Ticknor
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. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anna Eliot Ticknor, American author and educator
- Ben Ticknor, American football player
- Duane Ticknor, assistant basketball coach for the Sacramento Kings
- Elisha Ticknor, educator and merchant, father of Boston author George Ticknor
- Francis Orray Ticknor, country doctor, poet, and man of letters
- George Ticknor, American academician and Hispanist
- George Ticknor (journalist), lawyer, and later a journalist
- George Ticknor Curtis, American author, writer, historian and lawyer
- William Ticknor, American publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- * Ticknor and Fields, American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts
- William Davis Ticknor, Sr., American businessman