Fraser (surname)
Appearance
Pronunciation | [ˈfre.zɚ] (Scotland) [ˈfɹe.zə] (elsewhere) |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | English, French, Gaelic |
Word/name | France, Scotland |
Region of origin | Scotland |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Fraiser, Frasier, Frashier, Frazer, Frazier |
Fraser is a Scottish surname, connected to the Clans Fraser and Fraser of Lovat. It is most commonly found in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
Notable people with the surname include:
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[edit]- Adam Fraser (1871–1???), Scottish footballer
- Alasdair Fraser (born 1955), Scottish fiddler
- Alec Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alistair Fraser (1885–1964), Canadian politician
- Alison Fraser (born 1955), American actress and singer
- Allan Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Andrew Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Andy Fraser (1952–2015), English musician and songwriter, member of the rock band Free
- Angus Fraser (born 1965), English international cricketer
- Lady Antonia Fraser (born 1932), British author
- Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736–1815), British consul
- Arvonne Fraser (1925–2018), American politician and writer
B
[edit]- Barbara Wall Fraser, American politician from Missouri
- Barry Fraser (1940–2022), Canadian ice hockey executive
- Benton Fraser, fictional character in the TV series Due South
- Bernie Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bill Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bonnie Fraser, lead singer of Australian pop-punk band Stand Atlantic
- Brad Fraser (born 1959), Canadian playwright
- Brendan Fraser (born 1968), Canadian-American actor
- Brooke Fraser (born 1983), New Zealand singer-songwriter
- Bruce Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
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[edit]- Carol Hoorn Fraser (1930–1991), American-born Canadian figurative artist
- Charles Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- C. Gerald Fraser (1925–2015), American journalist
- Chase Fraser (born 1995), Canadian lacrosse player
- Chelsea Curtis Fraser (1876-1954), Canadian-born American author and illustrator of nonfiction children's books
- Cherry-Ann Fraser, (born 1999) female Guyanese and West Indies cricketer
- Chick Fraser (1873–1940), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Christine Marion Fraser (1938–2002), Scottish author
- Christopher Fraser (born 1965), British Conservative Member of Parliament
- Christopher Finlay Fraser (1839–1894), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Christopher Neil Fraser (born 1974), British-born Australian businessman
- Colin Fraser (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
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[edit]- Daniel Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dawn Fraser (born 1937), Australian swimmer
- Donald Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Donna Fraser (born 1972), English track athlete
- Doug Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Douglas Fraser (1916–2008), American union leader
- Douglas M. Fraser (born 1953), American general
- Drew Fraser (born 1944), Canadian academic
- Duncan Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
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[edit]- Eadie Fraser (1860–1886), Scottish footballer
- Elisabeth Fraser (1920–2005), American actress
- Eliza Fraser, Scottish shipwreck survivor (1836)
- Elizabeth Fraser (born 1963), Scottish singer
- Eric Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Etty Fraser (1931–2018), Brazilian actress
- Evan Fraser of Balconie, 19th-century Scottish officer in the British Army, and landowner
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[edit]- Flora Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Francis Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frankie Fraser (1923–2014), British gangster and ex-convict once dubbed 'the most dangerous man in Britain'
- Frank L. Fraser (1854–1935), American politician
- Franklin D. Fraser (1819–1879), Florida supreme court justice
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[edit]- George Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Giles Fraser (born 1964), English Anglican priest and journalist
- Gordon Fraser (disambiguation) or Gord Fraser, multiple people
- Graham Fraser (born 1946), Canadian journalist
H
[edit]- Hadley Fraser (born 1980), English actor and singer
- Harold Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Helen Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Henk Fraser (born 1966), Dutch footballer
- Henry Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Herbert MacKay-Fraser (1927–1957), American racing driver
- Hew Fraser (1877–1938), Scottish field hockey player
- Honor Fraser (born 1974), American art dealer
- Hugh Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
I
[edit]- Iain Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ian Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Isaac Fraser (1779–1858), Canadian politician
J
[edit]- Jack Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- James Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jill Fraser (1946–2006), British theatre owner and director
- Jim Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- J. Keith Fraser (born 1922), Canadian geographer
- Jo Fraser, British artist
- Jo Fraser, South Australian ceramicist, co-creator of Yerrakartarta art installation in Adelaide
- Joan Fraser (born 1944), Canadian senator
- John Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Josh Fraser (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
- Julian Fraser (born 1950), British Virgin Islands politician
- Juliette May Fraser (1887–1983), American artist
- Julius Thomas Fraser (1923–2010), Hungarian-born American author and interdisciplinarian scholar of time
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[edit]- Karen Fraser (born 1944), Washington State Senator
- Katharine Fraser, 22nd Lady Saltoun (born 1957), Scottish noble
- Kathleen Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Keath Fraser (born 1944), Canadian author
- Keith Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kelly Fraser (1993–2019), Inuk-Canadian Inuktitut-language singer-songwriter
- Kerry Fraser (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey referee
- Kristin Fraser (born 1980), American ice dancer
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[edit]- Laura Fraser (born 1976), Scottish actress
- Leo Fraser (1926–2013), American lawyer, businessman and politician
- Lindley M. Fraser (1904–1963), British economist
- Liz Fraser (1930–2018), English actress
- Louis Fraser (1810–1866), British zoologist
- Louis James Fraser (before 1870?–before 1917?), Scottish pioneer in Malaysia, see: Fraser's Hill
M
[edit]- Malcolm Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Marcus Fraser (golfer) (born 1978), Australian golfer
- Marcus Fraser (footballer) (born 1994), Scottish footballer
- Mark Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Marion Fraser (1932–2016), Scottish music educator
- Martin Fraser (born 1970), Irish civil servant
- Mary Isabel Fraser (1863–1942), New Zealand teacher and advocate for girls' education
- Mat Fraser (actor) (born 1962), British rock musician and actor
- Mat Fraser (athlete) (born 1990), American CrossFit athlete
- Matthew Fraser (journalist) (born 1958), Canadian journalist
- Michael Fraser (basketball) (born 1984), Canadian player
- Moyra Fraser (1923–2009), British actress
- Murdo Fraser (born 1965), Scottish politician
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[edit]- Nancy Fraser (born 1947), American philosopher and political theorist
- Neale Fraser (1933–2024), Australian tennis player
- Neil Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Norman Fraser (1904-1986), Chilean-born English pianist and composer
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[edit]- Paul Fraser (born 1955), British Entrepreneur
- Paula Newby-Fraser (born 1962), Zimbabwean ironman athlete
- Peter Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Phyllis Fraser (1916–2006), American actress
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[edit]- Quentin Stafford-Fraser, British computer scientist
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[edit]- Raymond Fraser (1941–2018), Canadian author
- Richard Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robin Fraser (born 1966), Jamaican soccer player
- Ron Fraser (1933–2013), American college baseball coach
- Ronald Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
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[edit]- Sally Fraser (1932–2019), American actress
- Sarah Fraser (died 1880), Australian brothel keeper
- Scott Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sean Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sheila Fraser (born 1950), Auditor General of Canada
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (born 1986), Jamaican sprinter
- Shelagh Fraser (1920–2000), English actress
- Simon Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Steve Fraser (born 1958), American Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
- Stuart Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Suzie Fraser (born 1983), Australian water polo player
- Sylvia Fraser (born 1935), Canadian novelist and travel writer
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[edit]- Thomas Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tom Fraser (1911–1988), British politician
- Tommy Fraser (born 1987), English footballer
- Tomiko Fraser (born 1968), American actress and fashion model
W
[edit]- William Fraser (disambiguation), multiple people
See also
[edit]- Lord Fraser, in the Peerage of Scotland
- Baron Fraser of Allander
- Frasers of Philorth, a Scottish family
- Frasier (disambiguation)
- Frazer (name)
- Frazier (disambiguation)
- Fraser syndrome