Ransom (given name)

Ransom is a male given name which may refer to the following people:

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 (1861–1941), American agronomist and professor Ransom B. Moore (1827–1904), California pioneer and Arizona Territory legislator Ransom A. Myers (1952–2007), American-Canadian 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 (born 1979), American writer and filmmaker Ransom B. Shelden Sr. (1814–1878), founder of Houghton, Michigan Ransom Stephens, American physicist and writer

See also Ransome G. Holdridge (1836–1899), American painter Ransome Judson Williams (1872–1970), American politician and 102nd governor of South Carolina