Globally, Dawson (Dawson 
, 道森 
, Досон 
, among others...) is quite a common boy's first name. The first name Dawson is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, the United States, and Canada, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, China, and Tanzania. More frequently, Dawson is the last name as well as the forename.
Dawson is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dawson Leery , the character from the WB television drama Dawson's Creek.
| montague dorothy dawson Peerage person ID=131955 (b. 1725) |
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| musgrove dawson (b. 1730) |
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vesey john dawson British Army general, GB (b. 1853) |
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miles menander dawson American actuary and author of poetry and philosophy, and ethics, US (b. 1863) |
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anderson dawson Australian politician (1863-1910), AU (b. 1863) |
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| fawcett dawson author (b. 1818) |
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sir benjamin dawson, 1st baronet English textile manufacturer (b. 1878) |
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| erskine scott francis george dawson (1829-1875) (b. 1829) |
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coningsby dawson American writer, US (b. 1883) |
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| jackson thornton dawson American rose breeder and horticulturalist (1842 - 1916) (b. 1842) |
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| canon ambrose pudsey dawson (1843-1930) (b. 1843) |
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giles dawson American 20th-century Shakespearean scholar, paleographer, and librarian (b. 1903) |
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| erskine william douglas hamilton dawson (1889-1917) (b. 1889) |
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| montague dawson British painter, GB (b. 1890) |
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| mitchell dawson American writer and lawyer (b. 1890) |
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