Ransom (given name)

Ransom is a male given name which may refer to:

• Ransom Cook (1794–1881), American inventor
• Ransom W. Dunham (1838–1896), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Ransom Dunn (1818–1900), American minister and theologian
• Ransom L. Ford (1878–1973), American politician from Michigan
• Ransom H. Gillet (1800–1876), U.S. Representative from New York
• Ransom Halloway (1793–1851), U.S. Representative from New York
• Ransom C. Johnson (1849–1904), American politician from Michigan
• Ransom Asa Moore, an agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ransom B. Moore (1827–1904), California pioneer and Arizona Territory Legislator
• Ransom A. Myers (1952–2007), marine biologist and conservationist
• Ransom E. Olds (1864–1950), American automotive industry pioneer, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named
• Ransom Riggs, American writer and filmmaker
• Ransom B. Shelden, Sr. (1814–1878), founder of Houghton, Michigan
• Ransom Stephens, American physicist and writer

Fictional Characters

• Hugh Ransom Drysdale, often referred to as Ransom, was a major character in the 2019 Rian Johnson film Knives Out.

See also

• Ransome Gillett Holdridge (1836–1899), an early San Francisco school painter
• Ransome Judson Williams (1872–1970), American politician and 102nd Governor of South Carolina