Anson (name)

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 bishop
Albert Edward Anson (1879–1936), British actor
Andy Anson (born 1964/1965), British businessman
Augustus Anson (1835–1877), British Victoria Cross recipient and politician
Cap Anson (1852–1922), American baseball player
Charles H. Anson (1841–1928), American politician and businessman
Claude Anson (1889–1969), English cricketer
Edward Anson (1826–1925), British general and colonial governor
Eric Anson (1892–1969), New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist
Frank A. Anson (1844–1909), American politician and businessman
Frederick Anson (1811–1885), Canon, St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Geoffrey Anson (1922–1977), English cricketer
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762), British admiral, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe
George Anson (politician, born 1731) (1731–1789), British politician
George Anson (British Army officer, born 1769) (1769–1849), British general during the Peninsular War
George Anson (British Army officer, born 1797) (1797–1857), British Commander-in-Chief, India, during the Indian rebellion of 1857
George Anson (priest) (1820–1898), British clergy and Archdeacon of Manchester
George Edward Anson (1812–1849), courtier and British politician, Treasurer of the Household to HRH Prince Albert
George W. Anson (1847–1920), British actor
Horatio Saint George Anson (1903–1925), British electrical engineer
Jack L. Anson (1924–1990), American college interfraternity movement leader
Jay Anson (1921–1980), American author of The Amityville Horror
Jennifer Anson (born 1977), Palauan judoka athlete
John Anson (born 1949), Canadian wrestler
John W. Anson (1817–1881), British actor
Mortimer Louis Anson (1901–1968), protein scientist
Pascal Anson (born 1973), English designer and artist
Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939–2005), British photographer
Peter Anson (1889–1975), English writer
Robert Sam Anson (1945–2020), American writer and journalist
Rupert Anson (1889–1966), English cricketer
Scott Anson (born 1989), Scottish footballer
Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet (1772–1847), general in the British Army
Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet (1843–1914), English contract lawyer and Liberal Unionist politician
Talavera Vernon Anson (1809–1895), British naval officer
Thomas Anson (politician, died 1773) (c. 1695 – 1773), British politician
Thomas Anson (cricketer) (1818–1899), English clergyman and cricketer
Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (1767–1818), British politician and peer

Given name

A-H

Anson Allen (1838–1880), American politician
Anson M. Beard (1874–1929), American football player
Anson Brown (1800–1840), U.S. Representative from New York
Anson Wood Burchard (1865–1927), American businessman
Anson Burlingame (1820–1870), American abolitionist and diplomat
Anson Call (1810–1890), Mormon pioneer
Anson Vasco Call II (1855–1944), Wyoming Mormon pioneer
Anson Cameron (born 1961), Australian author
Anson Carmody (born 1989), Canadian curler
Anson Carter (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
Anson Chan (born 1940), Hong Kong politician
Anson Chan (born 2000), Hong Kong singer
Anson Chi (fl. 1990s–2010s), convicted pipeline bomber
Anson Cornell (1890–1975), American college football player and coach
Anson Dart (1797–1879), Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the Oregon Territory
Anson Dickinson (1779–1852), American painter of miniature portraits
Anson Dodge (1834–1918), American-Canadian lumber dealer and political figure
Anson Dorrance (born 1951), American soccer coach
Anson Dyer (1876–1962), English director, screenwriter, animator, and actor
Anson Funderburgh (born 1954), American blues guitar player and bandleader
Anson Goodyear (1877–1964), American manufacturer, businessman, author, and philanthropist
Anson Rogers Graves (1842–1931), first Episcopal bishop of the Missionary District of Western Nebraska
Anson Harrold (1870–1907), American football player and coach
Anson Henry (born 1979), Canadian sprinter of Jamaican descent
Anson G. Henry (1804–1865), American physician and politician
Anson Herrick (1812–1868), U.S. Representative from New York
Anson Parsons Hotaling (1827–1900), San Francisco merchant and real estate developer
Anson Hu (born 1983), Chinese singer

K-Z

Anson F. Keeler (1887–1943), Connecticut State Comptroller
Anson Jones (1798–1858), last President of the Republic of Texas
Anson Kong (born 1992), Hong Kong singer
Anson Lo (born 1995), Hong Kong singer
Anson W. Mackay (fl. 1990s–2010s), professor of geography at University College London
Anson S. Marshall (1822–1874), American attorney and politician
Anson G. McCook (1835–1917), American military and political figure
Anson Mills (1834–1924), United States Army officer, surveyor, inventor, and entrepreneur
Anson Morrill (1803–1887), 24th governor of Maine
Anson D. Morse (1846–1916), educator, historian, and professor at Amherst College
Anson Mount (born 1973), American actor
Anson Green Phelps (1781–1858), American entrepreneur and business man
Anson Paul (born 1988), actor in Indian films
Anson W. Pope (1812–1871), Wisconsin State Assembly member
Anson Rabinbach (born 1945), historian of modern Europe
Anson Rainey (1930–2011), Israeli professor of ancient Near Eastern cultures and Semitic linguistics
Anson 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 pioneer
Anson P. K. Safford (c. 1830–1891), third Governor of Arizona Territory
Anson D. Shupe (1948–2015), American sociologist
Anson Stager (1825–1885), co-founder of Western Union
Anson Phelps Stokes (disambiguation), various people
Anson Weeks (1896–1969), American dance band leader
Anson Williams (born 1949), actor and director
Anson Wilson (fl. 1830s–1860s), builder of the Anson Wilson House in Eastern Iowa
Anson S. Wood (1834–1904), American lawyer and politician