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 ...

, a multi-function radar system for warships *

Sampson Medal The Sampson Medal was a U.S. Navy campaign medal. The medal was authorized by an Act of Congress in 1901. The medal was awarded to those personnel who served on ships in the fleet of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson during combat operations in ...

, 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 M ...

United States

* Sampson City, Florida, an unincorporated community * Sampson's Island (Massachusetts), an uninhabited barrier island * Sampsons Pond, Carver, Massachusetts * Sampson, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Sampson State Park, Seneca County, New York, at one time Sampson Air Force Base * Sampson County, North Carolina * Sampson, Wisconsin, a town * Sampson, Oconto County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Other places

Saint Sampson, Guernsey St Sampson (Guernésiais: ) is a parish of Guernsey, an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, directly north of St Peter Port. It is on the north-west and north-east coasts of the island and is split into two sections, intersected by Vale. The p ...

, a parish of Guernsey, Channel Islands *

St Sampson, Cornwall St Sampson is a civil parish in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population at the 2011 census was 260. Formally known as the parish of Golant (Golant is a small village on the west bank of the Fowey river) the parish is bounded on ...

, a civil parish in England * Sampson (crater)

People

* Sampson the Hospitable (6th century), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches * Sampson (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Sampson (given name), a list of historical and Biblical figures and fictional characters

Other uses

* Sampson (automobile), American automobile manufactured in 1904 *

Sampson (horse) Sampson was a Shire horse gelding foaled in 1846 in Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, England. He was the tallest and heaviest horse ever recorded, at 21.5 hands. Owned by Thomas Cleaver, Sampson stood high by the time he was four years old, when ...

, 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 St Sampson's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Golant, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; it is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol. St Sampson's features in Simon Jenkins's book ''England's Thousand Best Churches'', i ...

, Cornwall, England