Dickerson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alex Dickerson (born 1990), American baseball player
- Andy Dickerson (born 1982), American football coach and former player
- Andy Dickerson (offensive lineman, born 1963) (born 1963), American football player
- Bobby Dickerson (born 1965), American baseball coach
- Chris Dickerson (baseball) (born 1982), American baseball player
- Chris Dickerson (bodybuilder) (1939–2021), American bodybuilder
- Corey Dickerson (born 1989), American baseball player
- Dan Dickerson (born 1958), American sportscaster
- Debra Dickerson (born 1959), American writer and author
- Denver Dickerson (1914–1981), Speaker of the Nevada Assembly and Secretary of Guam
- Denver S. Dickerson (1872–1925), Governor of Nevada and Superintendent of Federal Prisons
- Eric Dickerson (born 1960), NFL Hall of Fame running back
- Erika Dickerson-Despenza, American playwright
- Ernest Dickerson (born 1951), American film director
- Fanny Dickerson Bergen (1846 – 1924), an American folklorist, ethnobiologist and author
- Garrett Dickerson (born 1995), American football player
- George Dickerson (disambiguation), multiple people
- John Dickerson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Landon Dickerson (born 1998), American football player
- Richard Dickerson (1904) black man lynched in Ohio
- Mahala Ashley Dickerson (1912–2007), American lawyer and civil rights advocate for women and minorities
- Mahlon Dickerson (1770–1853), American politician
- Marianne Dickerson (1960–2015), American long-distance runner
- Mary Dickerson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mary Augusta Dickerson (1876-1962), American author
- Mary Cynthia Dickerson (1866–1923), American herpetologist
- Mary H. Dickerson (1830-1914), American businesswoman and clubwoman
- Mary Lou Dickerson (born 1946), American politician
- Matt Dickerson (born 1995), American football player
- Michael Dickerson (born 1975), American basketball player
- Nancy Dickerson (1927–1997), American broadcast journalist
- Noah Dickerson (born 1997), American basketball player
- Oliver Morton Dickerson (1875–1966), American academic
- Richard Dickerson was an American politician and law enforcement officer
- Richard E. Dickerson (born 1931) is an American biochemist
- Robert Dickerson (1924–2015), Australian artist
- Roger Donald Dickerson (born 1934), American pianist, composer, and educator
- Travis Dickerson, American musician and record producer
- Tyler Dickerson (born 1993), American country music singer
- Walt Dickerson (1928–2008), American jazz vibraphonist
- William Worth Dickerson (1851–1923), United States Representative from Kentucky