Tonson or Tõnson is a surname. Notable people with this surname include the following. *

Jacob Tonson Jacob Tonson, sometimes referred to as Jacob Tonson the Elder (1655–1736), was an eighteenth-century English bookseller and publisher. Tonson published editions of John Dryden and John Milton, and is best known for having obtained a copyright ...

, (1655 – 1736), English bookseller and publisher * Leopold Tõnson, (1878 – 1935), Estonian military *

Ludlow Tonson, 3rd Baron Riversdale Ludlow Tonson, 3rd Baron Riversdale (6 March 1784 – 13 December 1861), was a Church of Ireland bishop. Tonson was the eighth and youngest of William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale, by Rose Bernard, daughter of James Bernard and sister of the 1s ...

(1784 – 1861), Irish bishop *

William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale Lieutenant-Colonel William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale (3 May 1724 – 4 December 1787), was an Irish landowner, soldier and politician. Tonson was the son of Richard Tonson, for many years Member of Parliament for Baltimore, by his second wife ...

(1724 – 1787), Irish politician

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