Rawson is a surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include:

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* Albert Rawson (1900–1949), English footballer * Amán Rawson (1792–1847), American physician and merchant *

Anna Rawson Anna Rawson (born 5 August 1981) is an Australianhttps://www.pxg.com/en-au/pros/anna-rawson model and former professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Amateur and modeling career Rawson was born in Adelai ...

(born 1981), Australian professional golfer and model *

Arturo Rawson Arturo Rawson (June 4, 1885 – October 8, 1952) was an Argentine politician, military officer, and the provisional President of the Republic from June 4, 1943, to June 6, 1943. His coup started a series which culminated in the accession to po ...

(1885–1952), Argentine army officer and ''de facto'' president

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Charles A. Rawson Charles Augustus Rawson (May 29, 1867September 2, 1936) was an unelected United States Senator from Iowa for nine months in 1922. Born in Des Moines, he attended the public schools and Grinnell College. He engaged in banking and the insurance b ...

(1867–1936), unelected United States Senator from Iowa for nine months in 1922 *

Christopher Rawson Christopher Rawson (born Christopher Comstock Hart) is an American writer, university teacher and theater critic. Formative years Rawson was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His biological father was noted stage and film actor Richard Hart. His ...

(born Christopher Comstock Hart, birthdate unknown), American writer, university teacher and theater critic *

Clayton Rawson Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a pr ...

(1906–1971), American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician *Sir Alfred

Cooper Rawson Sir Alfred Cooper Rawson (26 July 1876 – 11 January 1946) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. After a decade in local government, he sat in the House of Commons from 1922 to 1944. Business career Born in Leicester, R ...

(1876–1946), British businessman and Conservative Party MP

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* Don Rawson (born 1937), former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League * Donald Strathearn Rawson (1905–1961), Canadian limnologist

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* Edward Rawson (disambiguation), several people * Edward Rawson (1615-1693), First Secretary of The Massachusetts Bay Colony. Father of Rebecca Rawson. *

Elizabeth Rawson Elizabeth Donata Rawson, FBA (13 April 1934 – 10 December 1988''The Cambridge Ancient History'' (Cambridge University Press, 1994), vol. 9, preface, p. xvii.) was a classical scholar known primarily for her work in the intellectual history of ...

(1934–1988), classical scholar known primarily for her work in the intellectual history of the Roman Republic and her biography of Cicero *

Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane Dr. Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane (née Elvira Rawson; April 19, 1867June 4, 1954) was a militant Suffragette, suffragist and the second woman to receive a medical degree in Argentina. She was an activist for women's and children's rights and was k ...

(née Elvira Rawson; 1867–1954), militant suffragist and the second woman to receive a medical degree in Argentina

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* Farrend Rawson (born 1996), footballer who plays as a central defender for Derby County *

Franklin Rawson Benjamin Franklin Rawson (29 March 1819 or 1820 – 14 March 1871) was an Argentine painter who belonged to the first generation of Argentine painters called the "precursors". His best known works are the ''Assassination of Manuel Vicen ...

(1819 or 1820 – 1871), Argentine painter who belonged to the first generation of Argentine painters called the "precursors"

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*Major-General Geoffrey Rawson (1887–1979), British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars and had a notable cricket career, playing first-class cricket for the Army in 1921 * George Rawson (1807–1889), English lawyer, hymnwriter and Congregationalist lay person *

Guillermo Rawson Guillermo Rawson (24 June 1821 – 20 January 1890) was a medical doctor and politician in nineteenth-century Argentina. In 1862, when he was the Interior Minister of Argentina, he met Captain Love Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones, who were on ...

, 19th century Argentine politician

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* Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson (1843–1910), oversaw the British Benin Expedition of 1897 *

Herbert Rawson Colonel Herbert Edward Rawson (3 September 1852 – 18 October 1924) was an English British Army officer and footballer who played once for England, and appeared in two FA Cup finals, winning the cup in 1875 as a member of Royal Engineers A.F.C ...

(1852–1924), English footballer

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James Rawson James Rawson (born 7 July 1965 in Newark, Nottinghamshire) is a British table tennis player who competed at every Summer Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2008, winning five medals. He has also competed at World Championships in Assen 1990,Taipe ...

(born 1965), British Paralympic table tennis player *Dame

Jessica Rawson Dame Jessica Mary Rawson, (born 20 January 1943) is an English art historian, curator and sinologist. She is also an academic administrator, specialising in Chinese art. After many years at the British Museum, she was Warden (head) of Merton C ...

(born 1943), English art historian, curator and academic administrator *

John Rawson, 1st Viscount Clontarf John Rawson, 1st and only Viscount Clontarf (–1547) was an English-born statesman in sixteenth-century Ireland, and was regarded as one of the mainstays of English rule in the Kingdom of Ireland. He was the last Prior of the Kilmainham house of ...

(c. 1470–1547), English-born statesman in Ireland

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* Marion Nicholl Rawson (1878–1956), author, illustrator, artist and lecturer *

Mary Rawson Mary Rawson is an American actress. She played Cousin Mary Owl on the Neighborhood of Make-Believe on the children's television program ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (sometimes shortened to ''Mister Rogers'' ...

, American actress *

Mary Anne Rawson Mary Anne Rawson (1801–1887) was a slavery abolitionist above all. She was also a campaigner with the Tract Society and the British and Foreign Bible Society, for Italian nationalism and against child labour. She was first involved with a S ...

(1801–1887), abolitionist * Mike Rawson (1934–2000) British Olympic track and field athlete

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Norman Rawson Reverend Norman Rawson was a World War I veteran, attaining the rank of captain, and minister at Centenary Church in Hamilton, Ontario from 1937 until 1954. In 1938, he was a candidate in the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership conv ...

, Canadian politician

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* Peter Rawson (born 1957), Zimbabwean cricketer

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* Ray Rawson (born 1940), American politician who was a Republican member of the Nevada State Senate * Rawson W. Rawson (1812–1899), British government official and statistician *

Rebecca Rawson Rebecca Rawson (May 23, 1656, Massachusetts - June 7-June 9, 1692, near Port Royal, Jamaica) was the heroine of the 1849 book ''Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay'' (by John G. Whittier). Rawson was born i ...

(1656–1692), heroine of the 1849 book ''Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay'' by John G. Whittier * Richard Rawson (disambiguation), several people * Roger Rawson (1939–2009), American teacher and politician from Utah *

Ronald Rawson Ronald Rawson Rawson (17 June 1892 – 30 March 1952) was an English heavyweight professional boxer, who won a gold medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. Amateur boxing career He was the ABA Heavyweight Champion o ...

, British heavyweight boxer of the 1920s * Roy Rawson (1898–1971), Australian politician

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* Stratton Rawson, independent film producer, screenwriter and music critic

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* Wilhelmina Rawson (1851–1933), Australian author and authority on culinary and domestic practices *

William Rawson William Stepney Rawson (14 October 1854 – 4 November 1932) was an amateur footballer who played at full-back in the 1870s, and was also an FA Cup Final referee in 1876. Born in South Africa, he played for the England national team. Early li ...

(1854–1932), amateur footballer who played for England * William H. Rawson (1892–1957), American Republican Party politician from New Jersey

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* Z. B. Rawson (1858–1928), American politician in the state of Washington {{surname, Rawson