Dawson is an English surname. Notable persons with the surname include:
Aaron Dawson (born 1992), English footballerAbraham Dawson (1816–1884), Irish-Canadian Anglican clericAdrian Dawson (born 1971), British authorAeneas Dawson (1810–1894), Scottish-Canadian priest and writerAgnes Dawson (1873–1953), British politician and trade unionistAlan Dawson (1929–1996), American drummerAlex Dawson (born 1940), Scottish football playerAlexander Dawson (MP) (c. 1771–1831), MP for County Louth 1826–1831Alexander Dawson (architect), New South Wales Government Architect 1856–1862Alma Dawson, American scholar of librarianshipAmbrose Dawson (1707–1794), English physicianAnderson Dawson (1863–1910), Australian politicianAndre Dawson (born 1954), American baseball playerAndy Dawson (born 1978), English footballerAndy Dawson (footballer, born 1979) (born 1979), English footballerAngela Dawson (died 2002), American community activistAngela Dawson (canoeist) (born 1968), British canoerAnna Dawson (born 1937), English actress and singerAnne Dawson, British academic, broadcast journalist and television presenterAnthony Dawson (1916–1992), Scottish actorArchibald Dawson (1892–1938), Scottish sculptorArchie Owen Dawson (1898–1964), American federal judgeArtie Dawson (1891–1982), Australian rules footballerAshlé Dawson, American choreographer, director, and dancerAshley Dawson, American author, activist and professorBeatrice Dawson (1908–1976), British costume designerBenjamin Dawson (1729–1814), English minister and linguistBernhard Dawson (1890–1960), American-Argentinian astronomerBertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864–1945), British physicianBess Phipps Dawson (1916–1994), American painterBranden Dawson (born 1993), American basketball playerBrendon Dawson (born 1967), Zimbabwean rugby union footballer and coachBrian Dawson (disambiguation)Brigid Dawson, British musicianCameron Dawson (born 1995), English football playerCarroll Dawson, American basketball assistant coach and general managerChad Dawson (born 1982), American boxerCharles Dawson (1864–1916), British archaeologistCharles B. Dawson, American politician from CaliforniaCharles Eric Dawson (1922–1993), Canadian-American ichthyologistCharles I. Dawson (1881–1969), American federal judge from KentuckyChristopher Dawson (1889–1970), British historianClifton Dawson (born 1983), Canadian gridiron football playerClive Dawson, British screenwriterConingsby Dawson (1883–1959), English-American novelistCraig Dawson (born 1990), English footballerDale Dawson (born 1964), American football playerDan Dawson (born 1981), Canadian lacrosse playerDaniel Dawson (born 1977), Australian kickboxer and boxerDaryl Dawson (born 1933), Australian judge and naval officerDavid Dawson (disambiguation)Dawson Dawson-Walker (1868–1934), British clergyman, classicist, theologian and academicDennis Dawson (born 1949), Canadian politicianDermontti Dawson (born 1965), former American football playerDigger Dawson (1905–?), English professional footballerDonald Andrew Dawson (born 1937), Canadian mathematicianDonald Shelton Dawson (1908–2005), American lawyer and Presidential aideEddie Dawson (1904–1979), English cricketerEdgar Dawson (rugby league) (1931–2015), English rugby league footballerEdgar Gilmer Dawson (1830–1883), American lawyer, planter, and majorEllen Dawson (1900–1967), Scottish-American trade union activistEric Dawson (born 1984), American basketball playerFred Dawson (1884–1965), American college sports coachGeoffrey Dawson (1874–1944), British newspaper editorGeorge Dawson (disambiguation)George Dawson (author) (1898–2001), American authorGeorge Dawson (preacher) (1821–1876), English preacherGeorge Mercer Dawson (1849–1901), Canadian geologistGeorge Oscar Dawson (1825–1865), American politician and soldierGeralyn Dawson, American romance novelistGlen Dawson (athlete) (1906–1968), American steeplechase runnerGlen Dawson (mountaineer) (1912–2016), American mountaineerGreg Dawson (born 1950), American consumer rights columnistHenry Dawson (disambiguation)Henry Dawson (cricketer) (1791–1889), English cricketerHenry Dawson (artist) (1811–1878), English painterHenry B. Dawson (1821–1889), American historianHilton Dawson (born 1953), British politicianHorace Dawson (born 1926), American diplomatJaimie Dawson (born 1969), Canadian badminton playerJames Dawson (disambiguation)Janet Dawson (born 1935), Australian artistJoe or Joseph Dawson (disambiguation)Joe Dawson (racing driver) (1889–1946), American race car driverJohn Dawson (disambiguation)John William Dawson (1820–1899), Canadian geologist and paleobotanistJonathan Dawson (1941–2013), Australian academic, filmmaker, film and literary critic and broadcasterJonathan Dawson (footballer), English footballerJoy Dawson, American missionary and intercessorKimya Dawson (born 1972), American singer-songwriterLen Dawson (born 1935), American football playerLes Dawson (1931–1993), British comedianLynne Dawson (born 1956), English sopranoMargaret Dawson (1770–1816), one of Australia's "founding mothers"Matt Dawson (born 1972), English rugby playerMichael Dawson (disambiguation), various, including:Michael Dawson (footballer) (born 1983), English football playerMontagu Dawson (1919–2003), RAF officerMontague Dawson (1890–1973), maritime artistNicholas Mosby Dawson, Texas Ranger killed during the Dawson massacre, after whom it was namedOssie Dawson (1919–2008), South African cricketerPeter Dawson (disambiguation)Peter Dawson (bass-baritone) (1882–1961), Australian singerPhil Dawson (born 1975), American football playerPhire Dawson, American modelPortia Dawson, American actressRachel Dawson (born 1985), American field hockey playerRian Dawson, American drummerRichard Dawson (disambiguation)Richard Dawson (1932–2012), British-American actor, comedian, and a game show hostRichard Dawson (cricketer) (born 1980), English cricketerRichard C. Dawson, English thoroughbred horse trainerRobert Dawson (disambiguation)Robert Dawson (wrestler) (born 1963), Canadian wrestlerRobert Peel Dawson (1818–1877), Irish politicianRoger Dawson (born 1940), American jazz musician, composer, and DJRonnie Dawson (rugby union) (born 1932), Irish rugby playerRosario Dawson (born 1979), American actressRoxann Dawson (born 1958), American actress and directorSandra Dawson (born 1946), British social scientist and academicShane Dawson (born 1988), American comedian and actorShawn Dawson (born 1993), Israeli basketball playerSimon James Dawson (1818–1902), Scottish-Canadian engineer and politicianSmoky Dawson (1913–2008), Australian singer and entertainerThomas Dawson (disambiguation)Thomas Dawson (soldier) (1784–1846), American politician and soldierThomas Rayner Dawson (1889–1951), British chess problemistTommy Dawson (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1977), English footballerTrent Dawson (born 1971), American actorWalt Dawson (born 1982), American Alzheimer's disease activistWalter Dawson (RAF officer) (1902–1994), British air chief marshalWilliam Dawson (disambiguation)William Curran Dawson (1818–?), Alabama politician and soldierWilliam Crosby Dawson (1798–1856), American politicianWilliam James Dawson (1854–?), English clergyman and authorWilliam L. Dawson (politician) (1886–1970), American politicianWilliam L. Dawson (composer) (1899–1990), composerWilliam M. O. Dawson (1853–1916), American politician, Governor of West Virginia