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)

Surname list

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