Anson (name)
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Anson is a given name and surname of English origin, typically arising as a variation of the name Hanson.
- Adelbert Anson (1840–1909), Canadian Anglican bishop
- Albert Edward Anson (1879–1936), British actor
- Andy Anson (born 1964/1965), British businessman
- Augustus Anson (1835–1877), British Victoria Cross recipient and politician
- Cap Anson (1852–1922), American baseball player
- Charles H. Anson (1841–1928), American politician and businessman
- Claude Anson (1889–1969), English cricketer
- Edward Anson (1826–1925), British general and colonial governor
- Eric Anson (1892–1969), New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist
- Frank A. Anson (1844–1909), American politician and businessman
- Frederick Anson (1811–1885), Canon, St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
- Geoffrey Anson (1922–1977), English cricketer
- George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762), British admiral, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe
- George Anson (politician, born 1731) (1731–1789), British politician
- George Anson (British Army officer, born 1769) (1769–1849), British general during the Peninsular War
- George Anson (British Army officer, born 1797) (1797–1857), British Commander-in-Chief, India, during the Indian rebellion of 1857
- George Anson (priest) (1820–1898), British clergy and Archdeacon of Manchester
- George Edward Anson (1812–1849), courtier and British politician, Treasurer of the Household to HRH Prince Albert
- George W. Anson (1847–1920), British actor
- Horatio Saint George Anson (1903–1925), British electrical engineer
- Jack L. Anson (1924–1990), American college interfraternity movement leader
- Jay Anson (1921–1980), American author of The Amityville Horror
- Jennifer Anson (born 1977), Palauan judoka athlete
- John Anson (born 1949), Canadian wrestler
- John W. Anson (1817–1881), British actor
- Mortimer Louis Anson (1901–1968), protein scientist
- Pascal Anson (born 1973), English designer and artist
- Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939–2005), British photographer
- Peter Anson (1889–1975), English writer
- Robert Sam Anson (1945–2020), American writer and journalist
- Rupert Anson (1889–1966), English cricketer
- Scott Anson (born 1989), Scottish footballer
- Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet (1772–1847), general in the British Army
- Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet (1843–1914), English contract lawyer and Liberal Unionist politician
- Talavera Vernon Anson (1809–1895), British naval officer
- Thomas Anson (politician, died 1773) (c. 1695 – 1773), British politician
- Thomas Anson (cricketer) (1818–1899), English clergyman and cricketer
- Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (1767–1818), British politician and peer
