Ransom (given name)
Ransom is a male given name which may refer to:
- 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 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), Michigan politician
- Ransom Asa Moore, an agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ransom B. Moore (1827–1904), California pioneer and Arizona Territory Legislator
- Ransom A. Myers (1952–2007), 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, American writer and filmmaker
- Ransom B. Shelden, Sr. (1814–1878), founder of Houghton, Michigan
- Ransom Stephens, American physicist and writer
See also
- Ransome Gillett Holdridge (1836–1899), an early San Francisco school painter
- Ransome Judson Williams (1872–1970), American politician and 102nd Governor of South Carolina
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