Places in the United States
* Payson, Arizona * Payson, Illinois * Payson, UtahPeople
* Edward Payson (1783–1827), American Congregational preacher * (1893–1927), American botanist * Harold Payson (1928–2011), U.S. boatbuilder and designer * Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975), American businesswoman and New York Mets owner * Phillips Payson (1704–1778), American minister for the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts from 1728 * Samuel Phillips Payson (1736–1801), American minister for the town of Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1757 * William Farquhar Payson (1876–1939), notable American author * William P. Richardson (law school dean) (1864–1945), American co-founder and first Dean of Brooklyn Law School {{disambiguation, geo, surname