Ransome is the surname of:
Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), English author and journalist
Ernest L. Ransome (1852–1917), Anglo-American architect and concrete engineer
Frederick Ransome (1818–1893), British inventor of artificial stone
Frederick Leslie Ransome (1868–1934), English-American geologist
James Allen Ransome (1806–1875), British agricultural machinery manufacturer and writer, grandson of Robert Ransome
Prunella Ransome (1943–2002), English actress
Robert Ransome (1753–1830), British founder of an agricultural machinery maker
