Lawson is a masculine given name borne by:
Lawson Aschenbach (born 1983), American racing driver Lawson Butt (1880–1956), British actor and director of the silent era Lawson Craddock (born 1992), American former road and track racing cyclist Lawson Crouse (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League Lawson D'Ath (born 1992), English footballer Lawson Duncan (born 1964), American retired tennis player Lawson D. Franklin (1804–1861), American planter, slave trader and businessman Lawson Harris (1897–1948), American director, actor, producer and writer Lawson Harvey (1856–1920), American lawyer, politician and justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Lawson Humphries (born 2003), Australian rules footballer Lawson Fusao Inada (born 1938), Japanese-American poet Lawson Insley, 19th century daguerreotyptist in Australia and New Zealand Lawson Little (1910–1968), American golfer Lawson Luckie (born 2004), American football player Lawson Oyekan (born 1961), British-Nigerian contemporary ceramic sculptor Lawson P. Ramage (1909–1990), United States Navy vice admiral and Medal of Honor recipient Lawson Roll (born 1965), English former cricketer Lawson Rollins, American guitarist Lawson Sabah (born 1997), Ghanaian footballer Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior (1926–2017), British microbiologist and parasitologist Lawson Steele (), African-American politician in Alabama during the Reconstruction era Lawson Sunderland (born 2001), American soccer player in the Netherlands Lawson Tait (1845–1899), Scottish surgical pioneer Lawson Thomas (1898–1989), American lawyer and civil rights activist, first African-American judge appointed in the American South since Reconstruction Lawson C. Tosh (1879–1954), American politician Lawson Vaughn (born 1984), American retired soccer player Lawson Wilkins (1894–1963), American pediatric endocrinologist Lawson Wood (1878–1957), English painter, illustrator and designer Lawson Wulsin (born 1951), American psychiatrist and author