Morison is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

found in the

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. It is a variant form of

Morrison Morrison may refer to: People * Morrison (surname), people with the Scottish surname Morrison * Morrison Heady (1829–1915), American poet * Morrison Mann MacBride (1877–1938), Canadian merchant Places in the United States * Morrison, Colorad ...

. It was one of the original ways of spelling the name of the

Clan Morrison Clan Morrison is a Scottish clan. The Highland Clan Morrison is traditionally associated with the Lewis and Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris (Leòdhas) around Ness, Lewis, Ness (Nis), Dun Pabbay, and Barvas (Barabhas), lands in Sutherland aroun ...

, before Morrison with two r's became popular.

People with this surname

Alexander Morison Sir Alexander Morison M.D. (1 May 1779 – 14 March 1866) was a Scottish physician and Psychiatry, alienist (psychiatrist). Life Morison was born at Anchorfield, near Edinburgh, and was educated at Edinburgh High School and the University o ...

(1779–1866), Scottish physician and alienist *

Barbara Morison Barbara Morison is an Australian radio broadcaster based in Sydney Community Radio station 2SER FM. She specialises in Country Music, and has interviewed Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Keith Urban, Troy Cassar-Da ...

, Australian radio broadcaster *

Catriona Morison Catriona Morison (born 1986 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish mezzo-soprano. Early life and education The daughter of a musician mother (Fiona) and a teacher of German (Alan), Morison grew up in Barnton, Edinburgh. Both she and her sister played viol ...

(born 1986), Scottish mezzo-soprano *

Charles Morison Charles Bruce Morison (1861 – 6 January 1920), known by his first name and referred to as C. B. Morison in contemporary sources, was a New Zealand barrister and politician. He stood in two elections around the turn of the century in the Ota ...

(1861–1920), New Zealand barrister * Donald Morison (1857–1924), lawyer, judge and politician in Newfoundland * Douglas Morison (1814–1847), English painter *

Elsie Morison Elsie Jean Morison AM (15 August 1924 – 5 April 2016) was an Australian operatic soprano. Early life Morison was born in Ballarat, Victoria, to Alexander and Elsie Morison. As a child and teenager, she was interested in piano; howeve ...

(1924–2016), Australian operatic soprano * Elting E. Morison (1909–1995, Peterborough), American historian of technology * George S. Morison (1842–1903), American engineer * Harriet Morison (1862–1925), New Zealand suffragist and trade unionist *

Heather and Ivan Morison Heather and Ivan Morison are a Welsh artist duo known for their conceptual and performative public artworks. The duo, Heather Peak (born 1973) and Ivan Morison (born 1974), are based in North Wales. Work In 2007 they grew and then distributed 10 ...

, Welsh artist duo * Hector Morison (1850–1939), British stockbroker and Liberal Party politician * Ian Morison (1943–2024), British astronomer and astrophysicist * Louis Morison (born 2001), English footballer * James Morison (physician) (1770–1840), British quack *

James Morison (evangelical) James Morison (1816–1893) was a Scottish cleric who became the founder of the Scottish Evangelical Union, also known as Morisonianism. Life Morison was born at Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, on 14 February 1816. He was the son of Robert Morison ...

(1816–1893), Scottish cleric * James Augustus Cotter Morison (1832–1888), English writer *

James Rutherford Morison James Rutherford Morison (10 October 1853, Hutton Henry County Durham, England – 9 January 1939, Newcastle upon Tyne, England) was a British surgeon. In 1874, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh, and as a young man was an assistant ...

(1853–1939), British surgeon * Jock Morison (1914–1991), Australian rules footballer * John Morison, 6th

Baron of Bognie Baron of Bognie is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland, historically associated with the Morison family and Bognie Estate in Aberdeenshire. The title was granted in 1635, in the aftermath of the Fire of Frendraught (1630), when the land ...

and Mountblairy (1757-1835), British politician *

John Morison (bacteriologist) Dr John Morison FRSE CIE (1879–1971) was a 20th-century British physician prominent in the field of bacteriophage. Life He was born in Rajshahi (now part of Bangladesh) on 6 November 1879 the son of Dr Donald Morison who had come to India as a ...

(1879–1971), British physician * John B. Morison (1923–1996), Ontario businessman and political figure * Julia Morison (born 1952), New Zealand artist * Kipling Gordon Morison, electrical engineer * Malcolm Morison, Lord Morison (1931–2005), Scottish judge *

Mary Morison Mary Morison or Mary Morrison (1771 – 29 June 1791),Burns Encyclopedia
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(1771–1791), supposed associate of the poet Robert Burns *

Margaret Pitt Morison Margaret Lillian Pitt Morison (3 December 1900 – 12 December 1985) was an Australian architect. She was the first female architect member in Western Australia. As a practitioner, educator and historian, she made important contributions t ...

(1900–1985), Australian architect *

Matthew Morison Matthew Morison (born April 9, 1987) is a Canadian amateur Snowboarder who currently resides in Kamloops, British Columbia. Morison has qualified to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Matthew, a native of Burket ...

(born 1987), Canadian amateur snowboarder *

Odille Morison Odille Morison (July 17, 1855 – 1933) was a Canadian linguist, artifact collector, and community leader from the Tsimshian First Nation of northwestern British Columbia. Biography She was born July 17, 1855, in the Tsimshian village of Lax Kw'a ...

(1855–1933), Canadian linguist, collector and community leader * Oscar Colin Morison (1884–1966), early English aviator *

Patricia Morison Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison (March 19, 1915 – May 20, 2018) was an American stage, television and film actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood and mezzo-soprano singer. She made her feature film debut in 1939 after several years on t ...

(1915-2018), American actress *

Robert Morison Robert Morison (162010 November 1683) was a Scottish botanist and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. A forerunner of John Ray, he elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants.Vines Biography Born in Aberdeen, Morison w ...

(1620–1683), Scottish botanist *

Roderick Morison Roderick Morison (), known as An Clàrsair Dall (The Blind Harper), was a Scottish Gaelic poet and harpist. He was born around 1646 in Bragar, Lewis and educated in Inverness, but he also learned to play the clàrsach (Celtic harp) as a profession. ...

, Scottish Gaelic poet and harpist, early 18th century *

Rona Morison Rona Morison is a Scottish actress and narrator. Her credits include playing Chell in ''Our Ladies'' (2019), Thompson in '' Absentia'' (2020), Danni in '' The Control Room'' (2022), and Lady Macduff in ''Macbeth'' (2025). Early life Morison wa ...

, Scottish actress * Rosa Morison, (1841–1912), British linguist and educationist *

Samuel Eliot Morison Samuel Eliot Morison (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and tau ...

(1887–1976), American historian *

Samuel Loring Morison Samuel Loring Morison ( ) was a former American intelligence professional who was convicted of espionage and theft of government property in 1985 and pardoned in 2001. He was "the only mericangovernment official ever convicted for giving classi ...

(born 1944), former American intelligence analyst *

Stanley Morison Stanley Arthur Morison (6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967) was a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing. Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces ...

(1889–1967), British typographer, typographic theoretician and type designer *

Steve Morison Steven William Morison (born 29 August 1983) is a Association football, football manager and former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He is the manager of National League (divi ...

(born 1983), Welsh footballer *

Theodore Morison Sir Theodore Morison (9 May 1863 – 14 February 1936) was a British educationalist who served as a Member of the Council of India and Director of the University of London Institute in Paris. He is best known as an interpreter of Muslim lif ...

(1863–1936), British educationalist *

Thomas Morison (physician) Thomas Morison (1558?–1603?) was a Scottish physician and diplomat. Biography Morison was born about 1558 it is said, in Aberdeen, but the statement is only based on the epithet 'Aberdonanus' or 'Aberdonnus' which Morison applies to himself. H ...

(c.1558–c.1603), Scottish physician and diplomat * Thomas H. Morison (1838–1884), Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut *

Thomas Morison, Lord Morison Thomas Brash Morison, Lord Morison (21 November 1868 – 28 July 1945) was a Scottish politician and judge. In March 1922 he was created a Senator of the College of Justice with the title of Lord Morison. Life Morison was born in Edinburgh. ...

(1868–1945), Scottish politician and judge *

Walter Morison Flight Lieutenant Walter McDonald Morison (26 November 1919 – 26 March 2009) was a Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and was sent to Colditz for attempting to steal an enemy aircraft during the Second World War. Early life ...

(1919–2009), Royal Air Force pilot *

William Morison (1663–1739) William Morison (1663–1739), of Prestongrange, Haddington, was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1690 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons as a Whig between 1707 and 1715. Morison was baptized on 19 Apri ...

, MP for Haddingtonshire and Peeblesshire * Sir

William Morison (1781–1851) General Sir William Morison (1781 – 15 May 1851) was a Scottish Whig Party politician and professional soldier. Life He was born in central Scotland in 1781. Trained as an officer in the British Army he rose to the rank of General in the ...

, MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire *

William Morison (minister) William Morison (1843–1937) was a Scottish presbyterian minister, writer and biographer. He was born in Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway. His father was Alexander Moffat, a master builder. and his mother was Catherine Campbell. He was educated aMo ...

(1843–1937), Scottish clergyman and advocate

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