Hobson (surname)

• Barry Hobson, Northern Irish cricketer and educator
• Bulmer Hobson, Northern Irish writer and Republican
• Butch Hobson, American baseball player
• Charles Hobson
• Charles Hobson, Baron Hobson
• Darington Hobson, American basketball player
• Dave Hobson, American politician
• David Hobson , Australian opera singer
• Dorothy Hobson, Jamaican and West Indies cricketer
• E. W. Hobson, English mathematician
• Edward H. Hobson, American Civil War general
• Edward Hobson , English weaver and botanist
• Frederick Hobson, Canadian soldier
• Gary Hobson, English former professional footballer
• George Andrew Hobson, British civil engineer
• Harold Hobson, theatre critic for the Sunday Times
• Henry Hobson, American Bishop
• Howard Hobson, American basketball coach
• Jason Hobson, English rugby union player
• John Allan Hobson, American psychologist, professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, see Allan Hobson
• J. A. Hobson, English economist and liberal
• Julius Hobson, American politician
• Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist
• M. K. Hobson, American speculative fiction/fantasy writer
• Mark Hobson, English murderer
• Mellody Hobson, American president of Chicago investment firm
• Michael Z. Hobson, American publisher of Marvel Comics
• Peter Hobson, English psychology professor
• Richmond P. Hobson U.S. Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, and U.S. Congressman from Alabama
• Richmond P. Hobson Jr., American-Canadian writer
• T. Frank Hobson, Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
• Theo Hobson, British theologian
• Thomas Hobson, English stable manager responsible for origin of the phrase Hobson's choice
• Valerie Hobson, British actress, wife of John Profumo
• Victor Hobson, American football player
• William Hobson, first Governor-General of New Zealand

  Fictional

• Gary Hobson, leading character of the television series Early Edition
• Dr. Laura Hobson, pathologist, UK TV series Inspector Lewis and Inspector Morse
• Christopher Hobson, a character in , played by Timothy Carhart