List of Famous people with last name Harrison

Stephen C. Harrison is professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, professor of pediatrics, and director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Dynamics of Harvard Medical School, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, and investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Joan Harrison was an English screenwriter and producer. She became the first female screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar. She received two Academy Awards nominations for co-writing the screenplay for the films Foreign Correspondent (1940) and Rebecca (1940), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with whom she had a long professional relationship.

Carter Henry Harrison IV was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician who served a total of five terms as mayor of Chicago but failed in his attempt to become his party's presidential nominee in 1904. Descended from aristocratic Virginia families and the son of five-term Chicago mayor Carter Harrison Sr., this Carter Harrison (IV) became the first native Chicagoan elected its mayor.

Gavin Richard Harrison is an English musician. He is best known for playing with the progressive rock bands Porcupine Tree, King Crimson and The Pineapple Thief. Harrison's drumming has received many awards from music publications and earned praise from other musicians.