Dobson (surname)

Dobson is an English and Scottish surname.

Notable people with this surname include:

Acting

 * Anita Dobson (born 1949), English actress
 * The Dobson brothers, Michael, Paul, and Brian, English-Canadian voice actors
 * Kevin Dobson (1943–2020), American television actor
 * Peter Dobson (born 1964), American actor
 * Tamara Dobson (1947–2006), American actress

Art

 * Cowan Dobson born David Cowan (1894–1980), brother of Henry Raeburn, (1894–1980), Scottish portrait painter
 * Frank Dobson (1886–1963), British artist
 * Henry Raeburn Dobson (1901–1985), Scottish portrait and genre painter
 * Margaret Dobson, American artist
 * Mary Dobson, British artist
 * William Dobson (1610–1646), English painter

Military

 * Claude Congreve Dobson VC (1885–1940), British Royal Naval officer
 * David Dobson (born 1938), British vice admiral in the Royal Navy
 * Frederick William Dobson (1886–1935), British soldier

Music

 * Bonnie Dobson (born 1940), Canadian folk musician
 * Dobby Dobson (1942–2020), Jamaican reggae singer and record producer
 * Fefe Dobson (born 1985), Canadian singer and entertainer
 * Richard Dobson (1942–2017), American singer-songwriter
 * Simon Dobson (born 1981), English composer

Politics

 * Benjamin Alfred Dobson (1847–1898), English industrialist and mayor of Bolton
 * Frank Dobson (1940–2019), British politician
 * Henry Dobson (1841–1918), Australian politician
 * Jo-Anne Dobson (born 1966), Northern Irish politician
 * John Dobson (Canadian politician) (1824–1907) Canadian senator
 * John Dobson (Northern Ireland politician) (1929–2009) Northern Irish politician
 * Ruth Dobson (1918–1989), Australian diplomat

Science

 * Brian Dobson (1931–2012), English archaeologist
 * Chris Dobson (1949–2019), British chemist
 * David Clark Dobson (born 1962), American applied mathematician
 * Gordon Dobson (1889–1975), British meteorologist
 * John Dobson (amateur astronomer) (1915–2014), American popularizer of amateur astronomy

Sports

 * Aaron Dobson (born 1991), American football player
 * Austin Dobson (1912–1963), English racing driver
 * Chuck Dobson (1944–2021), American baseball player
 * Denys Dobson (1880–1916), England international rugby player
 * Dominic Dobson (born 1957), German racing driver
 * Frank Dobson (1885–1959), American college sports coach
 * Joe Dobson (1917–1994), American baseball player
 * Kenneth Dobson (1900–1960), English cricketer
 * Mark Dobson (born 1962), English cricketer
 * Noah Dobson (born 2000) Canadian ice hockey player
 * Pat Dobson (1942–2006), American baseball player
 * Tom Dobson (rugby union) (1871–1937), Scottish-born Wales international rugby player

Writing

 * Austin Dobson (1840–1921), English poet
 * Barrie Dobson (1931–2013), British historian
 * Bridget and Jerome Dobson, American writers of the Santa Barbara soap opera
 * Dennis Dobson (1919–1978), British book publisher
 * Ed Dobson (1949–2015), American author and pastor
 * Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), English poet and essayist
 * Joanne Dobson, (born 1942), American novelist
 * Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), Australian poet

Other

 * Arthur Dudley Dobson (1841–1934), New Zealand engineer and explorer
 * Bryan Dobson (born 1960), Irish broadcaster
 * Caroline Matilda Dodson (1845–1898), American physician
 * Emily Dobson (1842–1934), Australian philanthropist
 * George Dobson (disambiguation)
 * Harmon Dobson (1913–1967), American entrepreneur and co-founder of Whataburger
 * James Dobson (born 1936), conservative Christian psychologist and radio host
 * John Dobson (1787–1865), English architect
 * Michael Dobson (disambiguation)
 * Paul Dobson (disambiguation)
 * Vernon Dobson (1923–2013), American Baptist minister
 * John Dobson (born 1950), English entrepreneur and co-founder of CallCredit

Fictional characters

 * Lawrence Dobson, a fictional character in the TV series Firefly
 * Zuleika Dobson, title character of a 1911 novel by Max Beerbohm