Ransom (surname)

Ransom (surname)

Ransom or Ransome is an English surname, also found in some trade names and military company names; it might derive either from the noun "ransom" or from contraction of "Ranulf's son".

* Epaphroditus Ransom (1798–1859), American state governor and state supreme court justice
* Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826–1904), American state politician and Civil War general
* Thomas E. G. Ransom (1834–1864), American surveyor, civil engineer, real estate speculator, and Civil War General
* Reverdy Cassius Ransom (1861–1959), African American Christian socialist, civil rights activist, and Methodist Bishop
* Frederick Leslie Ransome (1868–1934), English-American geologist
* Frederick Ransome‎ (1818-1893) British inventor of artificial stone
* Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), British journalist, spy, and children's author
* John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974), American poet, essayist, social and political theorist, man of letters, and academic
* Brian Ransom (born 1940), Canadian state politician
* Tim Ransom (born 1960), American designer and author
* Cody Ransom (born 1976), American professional baseball player
* Mike Ransom (born 1977), American musician
* Achu-Bindak Ransom (born 1970), Cameroonian Networking, Software and Web developer
* Alured Ransom (living), American college football coach
* Candice F. Ransom (living), American author
* Melanie Ransom (living), Canadian politician
* Dylan Ransom (living), Musician

Given name

"Ransom" and "Ransome" has also been used as a given name. This [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixindex&from=Ransom&namespace=0 all pages with prefix search] shows several notable persons sharing these given names, among other articles.

ee also

* Beko Ransome-Kuti (1940–2006), Nigerian human rights activist


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