Sampson is a surname, and may refer to:

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Adrian Sampson Adrian David Sampson (born October 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, and in ...

(b. 1991), baseball player * Agnes Sampson, (died 1591), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft. *

Angus Sampson Angus Sampson (born 1979) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performances in the ''Insidious'' film series, ''The Mule'', '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', and the Peabody-winning second season of '' Fargo''. Early life Samp ...

(born 1975), Australian actor *

Anthony Sampson Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson (3 August 1926 – 18 December 2004) was a British writer and journalist. His most notable and successful book was '' Anatomy of Britain'', which was published in 1962 and was followed by five more "Anatomies", upd ...

(1926–2004), British journalist and non-fiction writer

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* Brian Sampson (disambiguation), several people * Burford Sampson (1882–1959), Australian politician

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* Catherine Sampson (born 1962), British novelist *

Charles Rumney Samson Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson, (8 July 1883 – 5 February 1931) was a British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal Navy and was the first person to fly an aircraft fr ...

(1883–1931), British naval aviation and armoured vehicle pioneer *

Chris Sampson Christopher Keith Sampson (born May 23, 1978) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He attended Texas Tech University, where he played for the Texas Tech University, Red Raiders. Sampson stands . Career Sampson origi ...

(born 1978), American baseball player *

Cindy Sampson Cindy Marie Sampson (born May 27, 1978) is a Canadian director and actress (film and television). She is known for her role in the Canadian television series '' Private Eyes''. Biography Sampson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Ma ...

(born 1978), Canadian actress *

Clay Sampson Clay Sampson (born 24 February 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Sampson debuted for South Adelaide in 1994 before being ...

(born 1976), Australian rules footballer * Clark Sampson, American curler

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Dane Sampson Dane Sampson (born 20 August 1986) is an Australian sports shooter. He competed in the 10 metre air rifle, 50 metre rifle three positions and 50 metre rifle prone events at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Sampson began shooting in 1998, encouraged ...

(born 1986), Australian sports shooter * David Sampson (born 1951), American composer *

Daz Sampson Darren "Daz" Sampson (born 28 November 1974) is a British professional football manager/scout, music producer and broadcaster. Sampson is known for his commercial dance music as part of several groups and his television appearances. He has had n ...

(born 1974), British dance music producer *

Dean Sampson Dean Sampson (born 27 June 1967) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a , and spent the majority of his professional career at the Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № 661), with spells in Australia for Gold Coas ...

(born 1967), English rugby league player *

Deborah Sampson Deborah Sampson Gannett, also known as Deborah Samson or Deborah Sampson, was born on December 17, 1760 in Plympton, Massachusetts. She disguised herself as a man, and served in the Continental Army under the name Robert Shirtliff – sometimes s ...

(1760–1827), early American soldier *

Doug Sampson Douglas William Sampson (born 30 June 1957) is a British musician. He was the drummer for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1979. Biography Prior to joining Iron Maiden, Sampson was a member of one of Steve Harris' previous groups, Smiler, along wit ...

(born 1957), English drummer

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Edgar Sampson Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, rev ...

(1907–1973), American composer * Emma Sampson (born 1985), Australian cricketer

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* Francis A. Sampson (1842–1918), American lawyer and historian *

Francis L. Sampson Father (Major General) Francis Leon Sampson, USA (February 29, 1912 – January 28, 1996) was a Catholic priest from Archdiocese for the Military Services and an American Army officer who served as the 12th Chief of Chaplains of the United Sta ...

(1912–1996), Catholic priest and U.S. Army officer * Franklin Augustus Sampson (1906-1992), Canadian war hero and diplomat

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* Gary Sampson (disambiguation) *

Geoffrey Sampson Geoffrey Sampson (born 1944) is Professor of Natural Language Computing in the Department of Informatics, University of Sussex.George Sampson George William Sampson (born 29 June 1993) is an English street dancer, television presenter, singer, and actor. He won the second series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' on 31 May 2008 at the age of 14. He is an official ambassador of the United ...

(born 1993), English breakdancer, winner of ''Britain's Got Talent 2008'' at age 14 * Glen Sampson (born 1960), Australian Rules footballer * Godfrey Sampson (1902-1949), English composer and organist *

Gordie Sampson Gordon Francis Sampson (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia. Beginning his career as a performer on his hometown island of Cape Breton, both in bands and on his own, Sampson has gone on to ...

(born 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter

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* Henry Sampson (disambiguation)

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Jamal Sampson Jamal Wesley Sampson (born May 15, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. A power forward / center, Sampson is the cousin of the 1983 NBA draft's number one overall pick Ralph Sampson. He attended the University of Califor ...

(born 1983), American basketball player * James "Jum" Sampson (born c.1876), Australian rugby union player * Jill Sampson, Canadian veterinarian *

John A. Sampson John Albertson Sampson (August 17, 1873–December 23, 1946) was a gynecologist who studied endometriosis. Sampson was born near Troy, New York and graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1899. After completing his training in gynecology, he sett ...

(1873–1946), American gynaecologist * Julia Sampson Hayward (1934-2011), American tennis player *

Justin Sampson Justin "Sambo" Sampson (born 2 September 1966) is a sports television personality, professional speaker and former Australian rugby union player. Sampson has played representative rugby with New South Wales Country and North Harbour. He was ...

(born 1966), Australian rugby union player

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Kelvin Sampson Kelvin Dale Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the University of Houston of the American Athletic Conference. Early life Sampson was born in the Lumbee Native American community of ...

(born 1955), American basketball coach * Kevin Sampson (American football) (born 1981), American football player * Kevin Blythe Sampson (born 1954), American artist *

Kyle Sampson D. Kyle Sampson (born in Cedar City, Utah) was the Chief of Staff and Counselor of United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. He resigned on March 12, 2007, amid the controversy surrounding the firing of eight United States Attorneys i ...

, American lawyer and political appointee

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Malcolm Sampson Malcolm "Mal" "Sammy" Sampson (12 March 1940 – 10 October 2012) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage № 660) (two spells), Hull ...

, English rugby league player * Margaret Sampson (1906–1988), English nun *

Marty Sampson Martin W "Marty" Sampson (born 31 May 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and former worship leader at the Hillsong Church in Sydney. From the late 1990s until 2019 he featured on the United Live albums and was one of the origina ...

(born 1979), Australian songwriter

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Nikos Sampson Nikos Sampson (born Nikos Georgiadis, el, Νίκος Γεωργιάδης; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was the ''de facto'' president of Cyprus who succeeded Archbishop Makarios, appointed as the president of Cyprus by the Greek military ...

(1935–2001), Greek Cypriot terrorist and brief puppet president of Cyprus

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* Oteman Sampson (born 1975), American football player

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Paul Sampson Paul Christian Sampson (born 12 July 1977) is an English rugby union and rugby league player who played at Wing (rugby union), wing or Fullback (rugby union), full-back for London Welsh, Blackheath R.C., Blackheath, Worcester Rugby Football Cl ...

(born 1977), English rugby union player

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Ralph Sampson Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. (born July 7, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A phenom, three-time college national player of the year, and first overall selec ...

(born 1960), American basketball player *

Ralph Allen Sampson Ralph Allan (or Allen) Sampson FRS FRSE LLD (25 June 1866 – 7 November 1939) was a British astronomer. Life Sampson was born in Schull, County Cork in Ireland, then part of the UK. He was the fourth of five children to James Sampson, a Corn ...

(1866–1939), British astronomer *

Richard Sampson Richard Sampson (died 25 September 1554) was an English clergyman and composer of sacred music, who was Anglican bishop of Chichester and subsequently of Coventry and Lichfield. Biography He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, the Paris S ...

(died 1554), ex-Catholic Anglican bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry *

(1877–1944), Australian politician * Rob Sampson (born 1955), Canadian politician * Robert Sampson (1925–2006), American lawyer, executive and advocate * Robert Sampson (disambiguation) * Robert J. Sampson (born 1956), American sociologist

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Short Sleeve Sampson Daniel DiLucchio (born 1973) is an American Midget professional wrestler best known by his ring name Short Sleeve Sampson. Sampson works on the independent circuit, mainly for Micro Championship Wrestling, TNT Pro Wrestling, and Midget Wrestling ...

, American wrestler * Steve Sampson (born 1957), American soccer coach

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Thomas Pollard Sampson Thomas Pollard Sampson (24 June 1875 – 25 June 1961) was a Tasmanian-born Australian architect active in New South Wales during the first forty years of the 20th century. His work encompassed the styles of the Federation Arts and Crafts and ...

(1875 – 1961), Australian architect *

Todd Sampson Todd Sampson is a Canadian-born Australian award-winning documentary-maker and television presenter. He appears as a co-host on the marketing discussion program '' Gruen'' and as a guest host on '' The Project''. He wrote, produced and presented ...

(born 1970), Canadian-born Australian company director and television personality *

Tony Sampson Tony Sampson (born August 17, 1977) is a Canadian musician, oiler and retired actor. From 1999 to 2009, he voiced Eddy in the Cartoon Network animated series ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''. Biography Tony Sampson was born on August 17, 1977 in Vancouver ...

, retired Canadian actor

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* Virginia Reid Sampson (1916-1955), birth name of American actress

Lynne Carver Lynne Carver (born Virginia Reid Sampson, September 13, 1916 – August 12, 1955) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1953. Early years Carver was born in Lexington, Kentucky. Her father, Reid John ...

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Will Sampson William Sampson Jr. (September 27, 1933 – June 3, 1987) was a Muscogee painter, actor, and rodeo performer. He is best known for his performance as the apparent deaf and mute Chief Bromden, the title role in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' ...

(1933–1987), American actor and painter * William Sampson (disambiguation)

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* Yvonne Sampson (born 1980), Australian sports commentator

Fictional characters

* Dominie Sampson, from the novel ''

Guy Mannering ''Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer'' is the second of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815. According to an introduction that Scott wrote in 1829, he had originally intended to write a story of the supernatural, ...

'' by Sir Walter Scott *

Kid Sampson The following is a list of characters in the 1961 novel ''Catch-22'' by Joseph Heller. Significant characters Yossarian Captain John Yossarian is a fictional character in Joseph Heller's novel ''Catch-22'' and its sequel '' Closing Time'', and t ...

, in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22 * Kyle Sampson (GL), on the television show ''The Guiding Light'' * Tor Sampson, a character in the Netflix series '' Grand Army''

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