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Ally Dawson (1958–2021), Scottish football manager •
Aaron Dawson (born 1992), English footballer •
Abraham Dawson (1816–1884), Irish-Canadian Anglican cleric •
Aeneas Dawson (1810–1894), Scottish-Canadian priest and writer •
Agnes Dawson (1873–1953), British politician and trade unionist •
Alan Dawson (1929–1996), American drummer •
Alex Dawson (1940–2020), Scottish football player •
Alexander Dawson, New South Wales Government Architect, 1856–1862 •
Alma Dawson, American scholar of librarianship •
Ambrose Dawson (1707–1794), English physician •
Anderson Dawson (1863–1910), Australian politician •
Andre Dawson (born 1954), American baseball player •
Andy Dawson (born 1978), English footballer •
Andy Dawson (born 1979), English footballer •
Angela Dawson (died 2002), American community activist •
Angela Dawson (born 1968), British canoer •
Anna Dawson (born 1937), English actress and singer •
Anne Dawson, English academic and former broadcast journalist •
Anne Dawson (1896–1989), British spy in occupied Belgium in WW1 •
Anthony Dawson (1916–1992), Scottish actor •
Archibald Dawson (1892–1938), Scottish sculptor •
Archie Owen Dawson (1898–1964), American federal judge •
Artie Dawson (1891–1982), Australian rules footballer •
Ashlé Dawson (born 1984), American choreographer, director, and dancer •
Ashley Dawson, American author, activist and professor •
Barbara Dawson (born 1957), Irish art historian, museum gallery director, and curator •
Beatrice Dawson (1908–1976), British costume designer •
Benjamin Dawson (1729–1814), English minister and linguist •
Bernhard Dawson (1890–1960), Argentine-American astronomer •
Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864–1945), British physician •
Bess Phipps Dawson (1916–1994), American painter •
Beth Dawson, American statistician •
Branden Dawson (born 1993), American basketball player •
Brendon Dawson (born 1967), Zimbabwean rugby union footballer and coach •
Brian Dawson (disambiguation) •
Brigid Dawson, British musician •
Brihony Dawson (born 1984), Australian television presenter, sports commentator and singer •
Cameron Dawson (born 1995), English football player •
Carroll Dawson, American basketball assistant coach and general manager •
Casey Dawson (born 2000), American speed skater •
Chad Dawson (born 1982), American boxer •
Charles Dawson (disambiguation) •
Charlotte Dawson (1966–2014), New Zealand–Australian television personality •
Christopher Dawson (1889–1970), British historian •
Clifton Dawson (born 1983), Canadian gridiron football player •
Coningsby Dawson (1883–1959), English-American novelist •
Connor Dawson (born 1993), American baseball coach •
Craig Dawson (born 1990), English footballer •
Curt Dawson (1939–1985), American stage and television actor •
Dale Dawson (1964–2018), American football player •
Dan Dawson (born 1981), Canadian lacrosse player •
Daniel Dawson (born 1977), Australian kickboxer and boxer •
Daryl Dawson (born 1933), Australian judge and naval officer •
David Dawson (disambiguation) •
Dennis Dawson (born 1949), Canadian politician •
Dermontti Dawson (born 1965), former American football player •
Digger Dawson (1905–?), English professional footballer •
Donald Dawson (1908–2005), American lawyer and presidential aide •
Donald A. Dawson (born 1937), Canadian mathematician •
Duke Dawson (born 1996), American football player •
Earl Dawson (1925–1987), Canadian politician and ice hockey administrator •
Eddie Dawson (1904–1979), English cricketer •
Edgar Dawson (1931–2015), English rugby league footballer •
Edgar Gilmer Dawson (1830–1883), American lawyer, planter, and major •
Ellen Dawson (1900–1967), Scottish-American trade union activist •
Eric Dawson (born 1984), American basketball player •
Eric E. Dawson (1937–2017), American politician •
Ernest Dawson (1882–1947), American antiquarian bookseller and Sierra Club president •
Frances L. Dawson (1903–1995), American educator and politician •
Fred Dawson (1884–1965), American college sports coach •
Genoveva Dawson (1918–2012), Argentine botanist, curator, teacher, and explorer •
Geoffrey Dawson (1874–1944), British newspaper editor •
George Dawson (disambiguation) •
Geralyn Dawson, American romance novelist •
Gladys Dawson (1909–1993), English artist •
Glen Dawson (1906–1968), American steeplechase runner •
Glen Dawson (1912–2016), American mountaineer •
Greg Dawson (born 1950), American consumer rights columnist •
Harry Medforth Dawson (1875–1939), English physical chemist •
Hailey Dawson (born 2010), American record setter •
Henry Dawson (disambiguation) •
Hilton Dawson (born 1953), British politician •
Horace Dawson (born 1926), American diplomat •
Ida Wharton Dawson (1860–1928), American social worker and clubwoman •
Jack Dawson (disambiguation) •
Jaimie Dawson (born 1969), Canadian badminton player •
James Dawson (disambiguation) •
Janet Dawson (born 1935), Australian artist •
Joe or Joseph Dawson (disambiguation) •
John Dawson (disambiguation) •
Jonathan Dawson (1941–2013), Australian academic, filmmaker, film and literary critic and broadcaster •
Kathleen Dawson (born 1997), Scottish swimmer •
Keyunta Dawson (born 1985), American football player •
Kimya Dawson (born 1972), American singer-songwriter •
Lafayette Dawson (1839–1897), American lawyer and judge •
Len Dawson (1935–2022), American football player •
Les Dawson (1931–1993), British comedian •
Lorne L. Dawson, Canadian sociologist of religion •
Lynne Dawson (born 1956), English soprano •
Mabel Dawson (1887–1965), Scottish artist •
Margaret Dawson (1770–1816), convict on the First Fleet •
Matt Dawson (born 1972), English rugby player •
Michael Dawson (disambiguation) •
Montagu Dawson (1919–2003), Royal Air Force officer •
Montague Dawson (1890–1973), maritime artist •
Nicholas Mosby Dawson, Texas ranger, killed during the Dawson massacre •
Ossie Dawson (1919–2008), South African cricketer •
Peter Dawson (disambiguation) •
Phil Dawson (born 1975), American football player •
Phire Dawson, American model •
Portia Dawson, American actress •
Rachel Dawson (born 1985), American field hockey player •
Rian Dawson, American drummer •
Richard Dawson (disambiguation) •
Robert Dawson (disambiguation) •
Roger Dawson (born 1940), American jazz musician, composer, and DJ •
Ronnie Dawson (born 1995), American baseball player •
Ronnie Dawson (born 1932), Irish rugby player •
Rosario Dawson (born 1979), American actress •
Roxann Dawson (born 1958), American actress and director •
Sally Dawson (born 1955), American theoretical physicist •
Sandra Dawson (disambiguation) •
Sarah Morgan Dawson (1842–1909), American writer •
Scott Dawson (born 1984), American professional wrestler •
Scott Dawson (evangelist) (born 1967), American evangelist •
Shane Dawson (born 1988), American comedian and actor •
Shawn Dawson (born 1993), Israeli basketball player •
Simon James Dawson (1818–1902), Scottish-Canadian engineer and politician •
Smoky Dawson (1913–2008), Australian singer and entertainer •
Thomas Dawson (disambiguation) •
Tommy Dawson (1901–1977), English footballer •
Trent Dawson (born 1971), American actor •
Walt Dawson (born 1982), American Alzheimer's disease activist •
Walter Dawson (1902–1994), British air chief marshal •
William Dawson (disambiguation) ==Characters==