Garrison (name)
Garrison is an English surname and given name derived from "son of Gerard", 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