Hobson (surname)
Hobson Son Of Hrólfr is a surname Originating in The Viking Ages, which lasted from about 800 to 1100 CE, during which Norsemen known as Vikings raided, traded, and settled across Europe and even reached North America. This period is marked by significant cultural and historical developments in Scandinavia and beyond.
The surname is known to be of Viking Roots in Scandinavia and England
A
- Albert Hobson, English footballer
- Alexis Hobson, American college football player
- Alf Hobson, English footballer
- Alice Mary Hobson, English landscape painter
- Allan Hobson, American psychologist and professor of psychiatry
- Andrew Hobson, South African field hockey player
- Andy Hobson, British rugby league footballer
- Anthony Hobson, English cricketer
- Anthony Hobson (book historian), British auctioneer and historian
- Anthony Hobson (South African cricketer), South African cricketer
- Asher Hobson, American agricultural economist
B
- Baby Hobson, American baseball player
- Bailey Hobson, English footballer
- Barry Hobson, Northern Irish cricketer and educator
- Benjamin Hobson, British Protestant medical missionary
- Bert Hobson, English footballer
- Brandon Hobson, Cherokee Nation fiction writer
- Brooke Hobson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bulmer Hobson, Northern Irish writer and Irish nationalist
- Butch Hobson, American baseball manager and former player
C
- Cal Hobson, American politician
- Charles Hobson, Baron Hobson, British politician
- Charles Hobson (trade unionist), British trade unionist
- Charlotte Hobson, English writer
D
- Daf Hobson, English cinematographer
- Darington Hobson, American basketball player
- Dave Hobson, American politician and lawyer
- David Hobson (tenor), Australian opera singer
- Deb Hobson, American politician
- Denys Hobson, South African cricketer
- Denys Hobson (cricketer, born 1983), South African cricketer
- Derek Hobson, English TV and radio broadcaster and journalist.
- Dorothy Hobson, Jamaican and West Indies cricketer
E
- E. W. Hobson, English mathematician
- Edward H. Hobson, American merchant, banker, politician, tax collector, railroad executive and Civil War brigadier general
- Edward Hobson (botanist), English weaver and botanist
- Edward Hobson (cricketer), English cricketer
- Elizabeth Christophers Hobson, American social worker
- Elton Hobson, Canadian football player
F
- Florence Fulton Hobson, Irish architect
- Frank Hobson, British flying ace
- Francis Hobson, English footballer
- Fred Hobson, English professional footballer
- Frederick Hobson, Canadian soldier posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
- Frederick Taylor Hobson, British Army major-general
G
- Gary Hobson, English footballer
- George Andrew Hobson, British civil engineer and bridge builder
- George Hobson (footballer), English footballer
- George Hobson (wrestler), New Zealand wrestler
- George H. Hobson, American athlete and sports coach
- Gordon Hobson, English footballer
- Graham Hobson, American college football coach
H
- Harold Hobson, English drama critic and author
- Haskins Hobson, American attorney and politician
- Henry Hobson, American Episcopal bishop
- Henry Hobson (director), English film director
- Howard Hobson, American college basketball and baseball coach and basketball player
I
- Ian Hobson, English pianist and conductor
- Issy Hobson, English footballer
- Ivo Hobson, English cricketer
J
- Jason Hobson, English rugby union player
- Jeremy Hobson, American radio journalist and podcaster
- Jesse E. Hobson, American electrical engineer
- J. A. Hobson, English economist and liberal
- John M. Hobson, author of The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation
- John Hobson (politician), British Conservative Member of Parliament and Attorney-General
- Joshua Hobson, British Chartist and Tory Radical
- Julius Hobson, American politician
K
- Kenneth B. Hobson, general in the United States Air Force
- Kenny Hobson, Grenadian cricketer
L
- Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist
- Leigh Hobson, Canadian road cyclist
- Lloyd Hobson, South African cricketer
- Louis Hobson, American musical theater actor
- Luke Hobson, American swimmer
M
- M. K. Hobson, American speculative fiction/fantasy writer
- Mackie Hobson, South African cricketer
- Marian Hobson, British scholar
- Mark Hobson (boxer), British professional boxer
- Mark Hobson (spree killer), English murderer
- Mary Hobson, British writer, poet and translator
- Mary Hobson (curler), American curler
- Maud Hobson, Australian-born English actress
- Mellody Hobson, American businesswoman, chairwoman of Starbucks and DreamWorks Animation
- Michael Z. Hobson, American publisher and executive vice president of Marvel Comics
- Mike Hobson, British television producer
N
- Naomi Hobson, Aboriginal Australian artist
- Nick Hobson, Australian cricketer
- Noel Hobson, New Zealand field hockey player
- Norman Hobson, English footballer
P
- Paul Hobson, English nonconformist officer in the parliamentary army during the English Civil War
- Patrick Hobson, British Anglican clergyman
- Pearl Hobson, Scottish geographer
- Percy Hobson (RAF officer), British World War I flying ace
- Percy Hobson (high jumper), Australian athlete
- Peter Hobson, English psychology professor
- Peter Hobson (cricketer), South African cricketer
R
- Richard Hobson (physician), English physician
- Richard Hobson (priest), Irish Anglican priest
- Richard R. G. Hobson, American attorney and lawyer
- Richmond P. Hobson U.S. Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, and congressman from Alabama
- Richmond P. Hobson Jr., American-Canadian writer
- Robert Lockhart Hobson, British civil servant and antiquarian
- Ronald Hobson, British entrepreneur and philanthropist
S
- Samuel George Hobson, Anglo-Irish writer and socialist
- Sarah Hobson, British author of travel books
- Sarah M. Hobson, American physician
- Scott Hobson (field hockey), field hockey player from New Zealand
- Scott Hobson (rugby union), English rugby union player
- Shaun Hobson, English footballer
- Sid Hobson, Australian rugby league footballer
- Simon Wain-Hobson, British-French microbiologist
- Susan Hobson, Australian athlete
T
- T. Frank Hobson, Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Thayer Hobson, American business executive
- Theo Hobson, British theologian
- Thomas Hobson (postal carrier), English postal carrier
- Thomas Hobson (actor), American actor
- Thomas Hobson (cricketer), South African cricketer
- Tommy Hobson, South African rugby union player
- Tony Hobson, American college women's basketball coach
V
- Valerie Hobson, British actress, wife of John Profumo
- Victor Hobson, American football player
W
- Waller Hobson, Irish Anglican clergyman
- Walter Hobson, English footballer
- Wilder Hobson, American writer and editor
- Will Hobson, American journalist
- William Hobson, first Governor-General of New Zealand
- William Hobson, birth name of professional wrestler Powerhouse Hobbs
Fictional characters
- Christopher Hobson, a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Gary Hobson, leading character of the television series Early Edition
- Henry Hobson, title character of the 1915 play Hobson's Choice and various film adaptations
- Dr. Laura Hobson, a recurring character in the UK television series Inspector Lewis and ''Inspector Morse''