Sampson (surname) explained

Sampson is a surname, and may refer to:

People

A

• Aaron Sampson, several people
• Adrian Sampson (born 1991), baseball player
• Agnes Sampson, (died 1591), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft
• Al Sampson (1916–1976), American football coach
• Alf Sampson (1912–2001), Australian rules footballer
• Angus Sampson (born 1975), Australian actor
• Anthony Sampson (1926–2004), British journalist and non-fiction writer

B

• Brandon Sampson (born 1997), basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Brian Sampson (disambiguation), several people
• Burford Sampson (1882–1959), Australian politician

C

• Catherine Sampson (born 1962), British novelist
• Charles Rumney Samson (1883–1931), British naval aviation and armoured vehicle pioneer
• Chris Sampson (born 1978), American baseball player
• Cindy Sampson (born 1978), Canadian actress
• Clay Sampson (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
• Clark Sampson, American curler

D

• Dane Sampson (born 1986), Australian sports shooter
• David Sampson (born 1951), American composer
• Daz Sampson (born 1974), British dance music producer
• Dean Sampson (born 1967), English rugby league player
• Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), early American soldier
• Doug Sampson (born 1957), English drummer
• Dylan Sampson (born 2004), American football player

E

• Edgar Sampson (1907–1973), American composer
• Emma Sampson (born 1985), Australian cricketer

F

• Francis A. Sampson (1842–1918), American lawyer and historian
• Francis L. Sampson (1912–1996), Catholic priest and U.S. Army officer
• Franklin Augustus Sampson (1906–1992), Canadian war hero and diplomat

G

• Gary Sampson (disambiguation)
• Geoffrey Sampson (born 1944), English linguist
• George Sampson (born 1993), English breakdancer, winner of Britain's Got Talent 2008 at age 14
• Glen Sampson (born 1960), Australian Rules footballer
• Godfrey Sampson (1902–1949), English composer and organist
• Gordie Sampson (born 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter

H

• Henry Sampson (disambiguation)

J

• Jamal Sampson (born 1983), American basketball player
• James "Jum" Sampson (born c.1876), Australian rugby union player
• Jill Sampson, Canadian veterinarian
• John A. Sampson (1873–1946), American gynaecologist
• John Patterson Sampson (1837–1928), American abolitionist, newspaper publisher, writer, lawyer, judge, and minister
• Julia Sampson Hayward (1934–2011), American tennis player
• Justin Sampson (born 1966), Australian rugby union player

K

• Kelvin Sampson (born 1955), American basketball coach
• Kevin Sampson (American football) (born 1981), American football player
• Kevin Blythe Sampson (born 1954), American artist
• Kyle Sampson, American lawyer and political appointee

M

• Malcolm Sampson, English rugby league player
• Margaret Sampson (1906–1988), English nun
• Marty Sampson (born 1979), Australian songwriter

N

• Nikos Sampson (1935–2001), Greek Cypriot terrorist and brief puppet president of Cyprus

O

• Oteman Sampson (born 1975), American football player

P

• Paul Sampson (born 1977), English rugby union player

R

• Ralph Sampson (born 1960), American basketball player
• Ralph Allen Sampson (1866–1939), British astronomer
• Richard Sampson (died 1554), ex-Catholic Anglican bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
• Richard Sampson (1877–1944), Australian politician
• Rob Sampson (born 1955), Canadian politician
• Robert Sampson (disambiguation)

S

• Short Sleeve Sampson, American wrestler
• Steve Sampson (born 1957), American soccer coach

T

• Thomas Pollard Sampson (1875 – 1961), Australian architect
• Todd Sampson (born 1970), Canadian-born Australian company director and television personality
• Tony Sampson, retired Canadian actor

V

• Virginia Reid Sampson (1916–1955), birth name of American actress Lynne Carver

W

• Will Sampson (1933–1987), American actor and painter
• William Sampson (disambiguation)

Y

• Yvonne Sampson (born 1980), Australian sports commentator

Fictional characters

• Dominie Sampson, from the novel Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
• Kid Sampson, in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22
• Kyle Sampson (GL), on the television show The Guiding Light
• Tor Sampson, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army

See also

• Samson (disambiguation)
• Alice Sampson Presto, American suffragist and politician