Fessenden (surname)
Fessenden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Francis Fessenden, American Civil War major general, lawyer and politician, son of William P. Fessenden
- James Deering Fessenden, American Civil War brigadier general, son of William P. Fessenden
- John Milton Fessenden, West Point graduate, topography engineer and railroad engineer.
- Larry Fessenden, American film director
- Nicholas Fessenden, Secretary of State for Maine
- Reginald Fessenden, Canadian radio pioneer
- Richard Fessenden, chemistry professor, University of Notre Dame
- Samuel Fessenden, American abolitionist; father of Samuel Clement Fessenden, T. A. D. Fessenden, and William P. Fessenden
- Samuel Fessenden , lawyer and politician
- Samuel C. Fessenden, judge and U.S. Representative from Maine
- Stirling Fessenden, American lawyer, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council
- T. A. D. Fessenden, attorney, and briefly U.S. Representative from Maine
- Thomas Green Fessenden, American author and editor
- William P. Fessenden, U.S. senator and Lincoln's Treasury Secretary
