Ransom (disambiguation)

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.

Ransom may also refer to:

In people

* Ransom (surname), a family name

In fictional characters

* Cordelia Ransom, a character in David Weber's Honorverse series of novels
* Elwin Ransom, a character in C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy
* Rudy Ransom, a character from the episode "Equinox" of "Star Trek: Voyager"

In entertainment

* "Ransom!", a 1956 film starring Glenn Ford
* "Ransom" (1975 film), starring Sean Connery
* "Ransom" (1996 film), a 1996 remake of the 1956 film, starring Mel Gibson
* "The Ransom EP", an EP by Cartel
* Ransom Trilogy, an alternate name for The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
* "Ransom" (novel), a young-adult novel by Lois Duncan

In places

* Ransom, Illinois, US
* Ransom, Kansas, US
* Ransom Canyon, Texas, US
* Ransom County, North Dakota, US
* Ransom Township, Michigan, US
* Ransom Township, Minnesota, US
* Ransom Township, Pennsylvania, US
* Ransome, Queensland, Australia

Other uses

* USS "Ransom" (AM-283), a U.S. Navy minesweeper during World War II
* A boys' school in Florida, US, that in 1975 merged with a girls' school to become Ransom Everglades
* Ransome Airlines, an American commuter airline

ee also

* Ransom Room (El Cuarto del Rescate), a small room in Peru where the Inca Emperor Atahualpa was imprisoned by the Spaniards
* Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, a British agricultural machinery maker
* Ransomville, New York, US
* Ransomware
* Ransome
* Ransomes

Distinguish from

*Ramsons, a plant: a wild relative of chives