Family name Lawson (Lawson 
, ローソン 
, Лосон 
, and others...) , all over the world, is a widespread surname. The cognomen Lawson is characteristic of Togo, where it is a common surname, Jamaica, where it is quite a common surname, and Ghana (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ghana. Much less frequently, Lawson is the forename as well as the last name.
| james lawson Church of Scotland minister (1538-1584) (b. 1538) |
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| wilfred lawson English politician (b. 1545) |
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| william lawson English clergyman and author on gardening (b. 1554) |
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john lawson English naval officer and republican (b. 1615) |
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| dorothy lawson Lawson [née Constable], Dorothy (1580–1632), recusant and priest harbourer (b. 1580) |
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| george lawson Lawson, George (bap. 1598?, d. 1678), Church of England clergyman and political writer (b. 1598) |
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| sir wilfrid lawson, 1st bt. English politician (b. 1610) |
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| thomas lawson English Independent minister (b. 1620) |
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| thomas lawson English botanist and Quaker (1630-1691) (b. 1630) |
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| john lawson English physician, GB (b. 1632) |
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| wilfrid lawson English politician (b. 1636) |
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sir wilfrid lawson, 3rd baronet, of isell British politician (b. 1697) |
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| sir wilfrid lawson, 2nd baronet, of isell English politician (b. 1664) |
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| john lawson English explorer, naturalist and writer, GB (b. 1674) |
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| sir gilfred lawson, 6th bt. British Baronet (b. 1675) |
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