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Dawson is a surname, and may refer to:
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- Alan Dawson, American jazz drummer
- Anderson Dawson, Australian politician
- Andre Dawson, former MLB player
- Andy Dawson, English football player
- Angela Dawson, murdered community activist
- Anthony Dawson, Scottish actor
- Baron Dawson of Penn, British physician to the British Royal Family
- Catherine Taylor-Dawson, English musician and model
- Charles Dawson
- Christopher Dawson, historian
- Coningsby Dawson, (born 1883), Anglo-American novelist
- Daryl Dawson, Australian judge and naval officer
- Dawson (porn star), American homosexual porn star
- Dennis Dawson, Canadian polician
- Dermontti Dawson, former American football player
- Eddie Dawson (1904-1979), English cricketer
- Edgar Gilmer Dawson (1830-1883), Georgia lawyer, planter and Major, C.S.A.
- Geoffrey Dawson, editor of The Times
- George Dawson (author), American author
- George Dawson (preacher), English preacher
- George Mercer Dawson, Canadian geologist
- George Oscar Dawson, Georgia politician and soldier
- Geralyn Dawson, American romance novelist
- Greg Dawson, American consumer rights columnist for the Orlando Sentinel
- Henry B. Dawson, American historian
- Hilton Dawson, British politician
- Horace Dawson, former U.S. ambassador to Botswana
- Jaimie Dawson, Canadian badminton player
- James Dawson, Chinese country singer
- Janet Dawson, Australian artist
- Joe Dawson (racecar driver), American race car driver
- John Dawson (1762-1814), American politician
- John Alan Dawson, specialist in retail innovation at the University of Edinburgh
- John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845), American politician
- John Leonard Dawson (1932-1999), former Sergeant Surgeon of the UK Royal Household
- John Littleton Dawson (1813-1870), American politician
- John W. Dawson (1820-1877), American politician, former governor of Utah Territory
- John William Dawson, Canadian geologist, father of George Mercer Dawson
- Joy Dawson, American missionary and intercessor
- Kimya Dawson, American singer-songwriter
- Len Dawson, American football player
- Les Dawson, British comedian
- Margaret Dawson (1770-1816), one of Australia's "founding mothers"
- Matt Dawson, English rugby player
- Michael Dawson, various including
- Montagu Dawson, RAF officer
- Montague Dawson, maritime artist
- Nicholas Mosby Dawson, Texas Ranger killed during the Dawson Massacre, after whom it was named
- Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer
- Peter Dawson, Australian singer
- Phil Dawson, American football player
- Phire Dawson, American model
- Portia Dawson, American actress
- Richard Dawson, game show host and actor
- Richard Dawson (cricketer), English cricketer
- Richard C. Dawson, English thoroughbred horse trainer
- Robert Kearsley Dawson, cartographer
- Ronnie Dawson (rugby player), Irish rugby player
- Rosario Dawson, American actress
- Roxann Dawson, American actress and director, known from Star Trek: Voyager
- Sandra Dawson, Master of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
- Saranne Dawson, American romance novelist
- Smoky Dawson, Australian country singer/entertainer
- Thomas Dawson, Georgia politician and U.S. Army Major
- Thomas Rayner Dawson, British chess problemist
- William Curran Dawson, Alabama politician, soldier
- William Crosby Dawson, United States Senator from Georgia
- William James Dawson, (born 1854), English clergyman and author
- William L. Dawson (politician), American politician
- William L. Dawson (composer), composer
- William M. O. Dawson, Governor of West Virginia
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