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Dobson (surname)

Dobson is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with this surname include:

People

Acting

  • Anita Dobson (born 1949), English actress
  • The Dobson brothers, Michael, Paul, and Brian, English-Canadian voice actors
  • Kevin Dobson (1943–2020), American television actor
  • Peter Dobson (born 1964), American actor
  • Tamara Dobson (1947–2006), American actress

Art

  • Cowan Dobson born David Cowan (1894–1980), brother of Henry Raeburn, (1894–1980), Scottish portrait painter
  • Frank Dobson (1886–1963), British artist
  • Henry Raeburn Dobson (1901–1985), Scottish portrait and genre painter
  • Margaret Dobson, American artist
  • Mary Dobson, British artist
  • William Dobson (1610–1646), English painter

Military

  • Claude Congreve Dobson VC (1885–1940), British Royal Naval officer
  • David Dobson (born 1938), British vice admiral in the Royal Navy
  • Frederick William Dobson (1886–1935), British soldier
  • Harry Dobson (International Brigades) (1907-1938) Welsh miner and International Brigades volunteer

Music

  • Bonnie Dobson (born 1940), Canadian folk musician
  • Dobby Dobson (1942–2020), Jamaican reggae singer and record producer
  • Fefe Dobson (born 1985), Canadian singer and entertainer
  • Richard Dobson (1942–2017), American singer-songwriter
  • Simon Dobson (born 1981), English composer

Politics

  • Wiliam Polk Dobson (1783-1846), United States politician, Senator of North Carolina
  • Shelby Brianne Dobson (1995-) U.S. Texas politician
  • Benjamin Alfred Dobson (1847–1898), English industrialist and mayor of Bolton
  • Frank Dobson (1940–2019), British politician
  • Henry Dobson (1841–1918), Australian politician
  • Jo-Anne Dobson (born 1966), Northern Irish politician
  • John Dobson (Canadian politician) (1824–1907) Canadian senator
  • John Dobson (Northern Ireland politician) (1929–2009) Northern Irish politician
  • Ruth Dobson (1918–1989), Australian diplomat

Science

  • Brian Dobson (1931–2012), English archaeologist
  • Chris Dobson (1949–2019), British chemist
  • David Clark Dobson (born 1962), American applied mathematician
  • Gordon Dobson (1889–1975), British meteorologist
  • John Dobson (amateur astronomer) (1915–2014), American popularizer of amateur astronomy

Sports

  • Aaron Dobson (born 1991), American football player
  • Austin Dobson (1912–1963), English racing driver
  • Chuck Dobson (1944–2021), American baseball player
  • Denys Dobson (1880–1916), England international rugby player
  • Dominic Dobson (born 1957), German racing driver
  • Frank Dobson (1885–1959), American college sports coach
  • Joe Dobson (1917–1994), American baseball player
  • Kenneth Dobson (1900–1960), English cricketer
  • Mark Dobson (born 1962), English cricketer
  • Noah Dobson (born 2000) Canadian ice hockey player
  • Pat Dobson (1942–2006), American baseball player
  • Tom Dobson (rugby union) (1871–1937), Scottish-born Wales international rugby player

Writing

  • Austin Dobson (1840–1921), English poet
  • Barrie Dobson (1931–2013), British historian
  • Bridget and Jerome Dobson, American writers of the Santa Barbara soap opera
  • Dennis Dobson (1919–1978), British book publisher
  • Ed Dobson (1949–2015), American author and pastor
  • Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), English poet and essayist
  • Joanne Dobson, (born 1942), American novelist
  • Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), Australian poet

Other

  • Arthur Dudley Dobson (1841–1934), New Zealand engineer and explorer
  • Bryan Dobson (born 1960), Irish broadcaster
  • Caroline Matilda Dodson (1845–1898), American physician
  • Emily Dobson (1842–1934), Australian philanthropist
  • George Dobson (disambiguation)
  • Harmon Dobson (1913–1967), American entrepreneur and co-founder of Whataburger
  • James Dobson (1936–2025), American conservative Christian psychologist and radio host
  • John Dobson (1787–1865), English architect
  • Michael Dobson (disambiguation)
  • Naomi Pollard Dobson (1883–1971), American librarian and educator
  • Paul Dobson (disambiguation)
  • Vernon Dobson (1923–2013), American Baptist minister
  • Wayne Dobson (1957–2025), English magician

Fictional characters

  • Lawrence Dobson, a fictional character in the TV series Firefly
  • Zuleika Dobson, title character of a 1911 novel by Max Beerbohm
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