Gleason (surname)

People

In arts, entertainment, and media

• Adda Gleason, American actress
• Bill Gleason, panelist on The Sportswriters on TV
• F. Keogh Gleason, American film-set decorator at MGM studios
• Jackie Gleason, American comedian and actor
• James Gleason, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter
• Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress
• Madeline Gleason, American poet and dramatist
• Max Gleason, American musician and YouTuber, better known as Smooth McGroove
• Patrick Gleason, contemporary comic book artist
• Paul Gleason, American film and television actor
• Ralph J. Gleason, American jazz and pop music critic
• Russell Gleason, American actor
• Vanessa Gleason, American model and actress; Playboy Playmate of the Month

  In government, law, and politics

• Charles R. Gleason, American politician and businessman
• Herbert P. Gleason, American lawyer
• James P. Gleason, American lawyer and politician, legislative assistant to Richard Nixon
• John J. Gleason, American politician
• Lafayette Blanchard Gleason, Secretary of the Republican State Committee
• Mary J. L. Gleason Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada
• Patrick Jerome "Battle-Axe" Gleason, Irish-born mayor of Long Island City, New York, US
• Robert A. Gleason Jr., American politician, chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party
• Tori M. Gleason, Transgender Female Chiropractor, LGBTQ+ Activist, Rural Hospital Board Member of Goodland, Kansas, US
• William E. Gleason, Justice of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court
• William Henry Gleason, American real-estate developer and politician; cofounder of the city of Eau Gallie, Florida
• William H. H. Gleason, American school administrator of Brevard County School District, Florida

  In science and academia

• Andrew Gleason, American mathematician known for Gleason's theorem
• Donald F. Gleason M.D., a pathologist at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Hospital who developed the Gleason Score
• Edward J. Gleason, Irish and American Literature professor, musician, and photographer
• Henry Gleason, American ecologist, botanist, and taxonomist
• Jean Berko Gleason, American psycholinguist

  In sports

• Bill Gleason, American professional baseball player
• Bill Gleason, American professional baseball player
• Erin Gleason, American speed skater
• Jimmy Gleason, American Indy 500 racecar driver
• Steve Gleason, American professional football player
• Tim Gleason, American professional hockey player
• Ben Gleason, American professional hockey player
• William J. ”Kid“ Gleason, American professional baseball player and manager

  In other fields

• Kate Gleason, American engineer and businesswoman
• William Henry Gleason, American real-estate developer and politician; cofounder of the city of Eau Gallie, Florida
• William Lansing Gleason, cofounder of the town of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, USA

  Fictional characters

• Kirk Gleason, fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls