Lawson (name)
Lawson is often a Scottish surname that may sometimes also be a given name.
Creative professionals Actors Ben Lawson (born 1980), Australian actorBianca Lawson , American actressCharles Lawson , Belfast actorDenis Lawson , Scottish actorJayme Lawson , American actressMaggie Lawson , American actressThe Lawson family (Ted, Joan, Vicki, Jamie), a fictional family from Small Wonder (TV series) Artists Journalists Dominic Lawson , British journalist; brother of Nigella, son of NigelMark Lawson , British journalist, broadcaster and authorNeal Lawson , British political commentator and writerSylvia Lawson (1932–2017), Australian journalist, academic and authorW. R. Lawson William Ramage Lawson (1840–1922), British journalist, economics writerWriters Henry Lawson , Australian writer and poetJoan Lawson (1907–2002), English ballet dancer and writerLouisa Lawson , Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, feminist, and mother of Henry LawsonShayla Lawson , American writer and poetWill Lawson (1876—1957), Australian writer and poetEducators Abercrombie Lawson (1870–1927), Canadian-born professor of botany in AustraliaAndrew Lawson , professor of geology, University of California, author of report on the 1906 San Francisco earthquakePoliticians Al Lawson , Florida state senatorB.J. Lawson (William Lawson, born 1974), 2008 Republican Party nominee in North CarolinaJames Earl Lawson (politician) (1891–1950), Canadian politician and lawyer
Harry Lawson (politician) (1875–1952), premier of Victoria, AustraliaJack Lawson (1881–1965), British trade unionist and Labour politicianNigel Lawson (1932–2023), British Conservative politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983–1989Peter Lawson , Canadian Member of ParliamentRay Lawson , Canadian industrialist, Lieutenant Governor of OntarioTerra Lawson-Remer , American politician, economist, and professorTom Lawson, Green Party candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election#Tom Lawson (Prince Edward—Hastings)
Valarie Lawson (born 1966), American politicianScientists Sportspeople Alex Lawson , American tennis playerBob Lawson , American baseball playerCarl Lawson (American football) (born 1995), American football playerDedric Lawson (born 1997), American basketball playerDillon Lawson , American baseball coachEddie Lawson , motorcycle racerHenry Lawson (cricketer) (1865–1941), New Zealand cricketerJermaine Lawson , West Indian Test CricketerJim Lawson (American football) (1902–1989), college and professional football playerJim Lawson (sports executive) , Canadian businessman and lawyer, with Canadian Football League and Jockey Club of CanadaJimmy Lawson (born 1947), English professional footballerJimmy Lawson (footballer) (1886–1962), Scottish footballer (Dundee FC) and later golfer in the USAKara Lawson (born 1981), American former professional basketball player and television analyst, assistant coach for the Boston CelticsLiam Lawson (born 2002), New Zealand racing driverPatricia Lawson (1929–2019), Canadian multi-sport athlete and coachPeter Lawson (cricketer) (born 1981), English cricket playerTom Lawson (ice hockey) (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey playerTy Lawson (born 1987), American professional basketball playerOther Alfred Lawson , 20th century American aviator, reformer, utopian and religious leaderCharlie Lawson , American mass murdererGaines Lawson , American Civil War Medal of Honor recipientKenneth Lawson , law professor and former lawyerLen Lawson (1927–2003), Australian comic book creator, rapist and murdererLouise M. Lawson (1855–1951), American temperance activistTheresa Lawson (1951–2014), Australian convicted of embezzlementSimilar names James Lawson (activist) (born 1928), nonviolence tactician in the American Civil Rights MovementJames Lawson (Australian doctor) (born 1934), Australian public health doctor and scientistJames Lawson (footballer) (born 1987), English professional footballerJames Lawson (swimmer) (born 1995), Zimbabwean swimmerJames Anthony Lawson (1817–1887), judge of Queen's Bench, IrelandEarl Lawson , Canadian Member of ParliamentJames Gilchrist Lawson (1874–1946), British Christian author and compilerJames Lawson Drummond (1783–1853), Irish physician, naturalist and botanistJames R. Lawson (1918–1985), American anti-Imperialist activist and black nationalistJames Raymond Lawson (1915–1996), African-American physicist and president of Fisk UniversityJohn Lawson (Australian politician) (1897–1956)John Lawson (Australian rules footballer) (1883–1958), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood, St Kilda and RichmondJohn Lawson (children's author) (1923–1993), also known as John S. "Jack" Lawson, of New York and VirginiaJohn Lawson (cyclist) (1872–1902), Swedish cycling championJohn Lawson (explorer) (1674–1711), English explorer in colony of North CarolinaJohn Lawson (footballer) (1925–1990), English footballerJohn Lawson (naval officer) (c. 1615–1665), English Naval Officer and RepublicanJohn Lawson (Medal of Honor) (1837–1919), U.S. Navy sailorJohn D. Lawson (politician) (1816–1896), U.S. Representative from New YorkJohn D. Lawson (scientist) (1923–2008), British plasma physicist, developed Lawson criterion John Howard Lawson (1894–1977), American writerSir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet (1856–1919), British Unionist politicianJohn K. Lawson (1886–1941), Senior Canadian officer during the Battle of Hong Kong, World War IIJohn K. Lawson (artist) (born 1962), British-American artistJohn Parker Lawson (died 1852), clergyman of the Episcopal Church of Scotland and historianJohn R. Lawson (died 1945), Colorado union leaderJohn W. Lawson (1837–1905), U.S. Representative from VirginiaThomas Lawson, fullback for the 2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Thomas Lawson (artist) (born 1951), artist, writer and dean of California Institute of the ArtsThomas Lawson (military physician) (1789–1861), American military physicianThomas Lawson (botanist) (1630–1691), English botanist and QuakerE. Thomas Lawson , research scientist at the Institute of Cognition and Culture at Queen's University BelfastThomas B. Lawson (1807–1888), American painterThomas G. Lawson (1835–1912), U.S. Representative from GeorgiaThomas J. Lawson (born 1957), Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces.Thomas R. Lawson, RPI Grand Marshal , 1897–1898
Thomas W. Lawson (businessman) (1857–1925), American businessman and authorLawson as given name Lawson D. Franklin (1804–1861), American planter, slave trader and businessmanLawson Harvey (1856–1920), Justice of the Indiana Supreme CourtLawson Sabah (born 1997), Ghanaian footballerLawson C. Tosh (born 1879), American politician from MarylandLawson Wulsin (born 1951), a psychiatrist and authorLawson Wilkins , a Pediatric Endocrinologist. Founder of the world’s first pediatric endocrinology clinic based at Johns HopkinsSee also
