Allison (surname)
Allison is a surname of English and Scottish origin.
When used as a given name it is traditionally masculine, as opposed to the feminine name Alison.
Alison, variant form Alizon, is a surname of French origin.
With the many variants of spelling through history, as well as the likelihood of phonetic spelling changes and variations through time; names such as Alison Allason, Ellison, Allyson, Alasoune, Allinson and in some cases McAllister have been found to be interchangeable and variants of the different families using the same family name of 'Allison'.
Origins
The surname was first recorded in England in 1248, when a "William Alisun" is recorded in the Documents of the Abbey of Bee in Buckinghamshire. In Scotland, the earliest record dates from 1296, when "Patrick Alissone, Count of Berwick" paid homage to the ruling council of Scotland in the absence of a proclaimed king.List of people with the surname
;Alison- Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and essayist
- Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, historian
- Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet, British Army officer
- Charles Hugh Alison, British golf course architect
- Charlie Alison, cricketer
- Dorothy Alison, Australian actress
- Ewen Alison, New Zealand politician
- Francis Alison, minister in Synod of Philadelphia
- Gilbert Alison, Australian politician
- James Alison, Catholic priest, theologian and author
- Jane Alison, Australian novelist
- Joan Alison, writer
- John R. Alison, American air force general
- Michael Alison, British politician
- Roberta Alison, American tennis player
- William Alison, Scottish physician and philanthropist
- Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigerian politician
- Allison family, passengers on board the RMS Titanic
- Abraham K. Allison, American businessman and politician
- Aimee Allison, American author, public affairs television host and political activist
- Anne Allison, cultural anthropologist
- Anthony Allison , Liberian-born American soccer player
- Anthony Clifford Allison, South African medical scientist
- Art Allison, American Major League Baseball player
- Aundrae Allison, American footballer
- Ben Allison, American jazz, rock bassist/composer
- Bernard Allison, American blues musician
- Bill Allison, American casino owner and actor
- Bill Allison , American professional baseball player
- Bill Allison , English footballer
- Bob Allison, American baseball player
- Bobby Allison, American race car driver
- Brett Allison, Australian rules footballer
- Brian Allison, Scottish footballer
- Brooke Allison, American pop singer
- C. FitzSimons Allison, American Episcopal bishop and an author
- Charles Gary Allison, American screenwriter and film producer
- Chris Allison, British record producer
- Chris Allison, British senior officer of the Metropolitan Police Service
- Clay Allison, American cattle rancher and gunfighter
- Clifford Allison, American stock car racing driver
- Dale Allison, American Christian theologian
- Darren Allison, English record producer, musician, and recording engineer
- Davey Allison, American race car driver
- David Allison
- Dean Allison, Canadian politician
- Donnie Allison, American race car driver
- Dorothy Allison, American novelist
- Dorothy Allison , American self-proclaimed psychic detective
- Dot Allison, Scottish singer/songwriter
- Doug Allison, American professional baseball player
- Doug Allison , English footballer and coach
- Elmer Allison, American radical activist and newspaper publisher
- Emery Allison, American politician
- Fran Allison, American television and radio personality
- Fred Allison, American physicist
- Gary Allison, German-born American soccer player
- Gene Allison, American R&B singer
- George Allison, English football journalist, broadcaster and manager
- Glenn Allison, American professional ten-pin bowler
- Graham T. Allison, American political scientist
- Hank Allison, American professional football player
- Henry Allison, Australian cricket player
- Herbert M. Allison, American financial expert, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability
- Humberto Guerra Allison, Peruvian physician and scientist
- J.I. Allison, American musician
- Jacob Allison, Australian rules footballer
- James Allison, Jr., American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania
- James Allison , British aerodynamicist, Technical Director of the Lotus Formula One team
- James Allison , theatre manager in Australia
- James A. Allison, American businessman and industrialist
- Jason Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jay Allison, American radio producer and broadcast journalist
- Jeff Allison, American baseball pitcher
- Jennifer Allison, American author of mystery novels
- Jeremy Allison, computer programmer
- Jim Allison , American football player
- Joe Allison, American football player
- John Allison
- Joseph Allison
- Julia Allison, American journalist and television commentator
- Kevin Allison, American comedic writer and actor
- Kyle Allison, Scottish professional footballer
- Lincoln Allison, English writer
- Luther Allison, American blues musician
- Lyn Allison, Australian senator
- Mack Allison, American professional baseball player
- Malcolm Allison, English football manager
- Mary Bruins Allison, American physician
- Mary Emma Allison, American school librarian and UNICEF fundraiser
- Matt Allison , English racing driver
- Matt Allison, American record producer
- May Allison, American stage and film actress
- May Allison , Canadian long-distance runner
- Mike Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
- Monica Allison, American actress and voice actor
- Mose Allison, American jazz pianist and singer
- Odis Allison, American basketball player
- Oliver Allison, English Anglican missionary bishop
- Olivia Allison, British synchronized swimmer
- Peter Allison, Australian writer and African safari guide
- Ray Allison, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Rebecca Allison, American cardiologist
- Richard Allison
- Robert Allison
- Rodney Allison, American college football coach
- Samuel King Allison, American physicist
- Scott Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
- Stacy Allison, American mountaineer, the first American woman to climb Mount Everest
- Stephen Allison, American politician
- Stub Allison, American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Susan Allison, American editor-in-chief and vice president at Ace Books
- Susan Louisa Moir Allison, Canadian author and pioneer
- Tom Allison, Australian rules footballer
- Tomilea Allison, American politician
- Wayne Allison, English footballer and coach
- Wick Allison, American magazine publisher and author
- Will Allison, American author
- William B. Allison, American politician
- William Henry Allison, Canadian politician
- Wilmer Allison, American amateur tennis champion
- Young E. Allison, American writer and newspaper editorials
- June Allyson, American film and television actress