Famous People with Name Morrison

Morrison Mann MacBride            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Morrison Mann MacBride: was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Brant South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1926 as a Labour member and then Brantford from 1934 to 1938 as an Independent and then Independent Liberal member. MacBride remained a Labour MLA but sat in the Opposition benches and ran for re-election as a Conservative-Labour candidate in 1923. After his second term in the legislature ended in 1926 he did not run for re-election and was appointed Supervisor of Highways by the Conservative provincial government of Howard Ferguson before returning to the legislature in the 1934 provincial election. He learned the printing trade and came to Brantford to play with a lacrosse team there, also setting up a printing company. MacBride served as mayor of Brantford from 1918 to 1920, in 1925, from 1933 to 1934 and from 1936 to 1937. He served as Minister of Labour in the provincial cabinet from 1937 to 1938. He died while still in office in Brantford in 1938.

John Francis Maclean Morrison            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

John Francis Maclean Morrison: played 17 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. Since retiring from playing he has worked as a commentator and in local body politics, including serving on the Wellington City Council.

James Morrison            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

James Morrison: He is also a composer, writing jazz charts for ensembles of various sizes and proficiency levels. He performed the opening fanfare at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and is usually regarded as one of Australia's finest jazz musicians.James comes from a mus

Temuera Derek Morrison            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Temuera Derek Morrison: a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett in the Star Wars series.Trained in drama under the New Zealand Special Performing Arts Training Scheme, one of his earliest roles was in the 1988 film Never Say Die, opposite Lisa Eilbacher. Before this he had starred as a character called "Ricky" in the original TV1 soap opera called "Close To Home". He played Dr. Hone Ropata on the television soap opera Shortland Street from 1992 – 1995; he was immortalized when another character rebuked him with the line "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr. Ropata!"

Brooke Morrison            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Brooke Morrison: is a retired female field hockey striker from Australia. She made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the 1998 season following an impressive season with the Australian U21 team at the 1997 Junior World Cup. Nicknamed Brooko she was

Henry Morrison            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Henry Morrison: was a Scottish-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born in Glasgow and died in Burgess Hill. Morrison made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1880-81 season, against Canterbury. From the lower-middle order, he sco