Dawson
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Dawson may refer to:
People[edit]
People with first name Dawson[edit]
- Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864–1939), British-born Impressionist painter
- Dawson Mathis (born 1940), former U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Dawson McAllister (born 1946), American speaker, radio host, and author
- Dawson Trotman (1906–1956), evangelist, crusader and founder of the Christian organization The Navigators
- Dawson Turner (1775–1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary
- Dawson Turner (rugby union) (1846–1909), English rugby union player, grandson of the above Dawson Turner
- Dawson Bates (1876–1949), an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
- Dawson Burns (1828–1909), English Baptist minister and temperance activist
- Dawson Charlie (c. 1860–1908), a Canadian Tagish/Tlingit First Nation person and one of the co-discoverers of gold that led to the Klondike Gold Rush
- Dawson (pornographic actor) (born 1972), American porn star
- Dawson Dunbar (born 1999), Canadian actor
- Dawson Fernandes (born 1990), Indian footballer
- Dawson Harron (1921–1988), English cricketer
- Dawson Millward (1870–1926), British stage and film actor
- Dawson Simpson (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
- Dawson Stelfox, Northern Ireland architect
- Dawson Walker (1916–1973), manager of the Scotland national football team
Fictional characters[edit]
- Dawson, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Dawson Leery, on the TV show Dawson's Creek
- Frank Dawson, on the 1959–1960 syndicated TV series This Man Dawson
- Eddie Dawson, of Monk Dawson'' and the film adaptation Monk Dawson
- Jack Dawson (Titanic), in the 1997 film Titanic
Places[edit]
Australia[edit]
- Division of Dawson, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
- Dawson River (New South Wales)
- Dawson River (Queensland), a river in eastern Queensland, Australia
Canada[edit]
- Dawson City, Yukon
- Dawson (electoral district), Yukon Territory
- Dawson Range (Yukon)
- Dawson Creek, a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada
- Dawson Range (British Columbia)
- Dawson Falls, British Columbia
- Dawson, Ontario
- Dawson Township, Ontario (disambiguation)
- Dawson Trail (electoral district), Manitoba
Chile[edit]
- Dawson Island, an island in the Strait of Magellan south of the city of Punta Arenas in Chile
Ireland[edit]
- Dawson Street, Dublin
United States[edit]
- Dawson, Alabama, a small community
- Dawson, Georgia, a city
- Dawson, Illinois, a village
- Dawson, Iowa, a city
- Dawson Springs, Kentucky, formerly known as "Dawson City"
- Dawson, Maryland, an unincorporated community
- Dawson, Minnesota, a city
- Dawson, Nebraska, a village
- Dawson, New Mexico, a ghost town
- Dawson, North Dakota
- Dawson, Oregon, an unincorporated community
- Dawson, Pennsylvania, a borough
- Dawson Historic District, a national historic district located at Dawson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- Dawson, Texas, a town
- Dawson County, Georgia
- Dawson Forest, a public-use forest located in Dawson County, Georgia
- Dawson County, Montana
- Dawson County, Nebraska
- Dawson County, Texas
- Dawson, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood
- Camp Dawson (New Jersey), a small recreational area
- Dawson, West Virginia
- Camp Dawson (West Virginia), an Army National Guard facility
Moon[edit]
- Dawson (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
Transportation[edit]
Australia[edit]
- Dawson Highway, Queensland
- Dawson railway station, a closed station in Victoria
Canada[edit]
- Dawson Bridge, Edmonton, Alberta
- Old Dawson Trail, 19th century route between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba
United States[edit]
- Dawson Community Airport, Dawson County, Montana, USA
- USS Dawson (APA-79), a US Navy World War II attack transport
Education[edit]
- Dawson College, Quebec, Canada
- Dawson Community College, Glendive, Montana
Other uses[edit]
- Dawson baronets, two baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Dawson Car Company, created in 1918 by AJ Dawson, previously works manager at Hillman
- Dawson function, either
- Dawson murder case, parents and five children were murdered in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2002
- Dawson Massacre or Expedition, an 1842 clash between Mexico and the Republic of Texas
- Dawson Brothers Plant, a historic factory building
- Dawson Building, a historic building at 1851 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Dawson City Nuggets, a hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
- Dawson County Courthouse (disambiguation)
- Dawson City Airport
- Dawson Head
- Dawson Nunatak
- Dawson Peak
- Dawson Creek Airport, near Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
- Dawson Creek Kodiaks, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
- Dawson Creek Rage, an ice hockey team based out of Dawson Creek, British Columbia
- Dawson Farm, a historic property located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
- Dawson McAllister Live, a talk radio show hosted by Dawson McAllister where teenagers and young adults talk about problems in life
- Dawson School, an historic school building located in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Dawson Tower, located on Kadugannawa in the Kadugannawa Pass
- Dawson v. Delaware, a United States Supreme Court decision about a person's rights of association and due process
See also[edit]
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