Anson is a given name and surname of English origin, typically arising as a variation of the name Hanson .
Surname
Adelbert Anson (1840–1909), Canadian Anglican bishopAlbert Edward Anson (1879–1936), British actorAndy Anson (born 1964/1965), British businessmanAugustus Anson (1835–1877), British Victoria Cross recipient and politicianCap Anson (1852–1922), American baseball playerCharles H. Anson (1841–1928), American politician and businessmanClaude Anson (1889–1969), English cricketerEdward Anson (1826–1925), British general and colonial governorEric Anson (1892–1969), New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetistFrank A. Anson (1844–1909), American politician and businessmanFrederick Anson (1811–1885), Canon, St. George's Chapel at Windsor CastleGeoffrey Anson (1922–1977), English cricketerGeorge Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762), British admiral, noted for his circumnavigation of the globeGeorge Anson (politician, born 1731) (1731–1789), British politicianGeorge Anson (British Army officer, born 1769) (1769–1849), British general during the Peninsular WarGeorge Anson (British Army officer, born 1797) (1797–1857), British Commander-in-Chief, India, during the Indian rebellion of 1857George Anson (priest) (1820–1898), British clergy and Archdeacon of ManchesterGeorge Edward Anson (1812–1849), courtier and British politician, Treasurer of the Household to HRH Prince Albert George W. Anson (1847–1920), British actorHoratio Saint George Anson (1903–1925), British electrical engineerJack L. Anson (1924–1990), American college interfraternity movement leaderJay Anson (1921–1980), American author of The Amityville Horror Jennifer Anson (born 1977), Palauan judoka athleteJohn Anson (born 1949), Canadian wrestlerJohn W. Anson (1817–1881), British actorMortimer Louis Anson (1901–1968), protein scientistPascal Anson (born 1973), English designer and artistPatrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939–2005), British photographerPeter Anson (1889–1975), English writerRobert Sam Anson (1945–2020), American writer and journalistRupert Anson (1889–1966), English cricketerScott Anson (born 1989), Scottish footballerSir William Anson, 1st Baronet (1772–1847), general in the British ArmySir William Anson, 3rd Baronet (1843–1914), English contract lawyer and Liberal Unionist politicianTalavera Vernon Anson (1809–1895), British naval officerThomas Anson (politician, died 1773) (c. 1695 – 1773), British politicianThomas Anson (cricketer) (1818–1899), English clergyman and cricketerThomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (1767–1818), British politician and peer
Given name
A-H
Anson Allen (1838–1880), American politicianAnson M. Beard (1874–1929), American football playerAnson Brown (1800–1840), U.S. Representative from New YorkAnson Wood Burchard (1865–1927), American businessmanAnson Burlingame (1820–1870), American abolitionist and diplomatAnson Call (1810–1890), Mormon pioneerAnson Vasco Call II (1855–1944), Wyoming Mormon pioneerAnson Cameron (born 1961), Australian authorAnson Carmody (born 1989), Canadian curlerAnson Carter (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey playerAnson Chan (born 1940), Hong Kong politicianAnson Chan (born 2000), Hong Kong singerAnson Chi (fl. 1990s–2010s), convicted pipeline bomberAnson Cornell (1890–1975), American college football player and coachAnson Dart (1797–1879), Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the Oregon TerritoryAnson Dickinson (1779–1852), American painter of miniature portraitsAnson Dodge (1834–1918), American-Canadian lumber dealer and political figureAnson Dorrance (born 1951), American soccer coachAnson Dyer (1876–1962), English director, screenwriter, animator, and actorAnson Funderburgh (born 1954), American blues guitar player and bandleaderAnson Goodyear (1877–1964), American manufacturer, businessman, author, and philanthropistAnson Rogers Graves (1842–1931), first Episcopal bishop of the Missionary District of Western NebraskaAnson Harrold (1870–1907), American football player and coachAnson Henry (born 1979), Canadian sprinter of Jamaican descentAnson G. Henry (1804–1865), American physician and politicianAnson Herrick (1812–1868), U.S. Representative from New YorkAnson Parsons Hotaling (1827–1900), San Francisco merchant and real estate developerAnson Hu (born 1983), Chinese singer
K-Z
Anson F. Keeler (1887–1943), Connecticut State ComptrollerAnson Jones (1798–1858), last President of the Republic of TexasAnson Kong (born 1992), Hong Kong singerAnson Lo (born 1995), Hong Kong singerAnson W. Mackay (fl. 1990s–2010s), professor of geography at University College LondonAnson S. Marshall (1822–1874), American attorney and politicianAnson G. McCook (1835–1917), American military and political figureAnson Mills (1834–1924), United States Army officer, surveyor, inventor, and entrepreneurAnson Morrill (1803–1887), 24th governor of MaineAnson D. Morse (1846–1916), educator, historian, and professor at Amherst CollegeAnson Mount (born 1973), American actorAnson Green Phelps (1781–1858), American entrepreneur and business manAnson Paul (born 1988), actor in Indian filmsAnson W. Pope (1812–1871), Wisconsin State Assembly memberAnson Rabinbach (born 1945), historian of modern EuropeAnson Rainey (1930–2011), Israeli professor of ancient Near Eastern cultures and Semitic linguisticsAnson O. Reynolds (fl. 1880s–1920s), builder of the Anson O. Reynolds House in Des Moines, Iowa
Anson Rood (1827–1898), American businessman, farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneerAnson P. K. Safford (c. 1830–1891), third Governor of Arizona TerritoryAnson D. Shupe (1948–2015), American sociologistAnson Stager (1825–1885), co-founder of Western UnionAnson Phelps Stokes (disambiguation) , various peopleAnson Weeks (1896–1969), American dance band leaderAnson Williams (born 1949), actor and directorAnson Wilson (fl. 1830s–1860s), builder of the Anson Wilson House in Eastern Iowa
Anson S. Wood (1834–1904), American lawyer and politician
Middle name
See also
Surnames associated with the given name
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