Davenport (surname)
Davenport is a surname of noble norman origin, and may refer to:A
- Abraham Davenport, American politician
- Alan Garnett Davenport, Canadian wind engineer
- Alice Davenport, American film actress
- Arthur Davenport
- Ashley Davenport, New York state senator
B
- Bernard Davenport, Irish ambassador
- Bill Davenport, American footballer
C
- Calum Davenport, English footballer
- Charles Davenport, American biologist and eugenicist
- Christopher Davenport, English Catholic theologian
- Claire Davenport, English actress
- Clay Davenport, American baseball statistician
- Clyde Davenport, American folk musician
D
- Derrick Davenport, American male model
- Dorothy Davenport, American actress, screenwriter and film director
- Doris Davenport, American actress
E
- Ed. J. Davenport, Los Angeles City Council member
- Edward Davenport also known as " Fast Eddie", convicted English fraudster and property developer
- Edward Loomis Davenport, American actor
- Emily Davenport, American inventor
F
- Fanny Davenport, English-born American stage actress
- Franklin Davenport, American politician
- Frederick M. Davenport, American politician
G
- Gail Davenport, American politician
- George Davenport, American frontiersman, trader and US Army colonel; Davenport, Iowa, was named in his honor
- George Davenport, English first-class cricketer
- , American botanist
- Gertrude Crotty Davenport, American biologist and eugenicist
- Glorianna Davenport, documentary filmmaker and researcher
- Guy Davenport, American writer, intellectual, and teacher
H
- Harold Davenport, British mathematician
- Harriett Davenport, Los Angeles City Council member
- Harry Davenport, American film actor
- Harry J. Davenport, American politician
- Harry Davenport, English politician
- Herbert J. Davenport, American economist
- Hester Davenport, English stage actress
- Homer Davenport, American political cartoonist
- Hugh Bromley-Davenport, English cricketer
I
- Ian Davenport, English painter
- Ira Davenport , American politician
- Ira Davenport , American athlete and football player
J
- Jack Davenport, British actor
- Jack A. Davenport, United States Marine Medal of Honor recipient
- James Davenport , American clergyman
- James Davenport , American lawyer and politician
- James H. Davenport, British computer scientist and mathematician
- Jean Margaret Davenport, Anglo-American actress
- Jessica Davenport, American basketball player
- Jim Davenport, former American baseball player and manager
- John Davenport , Puritan clergyman and one of the founders of New Haven, Connecticut
- Julién Davenport, American football player
K
- Kennedy Davenport, a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race
- Kenny Davenport, English footballer
- Kiana Davenport, American-Hawaiian author
- Kim Davenport, American professional pool player
L
- Lindsay Davenport, American female professional tennis player
- Louis Davenport, American businessman
- Lucy Davenport, British actress
M
- Madison Davenport, American actress and singer
- Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic
- Marcus Davenport, American football player
- Marmaduke Davenport, pseudonym for British confidence trickster Alexander Day
- Mike Davenport, American musician
- Milla Davenport, stage and film actress
- Millia Davenport, American costumer, theater designer, and scholar
- Miriam Davenport, American painter and sculptor
N
- Najeh Davenport, American footballer
- N'Dea Davenport, American R&B/soul singer/songwriter
- Nigel Davenport, British actor
P
- Paul Davenport, 9th president of the University of Western Ontario
- Peter Davenport, former English professional footballer
R
- Richard Davenport-Hines, British writer
- Robert Davenport, English dramatist
- Robert Davenport , British admiral
- Robert Davenport , pioneer of South Australia, brother of Samuel
- Ross Davenport, British swimmer
- Roy M. Davenport, United States Navy Rear Admiral, 5-time recipient of the Navy Cross
- Russell Davenport, American publisher and writer
S
- Samuel Davenport, South Australian pioneer and parliamentarian
- Samuel Arza Davenport, American politician
- Stanley Woodward Davenport, American politician
- Stuart Davenport, New Zealand squash player
- Sahara Davenport, a past contestant of Rupaul's Drag Race who passed away due to drug use
T
- Thomas Davenport , blacksmith from Vermont, US who was an inventor of DC electric motors
- Thomas Davenport , US representative from Virginia
- Thomas H. Davenport, American academic
- Tim Davenport, founder of Mutant Pop Records
W
- Wilbur Davenport, American communications engineer and MIT professor
- William Davenport, Staffordshire pottery entrepreneur
- Wallace Davenport, American jazz trumpeter
- Willie Davenport, American athlete
- William Davenport , Irish academic and clergyman
- William Bromley-Davenport, British MP for Warwickshire North
- William Bromley-Davenport, British soldier, footballer and Conservative politician
- Wink Davenport, American former volleyball player
Brothers
- Davenport Brothers, noted frauds of spiritualism