Lawson
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The name Lawson can refer to a number of different things:
[edit] People
- Alfred Lawson - 20th century American aviator, reformer, utopian and religious leader
- Cecil Gordon Lawson - English landscape painter
- Charles Lawson - Belfast actor
- Denis Lawson - Scottish actor
- Eddie Lawson - Motorcycle racer
- Edward C. Lawson - Founder of Pro Per Inc.
- Henry Lawson - Australian writer and poet
- Harry John Lawson – British engineer and motor industry pioneer
- James Lawson - civil rights advocate
- Jermaine Lawson - A West Indian Test Cricketer
- John Lawson - Naturalist and explorer
- John D. Lawson - plasma physicist, best known for the Lawson criterion
- Mark Lawson - British journalist, broadcaster and author
- Neal Lawson - British political commentator and writer
- Nigel Lawson - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-1989
- Nigella Lawson - daughter of Nigel Lawson, writer and cook
- Ray Lawson - Canadian industrialist, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- Robert Lawson (architect) - eminent 19th century New Zealand architect
- Robert Lawson (author) - writer and illustrater
- William Lawson - one of a trio of explorers who discovered a route across the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia
- William Lawson (banker) - one of the founders of Scotiabank, served as first president
[edit] Places
- Lawson Mountain, a peak in the Blue Mountains range in New South Wales, Australia
- Lawson, New South Wales, a town in the Blue Mountains
- Lawson, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
[edit] Other
- Lawson Software - enterprise resource planning software provider
- Lawson McGhee Public Library - Knoxville, Tennessee, downtown library branch
- Lawson (store) - a convenience store popular in Japan
- Lawson the Tank Engine Twin, twin brother of Dawson the Tank Engine Twin, is from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.
- Lawson criterion - an important general measure of a system that defines the conditions needed for a fusion reactor to reach ignition
- Lawson fastening systems - things to hold things down