Lawson

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The name Lawson can refer to a number of different things:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] People

• Alfred Lawson - 20th century American aviator, reformer, utopian and religious leader
• Alfred Lawson, Jr. - Florida state senator (2001 - present)
• Andrew Lawson - Professor of Geology
• Ben Lawson - Australian actor
• Cecil Gordon Lawson - English landscape painter
• Charles Lawson - Belfast actor
• Denis Lawson - Scottish actor
• Eddie Lawson - Motorcycle racer
• Edward C. Lawson - African-American civil rights activist
• Edward M. Lawson - Canadian senator
• Gaines Lawson - American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Harry John Lawson – British engineer and motor industry pioneer
• Henry Lawson - Australian writer and poet
• James Lawson - civil rights advocate
• James Earl Lawson - Canadian Member of Parliament
• Jermaine Lawson - A West Indian Test Cricketer
• John Lawson - Naturalist and explorer
• John D. Lawson (scientist) - plasma physicist, best known for the Lawson criterion
• Maggie Lawson - American actress
• 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
• Peter Lawson - Canadian Member of Parliament
• Ray Lawson - Canadian industrialist, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Robert Lawson (architect) - eminent 19th century New Zealand architect
• Robert Lawson (author) - writer and illustrator
• 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
• Lawson Wulsin - a psychiatrist and author

[edit] Places

Australia

• Lawson Mountain, a peak in the Blue Mountains range in New South Wales
• Lawson, New South Wales, a town in the Blue Mountains
• Lawson, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra

United States

• Lawson, Colorado
• Lawson, Missouri
• Lawsonville, North Carolina
• Lawson Arena, home to the Western Michigan University ice hockey team of the CCHA
• Lawson, Mesquite, Texas

[edit] Other

• Lawson Middle School - Cupertino, California, USA
• 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, 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
• Thomas W. Lawson (ship) - a seven-masted, steel-hulled schooner, built 1902, destroyed 1907

[edit] See also

• Lawsone, a naphthoquinone dye from henna

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