# Dawson (surname)

Dawson is a British and Irish surname. Notable persons with the surname include:

## 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