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, 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, Canadian hockey player 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
• 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

See also

• Dryden baronets