Sampson (surname)

Sampson (surname)

Sampson is a surname, and may refer to:

* Angus Sampson (b. 1975), Australian actor
* Anthony Sampson (1926-2004), British journalist and non-fiction writer
* Chris Sampson (b. 1978), American baseball player
* Clay Sampson (b. 1976), Australian rules footballer
* David S. Sampson (b. 1951), American composer
* Daz Sampson (b. 1974), British dance music producer
* Deborah Sampson (1760-1827), early American soldier
* Doug Sampson (b. 1957), English drummer
* Edgar Sampson (1907-1973), American composer
* Gary Sampson (b. 1959), Canadian-born American hockey player
* Geoffrey Sampson (b. 1944), English linguist
* George Sampson (b. 1993), English breakdancer, winner of "Britain's Got Talent 2008" at age 14
* Gordie Sampson (b. 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter
* Henry Sampson:
**Henry Sampson (newspaper proprietor) (1841-1891), English newspaper proprietor and editor
** Henry Sampson (inventor) (b. 1934), American inventor
* Holly Sampson (b. 1973), American pornographic actress
* Jamal Sampson (b. 1983), American basketball player
* Jill Sampson , Canadian veterinarian
* John A. Sampson (1873-1946), American gynecologist
* Kelvin Sampson (b. 1955), American basketball coach
* Kevin Sampson (b. 1981), American football player
* Kyle Sampson, American lawyer and political appointee
* Marty Sampson (b. 1979), Australian songwriter
* Nic Sampson (b. 1986), New Zealand actor
* Nikos Sampson (1935-2001), Cypriot politician
* Paul Sampson (b. 1977), English rugby union player
* Ralph Sampson (b. 1960), American basketball player
* Ralph Allen Sampson (1866-1939), British astronomer
* Richard Sampson (d. 1554), ex-Catholic Anglican bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
* Rob Sampson (b. 1955), Canadian politician
* Sampson the Hospitable (d. ca. 530), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches.
* Short Sleeve Sampson, American wrestler
* Steve Sampson (b. 1957), American soccer coach
* Tony Sampson , Canadian actor
* Will Sampson (1933-1987), American actor and painter
* William Sampson:
** William T. Sampson (1840-1902), a United States Navy admiral in the Spanish-American War
** William Sampson Esq (1764-1836), United Irishmen lawyer and exile
** William Sampson (playwright), collaborated with Gervase Markham
** William Harkness Sampson, Methodist minister and educator, founder of Lawrence University
** William Sampson (author) (b. 1959), Canadian/British citizen arrested and allegedly tortured by the Saudi government

Fictional characters
* Sampson, a character in the play "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare
* Dominie Sampson, character from "Guy Mannering"
* Kid Sampson, a character in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22
* Kyle Sampson (GL), a character on the television show "The Guiding Light"

ee also

* Samson (disambiguation)


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