Williamson (surname)
Encyclopedia
Williamson is a common English language
patronymic
surname
meaning "son of William". (William
is an old Germanic
name.) Williamson is uncommon as a first name, but quite common as a surname in English speaking countries.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
patronymic
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"...
meaning "son of William". (William
William (name)
William is a popular given name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era...
is an old Germanic
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.Originating about 1800 BCE from the Corded Ware Culture on the North...
name.) Williamson is uncommon as a first name, but quite common as a surname in English speaking countries.
List of persons with the surname
- Alexander William WilliamsonAlexander William WilliamsonAlexander William Williamson FRS was an English chemist of Scottish descent. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis.-Biography:...
(1824–1904) British Chemist - Alice Muriel WilliamsonAlice Muriel WilliamsonAlice Muriel Williamson was a British novelist.Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson...
(1869–1933), British novelist; wife of Charles Norris Williamson - Bobby WilliamsonBobby WilliamsonRobert "Bobby" Williamson is a former association footballer who is currently manager of the Uganda national football team. He previously managed Kilmarnock and Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League and Plymouth Argyle in the Football League Championship.-Playing career:As a player, Williamson...
(born 1961), Scottish football player and manager - Charles Norris WilliamsonCharles Norris WilliamsonCharles Norris Williamson was a British writer, motoring journalist and founder of the Black and White who was perhaps best-known for his collaboration with his wife, Alice Muriel Williamson, in a number of novels and travelogues....
(1859–1920), British writer - Corliss Williamson (born 1973), Former NBA player
- D.T.N. Theo Williamson (1923-1992), British inventor
- David WilliamsonDavid WilliamsonDavid Keith Williamson AO is one of Australia's best-known playwrights. He has also written screenplays and teleplays.-Biography:...
(born 1942), Australian playwright - Dominic WilliamsonDominic WilliamsonDominic Williamson is an English cricketer. Williamson is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Durham, County Durham....
(born 1975, English cricketer - Don W. WilliamsonDon W. WilliamsonDonald Wayne Williamson, usually known as Don Williamson , is a semiretired American businessman in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish and the largest city in north Louisiana, who served in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature between 1968 and 1980...
(born 1927), Louisiana politician and businessman - Earl WilliamsonEarl WilliamsonEarl Guyton Williamson, Sr. was a prominent businessman and politician in northern Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from the 1930s until the 1970s...
(1903–1992), Louisiana politician and businessman - Eric Miles WilliamsonEric Miles WilliamsonEric Miles Williamson is an American novelist and literary critic, member of the Board of Directors of the National Book Critics Circle, editor of the American Book Review, Boulevard, and Texas Review...
, American novelist - Henry WilliamsonHenry WilliamsonHenry William Williamson was an English naturalist, farmer and prolific author known for his natural and social history novels. He won the Hawthornden Prize for literature in 1928 with his book Tarka the Otter....
(1895–1977), British novelist - Hugh WilliamsonHugh WilliamsonHugh Williamson was an American politician. He is best known for representing North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention.Williamson was a scholar of international renown...
(1735–1819), American politician; North Carolina's representative at the Constitutional Convention - James Whitfield WilliamsonJames Whitfield WilliamsonJames Whitfield Williamson was a businessman and politician from north Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana, the scion of a prominent political family...
(1925–2008), Louisiana politician and businessman - James D. WilliamsJames D. WilliamsJames Douglas Williams , nicknamed Blue Jeans Bill, was a farmer and Democratic politician who held public office in Indiana for four decades, and was the only farmer elected as the Governor of Indiana, serving from 1877 to 1880...
(1808–1880), farmer and Indiana Democrat politician - J. C. WilliamsonJ. C. WilliamsonJames Cassius Williamson was an American actor and later Australia's foremost theatrical manager, founding J. C. Williamson Ltd....
(1845–1913), American-born actor-manager who founded a theatrical empire in Australia - Jack WilliamsonJack WilliamsonJohn Stewart Williamson , who wrote as Jack Williamson was a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction" following the death in 1988 of Robert A...
(1908–2006), American science fiction writer - John Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kane WilliamsonKane WilliamsonKane Stuart Williamson is a New Zealand Test cricketer. He plays for Northern Districts, making his first-class debut in December 2007...
(born 1990), New Zealand cricketer - Kenneth WilliamsonKenneth WilliamsonKenneth Williamson was a British ornithologist who had a strong association with Scotland and with bird migration.Williamson was born in Bury Lancashire. From 1941-1945 he served with the British occupation of the Faroe Islands in World War II, in 1944 marrying Esther Louise Rein of Tórshavn with...
(1914–1977), British ornithologist - Kerri Bennett WilliamsonKerri Bennett WilliamsonKerri Bennett Williamson is an American writer.Kerri Bennett Williamson is the author of several non-fiction books on home education and vegetarian cuisine. Her first fictional work is Bonnets and Aprons: Fionna , a historical novel inspired by the works of writers such as Jane Austen, the Brontë...
, American author, non-fiction books on home education and vegetarian cuisine - Kevin Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lionel WilliamsonLionel WilliamsonLionel Williamson is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. A talented winger, he played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership with the Newtown club and also represented Queensland and Australia.North Queenslander Williamson played a season with...
, Australian rugby league footballer - Malcolm WilliamsonMalcolm WilliamsonMalcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson AO , CBE was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen's Music from 1975 until his death.-Biography:...
(1931–2003), Australian composer and former Master of the Queen's Music - Malcolm J. WilliamsonMalcolm J. WilliamsonMalcolm John Williamson is a British mathematician and cryptographer. In 1974 he discovered what is now known as Diffie-Hellman key exchange. He was then working at GCHQ and was therefore unable to publicize his research as his work was classified...
, British mathematician and cryptographer - Marco WilliamsonMarco WilliamsonMarco Williamson is an English actor born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.Marco is best known for his television role as Julian in the 1995/6 version of The Famous Five shown on HTV from 1995 and on all other ITV regions in 1996 – 1997.He has also appeared in Richard III,...
(born 1981), English actor - Marianne WilliamsonMarianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson is a spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation currently before Congress to establish a United States Department of Peace. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that...
(born 1952), American spiritual activist, author, and lecturer - Matthew WilliamsonMatthew WilliamsonMatthew Williamson is an English fashion designer. His collections often have an Indian influence, perhaps related to the time Williamson spent working in India for the clothing store Monsoon...
(born 1971), British fashion designer - Maurice WilliamsonMaurice WilliamsonMaurice Donald Williamson is a New Zealand politician, representing Pakuranga in the House of Representatives as a member of the National Party...
(born 1951), New Zealand politician - Michael Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ned WilliamsonNed WilliamsonEdward Nagle "Ned" or "Ed" Williamson was an American Major League Baseball player for 13 seasons from 1878 until 1890...
(1857–1895), American professional baseball player - Nicol WilliamsonNicol WilliamsonNicol Williamson is a Scottish-born English actor who was described by English playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando".-Early life:...
(born 1938), Scottish actor - Norman WilliamsonNorman WilliamsonNorman Williamson is a professional jockey in the Irish National Hunt.- References :...
(born 1969), jockey - Oliver E. WilliamsonOliver E. WilliamsonOliver Eaton Williamson is an American economist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences....
(born 1932), American economist - Richard Williamson (born 1940), bishop of the Society of St. Pius X
- Roger WilliamsonRoger WilliamsonRoger Williamson was a British racing driver who died during the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands.-Biography:...
(1948–1973), English former Formula 1 driver, killed in a fatal crash in the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix - Samuel Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sonny Boy Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tedford WilliamsonTedford WilliamsonTedford Fielden Williamson, known as Ted Williamson , is a Texas businessman who is the scion of a politically-connected family from North Louisiana and himself a former member of the Round Rock, Texas, City Council. Round Rock is located along Interstate 35 in Williamson County north of the state...
(born 1957), Texas politician and businessman - Timothy WilliamsonTimothy WilliamsonTimothy Williamson is a British philosopher whose main research interests are in philosophical logic, philosophy of language, epistemology and metaphysics....
(born 1955), British philosopher - Troy WilliamsonTroy Williamson-Minnesota Vikings:The Vikings needed a receiver with deep speed after trading Randy Moss to Oakland, drafting Williamson with the 7th overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft...
(born 1983), American Football wide receiver, currently a free agent. - William Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people