Payson

Payson may refer to:

Places in the United States

 * Payson, Arizona
 * Payson, Illinois
 * Payson, Utah

People

 * Edward Payson (1783–1827), American Congregational preacher
 * Edwin Blake Payson (1893–1927), American botanist
 * Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975), American businesswoman and New York Mets owner
 * Phillips Payson (1704–1778), American minister for the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts from 1728
 * Samuel Phillips Payson (1736–1801), American minister for the town of Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1757
 * William Farquhar Payson (1876–1939), notable American author
 * William P. Richardson (law school dean) (1864–1945), American co-founder and first Dean of Brooklyn Law School