Fessenden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anna Parker Fessenden (1896–1972), American botanist, math educator Beverly Fessenden (1926–2008), known as the actress Beverly Garland Francis Fessenden (1839–1907), American Civil War major general, lawyer and politician, son of William P. Fessenden James Deering Fessenden (1833–1882), American Civil War brigadier general, son of William P. Fessenden John Milton Fessenden (1804–1883), West Point graduate (class of 1824), topography engineer and railroad engineer Larry Fessenden (born 1963), American film director Laura Dayton Fessenden (1852–1924), American author Nicholas Fessenden (1847–1927), secretary of state for Maine (father of Stirling Fessenden) Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932), Canadian radio pioneer Samuel Fessenden (1784–1869), American abolitionist; father of Samuel Clement Fessenden, T. A. D. Fessenden, and William P. Fessenden Samuel Fessenden (lawyer) (1847–1908), American lawyer and politician Samuel C. Fessenden (1815–1882), judge and U.S. representative from Maine (1861–1863) Stirling Fessenden (1875–1944), American lawyer, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council (1923–1929) Susan Fessenden (1840–1932), American activist, reformer T. A. D. Fessenden (1826–1868), attorney, and briefly U.S. representative from Maine Thomas Green Fessenden (1771–1837), American author and editor William P. Fessenden (1806–1869), U.S. senator and Lincoln's Treasury Secretary
See also Fessenden (disambiguation)