Dawson is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People

Dawson Bates Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet (23 November 1876 – 10 June 1949), known as Dawson Bates, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland. He was born in Strandtown, Belfast, the son of Richard D ...

(1876–1949), Northern Irish politician * Dawson Buckley (1917–1993), Australian rugby league player * Dawson Burns (1828–1909), English minister and temperance activist *

Dawson Charlie Dawson Charlie or K̲áa Goox̱ ʰáː kuːχ( – 26 December 1908) was a Canadians, Canadian Tagish/Tlingit First Nations in Canada, First Nation person and one of the co-discoverers of gold at Discovery Claim that led to the Klondike Gold R ...

(–1908), Canadian First Nation person and gold discoverer *

Dawson Cram Dawson Kevin Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 35 Ford Mustang for Emerling-Gase Motorsports, the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro fo ...

(born 2001), American stock car racing driver *

Dawson Dawson-Walker Dawson Dawson-Walker (20 December 1868 – 28 January 1934) was a British Church of England clergyman, classicist, theologian and academic. From 1911 to 1919, he was Principal (academia), Principal of St John's College, Durham. From 1919 to his ...

(1868–1934), British clergyman, classicist, theologian, and academic *

Dawson Dawson-Watson Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864–1939) was a British-born Impressionist painter who became famous in 1927 for winning the largest cash prize in American art, the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibition. He was one of the first members of the famou ...

(1864–1939), British painter * Dawson Deaton (born 1999), American football player * Dawson Devoy (born 2001) Irish association football player *

Dawson Dunbar Dawson Dunbar (born July 14, 1999 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian actor. Dawson won Best Performance in a Short Film at the 32nd Young Artist Awards for ''Little Big Kid''. He was also nominated at the 31st Young Artist Awards in the same ca ...

(born 1999), Canadian actor *

Dawson Engler Dawson R. Engler is an American computer scientist and an associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford University. Career After graduating from University of Arizona, Engler earned his Ph.D. from the Massachuse ...

, American computer scientist and professor *

Dawson Fernandes Dawson Fernandes (born 27 July 1990 in Navelim, Goa) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He last played in India for Salgacar in the I-League, and currently plays for Goan United FC in the Middlesex County Football L ...

(born 1990), Indian footballer *

Dawson Garcia Dawson Lee Garcia (born September 20, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the Marquette Golden Eagles and the North Carolina Tar Heels. High school ca ...

(born 2001), American basketball player *

Dawson Gurley Dawson Gurley MA, BEng (Hons), also known as Big Daws, is an Americans, American YouTube personality, known for the channel Big Daws TV (stylized BigDawsTv) consisting of pranks, with a second channel called BigDawsVlogs consisting of vlogs an ...

(born 1993), American YouTube personality * Dawson Harron (1921–1988), English cricketer *

Dawson Hodgson Dawson Tucker Hodgson (born July 10, 1978) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Rhode Island Senate who represented the 35th district from January 4, 2011 until January 6, 2015. In 2014 he made an unsuccessful bid for Attorne ...

(born 1978), American politician *

Dawson Knox Dawson Alan Knox (born November 14, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ole Miss. Early years Knox attended St. Paul Christian Academy and Brentwood ...

(born 1996), American football player * Dawson L. Kilgore (1823–1893), American politician *

Dawson Mathis Marvin Dawson Mathis (November 30, 1940 – April 17, 2017) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born in Nashville, Georgia, Mathis attended the Nashville public schools. He attended South Georgia Colleg ...

(1940–2017), American politician from Georgia *

Dawson McAllister Dawson McAllister (November 14, 1946 – December 17, 2020) was an American speaker, radio host, and author. He was the host of the radio program ''Dawson McAllister Live'' on Sunday nights from 10:00pm–2:00 am ET, which had an average audienc ...

(1946-2020), American speaker, radio host, and author *

Dawson McCartney Dawson McCartney (born October 15, 1998) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Portland Timbers 2. Dawson played for the Dartmouth Big Green through the 2020 season. Early life Dawson was born in Voorhees, NJ where ...

(born 1998), American soccer player *

Dawson Mercer Dawson Mercer (born October 27, 2001) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 18th overall by the Devils in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Early life Mercer was born o ...

(born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player *

Dawson Millward Dawson Millward (July 13, 1870 – May 15, 1926) was a British stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Caste'' (1915) * ''General Post'' (1920) * '' The Magistrate'' (1921) * ''The Skin Game'' (1921) * '' The Recoil'' (1922) * '' King of t ...

(1870–1926), British actor *

Dawson Murschell Dawson Murschell (born 23 November 1995) is a Canadian former professional darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events from 2017 to 2019. Career Murschell first appeared in a televised darts tournament in 2017, when ...

(born 1995), Canadian darts player *

Dawson Odums Dawson Tayrone Odums is an American football coach. He is the head coach at Norfolk State University, a position he has held since 2021. Odums served as the interim head football coach at Clark Atlanta University for one season, in 2004, and he ...

, American football coach *

Dawson Ritchie Dawson Ritchie (10 May 1920 – 3 July 1994) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Auckland in 1943/44. See also * List of Auckland representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played ...

(1920–1994), New Zealand cricketer *

Dawson Sheppard Admiral Sir Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard, KBE, CB, MVO (7 April 1866 – 24 February 1953) was a Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the ...

(1866–1953), Royal Navy officer *

Dawson Simpson Dawson Simpson (born 17 February 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played as a ruckman, and was dra ...

(born 1989), Australian rules footballer *

Dawson Stelfox James Dawson Stelfox is an architect from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the former chairman of Consarc Design Group and in May 2008, he was elected president of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects. Education and career He was born in Belf ...

(born 1958), Northern Ireland architect *

Dawson Trotman Dawson Earle Trotman (March 25, 1906 – June 18, 1956) was an Evangelism, evangelist and founder of The Navigators (organization), the Navigators. Biography Trotman was born on March 25, 1906, in Bisbee, Arizona, US. Ministry Trotman founded th ...

(1906–1956), American evangelist *

Dawson Turner Dawson Turner (18 October 1775 – 21 June 1858) was an English banker, botanist and antiquary. He specialized in the botany of cryptogams and was the father-in-law of the botanist William Jackson Hooker. Life Turner was the son of Jam ...

(1775–1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary *

Dawson Turner (radiologist) Dawson Fyers Duckworth Turner, FRSE, FRCPE (1857–1928) was a British pioneer of radiology and patron of the arts, who died of radiation related cancer. Early life He was born in Liverpool in 1857 the son of Rev Dawson Turner and attended Sh ...

(1857–1928), British pioneer of radiology *

Dawson Turner (rugby union) Dawson Turner (15 December 1846 – 25 February 1909) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1871 to 1875. Early life Dawson Palgrave Turner was born on 15 December 1846 in Calcutta, India. He was the son of Gurney ...

(1846–1909), English rugby union player, grandson of the above Dawson Turner *

Dawson Walker Dawson Walker (14 March 1916 – 17 August 1973) was manager of the Scotland national football team The Scotland national football team gd, Sgioba Ball-coise Nàiseanta na h-Alba sco, Scotland National Fitbaa Team represents Scotland in men ...

(1916–1973), Scottish football manager *

Dawson Williams Sir Dawson Williams (17 July 1854 – 27 February 1928) was a British physician and the longest serving editor of the ''British Medical Journal'' (''BMJ''). He gave up his medical practice to edit the ''BMJ'' and published influential studies ...

(1854–1928), British physician

Fictional characters

*Dawson, in ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

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Dawson Leery Dawson Wade Leery (born March 14, 1983) is a fictional character from the WB television drama ''Dawson's Creek'' and is the titular Dawson. He is introduced in the pilot and portrayed by James Van Der Beek in 122 episodes throughout the series' run ...

, on the TV show ''Dawson's Creek'' {{given name Masculine given names