Davidson (surname)
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Davidson is a patronymic
surname
, it means "son of David". There are alternate spellings called septs, including those common in the British Isles and Scandinavia: Davidsen, Davisson, Davison, Daveson, Davidsson. While the given name
comes from the Hebrew "David", meaning beloved, Davidson is rarely used as a masculine given name or nickname
. Davidson may refer to:
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, it means "son of David". There are alternate spellings called septs, including those common in the British Isles and Scandinavia: Davidsen, Davisson, Davison, Daveson, Davidsson. While the given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
comes from the Hebrew "David", meaning beloved, Davidson is rarely used as a masculine given name or nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
. Davidson may refer to:
Academics
- Arnold DavidsonArnold DavidsonArnold I. Davidson Ph.D. is Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, History of Science, and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Chicago. He is also a member of the Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science at Chicago and a...
(?–?), American philosopher - Donald DavidsonDonald Davidson (philosopher)Donald Herbert Davidson was an American philosopher born in Springfield, Massachusetts, who served as Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley from 1981 to 2003 after having also held teaching appointments at Stanford University, Rockefeller University, Princeton...
(1917–2003), American philosopher - Eric H. DavidsonEric H. DavidsonEric H. Davidson is a developmental biologist at the California Institute of Technology. Davidson is best known for his pioneering work on the role of gene regulation in evolution, on embryonic specification and for spearheading the effort to sequence the genome of the purple sea urchin,...
(born 1937), American biologist - Ernest R. DavidsonErnest R. DavidsonErnest R. Davidson, born October 12, 1936 in Terre Haute, Indiana, is Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. He graduated from Wiley High School, Terre Haute and Rose Polytechnic Institute....
(born 1936), American chemist - George Davidson (geographer)George Davidson (geographer)George Davidson was an geodesist, astronomer, geographer, surveyor and engineer in the United States.-Biography:Born May 9, 1825 in England, he came to the U.S. in 1832 with his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania...
(1825–1911), English geodesist, astronomer, geographer and engineer in the United States - Nora Fontaine DavidsonNora Fontaine DavidsonNora Fontaine Maury Davidson was an American schoolteacher in Petersburg, Virginia. She is credited for holding the first Memorial Day ceremony in Petersburg, and as the inspiration for the United States' Memorial Day....
(1836–1929), American teacher - Ogunlade DavidsonOgunlade DavidsonOgunlade Davidson is Co-chair of the Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1997. From 1996 until 2000, he held the post of Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.He is the current Minister of Energy and Water Resources of...
(?–?), Sierra Leonean academic - Richard DavidsonRichard DavidsonRichard J. Davidson is professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Early life and Education:Born in Brooklyn, Richard "Richie" Davidson attended Midwood High School...
(?–?), American scientist - Robert Davidson (1804–1894), Scottish inventor
- Rollo DavidsonRollo DavidsonRollo Davidson was a probabilist, alpinist, and Fellow-elect of Churchill College, Cambridge who died aged 25 on Piz Bernina....
(1944–1970), mathematician - Thomas Davidson (palaeontologist) (1817–1885), Scottish-British palaeontologist
- Thomas Davidson (philosopher)Thomas Davidson (philosopher)Thomas Davidson was a Scottish-American philosopher and lecturer.-Biography:Davidson was born of Presbyterian parents at Old Deer, near Aberdeen. After graduating from Aberdeen University as first graduate and Greek prizeman, he held the position of rector of the grammar school of Old Aberdeen...
(1840–1900), Scottish philosopher
Literature
- Alan DavidsonAlan Davidson (food writer)Alan Eaton Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food .The son of a Scottish tax inspector, Davidson was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland...
(1924–2003), British diplomat, historian and food writer - Avram DavidsonAvram DavidsonAvram Davidson was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche...
(1923–1993), American science fiction writer - Basil DavidsonBasil DavidsonBasil Risbridger Davidson MC was a British historian, writer and Africanist, particularly knowledgeable on the subject of Portuguese Africa prior to the 1974 Carnation Revolution....
(b. 1914), English historian of Africa - Donald DavidsonDonald Davidson (poet)Donald Grady Davidson was a U.S. poet, essayist, social and literary critic, and author...
(1893–1968), American poet - Donald DavidsonDonald Davidson (historian)Donald Davidson is the current historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the only person to hold such a position on a full-time basis for any motorsports facility in the world.-Personal history:...
(?–?), British-born Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian - Gustav DavidsonGustav DavidsonGustav Davidson was a poet, writer, and publisher.Davidson attended Columbia University in New York City and worked for the Library of Congress.-Works:...
(1895–1971), American poet and angelologist - Hilda Ellis Davidson (1914–2006), English antiquarian and mythographer
- John DavidsonJohn Davidson (poet)John Davidson was a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist, best known for his ballads. He also did translations from French and German...
(1857–1909), Scottish poet and playwright - Lionel DavidsonLionel DavidsonLionel Davidson was an English novelist who wrote a number of acclaimed spy thrillers.-Life and career:Lionel Davidson was born in 1922 in Hull, Yorkshire, one of nine children of an immigrant Jewish tailor. He left school early and worked in the London offices of the Spectator magazine as an...
(b. 1922), English poet - Michael DavidsonMichael Davidson (poet)Michael Davidson is an American poet.-Overview:Davidson has written eight books of poetry as well as numerous historical, cultural and critical works...
(b. 1944), American poet - Osha Gray DavidsonOsha Gray DavidsonOsha Gray Davidson , is a writer who focuses on natural history, race relations and other social and human rights issues. He was born in Passaic, New Jersey and grew up in Iowa, studying at the University of Iowa....
(b. 1954), American writer - Robyn DavidsonRobyn DavidsonRobyn Davidson is an Australian writer best known for her book Tracks, about a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of west Australia using camels. Her career of travelling and writing about her travels has spanned over 30 years....
(b. 1950), Australian writer
Media
- Amy DavidsonAmy DavidsonAmy Lynn Davidson is an American actress best known for her role as Kerry Michelle Hennessy in the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.-Early life and education:...
(b. 1979), American actress - Bruce DavidsonBruce Davidson (photographer)Bruce Davidson is an American photographer. He has been a member of Magnum agency since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, New York City, have been widely exhibited and published in a number of books.-Youth:Bruce Davidson was born to a single mother, who worked in a factory...
(b. 1933), American photographer - Carolyn DavidsonCarolyn DavidsonCarolyn Davidson is a graphic designer best known as the creator of the Nike "swoosh".Davidson designed the swoosh in 1971 while a graphic design student at Portland State University. Phil Knight, who was teaching an accounting class at the university, noticed Davidson working on an assignment, and...
(?–?), designed the Nike swoosh - Doug DavidsonDoug DavidsonDouglas Donald "Doug" Davidson is an American television actor. He has portrayed private investigator Paul Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless since May 1978, making him the series' senior male cast member.On September 12, 1994, he began hosting a five-night-a-week,...
(b. 1954), American actor - Eileen DavidsonEileen DavidsonEileen Davidson is an American film and soap opera actress. She is known for her role as Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful and for the multiple roles she portrayed on Days of our Lives....
(b. 1959), American actress - Jaye DavidsonJaye DavidsonJaye Davidson is an American-British former actor and model. He is best known for his roles as transgender "Dil" in the 1992 suspense-drama thriller film The Crying Game, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, making him the first Black British actor...
(b. 1968), British actor - Jim Davidson (comedian)Jim Davidson (comedian)Jim Davidson OBE is a British comedian, actor and television presenter. He has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to entertainment, particularly of British service personnel in conflict zones.- Biography :The son of a Glaswegian father, Davidson was born in...
(b. 1953), English comedian - Jim Davidson (actor)Jim Davidson (actor)Jim Davidson is an American actor and model who is best known for his work on the mid-1990s television drama, Pacific Blue...
(b. 1963), American actor - John DavidsonJohn Davidson (entertainer)John Hamilton Davidson, Sr. is an American singer, actor and game show host known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991....
(b. 1941), American actor, host of the game show Hollywood Squares - Kenneth Davidson (Australian columnist) Co-editor of D!ssent Magazine and weekly columnist at 'The Age'
- Max DavidsonMax DavidsonMax Davidson was a German film actor known for his comedic Jewish persona during the silent film era. With a career spanning over thirty years, Davidson appeared in over 180 films.-Career:...
(b. 1950), German-born film comedian - Michael DavidsonMichael Davidson (singer)Michael Davidson is a singer and songwriter.- Career :Michael Davidson contributed to the Madonna movie Who's That Girl with the track "Turn it up" in for Sire Records, which became a huge dance hit in the worldwide charts...
(b. 1969), singer and songwriter - Ross DavidsonRoss DavidsonWilliam Russell "Ross" Davidson was a British actor best known for his role as Andy O'Brien in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.-Career:...
(1949–2006), British actor - Tommy DavidsonTommy DavidsonTommy Davidson is an American comedian, film and television actor.Born in Washington, D.C., Davidson was adopted when he was 2-years-old. He was a child of an interracial adoption, with his parents being Caucasian and he being African-American. He attended high school at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High...
(b. 1965), American actor
Military
- Lt. General Phillip DavidsonPhillip DavidsonPhillip Buford Davidson, Jr. was an American Lieutenant general, who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War....
(1915–1996), Vietnam War - Major General John (Black Jack) DavidsonJohn Davidson (general)John Wynn Davidson was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and an American Indian fighter. In 1866, he received brevet grade appointments as a major general of volunteers and in the regular U.S. Army for his Civil War service,-Biography:Davidson was born in...
(1825–1881, Mexican-American War - Brigadier General Henry Brevard DavidsonHenry Brevard DavidsonHenry Brevard Davidson was a career soldier who served as an officer in the United States Army in the West and later was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
(1831–1899), American Civil War, Confederate Army - Brigadier General William Lee DavidsonWilliam Lee DavidsonWilliam Lee Davidson was a North Carolina militia general during the American Revolutionary War.-Origins and education:His father moved with his family to Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1750, and William, the youngest son, was educated at Queen's Museum in Charlotte.-Military Campaigns:Active...
(1746–1781), United States War of Independence - Major James Davidson, United States War of Independence
- Major John Davidson, United States War of Independence
Politics
- David DavidsonDavid Davidson (politician)David Davidson was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland Region, from 1999 to 2007. Whilst in parliament he was a member of the controversial Scottish Parliament Business Exchange. He was previously a councillor in Stirling...
(b. 1943), Scottish politician - George Forrester DavidsonGeorge Forrester DavidsonGeorge Forrester Davidson, was a Canadian civil servant and president of the CBC.Born in Bass River, Nova Scotia, he graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1928 and earned a Ph.D. in classical studies from Harvard University in 1932...
(1909– 995), Canadian civil servant - Ian DavidsonIan Davidson (Scottish politician)Ian Graham Davidson is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Glasgow South West since 2005...
(b. 1950), Scottish politician - Inger DavidsonInger DavidsonInger Davidson, born Inger Windblad , is a Swedish Christian Democrat politician.Elementary school teacher 1969-1987, party secretary 1989-91, minister of civilian infrastructure 1991-94, member of the Riksdag since 1991.-External links:...
(b. 1944), Swedish politician - Frances Davidson, Viscountess DavidsonFrances Davidson, Viscountess DavidsonFrances Joan Davidson, Viscountess Davidson DBE , styled Lady Davidson between 1935 and 1937 and as Viscountess Davidson between 1937 and 1985, was a British Conservative Party politician....
(1894–1985), British politician - James Davidson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- James Davidson (Canadian politician)James Davidson (Canadian politician)James Davidson was mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1901.He was born in Ottawa in 1856. With his brothers, he worked in the timber trade and manufactured doors. He served as alderman from 1898 to 1907; he became mayor when W.D. Morris was forced to resign...
(1856–1913), mayor of Ottawa for two months in 1901 - James Davidson, a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- James O. DavidsonJames O. DavidsonJames Ole Davidson was the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.-Background:Jens Ole Davidson was born in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway. He immigrated in 1872 to the United States when he was 18 years old...
(1854–1922), American governor of Wisconsin
- James Davidson (Canadian politician)
- Jane DavidsonJane DavidsonJane Davidson, AM was the Labour Assembly Member for Pontypridd and the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing in the Welsh Assembly Government. She lives in Gwaelod-y-Garth with her husband and three children...
(b. 1957), Welsh politician - John Andrew DavidsonJohn Andrew DavidsonJohn Andrew Davidson was a Manitoba politician. He was briefly the leader of Manitoba's Conservative parliamentary caucus in 1894, and later served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond P. Roblin.Davidson was born in Thamesford, Canada West...
(1852–1903), Canadian politician - Michael Davidson (b. 1980), American politician
- Patricia DavidsonPatricia DavidsonPatricia A. "Pat" Davidson is a member of the Canadian House of Commons elected in 2006 representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton and is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada....
(b. 1946), Canadian politician - True DavidsonTrue DavidsonJean Gertrude Davidson, CM , the first mayor of the Borough of East York, Ontario, was one of Toronto’s most colourful politicians in a career spanning nearly 25 years...
(1901–1978), Canadian mayor - Walter Edward DavidsonWalter Edward DavidsonSir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG was a colonial Administrator and diplomat. He served periods as Governor of the Seychelles, Governor of Newfoundland and as Governor of New South Wales, in which he died in office....
(1859–1923), Colonial governor of the Seychelles, Newfoundland, New South Wales - William DavidsonWilliam Davidson (conspirator)William Davidson was an African-Caribbean radical executed by the British government-Early years:Davidson was the illegitimate son of the Jamaican Attorney General and a local black woman. At age fourteen he travelled to Glasgow to study law. In Scotland he became involved in the movement for...
(1781–1820) African Caribbean revolutionary
Religious
- Andrew B. DavidsonAndrew B. DavidsonAndrew Bruce Davidson was Professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages in New College, University of Edinburgh.Davidson was born at Kirkhill, in the parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1831. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1849. He entered New College,...
(b. 1902), Scottish Hebrew scholar - Harold DavidsonHarold DavidsonHarold Francis Davidson , sometimes known as the "Prostitutes' Padre", was a Church of England priest, often referred to as the "Rector of Stiffkey". In 1932 he was defrocked on charges of immorality...
(1875–1937), English clergyman who was defrocked - Randall Davidson, 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth (1848–1930), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Richard M. DavidsonRichard M. DavidsonRichard M. Davidson is an Old Testament scholar and Seventh-day Adventist. He has authored dozens of articles for theological journals. As of 2009, he is the chair of the Old Testament department at Andrews University, and the J. N...
, Old Testament scholar - Samuel DavidsonSamuel DavidsonSamuel Davidson was an Irish biblical scholar who was born near Ballymena in Ireland.He was educated at the Royal College of Belfast, entered the Presbyterian ministry in 1835, and was appointed professor of biblical criticism at his own college...
(1807–1898), Irish Biblical scholar
Sports
- Davidson (Essex cricketer)Davidson (Essex cricketer)Davidson was an English professional cricketer who made 3 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1784 to 1787.-Career:...
, English cricketer playing 1784–1787 - Alan DavidsonAlan Davidson (cricketer)Alan Keith Davidson, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer of the 1950s and 1960s. He was an all rounder: a hard-hitting lower-order left-handed batsman, and an outstanding left-arm fast-medium opening bowler...
(b. 1929), Australian cricketer - Alan DavidsonAlan Edward DavidsonAlan Edward Davidson was an Australian football player. His mother is Japanese.-Club career:Davidson began his domestic senior football career in 1976 and 1977, playing for Altona City SC which had been his junior club...
(b. 1960), Australian soccer player - Alan Davidson (Scottish footballer)Alan Davidson (Scottish footballer)Alan Davidson is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. Davidson is the son of former FIFA referee Bob Davidson.-Early years:...
(b. 1960), Scottish footballer - Allan "Scotty" DavidsonAllan DavidsonAllan McLean "Scotty" Davidson was a Canadian ice hockey player and soldier. He was a standout offensive player in the formative years of hockey history, leading his Kingston junior team to two Ontario Hockey Association championships in 1910 and 1911...
(1890–1915), Canadian hockey player - Anthony DavidsonAnthony DavidsonAnthony Denis Davidson is a British former Formula One racing driver from England, born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. He has raced for Minardi, Super Aguri and been a test and/or reserve driver for the British American Racing, Honda and Brawn GP teams...
(b. 1979), British racing driver - Ben DavidsonBen DavidsonBenjamin Earl Davidson is a former collegiate and professional American football player between 1961 and 1972, most notably in the American Football League with the Oakland Raiders from 1964 through 1969, and for the NFL Raiders from 1970 through 1972. He had also played in the NFL for the league...
(b. 1940), American football player - Bob Davidson, Canadian hockey player
- Bob DavidsonBob Davidson (umpire)Robert Allan Davidson is an umpire for Major League Baseball.-Early life:Bob Davidson graduated from Duluth East High School in Duluth, Minnesota in 1970. He attended the University of Minnesota-Duluth where he played baseball for two seasons. Davidson then left to pursue a professional umpiring...
, baseball umpire - Bruce DavidsonBruce Davidson (equestrian)Bruce Oram Davidson is an American equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. He grew up in a family uninterested in horses, but began to compete in Pony Club events after a family friend introduced him to horses...
, American equestrian - John Davidson (ice hockey) (1912–1996), a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Melody DavidsonMelody DavidsonMelody Davidson is the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She was the head coach of the gold medal winning 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics Canadian women's team....
(?–?), Canadian hockey coach - Mike Davidson (1963), New Zealand freestyle swimmer
- Owen DavidsonOwen Davidson' was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s.Partnering Billie Jean King, Davidson managed to win eight grand slam mixed doubles titles. Davidson was one of very few to win a calendar year slam for mixed doubles, when he won the Australian Championships, French Championships,...
(1943), Australian tennis player - Ross Davidson (b.1989), English footballer
- Stuart Davidson (cricketer)Stuart Davidson (cricketer)Stuart James Davidson is a Zimbabwean born former Scottish cricketer. Davidson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace...
(b. 1972), Scottish cricketer - Sven DavidsonSven DavidsonSven Davidson was a Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957...
(b. 1928), Swedish tennis player
Others
- Adam Davidson (disambiguation)
- Andy Davidson (disambiguation)
- Bill Davidson (disambiguation)
- Donald Davidson (disambiguation)
- James Dale DavidsonJames Dale DavidsonJames Dale Davidson is an American investment newsletter writer and author of The Sovereign Individual, The Great Reckoning, and Blood in the Streets, all three co-authored with William Rees-Mogg. He also wrote The Plague of the Black Debt - How to Survive the Coming Depression. He is also the...
(?–?), American founder of the National Taxpayers Union - James Duncan DavidsonJames Duncan DavidsonJames Duncan Davidson is an American photographer and former software developer. While a software engineer at Sun Microsystems , Davidson created Tomcat, a Java‐based webserver application and the Ant Java‐based build tool.He was raised in Oklahoma and Texas, and is currently self‐employed as both...
(b. 1970), software engineer - Jim Davidson (disambiguation)
- Jo DavidsonJo DavidsonJo Davidson was an American sculptor of Russian-Jewish descent. Although he specialized in realistic, intense portrait busts, Davidson did not require his subjects to formally pose for him; rather, he observed and spoke with them...
, American sculptor - John Davidson (disambiguation)
- John Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson (1889–1970), British politician
- Jonathan DavidsonJonathan DavidsonColonel Sir Jonathan Roberts Davidson, CMG, TD, MSc, MICE was a British civil engineer and army officer. Davidson pursued a professional career as an engineer which resulted in him being elected president of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers...
, British civil engineer and soldier - Neil Davidson (disambiguation)
- Robert Laurenson Dashiell DavidsonRobert Laurenson Dashiell DavidsonDr. Robert Laurenson Dashiell Davidson , of Missouri, was an active philatelist in the Missouri area, and also at the national level.-Philatelic activity:...
(1909–1998), philatelist of Missouri - William DavidsonWilliam DavidsonWilliam Morse "Bill" Davidson, J. D. was an American businessman who was President, Chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries, one of the world's largest manufacturers of architectural and automotive glass...
(b. 1923), American executive - William Davidson (lumberman)William Davidson (lumberman)William Davidson was a Scottish-Canadian lumber merchant, shipbuilder and politician. He was the first permanent European settler on the Miramichi River in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick.- Arrival in the New World :...
(1940–1790), Scottish settler in Canada - J. Norman DavidsonJ. Norman DavidsonJames Norman Davidson CBE FRS FRSE was a Scottish biochemist, pioneer molecular biologist and textbook author. He served as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1958-59.-Sources:*-External links:...
(FRS), Scottish biochemist, pioneer molecular biologist and textbook author. - Related to the Harley-Davidson Motor CompanyHarley-DavidsonHarley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...
:- Arthur Davidson (Harley-Davidson founder)Arthur Davidson (Harley-Davidson founder)Arthur Davidson was one of the four original founders of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. One of Arthur's favorite pastimes was fishing in the beautiful Wisconsin wilderness, which inspired him to create a motorcycle that would "take the hard work out of pedaling a bicycle".Arthur was a natural...
, co-founder - Walter Davidson (Harley-Davidson founder), co-founder
- William Davidson (Harley-Davidson founder), co-founder
- Willie G. DavidsonWillie G. DavidsonWilliam G. Davidson, usually referred to as "Willie G.", is the senior vice president & chief styling officer of Harley-Davidson Motor Company. He is also the head of Harley-Davidson's Willie G. Davidson Product Development Center in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin...
, Head of Design; designer of the FX Super Glide, XLCR Sportster, FXSTSB Bad Boy, and other models.
- Arthur Davidson (Harley-Davidson founder)
Fictional characters
- Dr. Ben DavidsonBen Davidson (One Life to Live)Dr. Ben Davidson is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by actor Mark Derwin from February 1999 to August 2002, and briefly in February 2004 and July 2008...
, fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by actor Mark Derwin. - PC Andy DavidsonAndy Davidson (Torchwood)Andy Davidson is a fictional character in the BBC television programme Torchwood, portrayed by Tom Price. Andy, an officer with the South Wales Police, is a supporting character who first appears in Torchwoods premiere episode "Everything Changes" and recurs regularly from thereon...
, fictional character on the BBC science fiction series Torchwood, portrayed by actor Tom Price
See also
- DavidsonDavidsonDavidson is the name of:* Davidson * Davidson Media Group* Davidson Seamount, undersea mountain southwest of Monterey, California, USA* Tyler Davidson Fountain, monument in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA...
- Viscount DavidsonViscount DavidsonViscount Davidson, of Little Gaddesden in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead, Sir J. C. C. Davidson. the title is held by his eldest son, the second...
- Chiefs of Clan Davidson
- Davidson (Scottish Clan)Clan DavidsonClan Davidson is a Highland Scottish clan. The clan was also part of the Chattan Confederation.-History:When the power of the Comyns began to wane in Badenoch, David Dubh of Invernahaven, Chief of Davidsons, having married the daughter of Angus, 6th of MacKintosh, sought the protection of William,...
- Davison (disambiguation)
- Davidsen (disambiguation)