Sampson (surname)

Sampson is a surname, and may refer to:

A

 * Aaron Sampson, several people
 * Adrian Sampson (born 1991), baseball player
 * Agnes Sampson, (died 1591), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft
 * Al Sampson (1916–1976), American football coach
 * Alf Sampson (1912–2001), Australian rules footballer
 * Angus Sampson (born 1975), Australian actor
 * Anthony Sampson (1926–2004), British journalist and non-fiction writer

B

 * Brandon Sampson (born 1997), basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Brian Sampson (disambiguation), several people
 * Burford Sampson (1882–1959), Australian politician

C

 * Catherine Sampson (born 1962), British novelist
 * Charles Rumney Samson (1883–1931), British naval aviation and armoured vehicle pioneer
 * Chris Sampson (born 1978), American baseball player
 * Cindy Sampson (born 1978), Canadian actress
 * Clay Sampson (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
 * Clark Sampson, American curler

D

 * Dane Sampson (born 1986), Australian sports shooter
 * David Sampson (born 1951), American composer
 * Daz Sampson (born 1974), British dance music producer
 * Dean Sampson (born 1967), English rugby league player
 * Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), early American soldier
 * Doug Sampson (born 1957), English drummer
 * Dylan Sampson (born 2004), American football player

E

 * Edgar Sampson (1907–1973), American composer
 * Emma Sampson (born 1985), Australian cricketer

F

 * Francis A. Sampson (1842–1918), American lawyer and historian
 * Francis L. Sampson (1912–1996), Catholic priest and U.S. Army officer
 * Franklin Augustus Sampson (1906–1992), Canadian war hero and diplomat

G

 * Gary Sampson (disambiguation)
 * Geoffrey Sampson (born 1944), English linguist
 * George Sampson (born 1993), English breakdancer, winner of Britain's Got Talent 2008 at age 14
 * Glen Sampson (born 1960), Australian Rules footballer
 * Godfrey Sampson (1902–1949), English composer and organist
 * Gordie Sampson (born 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter

H

 * Henry Sampson (disambiguation)

J

 * Jamal Sampson (born 1983), American basketball player
 * James "Jum" Sampson (born c.1876), Australian rugby union player
 * Jill Sampson, Canadian veterinarian
 * John A. Sampson (1873–1946), American gynaecologist
 * John Patterson Sampson (1837–1928), American abolitionist, newspaper publisher, writer, lawyer, judge, and minister
 * Julia Sampson Hayward (1934–2011), American tennis player
 * Justin Sampson (born 1966), Australian rugby union player

K

 * Kelvin Sampson (born 1955), American basketball coach
 * Kevin Sampson (American football) (born 1981), American football player
 * Kevin Blythe Sampson (born 1954), American artist
 * Kyle Sampson, American lawyer and political appointee

M

 * Malcolm Sampson, English rugby league player
 * Margaret Sampson (1906–1988), English nun
 * Marty Sampson (born 1979), Australian songwriter

N

 * Nikos Sampson (1935–2001), Greek Cypriot terrorist and brief puppet president of Cyprus

O

 * Oteman Sampson (born 1975), American football player

P

 * Paul Sampson (born 1977), English rugby union player

R

 * Ralph Sampson (born 1960), American basketball player
 * Ralph Allen Sampson (1866–1939), British astronomer
 * Richard Sampson (died 1554), ex-Catholic Anglican bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
 * Richard Sampson (1877–1944), Australian politician
 * Rob Sampson (born 1955), Canadian politician
 * Robert Sampson (1925–2006), American lawyer, executive and advocate
 * Robert Sampson (disambiguation)
 * Robert J. Sampson (born 1956), American sociologist

S

 * Short Sleeve Sampson, American wrestler
 * Steve Sampson (born 1957), American soccer coach

T

 * Thomas Pollard Sampson (1875 – 1961), Australian architect
 * Todd Sampson (born 1970), Canadian-born Australian company director and television personality
 * Tony Sampson, retired Canadian actor

V

 * Virginia Reid Sampson (1916–1955), birth name of American actress Lynne Carver

W

 * Will Sampson (1933–1987), American actor and painter
 * William Sampson (disambiguation)

Y

 * Yvonne Sampson (born 1980), Australian sports commentator

Fictional characters

 * Dominie Sampson, from the novel Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
 * Kid Sampson, in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22
 * Kyle Sampson (GL), on the television show The Guiding Light
 * Tor Sampson, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army