Sampson is the given name of:
People:
Sampson the Hospitable (died c. 530), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches
Sampson Avard (1800–1869), leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes in Missouri
Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley (1744-1824), Jewish-British banker in the City of London, son of Sampson Gideon (see below)
Sampson Erdeswicke (died 1603), English antiquarian
Sampson Eure (died 1659), English Member of Parliament
Sampson Gamgee (1828-1886), British surgeon and indirect namesake of The Lord of the Rings character Sam Gamgee
Sampson Gideon (1699-1762), Jewish-British banker in the City of London
Sampson Handley (1872–1962), English surgeon
Sampson Willis Harris (1809–1857), American politician and lawyer in the South
Sampson Hele (1582–1655), English Member of Parliament
Sampson Hopkins (died 1622), English merchant and Member of Parliament
Sampson Hosking (1888-1974), Australian rules footballer and coach
Sampson Kempthorne (1809–1873), English architect
Sampson Lennard (died 1615), English Member of Parliament
Sampson Lloyd, various members of a family in Birmingham, England; one co-founded a bank which eventually became Lloyd's Bank
Sampson Lort, Welsh Member of Parliament in 1659
Sampson Low (1797–1886), London bookseller and publisher
Sampson Mathews (c. 1737-1807), American soldier, legislator and college founder
Sampson Moore (1812-1877), engineer based in Liverpool, England
Sampson Mordan (1790–1843), British silversmith and co-inventor of the first patented mechanical pencil
Sampson Nanton (born 1977), journalist and television news presenter in Trinidad and Tobago
Sampson Sievers (1900-1979), Russian Orthodox Christian priest and mystic
Sampson Simson (1780-1857), American philanthropist
Biblical or fictional characters:
Samson or Sampson, the man of extraordinary strength in the Book of Judges in the Bible
Sampson, a character in the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
