'''Samson''' can be either a masculine given name or a surname. It may refer to the following people:

==Given name== *Samson Dadiani (1886-1937), Georgian politician *Samson of Dol (c. 485–c. 565), British saint *Samson of Brechin (fl. 1150–1165), first known Bishop of Brechin, Scotland *Samson of Tottington (1135–1211), English Benedictine monk and Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds *Samson (bishop of Worcester) (died 1112), chaplain to William the Conqueror, later Bishop of Worcester *Samson Abramsky (born 1953), British computer scientist *Samson Adetayo Adeleke, Nigerian actor *Samson Felix Amarasinghe, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant *Samson Ebukam (born 1995), American football player *Samson Gombe (1938–1989), Kenyan scientist and professor *Samson Johnson (born 2002), Togolese basketball player *Samson Kandie (born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner *Samson Kitur (1966–2003), Kenyan middle-distance runner *Samson Lee (born 1992), Welsh rugby union player *Samson Makintsev (1776–1849), Russian-Iranian general *Samson Mulugeta (born 1983), Ethiopian footballer *Samson Mwita Marwa (1932–2022), Kenyan member of parliament *Samson Nacua (born 1998), American football player *Samson Okunlola (born 2004), American football player *Samson Rausuk (1793–1877), Lithuanian-British librarian and poet *Samson Tam (born 1964), Hong Kong politician

==Surname== *Charles Rumney Samson (1883–1931), British air commodore and naval aviation pioneer *Cid Samson (born 1943), Canadian politician *Craig Samson (born 1984), Scottish footballer *David Samson (rabbi) (born 1956), Orthodox rabbi *David Samson (baseball) (born 1968), former Miami Marlins president; contestant on ''Survivor: Cagayan'' *Edmé Samson (1810–1891), French possible forger of porcelain and pottery *Elisabeth Samson (1715–1771), Surinamese coffee plantation owner *Jérôme Samson (born 1987), Canadian National Hockey League player for the Carolina Hurricanes *Joseph Samson (1888–1957), composer *Leela Samson (born 1951), Indian ''bharatanatyam'' dancer *Leona D. Samson (born 1952), American biochemist *Louis Samson (born 1995), German footballer *Michel Samson (born 1972), Canadian politician *Paul Samson (1953–2002), British heavy metal guitarist *Polly Samson (born 1962), British novelist, songwriter and journalist *Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer *Savanna Samson, stage name of American pornographic actress Natalie Oliveros (born 1967) *Stéphane Samson (born 1975), French footballer *Valerie Samson (born 1948), American composer and ethnomusicologist

==Patronymic== *Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer

==See also== *Sampson (given name) *Sampson (surname)

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Category:English masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:Patronymic surnames