Dawson (given name)
Dawson is a masculine given name which may refer to:
People
- Dawson Bates, Northern Irish politician
- Dawson Buckley, Australian rugby league player
- Dawson Burns, English minister and temperance activist
- Dawson Charlie, Canadian First Nation person and gold discoverer
- Dawson Cram, American stock car racing driver
- Dawson Dawson-Walker, British clergyman, classicist, theologian, and academic
- Dawson Dawson-Watson, British painter
- Dawson Deaton, American football player
- Dawson Devoy Irish association football player
- Dawson Dunbar, Canadian actor
- Dawson Engler, American computer scientist and professor
- Dawson Fernandes, Indian footballer
- Dawson Garcia, American basketball player
- Dawson Gurley, American YouTube personality
- Dawson Harron, English cricketer
- Dawson Hodgson, American politician
- Dawson Knox, American football player
- Dawson L. Kilgore, American politician
- Dawson Mathis, American politician
- Dawson McAllister, American speaker, radio host, and author
- Dawson McCartney, American soccer player
- Dawson Mercer, Canadian ice hockey player
- Dawson Millward, British actor
- Dawson Murschell, Canadian darts player
- Dawson Odums, American football coach
- Dawson Ritchie, New Zealand cricketer
- Dawson Sheppard, Royal Navy officer
- Dawson Simpson, Australian rules footballer
- Dawson Stelfox, Northern Ireland architect
- Dawson Trotman, American evangelist
- Dawson Turner, English banker, botanist and antiquary
- Dawson Turner (radiologist), British pioneer of radiology
- Dawson Turner (rugby union), English rugby union player, grandson of the above Dawson Turner
- Dawson Walker, Scottish football manager
- Dawson Williams, British physician
Fictional characters
- Dawson, in Thomas & Friends
- Dawson Leery, on the TV show ''Dawson's Creek''