Dawson (given name)

Dawson is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People

 * Dawson Bates (1876–1949), Northern Irish politician
 * Dawson Buckley (1917–1993), Australian rugby league player
 * Dawson Burns (1828–1909), English minister and temperance activist
 * Dawson Charlie (c. 1865–1908), Canadian First Nation person and gold discoverer
 * Dawson Cram (born 2001), American stock car racing driver
 * Dawson Dawson-Walker (1868–1934), British clergyman, classicist, theologian, and academic
 * Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864–1939), British painter
 * Dawson Deaton (born 1999), American football player
 * Dawson Devoy (born 2001) Irish association football player
 * Dawson Dunbar (born 1999), Canadian actor
 * Dawson Engler, American computer scientist and professor
 * Dawson Fernandes (born 1990), Indian footballer
 * Dawson Garcia (born 2001), American basketball player
 * Dawson Gurley (born 1993), American YouTube personality
 * Dawson Harron (1921–1988), English cricketer
 * Dawson Hodgson (born 1978), American politician
 * Dawson Knox (born 1996), American football player
 * Dawson L. Kilgore (1823–1893), American politician
 * Dawson Mathis (1940–2017), American politician from Georgia
 * Dawson McAllister (1946-2020), American speaker, radio host, and author
 * Dawson McCartney (born 1998), American soccer player
 * Dawson Mercer (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Dawson Millward (1870–1926), British actor
 * Dawson Murschell (born 1995), Canadian darts player
 * Dawson Odums, American football coach
 * Dawson Ritchie (1920–1994), New Zealand cricketer
 * Dawson Sheppard (1866–1953), Royal Navy officer
 * Dawson Simpson (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
 * Dawson Stelfox (born 1958), Northern Ireland architect
 * Dawson Trotman (1906–1956), American evangelist
 * Dawson Turner (1775–1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary
 * Dawson Turner (radiologist) (1857–1928), British pioneer of radiology
 * Dawson Turner (rugby union) (1846–1909), English rugby union player, grandson of the above Dawson Turner
 * Dawson Walker (1916–1973), Scottish football manager
 * Dawson Williams (1854–1928), British physician

Fictional characters

 * Dawson, in Thomas & Friends
 * Dawson Leery, on the TV show Dawson's Creek