Jameson (name)

Jameson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of James", originating on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, where the name has resided since ancient times. It may also be a given name. Jameson may refer to:

People

Surname

• Andrew Jameson (disambiguation)
• Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860), Anglo-Irish artist and art critic
• Antony Jameson (born 1934), British aeronautical engineer
• Arron Jameson (born 1989), English footballer
• Betty Jameson (1919–2009), American golfer
• Bobby Jameson (1945–2015), American singer and songwriter
• David Jameson (born 1984), Canadian field hockey player
• David Jameson (governor) (1723–1793), acting Governor of Virginia
• Derek Jameson (1929–2012), British journalist and broadcaster
• Fredric Jameson (born 1934), American social and literary theorist
• George Jamesone (c.1587–1644), Scottish painter
• Green B. Jameson (1807–1836), Texian chief engineer at the Battle of the Alamo
• Henry Lyster Jameson (1874–1922), Irish zoologist
• James Jameson (disambiguation); multiple people with this name
  • James Jameson (1824–1896), Mayor of Christchurch (1870–1871)
  • James Jameson (priest) (1828–1899), Archdeacon of Leighlin
  • James Jameson (surgeon) (1837–1904), British army surgeon
  • James Jameson Dickson (1815–1885), Scottish-Swedish industrialist and philanthropist
• J. J. Jameson, American convicted murderer
• Jenna Jameson (born 1974), American entrepreneur and former pornographic actress
• John Jameson (disambiguation), multiple people with this name
  • John Jameson, founder of Jameson Irish Whiskey
  • John Jameson (colonel) (1751–1810), American soldier who served in the American Revolutionary War
  • John Jameson (cricketer) (born 1941), English cricketer
  • John Jameson (politician) (1802–1857), American lawyer and politician
  • John Eustace Jameson (1853–1919), Irish politician, distiller, and soldier who served in the British Army
  • John Gordon Jameson (1878–1955), Scottish politician and advocate
  • John Paul Jameson (died 1700), Scottish priest and antiquarian
  • Johnny Jameson (born 1958), Northern Irish footballer
• Joyce Jameson (1932–1987), American actress
• Julian "Jools" Jameson (born 1968), British game designer and entrepreneur
• J. Franklin Jameson (1859–1937), American historian
• Kate Wetzel Jameson (1870–1967), American college professor
• Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917), British colonial politician best known for his involvement in the Jameson Raid
• Louise Jameson (born 1951), English actress
• Malcolm Jameson (1891–1945), American science fiction writer
• Michael Jameson (born 1974), transgender fell runner convicted of attempted murder better known as Lauren Jeska
• Percy Jameson (1917–1981), English footballer
• Robert Jameson (disambiguation); multiple people with this name
  • Robert Jameson (1774–1854), Scottish naturalist and mineralogist
  • Robert Sympson Jameson (1796–1854), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Robert William Jameson (1805–1868), Scottish solicitor, councillor, editor, poet and playwright
• Rod Jameson (born 1970), Australian rules footballer
• Stephanie Jameson (born 1982), Canadian field hockey player
• Storm Jameson (1891–1986), English journalist and author
• Susan Jameson (born 1941), English actress
• William Jameson (disambiguation), multiple people with this name
  • William Jameson (botanist, born 1796) (1796–1873), Scottish-Ecuadorian botanist
  • William Jameson (botanist, born 1815) (1815–1882), Scottish physician and botanist
  • William James Jameson (1898–1990), American judge
• Wilson Jameson (1885–1962), Scottish doctor

First name

• Jameson Parker (born 1947), American actor

Fictional people

• J. Jonah Jameson, character in the Marvel Comics universe, father of John Jameson
• John Jameson (comics), character in the Marvel Comics universe, son of J. Jonah Jameson

Jameson Reagan, NYPD Sergeant, character in the TV series „Blue Bloods“

See also

• Jakobsen
• Jamison (surname)
• Jamieson (disambiguation)
• James (name), James (surname)
• O'Séamas
• DiGiacomo
• Díaz