Sampson may refer to:

Military

* , several Royal Navy ships * , several US Navy ships *

Sampson-class destroyer The ''Sampson''-class destroyers served in the United States Navy during World War I. Commissioned in 1916 and 1917, the class was a modification of the and es, with the number of torpedo tubes increased from four twin-mounts to four triple-moun ...

, a World War I US Navy class *

Sampson Air Force Base Sampson Air Force Base is a closed United States military facility, last used by the United States Air Force Air Training Command as a Basic Military Training Center. It was closed in 1956 and put into caretaker status. As of at least the 20 ...

, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956 *

SAMPSON Sampson may refer to: Military * , several Royal Navy ships * , several US Navy ships * Sampson-class destroyer, a World War I US Navy class * Sampson Air Force Base, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956 * SAMPSON, a multi-function radar sys ...

, a multi-function radar system for warships * Sampson Medal, a military decoration of the United States Navy

Places

Australia

Sampson Flat, South Australia Sampson Flat is a locality northeast of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Playford. It used to be known as Sampson's Flat. The area drains to the west into the Little Para Reservoir. It is a mixture of open pasture with scattered trees, an ...

, a locality *

Sampson Inlet, Western Australia Sampson may refer to: Military * , several Royal Navy ships * , several US Navy ships * Sampson-class destroyer, a World War I US Navy class * Sampson Air Force Base, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956 * SAMPSON, a multi-function radar s ...

, part of

Camden Sound Camden Sound is a relatively wide body of water in the Indian Ocean located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Sound is bounded by the Bonaparte Archipelago to the north-east, the Buccaneer Archipelago to the south-west, and Mont ...

United States

Sampson City, Florida Sampson City is an unincorporated community in Starke, Bradford County, Florida, United States. It is also known as Sampson and is located near Lake Sampson. The Sampson City Baptist Church and the Sampson City Church of God are located in Sampson ...

, an unincorporated community *

Sampson's Island (Massachusetts) Sampsons Island is a uninhabited, undeveloped barrier island at the mouth of Cotuit Harbor in Barnstable, Massachusetts. It is the location of the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Sampsons Island Wildlife Sanctuary, and it forms part of the Sampsons ...

, an uninhabited barrier island *

Sampsons Pond Sampsons Pond (also called Sampson's Pond and Sampson Pond) is a warm water infertile pond in Carver, Massachusetts Carver is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,645 at the 2020 census. It is named f ...

, Carver, Massachusetts *

Sampson, Missouri Sampson is an unincorporated community in northern Webster County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The site is at the intersection of Missouri Supplemental Route A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designa ...

, an unincorporated community *

Sampson State Park Sampson State Park (along with Sampson State Park Beach) is a state park located in Seneca County, New York. The park is south of the city of Geneva in the Town of Romulus on the east shore of Seneca Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. The park ...

, Seneca County, New York, at one time Sampson Air Force Base *

Sampson County, North Carolina Sampson County is the largest county, by land area, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,036. Its county seat is Clinton. History Sampson County was established in April 1784 following the American ...

Sampson, Wisconsin Sampson is a town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 892 at the 2010 census. History The squares that would become Sampson were first Surveying, surveyed in June 1852 by a crew worki ...

, a town *

Sampson, Oconto County, Wisconsin Sampson is an unincorporated community in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Oconto County Highways C and D, in the town of Morgan. It is located at latitude In geography, latitude is a co ...

, an unincorporated community

Other places

* Saint Sampson, Guernsey, a parish of Guernsey, Channel Islands * St Sampson, Cornwall, a civil parish in England *

Sampson (crater) Sampson is a relatively tiny lunar impact crater located near the central part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after British astronomer Ralph Allan Sampson. To the northeast is the crater Landsteiner and to the southeast lies Timocharis. East ...

People

Sampson the Hospitable Sampson the Hospitable ( el, Σαμψὼν ὁ φιλόξενος, ; died 530 AD) was a citizen of Constantinople who devoted his time to serving the poor of the city. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches as well in the Catholic C ...

(6th century), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches *

Sampson (surname) Sampson is a surname, and may refer to: People A * Adrian Sampson (b. 1991), baseball player * Agnes Sampson, (died 1591), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft. * Angus Sampson (born 1975), Australian actor * Anthony Sampson (1926–2004), British ...

, a list of people and fictional characters *

Sampson (given name) Sampson is the given name of: People: * Sampson the Hospitable (died c. 530), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches * Sampson Avard (1800–1869), leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes in Missouri * Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley (1744� ...

, a list of historical and Biblical figures and fictional characters

Other uses

Sampson (automobile) The Sampson and Alden Sampson was a brass era automobile manufactured by the Alden Sampson Manufacturing Company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1904. The Sampson was built again in 1911 by United States Motors, Alden Sampson Division, in Detroit, ...

, American automobile manufactured in 1904 * Sampson (horse), a shire horse that is the tallest horse on record * ''Sampson'', an American merchant ship involved in the 1793 Sampson Incident * Locomotive ''Sampson'', built 1855, one of the four

South Devon Railway Tornado class The four Tornado class locomotives were broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway Company, South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required ...

steam locomotives * SS ''Admiral Sampson'', an American-flagged cargo and passenger steamship, 1898–1914 * St Sampson's Church, Golant, Cornwall, England