# Sampson (surname)

Sampson is a surname, and may refer to:

## People
### A

* Aaron Sampson, several people
* Adrian Sampson (born 1991), baseball player
* Agnes Sampson, (died 1591), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft
* Al Sampson (1916–1976), American football coach
* Alf Sampson (1912–2001), Australian rules footballer
* Angus Sampson (born 1975), Australian actor
* Anthony Sampson (1926–2004), British journalist and non-fiction writer

### B

* Brandon Sampson (born 1997), basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Brian Sampson (disambiguation), several people
* Burford Sampson (1882–1959), Australian politician

### C

* Catherine Sampson (born 1962), British novelist
* Charles Rumney Samson (1883–1931), British naval aviation and armoured vehicle pioneer
* Chris Sampson (born 1978), American baseball player
* Cindy Sampson (born 1978), Canadian actress
* Clay Sampson (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
* Clark Sampson, American curler

### D

* Dane Sampson (born 1986), Australian sports shooter
* David Sampson (born 1951), American composer
* Daz Sampson (born 1974), British dance music producer
* Dean Sampson (born 1967), English rugby league player
* Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), early American soldier
* Doug Sampson (born 1957), English drummer
* Dylan Sampson (born 2004), American football player

### E

* Edgar Sampson (1907–1973), American composer
* Emma Sampson (born 1985), Australian cricketer

### F

* Francis A. Sampson (1842–1918), American lawyer and historian
* Francis L. Sampson (1912–1996), Catholic priest and U.S. Army officer
* Franklin Augustus Sampson (1906–1992), Canadian war hero and diplomat

### G

* Gary Sampson (disambiguation)
* Geoffrey Sampson (born 1944), English linguist
* George Sampson (born 1993), English breakdancer, winner of Britain's Got Talent 2008 at age 14
* Glen Sampson (born 1960), Australian Rules footballer
* Godfrey Sampson (1902–1949), English composer and organist
* Gordie Sampson (born 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter

### H

* Henry Sampson (disambiguation)

### J

* Jamal Sampson (born 1983), American basketball player
* James "Jum" Sampson (born c.1876), Australian rugby union player
* Jill Sampson, Canadian veterinarian
* John A. Sampson (1873–1946), American gynaecologist
* John Patterson Sampson (1837–1928), American abolitionist, newspaper publisher, writer, lawyer, judge, and minister
* Julia Sampson Hayward (1934–2011), American tennis player
* Justin Sampson (born 1966), Australian rugby union player

### K

* Kelvin Sampson (born 1955), American basketball coach
* Kevin Sampson (American football) (born 1981), American football player
* Kevin Blythe Sampson (born 1954), American artist
* Kyle Sampson, American lawyer and political appointee

### M

* Malcolm Sampson, English rugby league player
* Margaret Sampson (1906–1988), English nun
* Marty Sampson (born 1979), Australian songwriter

### N

* Nikos Sampson (1935–2001), Greek Cypriot terrorist and brief puppet president of Cyprus

### O

* Oteman Sampson (born 1975), American football player

### P

* Paul Sampson (born 1977), English rugby union player

### R

* Ralph Sampson (born 1960), American basketball player
* Ralph Allen Sampson (1866–1939), British astronomer
* Richard Sampson (died 1554), ex-Catholic Anglican bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
* Richard Sampson (1877–1944), Australian politician
* Rob Sampson (born 1955), Canadian politician
* Robert Sampson (disambiguation)

### S

* Short Sleeve Sampson, American wrestler
* Steve Sampson (born 1957), American soccer coach

### T

* Thomas Pollard Sampson (1875 – 1961), Australian architect
* Todd Sampson (born 1970), Canadian-born Australian company director and television personality
* Tony Sampson, retired Canadian actor

### V

* Virginia Reid Sampson (1916–1955), birth name of American actress Lynne Carver

### W

* Will Sampson (1933–1987), American actor and painter
* William Sampson (disambiguation)

### Y

* Yvonne Sampson (born 1980), Australian sports commentator

## Fictional characters

* Dominie Sampson, from the novel Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
* Kid Sampson, in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22
* Kyle Sampson (GL), on the television show The Guiding Light
* Tor Sampson, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army