Ransom (disambiguation)

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.

Ransom may also refer to:

Entertainment

Film

• Ransom!, a 1956 film starring Glenn Ford
• Ransom (1928 film), a 1928 silent film
• Ransom (1975 film), starring Sean Connery
• Ransom (1996 film), a 1996 remake of the 1956 film, starring Mel Gibson
• Ransom (Portuguese: O Resgate), a 1990 film directed by Joaquim Leitão and starring Cherie Lunghi

Literature

• Ransom (novel), a 2004 novel by Danielle Steel
• Ransom Trilogy, an alternate name for The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
• Ransom (Malouf novel), a 2009 novel by David Malouf
• Ransom (McInerney novel), a 1985 novel by Jay McInerney
• Ransom, a 1966 young-adult novel by Lois Duncan

Music

• The Ransom EP, an EP by Cartel
• "Ransom" (song), by Australian band Pendulum
• "The Ransom", a song by Escape the Fate from There's No Sympathy for the Dead

Fictional characters

• Cordelia Ransom, a character in David Weber's Honorverse series of novels
• Elwin Ransom, a character in C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy
• Michael Ransom, a character from Strike Commando and Strike Commando 2
• Rudy Ransom, a character from the episode "Equinox" of Star Trek: Voyager

People

• Ransom (surname) (or Ransome), a family name
• Ransom Cook (1794-1881), American inventor
• Ransom W. Dunham (1838-1896), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Ransom Dunn (1818-1900), American minister and theologian
• Ransom H. Gillet (1800-1876), U.S. Representative from New York
• Ransom Halloway (c. 1793-1851), U.S. Representative from New York
• Ransom A. Myers (1952-2007), marine biologist and conservationist
• Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950), an American automotive industry pioneer, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named
• Ransom Riggs, American writer and filmmaker
• Ransom B. Shelden, Sr. (1814-1878), founder of Houghton, Michigan
• Ransom Stephens, American physicist and writer

Places

• Ransom, Illinois, U.S.
• Ransom, Kansas, U.S.
• Ransom County, North Dakota, U.S.
• Ransome, Queensland, Australia
• Ransom Township (disambiguation)
• Ransom House, various buildings on the National Register of Historic Places

Other uses

• Ransome Airlines, an American commuter airline
• USS Ransom (AM-283), a U.S. Navy minesweeper during World War II
• Ransom School for Boys, a school in Florida, US, that in 1975 merged with a girls' school to become Ransom Everglades

See also

• Ransom Room (El Cuarto del Rescate), a small room in Peru where the Inca Emperor Atahualpa was imprisoned by the Spaniards
• Ramsons, a wild relative of chives
• RANSUM (Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine)