Samson can be either a masculine given name or a surname. It may refer to the following people:
Given name Samson Dadiani (1886-1937), Georgian politician Samson of Dol (c. 485–c. 565), British saint Samson of Brechin (fl. 1150–1165), first known Bishop of Brechin, Scotland Samson of Tottington (1135–1211), English Benedictine monk and Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds Samson (bishop of Worcester) (died 1112), chaplain to William the Conqueror, later Bishop of Worcester Samson Abramsky (born 1953), British computer scientist Samson Adetayo Adeleke, Nigerian actor Samson Felix Amarasinghe, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant Samson Ebukam (born 1995), American football player Samson Gombe (1938–1989), Kenyan scientist and professor Samson Johnson (born 2002), Togolese basketball player Samson Kandie (born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner Samson Kitur (1966–2003), Kenyan middle-distance runner Samson Lee (born 1992), Welsh rugby union player Samson Makintsev (1776–1849), Russian-Iranian general Samson Mulugeta (born 1983), Ethiopian footballer Samson Mwita Marwa (1932–2022), Kenyan member of parliament Samson Nacua (born 1998), American football player Samson Okunlola (born 2004), American football player Samson Rausuk (1793–1877), Lithuanian-British librarian and poet Samson Tam (born 1964), Hong Kong politician
Surname Charles Rumney Samson (1883–1931), British air commodore and naval aviation pioneer Cid Samson (born 1943), Canadian politician Craig Samson (born 1984), Scottish footballer David Samson (rabbi) (born 1956), Orthodox rabbi David Samson (baseball) (born 1968), former Miami Marlins president; contestant on Survivor: Cagayan Edmé Samson (1810–1891), French possible forger of porcelain and pottery Elisabeth Samson (1715–1771), Surinamese coffee plantation owner Jérôme Samson (born 1987), Canadian National Hockey League player for the Carolina Hurricanes Joseph Samson (1888–1957), composer Leela Samson (born 1951), Indian bharatanatyam dancer Leona D. Samson (born 1952), American biochemist Louis Samson (born 1995), German footballer Michel Samson (born 1972), Canadian politician Paul Samson (1953–2002), British heavy metal guitarist Polly Samson (born 1962), British novelist, songwriter and journalist Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer Savanna Samson, stage name of American pornographic actress Natalie Oliveros (born 1967) Stéphane Samson (born 1975), French footballer Valerie Samson (born 1948), American composer and ethnomusicologist
Patronymic Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer
See also Sampson (given name) Sampson (surname)