# Samson (name)

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'''Samson''' can be either a masculine [given name](/source/given_name) or a [surname](/source/surname). It may refer to the following people:

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

==Surname==
*[Charles Rumney Samson](/source/Charles_Rumney_Samson) (1883–1931), British air commodore and naval aviation pioneer
*[Cid Samson](/source/Cid_Samson) (born 1943), Canadian politician
*[Craig Samson](/source/Craig_Samson) (born 1984), Scottish footballer
*[David Samson (rabbi)](/source/David_Samson_(rabbi)) (born 1956), Orthodox rabbi
*[David Samson (baseball)](/source/David_Samson_(baseball)) (born 1968), former Miami Marlins president; contestant on ''Survivor: Cagayan''
*[Edmé Samson](/source/Edm%C3%A9_Samson) (1810–1891), French possible forger of porcelain and pottery
*[Elisabeth Samson](/source/Elisabeth_Samson) (1715–1771), Surinamese coffee plantation owner
*[Jérôme Samson](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Samson) (born 1987), Canadian National Hockey League player for the Carolina Hurricanes
*[Joseph Samson](/source/Joseph_Samson_(composer)) (1888–1957), composer
*[Leela Samson](/source/Leela_Samson) (born 1951), Indian ''bharatanatyam'' dancer
*[Leona D. Samson](/source/Leona_D._Samson) (born 1952), American biochemist
*[Louis Samson](/source/Louis_Samson) (born 1995), German footballer
*[Michel Samson](/source/Michel_Samson) (born 1972), Canadian politician
*[Paul Samson](/source/Paul_Samson) (1953–2002), British heavy metal guitarist
*[Polly Samson](/source/Polly_Samson) (born 1962), British novelist, songwriter and journalist
*[Sanju Samson](/source/Sanju_Samson) (born 1994), Indian cricketer
*[Savanna Samson](/source/Savanna_Samson), stage name of American pornographic actress Natalie Oliveros (born 1967)
*[Stéphane Samson](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Samson) (born 1975), French footballer
*[Valerie Samson](/source/Valerie_Samson) (born 1948), American composer and ethnomusicologist

==Patronymic==
*[Sanju Samson](/source/Sanju_Samson) (born 1994), Indian cricketer

==See also==
*[Sampson (given name)](/source/Sampson_(given_name))
*[Sampson (surname)](/source/Sampson_(surname))

{{given name|type=both}}

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

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