Hawdon is a surname originating in the north of England and may refer to:
People Dickie Hawdon (1927–2009), English jazz trumpeter and member of the Yorkshire Jazz Band John Hawdon (sculler) (b. 1852), British rower John Hawdon (colonial settler) (1801–1881), pioneering settler in Australia, and older brother of Joseph Hawdon Joseph Hawdon (1813–1871), pioneering settler in Australia and New Zealand Matthias Hawdon (1732–1789), English organist and composer
Fiction Captain Hawdon, a character in Bleak House by Charles Dickens Frank Hawdon, a character in the 1979 film My Brilliant Career
Places Hawdon River, New Zealand (named for Joseph Hawdon) Lake Hawdon (disambiguation), several places in Australia and New Zealand (named for Joseph Hawdon)