Hudson

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Contents 1 Persons named Hudson 2 Place names 2.1 Canada 2.2 United States 2.2.1 See also 3 Geographical features 4 Transport 5 Arts and entertainment 6 Other

Hudson may refer to:

[edit] Persons named Hudson

• Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet, (1897–1956) British Conservative politician
• Andrew Hudson, South African Test cricketer
• Ben Hudson, Australian AFL player
• Brett Hudson (b. 1953), American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
• Ernie Hudson, (b. 1945), American actor and playwright
• Garth Hudson (b. 1937), Canadian musician
• George Hudson (1800–1871), English railway financier
• George Vernon Hudson (1867–1946), English entomologist
• Grant M. Hudson (1868–1955), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Karl Hudson-Phillips (b. 1933), Trinidadian lawyer, judge of the International Criminal Court
• Kate Hudson (b. 1979), American actress
• Henry Hudson (1570–1611), English sea explorer and navigator
• Hugh Hudson (b. 1937), English film director
• Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), English dwarf in the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England
• Jennifer Hudson (b. 1981), American singer
• John Hudson (scholar) (1662–1719), English classical scholar
• Mark Hudson (b. 1951), American record producer, musician, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
• Mark Hudson (football player) (b. 1980), English footballer currently with Huddersfield Town
• Mark Hudson (footballer) (b. 1982), English footballer currently with Crystal Palace
• Murray Ken Hudson (1938–1974), New Zealand soldier awarded the George Cross
• Oliver Hudson (b. 1976), American actor
• Ray Hudson (b. 1955), English former football player and coach
• Robert Spear Hudson (soap) (1812–1884), soap entrepreneur
• Robert William Hudson (1856–1937), son of Robert Spear Hudson, soap manufacturer
• Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson (1886–1957), British politician
• Robin E. Hudson (b. 1952), American judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
• Rock Hudson (1925–1985), American actor
• Sarah Hudson (b. 1980), American singer-songwriter
• Scott Hudson (contemporary), American astronomer
• Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), British portrait painter
• William Hudson (botanist) (1730–1793), British botanist and apothecary
• William Henry Hudson, (1841–1922), Argentinan-British author, naturalist, and ornithologist
• William L. Hudson (1794–1862), United States Navy officer in the 19th century

[edit] Place names

[edit] Canada

• Hudson's Hope, British Columbia
• Hudson, Quebec

[edit] United States

• Hudson, Colorado, town in Weld County
• Hudson, Florida, census-designated place in Pasco County
• Hudson, Illinois, town in McLean County
• Hudson, Indiana, town in Steuben County
• Hudson, Iowa, town in Black Hawk County
• Hudson, Kansas, town in Stafford County
• Hudson, Maine, town in Penobscot County
• Hudson (town), Massachusetts, town in Middlesex County
• Hudson, Michigan, town in Lenawee County
• Hudson, New Hampshire, town in Hillsborough County
• Hudson, New York, town in Columbia County
• Hudson, North Carolina, town in Caldwell County
• Hudson, Ohio, town in Summit County
• Hudson, Texas, town in Angelina County
• Hudson, Wisconsin, town in St. Croix County
• Hudson, Wyoming, town in Fremont County
• Hudson County, New Jersey
• Hudson Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan
• Hudson Township, Lenawee County, Michigan
• Hudson Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
• Hudson Township, Minnesota, in Douglas County
• Hudson Township, Summit County, Ohio, a defunct township

[edit] See also

• Hudson Falls, New York, town in Washington County
• Hudsonville, Michigan, town in Ottawa County
• New Hudson, New York, town in Allegany County
• North Hudson, New York, town in Essex County
• North Hudson, Wisconsin, town in St. Croix County
• Port Hudson, Louisiana

[edit] Geographical features

• Hudson Bay, large saltwater body of water in northeastern Canada
• Hudson Gardens, botanical garden in Littleton, Colorado, USA
• Hudson River, river mainly in New York state, USA
• Hudson Strait, strait connecting Hudson Bay to the Atlantic Ocean in Canada
• Mount Hudson, volcano in Chile

[edit] Transport

• Hudson Boatworks, a racing shell manufacturer in London, Ontario. (1981 to present)
• Hudson Motor Car Company, an automobile manufacturer in the USA (1909–1957)
• Lockheed Hudson, light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft in the 1930s
• NYC Hudson, a locomotive used by New York Central in the 1930s
• Robert Hudson Ltd, defunct British manufacturer of steam locomotives
• Royal Hudson, locomotive used by Canadian Pacific Railway 1937–1960
• USS Hudson (DD-745), Fletcher class destroyer of the United States Navy (1943–1946)

[edit] Arts and entertainment

• Hudson Brothers, American music group in the 1970s
• Hudson Hawk, 1991 film starring Bruce Willis
• Hudson River school, 19th-century American artistic genre
• Hudson Soft, Japanese video game publisher and developer
• Doc Hudson, a fictional character and one of the main cast of the animated Disney/Pixar film Cars
• Captain Oliver Hudson (seaQuest 2032), a fictional character and commander of the seaQuest during the third season of seaQuest 2032
• Mr Hudson, an R+B band
• Mr Hudson, fictional butler played by Gordon Jackson in the TV series "Upstairs, Downstairs"

[edit] Other

• Hudson Foods Company of Rogers, Arkansas
• Hudson Institute, American conservative think tank
• Hudson's Bay Company, English, later Canadian, fur trading and retail company, founded 1670
• Hudson's Department Store, defunct American retail department store chain
• Hudson v. McMillian (503 U.S. 1) (1992), United States Supreme Court decision concerning treatment of prisoners
• Hudson Valley Renegades, American minor league baseball team