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
 * Isaac H. Bronson (1802–1855), United States representative from New York
 * Josiah Bronson (born 1997), American football player
 * Lillian Bronson (1902–1995), American actress
 * Richard Bronson (born 1941), American mathematician
 * Richard "Skip" Bronson, American real estate developer
 * Ruth Muskrat Bronson (née Ruth Margaret Muskrat, 1897–1982), American Cherokee poet and activist
 * Po Bronson (born 1964), American author

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, 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, New Zealand MC, rapper and urban poet
 * Bronson Ray (1868–1934), Southern Baptist minister
 * 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
 * Bronson Varde, competitor on the American Song Contest
 * Marko Vukcevich, 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.