Samson (name)
Samson can be either a masculine given name or a surname. It may refer to:
Given name:
- Samson, the man of extraordinary strength in the Book of Judges in the Bible
- Samson of Dol, British saint
- Samson of Brechin, first known Bishop of Brechin, Scotland
- Samson of Tottington, English Benedictine monk and Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds
- Samson , chaplain to William the Conqueror, later Bishop of Worcester
- Samson Abramsky, British computer scientist
- Samson Ebukam, American football player
- Samson Kandie, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Samson Kitur, Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Samson Lee, Welsh international rugby union player
- Samson Makintsev, Russian-Iranian general
- Shimshon Brokman, Israeli Olympic sailor
- Shimshon Rozen, Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer and colonel
Surname:
- Charles Rumney Samson, British air commodore and naval aviation pioneer
- Craig Samson, Scottish footballer
- David Samson , Orthodox rabbi
- Edmé Samson, French possible forger of porcelain and pottery
- Elisabeth Samson, Surinamese coffee plantation owner
- Jerome Samson, Canadian National Hockey League player for the Carolina Hurricanes
- Joseph Samson, composer
- Leona D. Samson, American biochemist
- Michel Samson, Canadian politician
- Paul Samson, British heavy metal guitarist
- Polly Samson, British novelist, songwriter and journalist
- Stéphane Samson, French footballer
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