Fessenden (surname)
Fessenden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anna Parker Fessenden (1896–1972), American botanist, math educator
- Beverly Fessenden (1926-2008), known as the actress Beverly Garland
- Francis Fessenden (1839–1907), American Civil War major general, lawyer and politician, son of William P. Fessenden
- James Deering Fessenden (1833–1882), American Civil War brigadier general, son of William P. Fessenden
- John Milton Fessenden (1804–1883), West Point graduate (Class of 1824), topography engineer and railroad engineer.
- Larry Fessenden (born 1963), American film director
- Laura Dayton Fessenden (1852-1924), American author
- Nicholas Fessenden (1847–1927), Secretary of State for Maine (father of Stirling Fessenden)
- Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932), Canadian radio pioneer
- Samuel Fessenden (1784–1869), American abolitionist; father of Samuel Clement Fessenden, T. A. D. Fessenden, and William P. Fessenden
- Samuel Fessenden (lawyer) (1847–1908), lawyer and politician
- Samuel C. Fessenden (1815–1882), judge and U.S. Representative from Maine (1861–63)
- Stirling Fessenden (1875–1944), American lawyer, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council (1923–29)
- Susan Fessenden (1840–1932), American activist, reformer
- T. A. D. Fessenden (1826–1868), attorney, and briefly U.S. Representative from Maine
- Thomas Green Fessenden (1771–1837), American author and editor
- William P. Fessenden (1806–1869), U.S. senator and Lincoln's Treasury Secretary
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