People
- Dawson (surname)
- People with first name Dawson
- Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864-1939), British-born Impressionist painter
- Dawson Mathis (born 1940), former U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Dawson McAllister (born 1946), American speaker, radio host, and author
- Dawson Trotman (1906–1956), evangelist, crusader and founder of the Christian organization The Navigators
- Dawson Turner (1775-1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary
- Dawson Turner (rugby union) (1846-1909), English rugby union player, grandson of the above Dawson Turner
- Fictional characters
- Dawson, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Dawson Leery, on the TV show Dawson's Creek
- Frank Dawson, on the 1959-1960 syndicated TV series This Man Dawson, starring Keith Andes
- Eddie Dawson, of Monk Dawson (novel) and the film adaptation Monk Dawson
- Jack Dawson (Titanic), in the 1997 film Titanic
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