Samson (name)

Samson can be either a masculine given name or a surname. It may refer to:

Given name[]

Mahagamage Samson Fernando (1936–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala baila vocalist
Samson, the man of extraordinary strength in the Book of Judges in the Bible
Samson Felix Amarasinghe, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
Samson of Dol (c. 485–c. 565), British saint
Samson of Brechin (fl. 1150–1165), first known Bishop of Brechin, Scotland
Samson of Tottington (1135–1211), English Benedictine monk and Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds
Samson (bishop of Worcester) (died 1112), chaplain to William the Conqueror, later Bishop of Worcester
Samson Abramsky (born 1953), British computer scientist
Samson Ebukam (born 1995), American football player
Samson Johnson, Togolese basketball player
Samson Kandie (born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner
Samson Kitur (1966–2003), Kenyan middle-distance runner
Samson Lee (b. 1992), Welsh international rugby union player
Samson Makintsev (1776–1849), Russian-Iranian general
Samson Rausuk (1793–1877), Lithuanian-British librarian and poet
Shimshon Brokman (born 1957), Israeli Olympic sailor
Shimshon Rozen (1952–2011), Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer and colonel

Charles Rumney Samson (1883–1931), British air commodore and naval aviation pioneer
Craig Samson (born 1984), Scottish footballer
David Samson (rabbi) (born 1956), Orthodox rabbi
David Samson (baseball) (born 1968), former Miami Marlins president; contestant on Survivor: Cagayan
Edmé Samson (1810–1891), French possible forger of porcelain and pottery
Elisabeth Samson (1715–1771), Surinamese coffee plantation owner
Jérôme Samson (born 1987), Canadian National Hockey League player for the Carolina Hurricanes
Joseph Samson (1888–1957), composer
Leona D. Samson (born 1952), American biochemist
Louis Samson (born 1995), German footballer
Michel Samson (born 1972), Canadian politician
Paul Samson (1953–2002), British heavy metal guitarist
Polly Samson (born 1962), British novelist, songwriter and journalist
Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer
Savanna Samson, stage name of American pornographic actress Natalie Oliveros (born 1967)
Stéphane Samson (born 1975), French footballer
Leela Samson (born 1951), Indian Bharatanatyam dancer

Joseph Samson Murphy (1933–1998), American president of Queens College, president of Bennington College, and chancellor of the City University of New York
Marvan Samson Atapattu (born 1970), Sri Lankan cricketer