922-1972), New Zealand writer
- Samuel Eliot Morison, American historian
- Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize for literature winning author
- Van Morrison, musician
- Walter Frederick Morrison, inventor of the frisbee