Ransome is the surname of:

Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), English author and journalist Ernest L. Ransome (1852–1917), Anglo-American architect and concrete engineer Frederick Ransome (1818–1893), British inventor of artificial stone Frederick Leslie Ransome (1868–1934), English-American geologist James Ransome (manufacturer) (1782–1849), British agricultural machinery manufacturer, son of Robert Ransome James Ransome (illustrator), American illustrator of children's books James Allen Ransome (1806–1875), British agricultural machinery manufacturer and writer, grandson of Robert Ransome Prunella Ransome (1943–2002), English actress Robert Ransome (1753–1830), British founder of an agricultural machinery maker

See also Ransom (surname) Ransome-Kuti family, an influential Nigerian family Jennifer Ransome, a Marvel Comics character Ransone (redirect)