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 (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) (died 1112), chaplain to William the Conqueror, later Bishop of Worcester
• Samson Abramsky (born 1953), British computer scientist
• Samson Kandie (born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Samson Kitur (1966–2003), Kenyan middle-distance runner
• Shimshon Brokman (born 1957), Israeli Olympic sailor
• Shimshon Rozen (1952–2011), Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer and colonel

Surname:

• 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
• Edmé Samson (1810-1891), French possible forger of porcelain and pottery
• Jerome Samson (born 1987), Canadian National Hockey League player for the Carolina Hurricanes
• Michel Samson, Canadian politician
• Paul Samson (1953-2002), British heavy metal guitarist
• Polly Samson (born 1962), British novelist, songwriter and journalist
• Stéphane Samson (born 1975), French footballer

Patronymic:

• Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer