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Dryden (surname)

Dryden is an English surname which derives from the Welsh word drwydwn, meaning a 'broken nose'. For other uses, including fictional names, see Dryden (disambiguation).

Notable people with the surname include:

John Dryden

  • John Dryden (1631–1700), English poet
  • John C. Dryden (1893–1952), politician
  • John Dryden (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
  • John Dryden (Ontario politician) (1840–1909), farmer and politician
  • John Dryden (Kuser) (1897–1964), New Jersey politician
  • John F. Dryden (1839–1911), businessman

Other people named Dryden

  • Alice Dryden, English photographer and historian
  • Charles Dryden (1860–1931), American baseball writer and humorist
  • Charles Dryden (disambiguation), several people
  • Dan Dryden (1944–2016), American politician
  • Dave Dryden, retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender
  • David Owen Dryden, San Diego builder-architect
  • Helen Dryden, American artist and designer
  • Hugh Latimer Dryden, NASA Deputy Director
  • Jim Dryden, New Zealand wrestler
  • Ken Dryden (1947–2025), Canadian ice hockey player, author, and politician
  • Konrad Dryden (born 1963), American writer on Italian opera, descendant of John Dryden
  • Murray Dryden, Canadian philanthropist
  • Nathaniel Dryden (1849–1924), American architect
  • Nicole Dryden, two-time Olympic swimmer from Canada
  • OmiSoore Dryden, academic and researcher
  • Richard Dryden, English former professional footballer and former manager of Worcester City F.C.
  • Spencer Dryden, American musician who was best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage and The Dinosaurs
  • Wheeler Dryden, English actor and film director, father of rock musician Spencer Dryden (above), and half brother of Charlie Chaplin

References

References

  1. "Dryden Family Crest".
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