Bryden is a surname of Lowland Scots origin. Notable people with the surname include:
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Beryl Bryden
Beryl Audley Bryden (11 May 1920 – 14 July 1998) was an English jazz singer, who played with Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan. Ella Fitzgerald once said of Bryden that she was "Britain's queen of the blues".
Life and career
Bryden was bor ...
(1920–1998), English jazz singer
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Bill Bryden
William Campbell Rough Bryden (12 April 1942 – 5 January 2022) was a Scottish stage and film director and screenwriter.
Early life and career
He worked as a trainee with Scottish Television before becoming assistant director at the Belgrad ...
(1942–2022), Scottish stage, film, and television actor
* Dave Bryden (1927–2013), Australian rules footballer
* James Bryden (1877–1917), New Zealand cricketer; died on active service in World War I
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James L. Bryden
James Lumsdaine Bryden (1833 – 18 November 1880) was a Scottish medical officer who worked in India as a surgeon-major. He was among the first to study the epidemiology of cholera in India and claimed that outbreaks could be predicted on the basi ...
(1833–1880), British epidemiologist in India
* John G. Bryden (1937–2016), Canadian politician from New Brunswick; MP since 1994
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John H. Bryden
John H. Bryden (born July 15, 1943) is a Canadian politician, journalist, and historian.
Education
Bryden received an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from McMaster University in 1966, and a Masters of Philosophy in Engli ...
(born 1943), Canadian historian and politician from Ontario; MP 1993–2004
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Kenneth Bryden
Walter Kenneth (Ken) Bryden (April 9, 1916 – December 17, 2001) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation/NDP member of the Ontario legislature from 1959 to 1967, an economist, academic, civil servant and author.Lewis Bryden (born 1944), American painter
* Marion Bryden (1918–2013), Canadian politician from Ontario; MP 1975–90
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Matthew Bryden
Matthew Bryden is a Canadian political analyst active in the Horn of Africa. He worked for several aid and political organizations in Somalia after spending some time in the region during his leave from the Canadian military in 1987. He served as ...
, Canadian political analyst
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Nell Bryden
Nell Bryden (born March 8, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter.
Early life
Bryden was born in New York Hospital and grew up in an artist loft on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights. Her parents divorced when she was five, and she lived prima ...
(born 1977), American singer-songwriter
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Olivia Mary Bryden
Olivia Mary Bryden (1883–1951) was a British portrait painter and decorative artist.
Biography
Bryden grew up in Tunbridge Wells and attended West Hill School in Eastbourne before training as an artist in Paris.
She studied at the Académie d ...
(1883–1951), English artist
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Philip Bryden
Philip Bryden, BA ( Dalhousie) 1975, BA (Jurisprudence) (Oxford) 1978, B.C.L. (Oxford) 1979, LL.M. (Harvard) 1985 is a lawyer, and Deputy Minister.Sankey, Derek (2010)An Interview with the University of Alberta’s Dean of Law: Recognizing that ...
, Canadian law professor
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Rod Bryden
Roderick M. Bryden (born March 13, 1941) is a Canadian businessman. He served as a prominent Ottawa business executive. He is best known as the former owner of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League from 1992 until 2003.
Biography
Bry ...
(born 1941), Canadian businessman; owner of the Ottawa Senators ice hockey team
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T. R. Bryden
Thomas Ray Bryden (born January 17, 1959) is an American former professional baseball player who played one season for the California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1986.
Bryden attended Gonzaga University, where he played college ba ...
(born 1959), American professional baseball player
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Robert Alexander Bryden
Robert Alexander Bryden (7 July 1841 – 14 April 1906) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was mainly active in the west of Scotland, where he designed schools, churches and municipal buildings.
Early ...
(1841–1906), Scottish architect
Fictional characters
*Bryden Bandweth, a Black female teenager from
Project Mc²
''Project Mc2'' (pronounced ''Project MC-squared'') is an American comedy television series co-produced for Netflix by MGA Entertainment anddespite being a live action seriesby DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV. The series was first releas ...