Judson (name)
Judson is both a surname and a masculine given name. It is a patronymic derived from the first name "Judd" or "Jutt", a hypocorism for "Jordan".
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Adoniram Judson, the first American missionary abroad
- Alice Judson, American painter
- Andrew T. Judson, Connecticut politician
- Ann Hasseltine Judson, America's first female Baptist foreign missionary
- Arthur Judson, American orchestra manager, artists' manager
- Edward Judson (theologian), American Baptist clergyman
- Edward Zane Carroll Judson, Sr. aka Ned Buntline, American publisher, journalist, writer and publicist
- Harry Pratt Judson
- Horace Freeland Judson, historian of molecular biology
- Howie Judson, American baseball player
- Joseph Judson, Connecticut settler, local official and militia officer
- Margaret Judson, American actress
- Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian
- Olivia Judson, evolutionary biologist and science writer
- Pieter Judson, American historian
- Pothuraju Judson, Indian entomologist
- Thomas Judson, Wales international rugby player
- Whitcomb L. Judson, invented the zip fastener
Given name
- Judson Birza, television personality and contestant on Survivor: Nicaragua
- Judson Canfield, American politician and judge
- Judson Leroy Day, American dentist and politician
- Judson Augusto do Bonfim Santos, also known as Judson (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian-Equatoguinean footballer
- Judson Flint, American football player
- Judson Hall, American politician
- Judson G. Hart, American politician
- Judson Hill, American politician
- Judson Laipply, motivational speaker and comedian best known through YouTube
- Judson LaMoure,, American politician
- Judson Pratt, American film, television and theatre actor
- Judson Prentice, American politician
- Judson Procyk, third Metropolitan Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
- Judson Silva Tavares, also known as Judson (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer