Dawson (surname)

Dawson is a British and Irish surname.^[2][3] Notable persons with the surname include:

Dawson

Origin
Meaning	"son of David"
Region of origin	United Kingdom
Frequency Comparisons:[1]

People

• Ally Dawson (1958–2021), Scottish football manager
• Aaron Dawson (born 1992), English footballer
• Abraham Dawson (1816–1884), Irish-Canadian Anglican cleric
• Aeneas Dawson (1810–1894), Scottish-Canadian priest and writer
• Agnes Dawson (1873–1953), British politician and trade unionist
• Alan Dawson (1929–1996), American drummer
• Alex Dawson (1940–2020), Scottish football player
• Alexander Dawson, New South Wales Government Architect, 1856–1862
• Alma Dawson, American scholar of librarianship
• Ambrose Dawson (1707–1794), English physician
• Anderson Dawson (1863–1910), Australian politician
• Andre Dawson (born 1954), American baseball player
• Andy Dawson (born 1978), English footballer
• Andy Dawson (born 1979), English footballer
• Angela Dawson (died 2002), American community activist
• Angela Dawson (born 1968), British canoer
• Anna Dawson (born 1937), English actress and singer
• Anne Dawson, English academic and former broadcast journalist
• Anne Dawson (1896–1989), British spy in occupied Belgium in WW1
• Anthony Dawson (1916–1992), Scottish actor
• Archibald Dawson (1892–1938), Scottish sculptor
• Archie Owen Dawson (1898–1964), American federal judge
• Artie Dawson (1891–1982), Australian rules footballer
• Ashlé Dawson (born 1984), American choreographer, director, and dancer
• Ashley Dawson, American author, activist and professor
• Barbara Dawson (born 1957), Irish art historian, museum gallery director, and curator
• Beatrice Dawson (1908–1976), British costume designer
• Benjamin Dawson (1729–1814), English minister and linguist
• Bernhard Dawson (1890–1960), Argentine-American astronomer
• Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864–1945), British physician
• Bess Phipps Dawson (1916–1994), American painter
• Beth Dawson, American statistician
• Branden Dawson (born 1993), American basketball player
• Brendon Dawson (born 1967), Zimbabwean rugby union footballer and coach
• Brian Dawson (disambiguation)
• Brigid Dawson, British musician
• Brihony Dawson (born 1984), Australian television presenter, sports commentator and singer
• Cameron Dawson (born 1995), English football player
• Carroll Dawson, American basketball assistant coach and general manager
• Casey Dawson (born 2000), American speed skater
• Chad Dawson (born 1982), American boxer
• Charles Dawson (disambiguation)
• Charlotte Dawson (1966–2014), New Zealand–Australian television personality
• Christopher Dawson (1889–1970), British historian
• Clifton Dawson (born 1983), Canadian gridiron football player
• Coningsby Dawson (1883–1959), English-American novelist
• Connor Dawson (born 1993), American baseball coach
• Craig Dawson (born 1990), English footballer
• Curt Dawson (1939–1985), American stage and television actor
• Dale Dawson (1964–2018), American football player
• Dan Dawson (born 1981), Canadian lacrosse player
• Daniel Dawson (born 1977), Australian kickboxer and boxer
• Daryl Dawson (born 1933), Australian judge and naval officer
• David Dawson (disambiguation)
• Dennis Dawson (born 1949), Canadian politician
• Dermontti Dawson (born 1965), former American football player
• Digger Dawson (1905–?), English professional footballer
• Donald Dawson (1908–2005), American lawyer and presidential aide
• Donald A. Dawson (born 1937), Canadian mathematician
• Duke Dawson (born 1996), American football player
• Earl Dawson (1925–1987), Canadian politician and ice hockey administrator
• Eddie Dawson (1904–1979), English cricketer
• Edgar Dawson (1931–2015), English rugby league footballer
• Edgar Gilmer Dawson (1830–1883), American lawyer, planter, and major
• Ellen Dawson (1900–1967), Scottish-American trade union activist
• Eric Dawson (born 1984), American basketball player
• Eric E. Dawson (1937–2017), American politician
• Ernest Dawson (1882–1947), American antiquarian bookseller and Sierra Club president
• Frances L. Dawson (1903–1995), American educator and politician
• Fred Dawson (1884–1965), American college sports coach
• Genoveva Dawson (1918–2012), Argentine botanist, curator, teacher, and explorer
• Geoffrey Dawson (1874–1944), British newspaper editor
• George Dawson (disambiguation)
• Geralyn Dawson, American romance novelist
• Gladys Dawson (1909–1993), English artist
• Glen Dawson (1906–1968), American steeplechase runner
• Glen Dawson (1912–2016), American mountaineer
• Greg Dawson (born 1950), American consumer rights columnist
• Harry Medforth Dawson (1875–1939), English physical chemist
• Hailey Dawson (born 2010), American record setter
• Henry Dawson (disambiguation)
• Hilton Dawson (born 1953), British politician
• Horace Dawson (born 1926), American diplomat
• Ida Wharton Dawson (1860–1928), American social worker and clubwoman
• Jack Dawson (disambiguation)
• Jaimie Dawson (born 1969), Canadian badminton player
• James Dawson (disambiguation)
• Janet Dawson (born 1935), Australian artist
• Joe or Joseph Dawson (disambiguation)
• John Dawson (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Dawson (1941–2013), Australian academic, filmmaker, film and literary critic and broadcaster
• Kathleen Dawson (born 1997), Scottish swimmer
• Keyunta Dawson (born 1985), American football player
• Kimya Dawson (born 1972), American singer-songwriter
• Lafayette Dawson (1839–1897), American lawyer and judge
• Len Dawson (1935–2022), American football player
• Les Dawson (1931–1993), British comedian
• Lorne L. Dawson, Canadian sociologist of religion
• Lynne Dawson (born 1956), English soprano
• Mabel Dawson (1887–1965), Scottish artist
• Margaret Dawson (1770–1816), convict on the First Fleet
• Matt Dawson (born 1972), English rugby player
• Michael Dawson (disambiguation)
• Montagu Dawson (1919–2003), Royal Air Force officer
• Montague Dawson (1890–1973), maritime artist
• Nicholas Mosby Dawson, Texas ranger, killed during the Dawson massacre
• Ossie Dawson (1919–2008), South African cricketer
• Peter Dawson (disambiguation)
• Phil Dawson (born 1975), American football player
• Phire Dawson, American model
• Portia Dawson, American actress
• Rachel Dawson (born 1985), American field hockey player
• Rian Dawson, American drummer
• Richard Dawson (disambiguation)
• Robert Dawson (disambiguation)
• Roger Dawson (born 1940), American jazz musician, composer, and DJ
• Ronnie Dawson (born 1995), American baseball player
• Ronnie Dawson (born 1932), Irish rugby player
• Rosario Dawson (born 1979), American actress
• Roxann Dawson (born 1958), American actress and director
• Sally Dawson (born 1955), American theoretical physicist
• Sandra Dawson (disambiguation)
• Sarah Morgan Dawson (1842–1909), American writer
• Scott Dawson (born 1984), American professional wrestler
• Shane Dawson (born 1988), American comedian and actor
• Shawn Dawson (born 1993), Israeli basketball player
• Simon James Dawson (1818–1902), Scottish-Canadian engineer and politician
• Smoky Dawson (1913–2008), Australian singer and entertainer
• Thomas Dawson (disambiguation)
• Tommy Dawson (1901–1977), English footballer
• Trent Dawson (born 1971), American actor
• Walt Dawson (born 1982), American Alzheimer's disease activist
• Walter Dawson (1902–1994), British air chief marshal
• William Dawson (disambiguation)

Characters

• Ally Dawson from Austin & Ally
• Antonio Dawson, a character on the television series Chicago P.D.
• Bella Dawson from Bella and the Bulldogs
• Caroline Dawson, a character in the UK drama series Last Tango in Halifax
• Dudley "Booger" Dawson, a character in the Revenge of the Nerds franchise
• Eddie Dawson, of Monk Dawson and the film adaptation Monk Dawson
• Frank Dawson, a character in the 1959–1960 syndicated TV series This Man Dawson
• Frank Dawson, a character in the 2013 American black comedy crime film Life of Crime
• Jack Dawson, the lead character from the 1997 film Titanic
• Joe Dawson, a character on the TV show Highlander
• J.M. Dawson, a character in The Adventures of Tintin comic series adventure The Blue Lotus
• Margaret "Mickey" Dawson, a character played by Jennifer Aniston in the 2013 American black comedy crime film Life of Crime
• Michael Dawson, a character on the TV show Lost
• Monica Dawson, a character on the TV show Heroes
• Polly Dawson, a character in the TV sitcom Soap

See also

• Dawson (disambiguation)
• Dawson Dawson-Walker (1868–1934), British clergyman, classicist, theologian and academic