Dawson (surname)

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


 * Ally Dawson (1958–2021), Scottish football manager
 * Aaron Dawson (born 1992), English footballer
 * Abraham Dawson (1816–1884), Irish-Canadian Anglican cleric
 * Adrian Dawson (born 1971), British author
 * 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)
 * Dawn Dawson, American jetski racer and commentator
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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)

Dr. A.S. Dawson is a doctor in Burma back in the early 1900.

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