Anson (name)
Anson is a given name and surname of English origin, typically arising as a variation of the name Hanson.
Surname
- Adelbert Anson, Canadian Anglican bishop
- Albert Edward Anson, British actor
- Andy Anson, British businessman
- Augustus Anson, British Victoria Cross recipient and politician
- Cap Anson, American baseball player
- Charles H. Anson, American politician and businessman
- Claude Anson, English cricketer
- Edward Anson, British general and colonial governor
- Eric Anson, New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist
- Frank A. Anson, American politician and businessman
- Frederick Anson, Canon, St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
- Geoffrey Anson, English cricketer
- George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, British admiral, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe
- George Anson (politician, born 1731), British politician
- George Anson (British Army officer, born 1769), British general during the Peninsular War
- George Anson (British Army officer, born 1797), British Commander-in-Chief, India, during the Indian rebellion of 1857
- George Anson (priest), British clergy and Archdeacon of Manchester
- George Edward Anson, courtier and British politician, Treasurer of the Household to HRH Prince Albert
- George W. Anson, British actor
- Horatio Saint George Anson, British electrical engineer
- Jack L. Anson, American college interfraternity movement leader
- Jay Anson, American author of The Amityville Horror
- Jennifer Anson, Palauan judoka athlete
- John Anson, Canadian wrestler
- John W. Anson, British actor
- Mortimer Louis Anson, protein scientist
- Pascal Anson, English designer and artist
- Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, British photographer
- Peter Anson, English writer
- Robert Sam Anson, American writer and journalist
- Rupert Anson, English cricketer
- Scott Anson, Scottish footballer
- Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet, general in the British Army
- Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet, English contract lawyer and Liberal Unionist politician
- Talavera Vernon Anson, British naval officer
- Thomas Anson (politician, died 1773), British politician
- Thomas Anson (cricketer), English clergyman and cricketer
- Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson, British politician and peer
Given name
A–J
- Anson Allen, American politician
- Anson M. Beard, American football player
- Anson Brown, U.S. Representative from New York
- Anson Wood Burchard, American businessman
- Anson Burlingame, American abolitionist and diplomat
- Anson Call, Mormon pioneer
- Anson Vasco Call II, Wyoming Mormon pioneer
- Anson Cameron, Australian author
- Anson Carmody, Canadian curler
- Anson Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
- Anson Chan, Hong Kong politician
- Anson Chan, Hong Kong singer
- Anson Chi, convicted pipeline bomber
- Anson Cornell, American college football player and coach
- Anson Dart, Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the Oregon Territory
- Anson Dickinson, American painter of miniature portraits
- Anson Dodge, American-Canadian lumber dealer and political figure
- Anson Dorrance, American soccer coach
- Anson Dyer, English director, screenwriter, animator, and actor
- Anson Funderburgh, American blues guitar player and bandleader
- Anson Goodyear, American manufacturer, businessman, author, and philanthropist
- Anson Rogers Graves, first Episcopal bishop of the Missionary District of Western Nebraska
- Anson Harrold, American football player and coach
- Anson Henry, Canadian sprinter of Jamaican descent
- Anson G. Henry, American physician and politician
- Anson Herrick, U.S. Representative from New York
- Anson Parsons Hotaling, San Francisco merchant and real estate developer
- Anson Hu, Chinese singer
- Anson Jones, last President of the Republic of Texas
K–Z
- Anson F. Keeler, Connecticut State Comptroller
- Anson Kong, Hong Kong singer
- Anson Lo, Hong Kong singer
- Anson W. Mackay, professor of geography at University College London
- Anson S. Marshall, American attorney and politician
- Anson G. McCook, American military and political figure
- Anson Mills, United States Army officer, surveyor, inventor, and entrepreneur
- Anson Morrill, 24th governor of Maine
- Anson D. Morse, educator, historian, and professor at Amherst College
- Anson Mount, American actor
- Anson Paul, actor in Indian films
- Anson Green Phelps, American entrepreneur and business man
- Anson W. Pope, Wisconsin State Assembly member
- Anson Rabinbach, American historian of modern Europe
- Anson Rainey, Israeli professor of ancient Near Eastern cultures and Semitic linguistics
- Anson O. Reynolds, builder of the Anson O. Reynolds House in Des Moines, Iowa
- Anson Rood, American businessman, farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer
- Anson P. K. Safford, third Governor of Arizona Territory
- Anson D. Shupe, American sociologist
- Anson Stager, co-founder of Western Union
- Anson Phelps Stokes (disambiguation), various people
- Anson Weeks, American dance band leader
- Anson Williams, actor and director
- Anson Wilson, builder of the Anson Wilson House in Eastern Iowa
- Anson S. Wood, American lawyer and politician
Middle name
- Robert Anson Heinlein, American science fiction author