Hudson may refer to:

People

Hudson (given name) Hudson is an English masculine given name which originated from the surname ''Hudson (surname), Hudson''. People with the given name Hudson *Hudson Card (born 2001), American football player *Hudson de Souza, Brazilian middle distance runner *Hu ...

Hudson (surname) Hudson is an English surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include: A * Andrew Hudson (born 1965), South African test cricketer * Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet (1897–1956), British Conservative politician B *Ben Hudson (born 1 ...

Henry Hudson Henry Hudson ( 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States. In 1607 and 160 ...

, English explorer *

Hudson (footballer, born 1986) Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho (born 18 July 1986), simply known as Hudson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Imperatriz as a right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is ...

, Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian football right-back *

Hudson (footballer, born 1988) Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos (born 30 January 1988), simply known as Hudson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he also played as a right-back. Club career Born in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Hudson joi ...

, Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos, Brazilian football defensive midfielder *

Hudson (footballer, born 1996) Hudson Felipe Gonçalves, known as Hudson (born 24 January 1996) is a Brazilian association football, football player who plays for Santa Cruz de Natal. Club career He made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for Portimonense S.C., Portimo ...

, Hudson Felipe Gonçalves, Brazilian football midfielder

Places

Argentina

Hudson, Buenos Aires Guillermo Enrique Hudson is a semi-rural town in Berazategui Partido (department) of Buenos Aires province, Argentina.Hudson, Queensland Hudson is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_n ...

, a locality in the Cassowardy Coast Region

Canada

Hudson, Ontario Hudson is a township municipality incorporating the congruent geographic township in Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Hudson is located directly west of the city of Temiskaming Shores and has only one named settlement, the co ...

* Hudson, Quebec *

Hudson, Edmonton Hudson is a newer residential neighbourhood in north west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Before development, the site was home of Edmonton International Speedway, a drive-in theatre, and a driving range. Almost four out of five (78%) of residences in ...

, Alberta

United States

Hudson, Colorado The Town of Hudson is a home rule municipality in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,356 at the 2010 census. A post office called Hudson has been in operation since 1883. The town derives its name from the town company ...

, a town in Weld County * Hudson, Florida, a census-designated place in Pasco County * Hudson, Illinois, a town in McLean County *

Hudson, Indiana Hudson is a town in Salem and Steuben townships, Steuben County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 518 at the 2010 census. History An old variant name of the community was called North Benton. The Hudson post office has been in o ...

, a town in Steuben County *

Hudson, Iowa Hudson is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,546 at the time of the 2020 census. The rural community of Hudson has grown in recent years and is included as a part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statis ...

, a town in Black Hawk County *

Hudson, Kansas Hudson is a city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 95. History Hudson was originally called Rattlesnake, and under the latter name was founded in the early 1880s. It was renamed H ...

, a town in Stafford County *

Hudson, Maine Hudson is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,416 at the 2020 census. History Hudson was first settled about 1800. In 1824, it became a plantation and was named "Jackson", probably after Andrew Jackson. In 1 ...

, a town in Penobscot County * Hudson, Massachusetts, a town in Middlesex County **

Hudson (CDP), Massachusetts Hudson is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Hudson in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,907 at the 2010 census. Geography Hudson is located at (42.392285, -71.565646). According to the United S ...

, the main village in the town * Hudson, Michigan, a town in Lenawee County *

Hudson, Missouri Hudson is an unincorporated community in Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Hudson was platted in 1867, and named after Henry Hudson Henry Hudson ( 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and nav ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hudson, New Hampshire Hudson is a New England town, town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located along the Massachusetts state line. The population was 25,394 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-largest mu ...

, a town in Hillsborough County **

Hudson (CDP), New Hampshire Hudson is a census-designated place (CDP) and the urban center of the town of Hudson in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 7,534 at the 2020 census, out of 25,394 in the entire town. Geography The CD ...

, the urban part of the town *

Hudson, New York Hudson is a city and the county seat of Columbia County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,894. Located on the east side of the Hudson River and 120 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, it was named for the rive ...

, a city in Columbia County *

Hudson, North Carolina Hudson is a town in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,776 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir– Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Hudson originated as a sawmill camp, ...

, a town in Caldwell County *

Hudson, Ohio Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 23,110 at the 2020 census. It is a suburban community in the Akron metropolitan statistical area and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area, th ...

, a city in Summit County *

Hudson, Pennsylvania Hudson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,443 at the 2010 census. Geography Hudson is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a ...

, part of Plains Township *

Hudson, South Dakota Hudson is a town in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 311 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost community in South Dakota. The town takes its name from Hudson, Iowa, the native home of a large share of the earl ...

, a town in Lincoln County *

Hudson, Texas Hudson is a city in Angelina County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,849 at the 2020 census. Geography Hudson is located in central Angelina County at (31.330062, –94.797360), adjacent to the western border of Lufkin, the county sea ...

, a town in Angelina County *

Hudson (town), Wisconsin Hudson is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,461 at the 2010 census. The City of Hudson is located within the town. The unincorporated communities of Burkhardt Station, Northline, and Sono Junction are al ...

, in St. Croix County ** Hudson, Wisconsin, a city in the town *

Hudson, Wyoming Hudson is a town in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 458 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Hudson has been in operation since 1907. The town was named for John T. Hudson, the original owner of the town sit ...

, a town in Fremont County *

Hudson County, New Jersey Hudson County is the most densely populated county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It lies west of the lower Hudson River, which was named for Henry Hudson, the sea captain who explored the area in 1609. Part of New Jersey's Gateway Region in t ...

* Hudson Square, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City

Geographical features

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...

, in northeastern Canada * Hudson Gardens, in Littleton, Colorado, US *

Hudson Island Hudson Island is the southernmost island of the Family Islands group and located approximately 20 km East of Tully Heads. The Aboriginal name for this island is ''Coolah Island''. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority The Gre ...

(or Coolah Island), the southernmost island of the Family Islands group, east of Tully Heads *

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...

, a river mainly in New York State, US **

Hudson Valley The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to ...

, a river valley formed by the Hudson River **

Mid-Hudson Region The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Y ...

, within Hudson Valley *

Hudson Strait Hudson Strait (french: Détroit d'Hudson) links the Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador and ...

, connecting Hudson Bay to the Atlantic Ocean in Canada *

Mount Hudson Mount Hudson ( es, Volcán Hudson, es, Monte Hudson, label=none) is a stratovolcano in southern Chile, and the site of one of the largest eruptions in the twentieth century. The mountain itself is covered by a glacier. There is a caldera at th ...

, a volcano in Chile

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Angus Hudson Angus Hudson is a fictional character from the ITV drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', portrayed by actor Gordon Jackson from 1971 until 1975. Biography Hudson was the authoritarian Scottish butler of the Bellamy household at 165 Eaton Place, ...

, the butler in the 1970s British period drama ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' *

Hudson (gargoyle) This page contains a list of characters in the animated television series '' Gargoyles'', its non-canon season titled ''Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles'', and the spinoff comic books '' Gargoyles (SLG comic)'' and '' Gargoyles: Bad Guys''. Gar ...

, a character in Disney's 1994 ''Gargoyles'' series *

Doc Hudson Doctor Hudson Hornet, MD (also known as The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Hud, Doc Hudson, or simply, Doc) is an animated, anthropomorphic retired race car which appears in the 2006 Pixar film ''Cars'' as a medical doctor and a local judge. He is vo ...

, a 2006 anthropomorphic automobile from the Disney ''Cars'' franchise

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Hudson River School, a 19th-century (1800's) American artistic genre * Hudson Brothers, a 1965 American music group * ''Hudson Valley'' (magazine), 1971 * '' Hudson Hawk'', a 1991 film starring Bruce Willis * ''Hudson'' (album), a 2017 jazz album by Jack DeJohnette, John Medeski, John Scofield, and Larry Grenadier

Brands and enterprises

* Hudson Boatworks, a racing shell manufacturer in London, Ontario (1981 to present) *

Hudson Foods Company Hudson Foods Company of Rogers, Arkansas, was a poultry & beef processor that was involved in what was then the largest recall of processed beef in the United States In 1997. The small, 300 employee plant was in Columbus, Nebraska. The company wa ...

of Rogers, Arkansas * Hudson Group, a retail newspaper stand company *

Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game company that released numerous games for video game consoles, home computers and mobile phones, mainly from the 1980s to the 2000s. It was headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ...

, a former Japanese video game publisher and developer * Hudson's, a defunct Detroit-based department store chain *

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business div ...

, an English (later Canadian) fur trading and retail company, founded 1670 *

Robert Hudson (company) Robert Hudson Ltd was a major international supplier of light railway materials, based in Gildersome, near Leeds, England. The name was later changed to Robert Hudson (Raletrux) Ltd. The business The business was founded in 1865 by Robert Hu ...

, a defunct locomotive manufacturer

Computing

Hudson (software) Hudson is a discontinued continuous integration (CI) tool written in Java, which runs in a servlet container such as Apache Tomcat or the GlassFish application server. It supports SCM tools including CVS, Subversion, Git, Perforce, Clearcase a ...

, a continuous integration tool * Hudson, a codename for the Fusion controller hub (FCH) chipset on AMD motherboards

Transport

Hudson station (RTM) Hudson station is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in Hudson, Quebec, Canada. It is served by the Vaudreuil–Hudson line Vaudreuil–Hudson (also designated exo1, formerly known as Dorion–Rigaud) is a commuter railway line in Grea ...

, an 1800s commuter rail station in Hudson, Quebec, Canada *

Hudson station (New York) Hudson station is a train station in Hudson, New York. Hudson serves a total of four different Amtrak trains, all of which have a southern terminus at Pennsylvania Station in New York City. They consist of the ''Adirondack'' from Montreal, Qu ...

, an 1874 train station in Hudson, New York * USRC ''Hudson'' (1893), a U.S. Revenue Service cutter from the Battle of Cárdenas * Hudson, the generic name in most of North America for any steam locomotive with an 1896

4-6-4 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. In France where the type was first used, it is known as t ...

wheel arrangement *

Hudson (steam automobile) The Hudson was an automobile built in Hudson, Michigan by the Bean-Chamberlain Manufacturing Company from 1901 to 1902. It had no relationship to the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the ...

(1901–1902) *

Hudson Motor Car Company The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other branded automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., from 1909 until 1954. In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator to form American Motors Corporation (AMC). The Hudson name was continued through ...

, 1909, (merged in 1954 with American Motors) **

Hudson Super Six The Hudson Super Six Coach is an automobile which was first manufactured by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan in 1916. The first model was kept in production until 1928. The nameplate was revived for a rebadged Essex for 1933 (sing ...

, an automobile (1916-1926, 1933, 1940-1950) **

Hudson Greater Eight The Hudson Greater Eight is a luxury car that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan during 1931 and 1932. History The Hudson Motor Car Company, headed by Roy D. Chapin, developed a reputation and success in the autom ...

, a line of automobiles (1931–1932) **

Hudson Utility Coupe The Hudson Terraplane Utility Coupe is an automobile that was manufactured by Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, between 1937 and 1942. Production history In 1937 (the first year of production), the automobile was known as the Hudson ...

, an automobile (1937–1942) **

Hudson Commodore The Hudson Commodore is an automobile that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1941 and 1952. During its time in production, the Commodore was the largest and most luxurious Hudson model. First generation ...

, an automobile (1941–1952) ** Hudson Hornet, an automobile (1951–1954) ***

Fabulous Hudson Hornet The Fabulous Hudson Hornet is a famous NASCAR Grand National Series and AAA stock car campaigned during the early 1950s that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company. Several drivers, including Marshall Teague and Herb Thomas, drove Hudso ...

, 1951, a famous NASCAR Grand National and AAA stock car **

Hudson Wasp The Hudson Wasp is an automobile that was built and marketed by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, from the 1952 through the 1956 model years. After Hudson merged with Nash Motors, the Wasp was then built by American Motors Corpor ...

, an automobile (1952–1954) **

Hudson Jet The Hudson Jet is a compact automobile that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, during the 1953 and 1954 model years. The Jet was the automaker's response to the popular Nash Rambler and the costs of developing an ...

, a compact automobile (1953–1954) **

Hudson Italia The Hudson Italia is an automobile styling study and a limited production two-door compact coupé that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, in cooperation with Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, and subsequently mark ...

, a two-door compact coupé (1954–1955) * NYC Hudson, a class of locomotives used by New York Central in the 1930s *

Henry Hudson Bridge The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek. It connects Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx with Inwood in Manhattan to the south, via the Henry Hudson Parkway (NY 9A). On the Manhattan side, t ...

, 1936, in New York City *

Royal Hudson The Royal Hudsons are a series of semi-streamlined 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). The engines were built in 1937. In 1939, King George VI allowed the C ...

, a type of locomotive used by Canadian Pacific Railway 1937–1960 * Lockheed Hudson, a 1938 World War II aircraft * USS ''Hudson'' (DD-475), a United States Navy destroyer (1943–1946) * CCGS ''Hudson'', a 1963 Canadian Coast Guard research vessel

Other uses

Hudson Institute The Hudson Institute is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporat ...

, an American conservative think tank *

Hudson Project The Hudson Project is a 345 kV AC Overhead power line, powerline for the power supply of New York City from PSEG's Bergen Generating Station, in Ridgefield, New Jersey. It was laid by Anbaric Development Partners. Overview It consists of a HVDC ba ...

, a powerline supplying New York City * ''

Hudson v. McMillian ''Hudson v. McMillian'', 503 U.S. 1 (1992), is a United States Supreme Court decision where the Court on a 7—2 vote held that the use of excessive physical force against a prisoner may constitute cruel and unusual punishment even though the inmat ...

'', a United States Supreme Court decision concerning treatment of prisoners * Hudson Valley Renegades, an American minor league baseball team