Hudson (surname)
Hudson is an English surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include:
A
- Alice Hudson, American librarian
- Amos O. Hudson, American politician
- Andrew Hudson (cricketer), South African test cricketer
- Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet, British Conservative politician
B
- Ben Hudson, Australian AFL player
- Bill Hudson (disambiguation), several people
- Brett Hudson, American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
C
- Charles Hudson (disambiguation), several people
- Chase Hudson, American musician and social media influencer known professionally as Huddy
- Christie Brinkley, American model, actress and entrepreneur whose birth name was Christie Lee Hudson but later adopted by the television writer Donald Brinkley
D
- Dakota Hudson, American baseball player
- Daniel Hudson, American baseball player
- Dave Hudson, American artist, musician, boxer and wrestler
- David Hudson (musician), Australian Aboriginal musician
- David Hudson (pioneer), American businessman, founder of Hudson, Ohio
- Dawn Hudson, American actress and movie executive, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Donna Hudson, American biomedical engineer
- Donald Hudson, multiple people
E
- Erasmus Darwin Hudson, American surgeon
- Erasmus Darwin Hudson Jr., American physician, son of the above
- Erlund Hudson, British artist
- Ernie Hudson, American actor and playwright
F
- Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian footballer commonly known as Hudson
- Francisco Hudson, Chilean navy officer and hydrographer
- Frank Hudson, multiple people
G
- Garth Hudson, Canadian musician
- Garth Hudson (footballer), English footballer
- George Hudson, English railway financier
- George Vernon Hudson, New Zealand entomologist
- Grant M. Hudson, U.S. Representative from Michigan
H
- Harold B. Hudson, Canadian flying ace
- Henry Hudson, English sea explorer and navigator
- Henry Hudson (artist), British artist
- Henry E. Hudson, United States district court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Henry Louis Hudson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Henry Philerin Hudson, Irish music collector
- Hilda Phoebe Hudson, English mathematician
- Hosea Hudson, African-American labor leader and civil rights activist
- Hud Hudson, American philosopher
- Hugh Hudson, English film director
J
- Jackie Hudson, American anti-nuclear proliferation and peace activist
- Jalen Hudson, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- James Hudson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jeffrey Hudson, English dwarf in the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England
- Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
- Joe Hudson (disambiguation), several people
- John Hudson (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Hudson (disambiguation), several people
K
- Karl Hudson-Phillips, Trinidadian lawyer, judge of the International Criminal Court
- Kate Hudson, American actress and singer
- Kate Hudson (activist), British academic and political activist
- Katheryn Hudson, American singer
- Kathryn Hudson, British civil servant and Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
- Kerry Hudson, Scottish writer
- Khaleke Hudson, American football player
- Kirk Hudson, English footballer
- Kobe Hudson, American football player
- Kyle Hudson, American baseball player and coach
- Kyron Hudson, American football player
L
- Lucy-Jo Hudson, English actress
M
- Manley Ottmer Hudson, American professor of international law, editor of the American Journal of International Law and judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.
- Mark Hudson (footballer born 1980), English footballer currently with West Auckland Town AFC
- Mark Hudson (footballer born 1982), English footballer currently with Cardiff City
- Mark Hudson (musician), American record producer, musician, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
- Maurice Hudson, English footballer
- Micah Hudson, American football player
- Michael Hudson (disambiguation), several people
- Miller Hudson, American politician
- Murray Ken Hudson, New Zealand soldier awarded the George Cross
N
- Newt Hudson, American politician
- Noel Hudson, Anglican bishop
- Norman Hudson, English publisher and advisor on historic houses
O
- Ola Hudson, American fashion designer and costumier
- Oliver Hudson, American actor
- Orlando Hudson, American baseball player
P
- Paul Hudson (Australian rules footballer), Australian Rules Football player
- Peter Hudson, Australian Rules football player
R
- Ralph Hudson, American murderer, in 1963 the last man to be executed in the State of New Jersey
- Ray Hudson, English former football player and coach
- Regina Lynch-Hudson, American publicist and historian
- Richard Hudson (disambiguation), several people
- Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson, British politician
- Robert Hudson (broadcaster), British broadcaster on cricket, rugby and state occasions
- Robert George Spencer Hudson, British geologist and paleontologist
- Robert H. Hudson, American artist
- Robert Spear Hudson, British businessman who popularized dry soap powder
- Robert William Hudson,, his son, soap manufacturer
- Robin E. Hudson, American judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
- Rock Hudson, American actor
- Roger Hudson (cricketer), English cricketer
- Roger Hudson (sailor), South African sailor
- Roy Davage Hudson, American neuropharmacologist and former president of Hampton University
- Ryan Hudson, British rugby player
S
- Samantha Hudson
- Sarah Hudson (singer), American singer-songwriter
- Saul Hudson, English-American rock guitarist known as Slash, lead guitarist of the American band Guns N' Roses
- Scott Hudson (disambiguation), several people
- Shafiqah Hudson, American Black feminist
T
- Tanner Hudson, American football player
- Terry Hudson (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
- Thomas Hudson (disambiguation), several people, including Tom Hudson
- Tim Hudson, DJ, rock band manager, cricket manager, artist
- Tim Hudson, MLB pitcher
- Tommy Hudson (American football), American football player
- Troy Hudson, former NBA player
W
- Will Hudson (basketball), American basketball player
- Will Hudson (songwriter), Canadian-born American songwriter
- William Hudson (engineer), New Zealand-born Australian engineer of the Snowy Mountains Scheme
- William Henry Hudson, Argentine-British author, naturalist, and ornithologist
- William Hudson (botanist), British botanist and apothecary
- William L. Hudson, United States Navy officer in the 19th century
- William Parker Hudson, Canadian businessman and politician
- Winnifred Hudson, British-born painter who lived most of her life in Hawaii
Fictional characters
- Angus Hudson, in the television series Upstairs Downstairs
- Baby Jane Hudson, in the novel and film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Finn Hudson, in the television musical comedy-drama series Glee
- Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
- William Hudson, in the science fiction action film Aliens
- Zack Hudson, in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Jason Hudson, in the Call of Duty: Black Ops video game series