Hudson (surname)

Hudson is an English surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include:

A

 * Amos O. Hudson (1918–1993), American politician
 * Andrew Hudson (cricketer) (born 1965), South African test cricketer
 * Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet (1897–1956), British Conservative politician

B

 * Ben Hudson (born 1979), Australian AFL player
 * Bill Hudson (disambiguation), several people
 * Brett Hudson (born 1953), American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers

C

 * Charles Hudson (disambiguation), several people
 * Chase Hudson (born 2002), American musician and social media influencer known professionally as Huddy (and formerly as Lil Huddy)
 * Christie Brinkley (born 1954), American model, actress and entrepreneur whose birth name was Christie Lee Hudson but later adopted by the television writer Donald Brinkley

D

 * Dakota Hudson (born 1994), American baseball player
 * Daniel Hudson (born 1987), American baseball player
 * Dave Hudson (born 1974), American artist, musician, boxer and wrestler
 * David Hudson (musician) (born 1962), Australian Aboriginal musician
 * David Hudson (pioneer) (1761–1836), American businessman, founder of Hudson, Ohio
 * Dawn Hudson (born c. 1957), American actress and movie executive, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
 * Donna Hudson (born 1946), American biomedical engineer

E

 * Erasmus Darwin Hudson (1805–1880), American surgeon
 * Erasmus Darwin Hudson Jr. (1843–1887), American physician, son of the above
 * Erlund Hudson (1912–2011), British artist
 * Ernie Hudson (born 1945), American actor and playwright

F

 * Fernando Tobias de Carvalho (born 1986), Brazilian footballer commonly known as Hudson
 * Francisco Hudson (1826–1859), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer

G

 * Garth Hudson (born 1937), Canadian musician
 * George Hudson (1800–1871), English railway financier
 * George Vernon Hudson (1867–1946), New Zealand entomologist
 * Grant M. Hudson (1868–1955), U.S. Representative from Michigan

H

 * Harold B. Hudson (1898–1982), Canadian flying ace
 * Henry Hudson (died 1611), English sea explorer and navigator
 * Henry Hudson (artist) (born 1982), British artist
 * Henry E. Hudson (born 1947), United States district court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
 * Henry Louis Hudson (1898–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Henry Philerin Hudson (1798–1889), Irish music collector
 * Hilda Phoebe Hudson (1881–1965), English mathematician
 * Hosea Hudson (1898–1988), African-American labor leader and civil rights activist
 * Hugh Hudson (1937–2023), English film director

J

 * Jackie Hudson (1934–2011), American anti-nuclear proliferation and peace activist
 * Jalen Hudson (born 1996), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * James Hudson (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), English dwarf in the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England
 * Jennifer Hudson (born 1981), American singer and actress
 * Joe Hudson (disambiguation), several people
 * John Hudson (disambiguation), several people
 * Joseph Hudson (disambiguation), several people

K

 * Karl Hudson-Phillips (1933–2014), Trinidadian lawyer, judge of the International Criminal Court
 * Kate Hudson (born 1979), American actress and singer
 * Kate Hudson (activist) (born 1958), British academic and political activist
 * Katheryn Hudson (Katy Perry) (born 1984), American singer
 * Kathryn Hudson (born 1949), British civil servant and Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
 * Kerry Hudson (born 1980), Scottish writer
 * Khaleke Hudson (born 1997), American football player
 * Kirk Hudson (born 1986), English footballer
 * Kyle Hudson (born 1987), American baseball player and coach

L

 * Lucy-Jo Hudson (born 1983), English actress

M

 * Manley Ottmer Hudson (1886–1960), American professor of international law, editor of the American Journal of International Law and judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.
 * Mark Hudson (footballer born 1980), English footballer currently with West Auckland Town AFC
 * Mark Hudson (footballer born 1982), English footballer currently with Cardiff City
 * Mark Hudson (musician) (born 1951), American record producer, musician, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
 * Maurice Hudson (born 1930), English footballer
 * Michael Hudson (disambiguation), several people
 * Miller Hudson, American politician
 * Murray Ken Hudson (1938–1974), New Zealand soldier awarded the George Cross

N

 * Newt Hudson (1926–2014), American politician
 * Noel Hudson (1893–1970), Anglican bishop
 * Norman Hudson (born 1945), English publisher and advisor on historic houses

O

 * Ola Hudson (1946–2009), American fashion designer and costumier
 * Oliver Hudson (born 1976), American actor
 * Orlando Hudson (born 1977), American baseball player

P

 * Paul Hudson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1970), Australian Rules Football player
 * Peter Hudson (born 1946), Australian Rules football player

R

 * Ralph Hudson, American murderer, in 1963 the last man to be executed in the State of New Jersey
 * Ray Hudson (born 1955), English former football player and coach
 * Richard Hudson (disambiguation), several people
 * Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson (1886–1957), British politician
 * Robert Hudson (broadcaster) (1920–2010), British broadcaster on cricket, rugby and state occasions
 * Robert George Spencer Hudson (1895–1965), British geologist and paleontologist
 * Robert H. Hudson (born 1938), American artist
 * Robert Spear Hudson (1812–1884), British businessman who popularized dry soap powder
 * Robert William Hudson, (1856–1937), his son, soap manufacturer
 * Robin E. Hudson (born 1952), American judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
 * Rock Hudson (1925–1985), American actor
 * Roger Hudson (cricketer) (born 1967), English cricketer
 * Roger Hudson (sailor) (born 1978), South African sailor
 * Roy Davage Hudson (born 1930), American neuropharmacologist and former president of Hampton University
 * Ryan Hudson (born 1979), British rugby player

S

 * Samantha Hudson
 * Sarah Hudson (singer) (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
 * Saul Hudson (born 1965), English-American rock guitarist known as Slash, lead guitarist of the American band Guns N' Roses
 * Scott Hudson (disambiguation), several people
 * Shafiqah Hudson (1978-2024), American Black feminist

T

 * Tanner Hudson (born 1994), American football player
 * Terry Hudson (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
 * Thomas Hudson (disambiguation), several people, including Tom Hudson
 * Tim Hudson (1940–2019) (aka 'Lord' Tim Hudson), DJ, rock band manager, cricket manager, artist
 * Tim Hudson (born 1975), MLB pitcher
 * Tommy Hudson (born 1997), American football player
 * Troy Hudson (born 1976), former NBA player

W

 * Will Hudson (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player
 * Will Hudson (songwriter) (1908–1981), Canadian-born American songwriter
 * William Hudson (engineer) (1896–1978), New Zealand-born Australian engineer of the Snowy Mountains Scheme
 * William Henry Hudson (1841–1922), Argentine-British author, naturalist, and ornithologist
 * William Hudson (botanist) (1730–1793), British botanist and apothecary
 * William L. Hudson (1794–1862), United States Navy officer in the 19th century
 * William Parker Hudson (1841–1894), Canadian businessman and politician
 * Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), British-born painter who lived most of her life in Hawaii

Fictional characters

 * Angus Hudson, in the television series Upstairs Downstairs
 * Baby Jane Hudson, in the novel and film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
 * Finn Hudson, in the television musical comedy-drama series Glee
 * Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
 * Zack Hudson, in the British soap opera EastEnders