Ticknor, a variant spelling of Tickner, is a topographic surname of English origin for someone who lived at a crossroad or a fork in the road.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Anna Eliot Ticknor (1823–1896), American author and educator
- Ben Ticknor (1909–1979), American football player
- Duane Ticknor, assistant basketball coach for the Sacramento Kings
- Elisha Ticknor (1757–1821), educator and merchant, father of Boston author George Ticknor
- Francis Orray Ticknor, country doctor, poet, and man of letters
- George Ticknor (1791–1871), American academician and Hispanist
- George Ticknor (journalist) (1822–1866), lawyer, and later a journalist
- George Ticknor Curtis (1812–1894), American author, writer, historian and lawyer
- William Ticknor (1810–1864), American publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Ticknor and Fields, American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts
- William Davis Ticknor, Sr. (1881–1938), American businessman
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 3. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 17 January 2021.