Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.
Ransom or The Ransom may also refer to:
People Ransom (surname) Ransom (given name)
Places in the United States Ransom, Illinois, a village Ransom, Kansas, a city Ransom, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Ransom, Minnesota, an unincorporated community Ransom County, North Dakota Ransom Township (disambiguation) Ransom House (disambiguation), various buildings on the National Register of Historic Places
Film and television The Ransom (1915 film), a lost American silent drama Ransom (1928 film), a lost American silent film Ransom!, a 1956 American film starring Glenn Ford Ransom (1974 film), a British film starring Sean Connery The Ransom (1977 film), an American thriller film starring Oliver Reed Ransom (1996 film), an American remake of the 1956 film, starring Mel Gibson Ransom Stoddard, protagonist of the 1962 western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, played by James Stewart Ransom (TV series), a 2017 Canadian TV series "Ransom" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), a 2020 episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine "The Ransom", a 1970 episode of Hawaii Five-O "The Ransom", a 1967 episode of The Invaders "The Ransom", a 1966 episode of Mission: Impossible
Music "Ransom" (Pendulum song), by Australian band Pendulum "Ransom" (Lil Tecca song), by American rapper Lil Tecca "Ransom", a song by Avion 1986 The Ransom (EP), a 2004 EP by Cartel, or the title song "The Ransom", a song by Escape the Fate from There's No Sympathy for the Dead
Novels Ransom (Cleary novel), a 1973 novel by Jon Cleary Ransom (Duncan novel), a 1966 novel by Lois Duncan Ransom (Garwood novel), a 1999 novel by Julie Garwood Ransom (Malouf novel), a 2009 novel by David Malouf Ransom (Steel novel), a 2004 novel by Danielle Steel Ransom Trilogy or The Space Trilogy, a 1938–1945 series of novels by C. S. Lewis Ransom, a 1985 novel by Jay McInerney
Other uses Crucifixion of Jesus USS Ransom (AM-283), a United States Navy minesweeper during World War II Ransom School for Boys, a school in Florida that in 1975 merged with a girls' school to become Ransom Everglades Ransom (comics), Marvel Comics character
See also Ransom Room (El Cuarto del Rescate), a small room in Peru where the Inca Emperor Atahualpa was imprisoned by the Spaniards Ransome (disambiguation) Ramsons, a wild relative of chives Ransomware (malware), a class of malware RANSUM (Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine), based at Sydney, Australia Threshold pledge system or ransom publishing model, a fund-raising system