Ogden (name)

Ogden is both a surname and a given name of English origin.

Surname

• Abner Nash Ogden (1809–1875), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Alan Ogden (born 1954), English professional footballer
• Aaron Ogden, governor of New Jersey
• Bud Ogden, American professional basketball player
• Carlos C. Ogden, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Charles Ogden (children's writer)
• Charles Kay Ogden, Cambridge University linguist, inventor of Basic English
• Charles Richard Ogden, Canadian politician
• Charles W. Ogden (1873–1956), American real estate investor and philanthropist
• David Ogden (disambiguation)
• Darius A. Ogden (1813–1889), New York politician
• Elias B. D. Ogden (1800–1865), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
• Eric Ogden (politician), British politician
• Eric Ogden (photographer), photographer
• Frederick B. Ogden (1827–1893), 8th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
• Graham Ogden (born 1938), Australian biblical scholar, theologian and priest
• Heather Ogden, Canadian ballet dancer
• Henry Alexander Ogden (1856–1936), American illustrator
• Jack Ogden (jewellery historian), an archaeologist and historian focusing on the development of jewellery materials and techniques
• Jack Ogden (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s
• James Ernest Ogden, Australian politician
• James Matlock Ogden, American politician
• Jeff Ogden, a former National Football League wide receiver
• John Ogden (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Ogden, American football offensive tackle
• Jonathan Ogden, English musician
• Jonathan Ogden (surgeon)
• Jonathan Robert Ogden (1806–1882), English composer
• Karen Ogden, Australian basketball player
• Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, American writer better known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm
• Marques Ogden, American football offensive tackle and center
• Maureen Ogden (1928–2022), American politician
• Michael Ogden (1926–2003), British lawyer
• Nigel Ogden, British theatre organist
• Perry Ogden (b. 1961), British fashion and documentary photographer and film director
• Peter Ogden, one of the British founders of Computacenter
• Peter Skene Ogden, Canadian explorer of the American West
• Ralph Ogden, American professional basketball player
• Robert Curtis Ogden (1836–1913), American businessman and promoter of education in the South
• Robert Morris Ogden (1877–1959), American psychologist and academic
• Roger L. Ogden broadcasting executive
• Robert N. Ogden, Jr. (1839–1905), American politician and Confederate lieutenant colonel
• Thomas Ogden, psychoanalyst and writer
• Val Ogden, American politician
• William Ogden (disambiguation)

Given name

• Ogden L. Mills, American businessman and politician
• Ogden Nash, American poet
• Ogden R. Reid, a member of the United States House of Representatives
• Ogden Rood, American physicist
• Ogden Lindsley, American psychologist, founder of Precision Teaching

Fictional characters

• Stan Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street
• Hilda Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; wife of Stan
• Irma Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; daughter of Stan and Hilda
• Trevor Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; son of Stan and Hilda
• Pauline "Polly" Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; wife of Trevor
• Damian Ogden, in the British television series Coronation Street; son of Trevor and Polly
• Dr. Julia Ogden, in the Canadian television series Murdoch Mysteries
• Ogden Ford, title character of The Little Nugget by P. G. Wodehouse
• Ogden Wernstrom, in the animated television series Futurama
• Ogden Morrow, in the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

See also

• John Ogdon, pianist