Davenport (surname)

Davenport

Pronunciation	/ˈdævənpɔːrt/
Origin
Language(s)	Old English
Word/name	Devennport
Region of origin	Cheshire

Davenport is a surname coming from an estate with the same name and may refer to:

A

• Abraham Davenport (1715–1789), American politician
• A'keria C. Davenport (born 1988), American drag queen
• Alan Garnett Davenport (1932–2009), Canadian wind engineer
• Alice Davenport (1864–1936), American film actress
• Andrew Davenport (born 1965), English writer, puppeteer, producer, co-creator and writer of Teletubbies
• Arthur Davenport (disambiguation)
• Ashley Davenport (1794–1874), New York state senator

B

• Bernard Davenport (1939–2018), Irish ambassador
• Bill Davenport (1906–2001), American footballer

C

• Calum Davenport (born 1983), English footballer
• Charles Davenport (1866–1944), American biologist and eugenicist
• Christopher Davenport (1598–1680), English Catholic theologian
• Claire Davenport (1933–2002), English actress
• Clay Davenport, American baseball statistician
• Clyde Davenport (1921–2020), American folk musician

D

• Derrick Davenport (born 1978), American male model
• Dorothy Davenport (1895–1977), American actress, screenwriter and film director
• Doris Davenport (1917–1980), American actress

E

• Ed. J. Davenport (1899–1953), Los Angeles City Council member
• Edward Davenport (fraudster) (1966–) also known as "(Lord) Fast Eddie", convicted English fraudster and property developer
• Edward Loomis Davenport (1816–1877), American actor
• Emily Davenport, American inventor

F

• Fanny Davenport (1850–1898), English-born American stage actress
• Francis William Davenport (1847–1925), English composer and music professor
• Franklin Davenport (1755–1832), American politician
• Frederick M. Davenport (1866–1956), American politician

G

• Gail Davenport (born 1949), American politician
• George Davenport (1783–1845), American frontiersman, trader and US Army colonel; Davenport, Iowa, was named in his honor
• George Davenport (1860-1902), English first-class cricketer
• Gertrude Crotty Davenport (1866–1946), American biologist and eugenicist
• Glorianna Davenport, documentary filmmaker and researcher
• Guy Davenport (1927–2005), American writer, intellectual, and teacher

H

• Harold Davenport (1907–1969), British mathematician
• Harriett Davenport (1899–1953), Los Angeles City Council member
• Harry Davenport (1866–1949), American film actor
• Harry J. Davenport (1902–1977), American politician
• Harry Davenport (1833–1895), English politician
• Hayes Davenport (1986-), American homelessness activist
• Herbert J. Davenport (1861–1931), American economist
• Hester Davenport (1642–1717), English stage actress
• Homer Davenport (1867–1912), American political cartoonist
• Honey Davenport (born 1985), American drag queen
• Hugh Bromley-Davenport (1870–1954), English cricketer

I

• Ian Davenport (artist) (born 1960), English painter
• Ira Davenport (politician) (1841–1904), American politician
• Ira Davenport (athlete) (1887–1941), American athlete and football player
• Isaiah Davenport (1784–1827), American master builder

J

• Jack Davenport (born 1973), British actor
• Jack A. Davenport (1931–1951), United States Marine Medal of Honor recipient
• James Davenport (clergyman) (1716–1757), American clergyman
• James Davenport (Connecticut politician) (1756–1797), American lawyer and politician
• James C. Davenport (born 1938), American physicist
• James H. Davenport (born 1953), British computer scientist and mathematician
• Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903), Anglo-American actress
• Jessica Davenport (born 1985), American basketball player
• Jim Davenport (1933–2016), American baseball player and manager
• John Davenport (minister) (1597–1670), Puritan clergyman and one of the founders of New Haven, Connecticut
• John Davenport (orientalist) (1789 – 1877), British orientalist and writer
• John Edwin Davenport (born 1928), American politician
• Julién Davenport (born 1995), American football player

K

• Kennedy Davenport, a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race
• Kenny Davenport (1862–1908), English footballer
• Kiana Davenport, American-Hawaiian author
• Kim Davenport (born 1955), American professional pool player

L

• Lindsay Davenport (born 1976), American female professional tennis player
• Louis Davenport (1869–1951), American businessman
• Lucy Davenport, British actress

M

• Madison Davenport (born 1996), American actress and singer
• Marcia Davenport (1903–1996), American author and music critic
• Marcus Davenport (born 1996), American football player
• Mary Ann Davenport (1759–1843), English actress
• Marmaduke Davenport, pseudonym for British confidence trickster Alexander Day
• Mike Davenport (born 1968), American musician
• Milla Davenport (1871–1936), stage and film actress
• Millia Davenport (1895–1992), American costumer, theater designer, and scholar
• Miriam Davenport (1915–1999), American painter and sculptor

N

• Najeh Davenport (born 1979), American footballer
• N'Dea Davenport (born 1966), American R&B/soul singer/songwriter
• Nigel Davenport (1928–2013), British actor

P

• Paul Davenport (born 1946), 9th president of the University of Western Ontario
• Peter Davenport (born 1961), former English professional footballer

R

• Richard Davenport-Hines (born 1953), British writer
• Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639), English dramatist
• Robert Davenport (Royal Navy officer) (1882–1965), British admiral
• Robert Davenport (Australian politician) (1816–1896), pioneer of South Australia, brother of Samuel
• Ross Davenport (born 1984), British swimmer
• Roy M. Davenport (1909–1987), United States Navy Rear Admiral, 5-time recipient of the Navy Cross
• Russell Davenport (1899–1954), American publisher and writer

S

• Samuel Davenport (disambiguation)
• Samuel Davenport (Australian politician) (1818–1906), South Australian pioneer and parliamentarian
• Samuel Arza Davenport (1834–1911), American politician
• Stanley Woodward Davenport (1861–1921), American politician
• Stuart Davenport (born 1962), New Zealand squash player
• Sahara Davenport (1984–2012), a past contestant of Rupaul's Drag Race

T

• Thomas Davenport (inventor) (1802–1851), blacksmith from Vermont, US who was an inventor of DC electric motors
• Thomas Davenport (congressman) (died 1838), US representative from Virginia
• Thomas H. Davenport (born 1954), American academic

W

• Wilbur Davenport (1920–2003), American communications engineer and MIT professor
• Wallace Davenport (1925–2004), American jazz trumpeter
• Willie Davenport (1943–2002), American athlete
• William Davenport (filmmaker) (born 1960), filmmaker and autism activist
• William Davenport (scientist) (1772–1824), Irish academic and clergyman
• William Bromley-Davenport (1821–1884), British MP for Warwickshire North
• William Bromley-Davenport (1862–1949), British soldier, footballer and Conservative politician
• Wink Davenport (1942–2022), American former volleyball player

Z

• Zavion Michael Davenport (1985-2020), American drag queen known as Chi Chi DeVayne

Brothers

• Davenport Brothers (Ira Erastus and William Henry), noted frauds of spiritualism

See also

• Davenport (disambiguation)
• Bromley-Davenport
• Davenport, fictional family from the British television soap Family Affairs