Samson (name)

Samson can be either a masculine given name or a surname. It may refer to:

Given name

 * Samson, the man of extraordinary strength in the Book of Judges in the Bible
 * Samson of Dol (c. 485–c. 565), British saint
 * Samson of Brechin (fl. 1150–1165), first known Bishop of Brechin, Scotland
 * Samson of Tottington (1135–1211), English Benedictine monk and Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds
 * Samson (bishop of Worcester) (died 1112), chaplain to William the Conqueror, later Bishop of Worcester
 * Samson Abramsky (born 1953), British computer scientist
 * Samson Felix Amarasinghe, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
 * Samson Ebukam (born 1995), American football player
 * Samson Gombe (1938–1989), Kenyan scientist and professor
 * Samson Johnson (born 2002), Togolese basketball player
 * Samson Kandie (born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner
 * Samson Kitur (1966–2003), Kenyan middle-distance runner
 * Samson Lee (born 1992), Welsh international rugby union player
 * Samson Makintsev (1776–1849), Russian-Iranian general
 * Samson Mulugeta (born 1983), Ethiopian footballer
 * Samson Mwita Marwa (1932–2022), Kenyan member of parliament
 * Samson Rausuk (1793–1877), Lithuanian-British librarian and poet
 * Samson Tam (born 1964), elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Surname

 * Charles Rumney Samson (1883–1931), British air commodore and naval aviation pioneer
 * Cid Samson (born 1943), Canadian politician
 * Craig Samson (born 1984), Scottish footballer
 * David Samson (rabbi) (born 1956), Orthodox rabbi
 * David Samson (baseball) (born 1968), former Miami Marlins president; contestant on Survivor: Cagayan
 * Edmé Samson (1810–1891), French possible forger of porcelain and pottery
 * Elisabeth Samson (1715–1771), Surinamese coffee plantation owner
 * Jérôme Samson (born 1987), Canadian National Hockey League player for the Carolina Hurricanes
 * Joseph Samson (1888–1957), composer
 * Leela Samson (born 1951), Indian Bharatanatyam dancer
 * Leona D. Samson (born 1952), American biochemist
 * Louis Samson (born 1995), German footballer
 * Michel Samson (born 1972), Canadian politician
 * Paul Samson (1953–2002), British heavy metal guitarist
 * Polly Samson (born 1962), British novelist, songwriter and journalist
 * Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer
 * Savanna Samson, stage name of American pornographic actress Natalie Oliveros (born 1967)
 * Stéphane Samson (born 1975), French footballer
 * Valerie Samson (born 1948), American composer and ethnomusicologist

Patronymic

 * Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer