Lawson

The name Lawson can refer to a number of different things:

People

* Alfred Lawson - 20th century American aviator, reformer, utopian and religious leader
* Alfred Lawson, Jr. - Florida state senator (2001 - present)
* Andrew Lawson - Professor of Geology
* Ben Lawson - Australian actor
* Cecil Gordon Lawson - English landscape painter
* Charles Lawson - Belfast actor
* Denis Lawson - Scottish actor
* Dominic Lawson - British journalist; brother of Nigella, son of Nigel
* Eddie Lawson - Motorcycle racer
* Edward C. Lawson - African-American civil rights activist
* Edward M. Lawson - Canadian senator
* Gaines Lawson - American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
* Harry John Lawson – British engineer and motor industry pioneer
* Henry Lawson - Australian writer and poet
* James Lawson - civil rights advocate
* James Earl Lawson - Canadian Member of Parliament
* Jermaine Lawson - A West Indian Test Cricketer
* John Lawson - Naturalist and explorer
* John Lawson (Naval Officer) 17th century naval officer and republican
* John D. Lawson (scientist) - plasma physicist, best known for the Lawson criterion
* Maggie Lawson - American actress
* Mark Lawson - British journalist, broadcaster and author
* Neal Lawson - British political commentator and writer
* Nigel Lawson - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-1989
* Nigella Lawson - daughter of Nigel Lawson, writer and cook
* Peter Lawson - Canadian Member of Parliament
* Ray Lawson - Canadian industrialist, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* Robert Lawson (architect) - eminent 19th century New Zealand architect
* Robert Lawson (author) - writer and illustrator
* William Lawson - one of a trio of explorers who discovered a route across the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia
* William Lawson (banker) - one of the founders of Scotiabank, served as first president
* Lawson Wulsin - a psychiatrist and author

Places

;Australia
* Lawson Mountain, a peak in the Blue Mountains range in New South Wales
* Lawson, New South Wales, a town in the Blue Mountains
* Lawson, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra;United States
* Lawson, Colorado
* Lawson, Missouri
* Lawsonville, North Carolina
* Lawson Arena, home to the Western Michigan University ice hockey team of the CCHA
* Lawson, Mesquite, Texas
* Sam H. Lawson Middle School, Cupertino, CA

Other

* Sam H. Lawson Middle School - Cupertino, California, USA
* Lawson Software - enterprise resource planning software provider
* Lawson McGhee Public Library - Knoxville, Tennessee, downtown library branch
* Lawson (store) - a convenience store popular in Japan
* Lawson the Tank Engine Twin, twin brother of Dawson the Tank Engine Twin, from "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends"
* Lawson criterion - an important general measure of a system that defines the conditions needed for a fusion reactor to reach ignition
* "Thomas W. Lawson" (ship) - a seven-masted, steel-hulled schooner, built 1902, destroyed 1907

See also

* Lawsone, a naphthoquinone dye from henna