Tenison or Tennison is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Thomas Tenison (1636–1715), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Renee Tenison (born 1968), American model and actress
• Rosie Tenison (born 1968), American model and actress, identical twin sister of Renee Tenison
• Jeni Tennison, OBE Technical Director of the Open Data Institute
• Thomas Tenison, built Castle Tenison in 1820s, Keadue, Co. Roscommon, landowner, father of E. K. Tenison
• Edward King-Tenison (1805–1878), lived at Kilronan Castle, Keadue, Co. Roscommon, Irish photographer, landowner
• Lady Louisa Tenison, wife of E. K. Tenison, travel writer, and artist
• Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston (1848–1896), Irish peer and Conservative politician
• Eva Tenison (1880–1961), British historian and novelist
• Robin Hanbury-Tenison (born 1936), English explorer
• Rosalie Tennison (1958–2025), Canadian writer and journalist
• Marika Hanbury-Tenison, cookery book author

Fictional characters:

• Jane Tennison, chief character in the British TV series Prime Suspect

Media:

• Prime Suspect 1973 , a British TV show also known as Prime Suspect: Tennison or just Tennison

See also

• Tennyson (disambiguation)

Surname list

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