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". Notable people with the surname include:

* Alured Ransom (1908–1992), American college football coach
* Ben Ransom (born 1992), English rugby union player
* Ben Ransom (musician), Australian country music songwriter and entertainer
* Bill Ransom (born 1945), American science fiction writer
* Brayton H. Ransom (1879–1925), American zoologist and parasitologist
* Brian Ransom (politician) (1940–2020), Canadian politician
* Brian Ransom (gridiron football) (born 1960), American player of gridiron football
* Britt Ransom (born 1987), American artist and academic
* Candice F. Ransom (born 1952), American author
* Caroline L. Ormes Ransom (1826–1910), American painter
* Cody Ransom (born 1976), American baseball player
* David M. Ransom (1938–2003), American diplomat
* Derrick Ransom (born 1976), American football player
* Dunbar R. Ransom (1831–1897), United States Army officer
* Dustin Ransom (born 1986), American musician and film composer
* Eliza Taylor Ransom (1863–1955), Canadian-American physician
* Emma S. Ransom (1864-1943), African-American educator and clubwoman
* Epaphroditus Ransom (1798–1859), American state governor and state supreme court justice
* Freeman Ransom (1880–1947), American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and businessman
* Gene Ransom (1957–2022), American basketball player
* Harry Ransom (academic administrator) (1908–1976), chancellor of the University of Texas System
* Harry Ransom (footballer) (born 1999), English professional footballer
* Henry Ransom (1911–1987), American golfer
* Holly Ransom (born 1990), Australian public speaker, author and curator
* James Ransom (born 1971), Canadian fencer
* James Ransom (Regulator) (c. 1740–1810), American sheriff and participant in the Regulator movement in colonial America
* Jane Ransom, American popular science writer
* Jeff Ransom (born 1960), American baseball player
* Jessica Ransom (born 1981), British actress and writer
* Joanna Houston Ransom (1897–1980), American educator
* John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974), American poet and academic
* Josephine Ransom (1879–1960), Australian Theosophist and writer
* Julia Ransom (born 1993), Canadian biathlete
* Kim Ransom, Colorado politician
* Kristen Ransom, American computer engineer and social entrepreneur
* Lathan Ransom (born 2002), American football player
* Matt W. Ransom (1826–1904), American state politician and Civil War general
* Melanie Ransom (living), Canadian politician
* Mike Ransom (born 1977), American musician
* P. J. G. Ransom (1935–2019), British non-fiction author
* Reverdy Cassius Ransom (1861–1959), African American Christian socialist, civil rights activist, and Methodist bishop
* Rhodesia Ransom, American politician
* Richard Ransom (1919–2016), American businessman
* Ro Ransom (born 1993), American rapper
* Robert Ransom Jr. (1828–1892), U.S. senator, civil engineer, and Civil War major general
* Roberto Ransom (born 1960), Mexican writer
* Robin Ransom (born 1967), American judge
* Ronald Ransom (1882–1947), American lawyer and businessman
* Samuel Ransom (1883–1970), American athlete
* Scott Ransom, American physician
* Sheila Kanieson Ransom (born 1954), American artist
* Shorty Ransom (1898–1959), American football coach and athletics administrator
* Terrell Ransom Jr. (born 2003), American actor
* Thomas E. G. Ransom (1834–1864), American surveyor, civil engineer, real estate speculator, and Civil War general
* Thomas Ransom (coach) (1870–1946), American football and basketball coach
* Truman B. Ransom (1802–1847), American educator and military officer
* Victor Ransom (1917—1998), English cricketer
* Victoria Ransom, New Zealand entrepreneur
* Willard Ransom (1916–1995), American lawyer, businessman, civic leader and civil rights activist
* William Ransom (1826–1914), British botanist, pharmacist and archaeologist
* William Henry Ransom (1824–1907), English physician and embryologist

## Fictional characters

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* Cordelia Ransom, in David Weber's Honorverse series of novels
* Elwin Ransom, in C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy
* Michael Ransom, from the films Strike Commando and Strike Commando 2

## See also

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* Ransome (surname)

Surname list

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