Breckinridge (surname)

Breckinridge is a surname, and may refer to:

Aida de Acosta (née Breckinridge, 1884–1962), in 1903 flew Santos Dumont's dirigible airship
Cabell Breckinridge (1788–1823), lawyer and politician in Kentucky
Clifton R. Breckinridge (1846–1932), congressman from Kentucky, Minister to Russia, son of John C. Breckinridge
Desha Breckinridge (1867–1935), editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald, husband of Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge
Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886–1960), lawyer, politician, and Olympic fencer
James Breckinridge (1763–1833), Virginia lawyer and politician, Revolutionary War soldier and brigadier general in the War of 1812
James Carson Breckinridge (1877–1942), United States Marine Corps officer
James D. Breckinridge (died 1849), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General) (1760–1806), United States Senator and Attorney General
John B. Breckinridge (1913–1979), Attorney General of Kentucky and member of the United States House of Representatives
John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875), Senator from Kentucky, fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and later Confederate general and the last Confederate Secretary of War
John Cabell Breckinridge, best known as Bunny Breckinridge, American actor
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Sr. (1842–1920), officer in the United States Navy in the Spanish–American War
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872–1920), Kentucky suffragette, reformer, and wife of Desha Breckinridge
Mary Carson Breckinridge (1881–1965), founder of the Frontier Nursing Service
Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge (1826–1907), wife of John C. Breckinridge and Second Lady of the United States
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800–1871), 1860 supporter of Lincoln over his nephew John C. Breckinridge
Sophonisba Breckinridge (1866–1948), American activist
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837–1904), Confederate general and U.S. Representative from Kentucky
William Robertson "Bill" Breckinridge (1907-1958), Major League pitcher, briefly, and longtime Tulsa attorney

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