Judson (name)

Judson is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Adoniram Judson (1788–1850), the first American missionary abroad
• Alice Judson (1876–1948), American painter
• Andrew T. Judson (1784–1853), Connecticut politician
• Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789–1826), America's first female Baptist foreign missionary
• Arthur Judson (1881–1975), American orchestra manager, artists' manager
• Edward Judson, American Baptist clergyman
• Edward Zane Carroll Judson, Sr. aka Ned Buntline (1821-1886), American publisher, journalist, writer and publicist
• Harry Pratt Judson (1849–1927)
• Horace Freeland Judson (1931–2011), historian of molecular biology
• Joseph Judson (1619–1690), Connecticut settler, local official and militia officer
• Margaret Atwood Judson (1899-1991), American historian
• Margaret Judson, American actress
• Olivia Judson (born 1970), evolutionary biologist and science writer
• Thomas Judson (1857–1908), Wales international rugby player
• Whitcomb L. Judson (1846–1909), invented the zip fastener
• Pothuraju Judson, Indian Entomologist,

Given name

• Judson Birza (born 1989), television personality and contestant on Survivor: Nicaragua
• Judson Flint (born 1957), American football player
• Judson Hall (1855-1938), American politician
• Judson G. Hart, American politician
• Judson Hill (born 1959), American politician
• Judson Laipply (born 1976), motivational speaker and comedian best known through YouTube
• Judson LaMoure, (1839–1918) North Dakota State Senator
• Judson Pratt (1916–2002), American actor