Rawson (surname)

Rawson is a surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include:

A

• Albert Rawson (1900–1949), English footballer
• Amán Rawson (1792–1847), American-Argentine physician and merchant
• Anna Rawson (born 1981), Australian professional golfer and model
• Arturo Rawson (1885–1952), Argentine army officer and de facto president

C

• Carlos Rawson (born 1946), Argentine equestrian
• Charles A. Rawson (1867–1936), unelected United States Senator from Iowa for nine months in 1922
• Christopher Rawson (born Christopher Comstock Hart, birthdate unknown), American writer, university teacher and theater critic
• Clayton Rawson (1906–1971), American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician
• Sir Alfred Cooper Rawson (1876–1946), British businessman and Conservative Party MP

D

• Don Rawson (born 1937), former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League
• Donald Strathearn Rawson (1905–1961), Canadian limnologist

E

• Edward Rawson (disambiguation), several people
• Edward Rawson (1615-1693), First Secretary of The Massachusetts Bay Colony. Father of Rebecca Rawson.
• Elizabeth Rawson (1934–1988), classical scholar known primarily for her work in the intellectual history of the Roman Republic and her biography of Cicero
• Elvira Rawson (1867–1954), Argentine militant suffragist and the second woman to receive a medical degree in the country

F

• Farrend Rawson (born 1996), footballer who plays as a central defender for Derby County
• Franklin Rawson (1819 or 1820 – 1871), Argentine painter who belonged to the first generation of Argentine painters called the "precursors"

G

• Major-General Geoffrey Rawson (1887–1979), British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars and had a notable cricket career, playing first-class cricket for the Army in 1921
• George Rawson (1807–1889), English lawyer, hymnwriter and Congregationalist lay person
• Guillermo Rawson, 19th century Argentine politician

H

• Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson (1843–1910), oversaw the British Benin Expedition of 1897
• Herbert Rawson (1852–1924), English footballer

J

• James Rawson (born 1965), British Paralympic table tennis player
• Dame Jessica Rawson (born 1943), English art historian, curator and academic administrator
• John Rawson, 1st Viscount Clontarf (c. 1470–1547), English-born statesman in Ireland

M

• Marion Nicholl Rawson (1878–1956), author, illustrator, artist and lecturer
• Mary Rawson, American actress
• Mary Anne Rawson (1801–1887), abolitionist
• Mike Rawson (1934–2000) British Olympic track and field athlete

N

• Norman Rawson, Canadian politician

P

• Peter Rawson (born 1957), Zimbabwean cricketer

R

• Ray Rawson (born 1940), American politician who was a Republican member of the Nevada State Senate
• Rawson W. Rawson (1812–1899), British government official and statistician
• Rebecca Rawson (1656–1692), heroine of the 1849 book Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay by John G. Whittier
• Richard Rawson (disambiguation), several people
• Roger Rawson (1939–2009), American teacher and politician from Utah
• Ronald Rawson, British heavyweight boxer of the 1920s
• Roy Rawson (1898–1971), Australian politician

S

• Stratton Rawson, independent film producer, screenwriter and music critic

W

• Wilhelmina Rawson (1851–1933), Australian author and authority on culinary and domestic practices
• William Rawson (1854–1932), amateur footballer who played for England
• William H. Rawson (1892–1957), American Republican Party politician from New Jersey

Z

• Z. B. Rawson (1858–1928), American politician in the state of Washington