Ransome (surname) explained

Ransome is the surname of:

• Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), English author and journalist
• Ernest L. Ransome (1852–1917), Anglo-American architect and concrete engineer
• Frederick Ransome (1818–1893), British inventor of artificial stone
• Frederick Leslie Ransome (1868–1934), English-American geologist
• Gordon Arthur Ransome (1910-1977), Professor of Medicine, First Master of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
• James Ransome (manufacturer) (1782–1849), British agricultural machinery manufacturer, son of Robert Ransome
• James Ransome (illustrator), American illustrator of children's books
• James Allen Ransome (1806–1875), British agricultural machinery manufacturer and writer, grandson of Robert Ransome
• Prunella Ransome (1943–2002), English actress
• Robert Ransome (1753–1830), British founder of an agricultural machinery maker

See also

• Ransom (surname)
• Ransome-Kuti family, an influential Nigerian family