Lawson (name)

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Lawson is often an English and Scottish surname that may sometimes also be a given name.

Creative professionals[edit]

Actors[edit]

Artists[edit]

Journalists[edit]

  • Dominic Lawson, British journalist; brother of Nigella, son of Nigel
  • Mark Lawson, British journalist, broadcaster and author
  • Neal Lawson, British political commentator and writer
  • Sylvia Lawson (1932–2017), Australian journalist, academic and author
  • W. R. Lawson William Ramage Lawson (1840–1922), British journalist, economics writer

Writers[edit]

Educators[edit]

  • Abercrombie Lawson (1870–1927), Canadian-born professor of botany in Australia
  • Andrew Lawson, professor of geology, University of California, author of report on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Politicians[edit]

Scientists[edit]

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Similar names[edit]

Lawson as given name[edit]

  • Lawson D. Franklin (1804–1861), American planter, slave trader and businessman
  • Lawson Harvey (1856–1920), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
  • Lawson Sabah (born 1997), Ghanaian footballer
  • Lawson C. Tosh (born 1879), American politician from Maryland
  • Lawson Wulsin (born 1951), a psychiatrist and author
  • Lawson Wilkins, a Pediatric Endocrinologist. Founder of the world’s first pediatric endocrinology clinic based at Johns Hopkins

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