Dixon (surname)

Dixon is a surname, and may refer to

• Aaron Dixon, American activist
• Abram Dixon (1787–1875), New York politician
• Adrian Dixon, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge
• Alan J. Dixon, American senator
• Alesha Dixon, British singer
• Alice Dixon, English photographer
• Alfred Dixon, mathematician
• Arthur Lee Dixon, mathematician, younger brother of Alfred Dixon
• Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, English photographer and archaeologist
• Ambrose Dixon, 17th century American pioneer
• Amzi Dixon, American preacher
• Andrew Graham-Dixon, British art critic
• Antonio Dixon, American football player
• Archibald Dixon, American politician
• Arrington Dixon, American politician
• Ben Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • Ben Dixon (Australian rules footballer), Australian rules player with Hawthorn Football Club
  • Ben Dixon (footballer born 1974), English football (soccer) player
  • Ben Dixon (fictional character), in the Robotech universe
• Bill Dixon, American jazzmusician
• Cecil Dixon, South African cricketer
• Charles Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • Charles Dixon (tennis player), English tennis player
  • Charles Dixon (ornithologist), English ornithologist
  • Charles Harvey Dixon, British politician
• Chuck Dixon, American comic book writer
• Clay Dixon, American politician
• Colin Dixon, Welsh rugby league footballer
• Cromwell Dixon, American aviation pioneer
• Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran
• David Dixon, British actor and screenwriter
• David S. Dixon, American amateur astronomer
• Dean Dixon, American conductor
• Dennis Dixon, American football player
• Don Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • Don Dixon (musician), record producer, songwriter, musician, bassist
  • Don Dixon (artist), space artist, painter and illustrator
• Donna Dixon, American actress
• Dougal Dixon, Scottish geologist
• Eugene Dixon, birth name of American singer Gene Chandler
• Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., American philanthropist, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers
• Floyd Dixon, American R&B pianist
• Frank M. Dixon, American politician
• Franklin W. Dixon, pseudonym used for Hardy Boys novel authors
• Fred Dixon, Canadian politician
• Geoff Dixon, Australian CEO
• George Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • George Dixon (boxer), a nineteenth century boxer
  • George Dixon (captain), a sea captain and explorer
  • George Washington Dixon, a nineteenth century singer and newspaper editor
• Hal Dixon, Irish biochemist
• Hanford Dixon, American footballer
• Henry Hall Dixon, British sporting writer
• Henry Horatio Dixon, Irish biologist
• Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran
• Hewritt Dixon, American football running back
• Ivan Dixon, American actor
• James R. Dixon, American herpetologist
• Jamie Dixon, American basketball coach
• Jane Holmes Dixon, Bishop of Washington
• Jeane Dixon, American astrologer
• Jeremiah Dixon, surveyor on the Mason-Dixon Line
• Jerry Dixon, bass guitarist
• Jessy Dixon, gospel singer
• Joan Dixon, American actress
• John Dixon (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph M. Dixon, American politician
• Juan Dixon, American basketball player
• Julian C. Dixon, Californian politician
• Kerry Dixon, English footballer
• Larry Dixon (disambiguation), several people
• Lee Dixon, English footballer
• Lee Dixon (actor), American actor and singer
• Leslie Dixon, American screenwriter
• Lisa Dixon, American psychiatry professor
• Marcus Dixon, American football player
• Marcus Dixon (Alias), fictional character from the TV series Alias
• Matthew Charles Dixon, recipient of the Victoria cross
• Maxwell Dixon, American rapper Grand Puba
• Medina Dixon, American basketball player
• Michael Dixon (disambiguation), several people
• Monica Dixon, American political organiser
• Sir Owen Dixon, Chief Justice of Australia
• Patrick Dixon, British business analyst and author
• Paul Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • Paul Dixon (entertainer), American television talk show host
  • Paul Dixon (ice hockey), British ice hockey player
  • Paul Dixon (rugby league), English rugby league footballer
• R. M. W. Dixon (Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon), Australian linguist
• Rap Dixon, American baseball player
• Reginald Dixon, British theatre organist
• Richard Watson Dixon, English poet
• Robert Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including
  • Robert Dixon (explorer), Australian surveyor
• Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran (born 1935)
• Rod Dixon, New Zealand runner
• Ron Dixon, American footballer
• Scott Dixon, racing driver from New Zealand
• Sharon Pratt Dixon, later Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
• Sheila Dixon, mayor of Baltimore
• Sonny Dixon, American TV anchorman
• Stephen Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • Stephen Dixon (author) (born 1936), American author
  • Stephen Dixon (ice hockey) (born 1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Stephen Dixon (newsreader), English news presenter
  • Steve Dixon (actor) (born 1956, as Stephen Dixon), British actor and academic
• Thomas Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • Thomas Dixon, Jr. (1864–1946), American minister and author of The Clansman
  • Thomas Hill Dixon (1816–1880), superintendent of convicts in Western Australia
  • Thomas Sidney Dixon (1916–1993), Australian Catholic missionary
• Thomas Homer-Dixon, Canadian political scientist
• Tom Dixon (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • Tom Dixon (American football), American football player
  • Tom Dixon (baseball), baseball player
  • Tom Dixon (industrial designer), British furniture and lighting designer
• Vladimir Dixon, contributor to Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress
• Waliyy Dixon (born 1974), American streetball player
• Wheeler Winston Dixon, American film director
• William Hepworth Dixon, British historian
• Willie Dixon, American blues musician

See also

• Dixon v. Alabama, a landmark civil-rights case, appellant St. John Dixon
• Dixon (disambiguation)
• Dickson (surname)