Bronson (name)

Bronson is both UK surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Alvin Bronson (1783–1881), American businessman and politician
• Ben Bronson (born 1972), American football player
• Betty Bronson (1906–1971), American television and film actress
• Bryan Bronson (born 1972), American hurdler
• Charles Bronson (née Charles Dennis Buchinsky, 1921–2003), American actor
• Charles Bronson (prisoner) (born 1952 as Michael Gordon Peterson), British convicted prisoner
• Deming Bronson (1894–1957), American army officer
• Greene C. Bronson (1789–1863), American politician
• Isaac H. Bronson (1802–1855), United States representative from New York
• Josiah Bronson (born 1997), American football player
• Lillian Bronson (1902–1995), American actress
• Richard Bronson (born 1941), American mathematician
• Richard "Skip" Bronson (fl. 1980s–2010s), American real estate developer
• Ruth Muskrat Bronson (née Ruth Margaret Muskrat, 1897–1982), American Cherokee poet and activist
• Po Bronson (born 1964), American author

Given name

• Bronson Alcott (1799–1888), American teacher and writer, father of Louisa May Alcott
• Bronson Arroyo (born 1977), major league pitcher, member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox world series team
• Bronson Beri (born 1989), New Zealand basketball player
• Bronson Burgoon (born 1987), American professional golfer
• Bronson Chama (born 1986), Zambian professional footballer
• Bronson Crothers (1884–1959), American pediatric neurologist and professor
• Bronson M. Cutting (1888–1935), United States senator from New Mexico
• Bronson Garlick (born 1995), Australian professional rugby league footballer
• Bronson Gengezha (born 1981), Zimbabwean sculptor
• Bronson Harrison (born 1985), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer
• Bronson Heflin (born 1971), American professional baseball pitcher
• Bronson Hill (born 1993), American football running back
• Bronson Howard (1842–1908), American dramatist
• Bronson James (fl. 1990s–2020s), justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
• Bronson Kaufusi (born 1991), American football tight end
• Bronson Koenig (born 1994), American basketball player
• Bronson La Follette (1936–2018), American politician and lawyer
• Bronson La'Cassie (born 1983), Australian professional golfer
• Bronson Murray (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union player
• Bronson Pelletier (born 1986), Canadian actor
• Bronson Pinchot (born 1959), American actor
• Bronson Price (fl. 2010s–2020s), New Zealand MC, rapper and urban poet
• Bronson Ray (1868–1934), Southern Baptist minister
• Bronson Reed (born 1988), Australian professional wrestler
• Bronson Sardinha (born 1983), major league outfielder
• Bronson Cushing Skinner (1889–1981), American concentrated orange juice pioneer
• Bronson Tauakipulu (born 1996), Samoan rugby union player
• Bronson Varde (fl. 2020s), competitor on the American Song Contest
• Marko Vukcevich (fl. 1990s–2000s), also known as Bronson, an ex-member of the band Mushroomhead
• Bronson Webb (born 1983), British actor
• Bronson Winthrop (1863–1944), American philanthropist and lawyer
• Bronson Xerri (born 2000), Australian professional rugby league footballer
• Buronson (or Bronson; born 1947), a Japanese comics writer

Fictional characters

• Bronson, a fictional character in Mother 3
• Bronson Twist, a fictional character in Round the Twist
• Martha Bronson, a fictional recurring character in the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver.
• Tom Bronson, a fictional character in DC Comics.