Hudson (surname)
| Hudson | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | "son of Hugh" (Hudd was very common and a pet name for Hugh) |
| Region of origin | England |
| Footnotes: Frequency Comparison: [1] | |
Hudson is an English surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
A
- Andrew Hudson (born 1965), South African test cricketer
- Angus Hudson, Fictional character, a butler, in the 1970s British TV Series 'Upstairs Downstairs'
- Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet (1897–1956), British Conservative politician
B
- Ben Hudson, Australian AFL player
- Bill Hudson (disambiguation)
- Brett Hudson (born 1953), American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
C
D
- Daniel Hudson (born 1987), MLB pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Dave Hudson (born 1974), American artist, musician, boxer and wrestler
- David Hudson (musician), Australian Aboriginal musician
- Dawn Hudson (born c. 1957), CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
E
- Erasmus Darwin Hudson (1805-1880), surgeon
- Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Jr. (1843-1887), physician
- Erlund Hudson (1912-2011), British artist
- Ernie Hudson (born 1945), American actor and playwright
F
- Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, another Brazilian footballer commonly known as Hudson
- Francisco Hudson (1826–1859), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer
G
- Garth Hudson (born 1937), Canadian musician
- George Hudson (1800–1871), English railway financier
- George Vernon Hudson (1867–1946), New Zealand entomologist
- Grant M. Hudson (1868–1955), U.S. Representative from Michigan
H
- Henry Hudson (artist), British artist
- Henry E. Hudson (born 1947), United States district court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Henry Elliott Hudson (1798–1889), Irish music collector
- Henry Louis Hudson (1898–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
- Henry Hudson (d. 1611), English sea explorer and navigator
- Hilda Phoebe Hudson (1881–1965) English mathematician
- Hosea Hudson (1898–1988), African-American labor leader and civil rights activist
- (James) Hudson Taylor (1832–1905), missionary to China
- Hugh Hudson (born 1937), English film director
J
- Jackie Hudson (1934–2011), anti-nuclear proliferation and peace activist
- James Hudson (rugby union) (born 1981), English rugby union footballer
- Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), English dwarf in the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England
- Jennifer Hudson (born 1981), American singer and actress
- Joe Hudson (born 1970), American baseball player
- John Hudson (classicist) (1662–1719), English classical scholar
- Joseph Lowthian Hudson (1846–1912), aka J. L. Hudson, department store magnate and financier of the Hudson Motor Car Company
K
- Karl Hudson-Phillips (born 1933), Trinidadian lawyer, judge of the International Criminal Court
- Kate Hudson (born 1979), American actress
- Katheryn Hudson (Katy Perry) (born 1984), American singer
- Kirk Hudson (born 1986), English footballer
L
- Lucy-Jo Hudson (born 1983), English actress
M
- Manley Ottmer Hudson, American professor of international law, editor of the American Journal of International Law and judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.
- Mark Hudson (footballer born 1980), English footballer currently with West Auckland Town AFC
- Mark Hudson (footballer born 1982), English footballer currently with Cardiff City
- Mark Hudson (musician) (born 1951), American record producer, musician, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
- Murray Ken Hudson (1938–1974), New Zealand soldier awarded the George Cross
N
- Newt Hudson (1926-2014), American politician
- Norman Hudson (born 1945), English publisher and advisor on historic houses
O
- Oliver Hudson (born 1976), American actor
- Orlando Hudson, a current baseball player who used to be with the Minnesota Twins
P
- Paul Hudson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1970), Australian Rules Football player
- Peter Hudson (born 1946), Australian Rules football player
R
- Ray Hudson (born 1955), English former football player and coach
- Robert George Spencer Hudson, geologist and paleontologist
- Robert H. Hudson (born 1938), an American artist
- Robert Hudson (broadcaster), British broadcaster on cricket, rugby and state occasions
- Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson (1886–1957), UK politician
- Robert Spear Hudson died 1884, popularized dry soap powder
- Robert William Hudson, (1856–1937), his son, soap manufacturer
- Robin E. Hudson (born 1952), American judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
- Rock Hudson (1925–1985), American actor
- Roger Hudson (cricketer) (born 1967), English cricketer
- Roger Hudson (sailor) (born 1978), South African sailor
- Ryan Hudson, British rugby player
S
- Sarah Hudson (singer) (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
- Saul Hudson (born 1965), English-American Rock Guitarist. A.K.A. Slash.
- Scott Hudson (disambiguation)
T
- Thomas Hudson (painter) (1701–1779), British portrait painter
- Tim Hudson, MLB pitcher
- Troy Hudson, Former NBA player
W
- Will Hudson (born 1989), American basketball player
- William Henry Hudson, (1841–1922), Argentine-British author, naturalist, and ornithologist
- William Hudson (botanist) (1730–1793), British botanist and apothecary
- William L. Hudson (1794–1862), United States Navy officer in the 19th century
- William Parker Hudson (1841–1894), a Canadian businessman and politician
References
- ↑ "Hudson Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
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