Dawson is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People

• Dawson Bates (1876–1949), Northern Irish politician
• Dawson Buckley (1917–1993), Australian rugby league player
• Dawson Burns (1828–1909), English minister and temperance activist
• Dawson Charlie (c. 1865–1908), Canadian First Nation person and gold discoverer
• Dawson Cram (born 2001), American stock car racing driver
• Dawson Dawson-Walker (1868–1934), British clergyman, classicist, theologian, and academic
• Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864–1939), British painter
• Dawson Deaton (born 1999), American football player
• Dawson Devoy (born 2001) Irish association football player
• Dawson Dunbar (born 1999), Canadian actor
• Dawson Engler, American computer scientist and professor
• Dawson Fernandes (born 1990), Indian footballer
• Dawson Garcia (born 2001), American basketball player
• Dawson Gurley (born 1993), American YouTube personality
• Dawson Harron (1921–1988), English cricketer
• Dawson Hodgson (born 1978), American politician
• Dawson Knox (born 1996), American football player
• Dawson L. Kilgore (1823–1893), American politician
• Dawson Mathis (1940–2017), American politician from Georgia
• Dawson McAllister (1946-2020), American speaker, radio host, and author
• Dawson McCartney (born 1998), American soccer player
• Dawson Mercer (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dawson Millward (1870–1926), British actor
• Dawson Murschell (born 1995), Canadian darts player
• Dawson Odums, American football coach
• Dawson Ritchie (1920–1994), New Zealand cricketer
• Dawson Sheppard (1866–1953), Royal Navy officer
• Dawson Simpson (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
• Dawson Stelfox (born 1958), Northern Ireland architect
• Dawson Trotman (1906–1956), American evangelist
• Dawson Turner (1775–1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary
• Dawson Turner (radiologist) (1857–1928), British pioneer of radiology
• Dawson Turner (rugby union) (1846–1909), English rugby union player, grandson of the above Dawson Turner
• Dawson Walker (1916–1973), Scottish football manager
• Dawson Williams (1854–1928), British physician

Fictional characters

• Dawson, in Thomas & Friends
• Dawson Leery, on the TV show Dawson's Creek

Name list

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