Paxson (surname)

Paxson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bud Paxson Lowell White "Bud" Paxson (April 17, 1935 – January 9, 2015) was an American media executive. In 1982, Paxson and his business partner, Roy Speer, co-founded the Home Shopping Club (now called the Home Shopping Network). He later established Pax T ...

(1935–2015), American media executive *

Diana Paxson Diana Lucile Paxson (born February 20, 1943) is an American author, primarily in the fields of Paganism and Heathenism. Her published works include fantasy and historical fiction novels, as well as numerous short stories. More recently she has ...

, American writer *

Edgar Samuel Paxson Edgar Samuel Paxson (April 25, 1852 – November 9, 1919) was an American frontier painter, scout, soldier and writer, based mainly in Montana. He is best known for his portraits of Native Americans in the Old West and for his depiction of the ...

(1852–1919), American painter *

Frederic L. Paxson Frederic Logan Paxson (February 23, 1877 in Philadelphia – October 24, 1948 in Berkeley, California) was an American historian. He had also been President of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. He had undergraduate and PhD degrees ...

(1877–1948), Pulitzer Prize-winning historian * James M. Paxson (died 1995), American businessman *

Jim Paxson James Joseph Paxson (born July 9, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player. A first round selection (12th overall) of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1979 NBA draft, Paxson played for Portland and the Boston Celtics of the N ...

(born 1957), American former professional basketball player and executive *

John Paxson John MacBeth Paxson (born September 29, 1960) is an American basketball administrator and former player who was vice president of basketball operations for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2009 to 2020. He was th ...

(born 1960), American former professional basketball player and current executive, and the brother of Jim *

Melanie Paxson Melanie Moore Paxson (née Moore; born September 26, 1972Melanie Paxson
Buddy TV) is an American ...

(born 1972), American actress *

Scott Paxson Scott M. Paxson (born February 3, 1983) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He won Super Bowl XLIII with the Steelers over Kurt Warner and the Arizona Car ...

(born 1983), American football player *

Vern Paxson Vern Edward Paxson is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He also leads the Networking and Security Group at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California. His interests range from tr ...

, Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley {{surname, Paxson