Morison is a surname found in the English-speaking world. It is a variant form of Morrison. It was one of the original ways of spelling the name of the Clan Morrison, before Morrison with two r's became popular.

People with this surname

  • Alexander Morison (1779–1866), Scottish physician and alienist
  • Barbara Morison, Australian radio broadcaster
  • Catriona Morison (born 1986), Scottish mezzo-soprano
  • Charles Morison (1861–1920), New Zealand barrister
  • Donald Morison (1857–1924), lawyer, judge and politician in Newfoundland
  • Douglas Morison (1814–1847), English painter
  • Elsie Morison (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, 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) (1816–1893), Scottish cleric
  • James Augustus Cotter Morison (1832–1888), English writer
  • James Rutherford Morison (1853–1939), British surgeon
  • Jock Morison (1914–1991), Australian rules footballer
  • John Morison, 6th Baron of Bognie and Mountblairy (1757-1835), British politician
  • John Morison (bacteriologist) (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 (1771–1791), supposed associate of the poet Robert Burns
  • Margaret Pitt Morison (1900–1985), Australian architect
  • Matthew Morison (born 1987), Canadian amateur snowboarder
  • Odille Morison (1855–1933), Canadian linguist, collector and community leader
  • Oscar Colin Morison (1884–1966), early English aviator
  • Patricia Morison (1915-2018), American actress
  • Robert Morison (1620–1683), Scottish botanist
  • Roderick Morison, Scottish Gaelic poet and harpist, early 18th century
  • Rona Morison, Scottish actress
  • Rosa Morison, (1841–1912), British linguist and educationist
  • Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), American historian
  • Samuel Loring Morison (born 1944), former American intelligence analyst
  • Stanley Morison (1889–1967), British typographer, typographic theoretician and type designer
  • Steve Morison (born 1983), Welsh footballer
  • Theodore Morison (1863–1936), British educationalist
  • Thomas Morison (physician) (c.1558–c.1603), Scottish physician and diplomat
  • Thomas H. Morison (1838–1884), Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut
  • Thomas Morison, Lord Morison (1868–1945), Scottish politician and judge
  • Walter Morison (1919–2009), Royal Air Force pilot
  • William Morison (1663–1739), MP for Haddingtonshire and Peeblesshire
  • Sir William Morison (1781–1851), MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
  • William Morison (minister) (1843–1937), Scottish clergyman and advocate

See also

  • Morison Zuill (1937–2023), Scottish cricketer
  • Morrison (disambiguation)