Garrison (name) explained

Garrison is an English surname and given name derived from "son of Gerard",^[1] and the surname was brought from the patronymic name Gerhardsen during the Viking Invasion. The name is not related to the word "garrison". Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Ben Garrison (born 1957), American right-wing political cartoonist
• Carol Garrison (born 1952), President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2002 to 2012
• Christian Garrison (1942–2020), American crime writer
• C. K. Garrison, entrepreneur and Mayor of San Francisco (1853–54)
• David Garrison (born 1952), American actor
• Don Garrison (1925–2018), American lawyer and politician
• Eve Garrison, (1903–2003), American artist
• Fielding Hudson Garrison (1870–1935), American scholar of the history of medicine
• Ford Garrison (1915–2001), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Gary Garrison (born 1944), American professional football player
• Harriet E. Garrison (1848–1930), American physician, writer
• Jason Garrison (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Jennifer Garrison (born 1962), American politician from Ohio
• Jim Garrison (1921–1992), Louisiana district attorney, investigator of John F. Kennedy assassination
• Jimmy Garrison (1933–1976), American jazz double bassist
• Matthew Garrison (born 1970), American jazz electric bassist
• Lane Garrison (born 1980), American actor
• Len Garrison (1943–2003), Black British educationalist and historian
• Lindley Miller Garrison (1864–1932), US Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson
• Orestes Garrison (1813–1874), American politician
• Roger Garrison (born 1944), American economist
• Sean Garrison (1937–2018), American actor
• Sidney Clarence Garrison (1885–1945), American educator and psychologist.
• T. Ed Garrison, Jr. (1922–2013), American farmer and politician
• Vermont Garrison (1915-1994), United States Air Force officer
• Walt Garrison (1944–2023), former National Football League player
• Wendell Phillips Garrison (1840–1907), American editor and author.
• William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879), American abolitionist leader
• William F. Garrison, United States Army major general
• William Garrison (geographer) (1924–2015), American civil engineer and geographer
• Zina Garrison (born 1963), former professional tennis player

Given name

• Garrison Brooks (born 1999), American basketball player
• Garrison Hearst (born 1971), American football running back
• Garrison Keillor (born 1942), American author and radio host of A Prairie Home Companion
• Garrison Sanborn (born 1985), American football long snapper

Fictional characters

• C.J. Garrison, on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Clarke Garrison, on The Bold and the Beautiful
• Herbert Garrison, aka Mr./Mrs. Garrison, teacher from the television program South Park
• Garrison Kane, in the Marvel Comics universe

Notes and References

1. Book: Bardsley . Charles Wareing Endell . A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances . 1901 . H. Frowde . 310 . en.