# Bronson (name)

Bronson is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Alvin Bronson (1783–1881), American businessman and politician
* Ben Bronson (born 1972), American football player
* Betty Bronson (1906–1971), American television and film actress
* Bryan Bronson (born 1972), American hurdler
* Charles Bronson (née Charles Dennis Buchinsky, 1921–2003), American actor
* Charles Bronson (prisoner) (born 1952 as Michael Gordon Peterson), British convicted prisoner
* Deming Bronson (1894–1957), American army officer
* Greene C. Bronson (1789–1863), American politician
* Hugh Bronson (born 1961), German politician
* Isaac H. Bronson (1802–1855), United States representative from New York
* Josiah Bronson (born 1997), American football player
* Lillian Bronson (1902–1995), American actress
* Po Bronson (born 1964), American author
* Richard Bronson (born 1941), American mathematician
* Richard "Skip" Bronson (fl. 1980s–2010s), American real estate developer
* Ruth Muskrat Bronson (née Ruth Margaret Muskrat, 1897–1982), American Cherokee poet and activist
* Stan Bronson Jr. (1928–2018), American batboy for the University of Memphis

## Given name

* Bronson Alcott (1799–1888), American teacher and writer, father of Louisa May Alcott
* Bronson Arroyo (born 1977), major league pitcher, member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox world series team
* Bronson Beri (born 1989), New Zealand basketball player
* Bronson Burgoon (born 1987), American professional golfer
* Bronson Chama (born 1986), Zambian professional footballer
* Bronson Crothers (1884–1959), American pediatric neurologist and professor
* Bronson M. Cutting (1888–1935), United States senator from New Mexico
* Bronson Garlick (born 1995), Australian professional rugby league footballer
* Bronson Gengezha (born 1981), Zimbabwean sculptor
* Bronson Harrison (born 1985), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer
* Bronson Heflin (born 1971), American professional baseball pitcher
* Bronson Hill (born 1993), American football running back
* Bronson Howard (1842–1908), American dramatist
* Bronson James (fl. 1990s–2020s), justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
* Bronson Kaufusi (born 1991), American football tight end
* Bronson Koenig (born 1994), American basketball player
* Bronson La Follette (1936–2018), American politician and lawyer
* Bronson La'Cassie (born 1983), Australian professional golfer
* Bronson Murray (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union player
* Bronson Pelletier (born 1986), Canadian actor
* Bronson Pinchot (born 1959), American actor
* Bronson Price (fl. 2010s–2020s), New Zealand MC, rapper and urban poet
* Bronson Ray (1868–1934), Southern Baptist minister
* Bronson Rechsteiner (born 1997), American professional wrestler performing as Bron Breakker
* Bronson Reed (born 1988), Australian professional wrestler
* Bronson Sardinha (born 1983), major league outfielder
* Bronson Cushing Skinner (1889–1981), American concentrated orange juice pioneer
* Bronson Tauakipulu (born 1996), Samoan rugby union player
* Marko Vukcevich (fl. 1990s–2000s), also known as Bronson, an ex-member of the band Mushroomhead
* Bronson Webb (born 1983), British actor
* Bronson Winthrop (1863–1944), American philanthropist and lawyer
* Bronson Xerri (born 2000), Australian professional rugby league footballer
* Buronson (or Bronson; born 1947), a Japanese comics writer

## Fictional characters

* Bronson, a fictional character in Mother 3
* Bronson Twist, a fictional character in Round the Twist
* Martha Bronson, a fictional recurring character in the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver.
* Tom Bronson, a fictional character in DC Comics.