Hudson (surname)

Hudson
Family name
Meaning	"son of Hugh" (Hudd was very common and a pet name for Hugh)
Region of origin	England
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Hudson is an English surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

A

• Andrew Hudson (born 1965), South African test cricketer
• Angus Hudson, Fictional character, a butler, in the 1970s British TV Series 'Upstairs Downstairs'
• Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet (1897–1956), British Conservative politician

B

• Ben Hudson, Australian AFL player
• Bill Hudson (disambiguation)
• Brett Hudson (born 1953), American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers

C

• Charles Hudson (disambiguation)

D

• Daniel Hudson (born 1987), MLB pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Dave Hudson (born 1974), American artist, musician, boxer and wrestler
• David Hudson (musician), Australian Aboriginal musician
• Dawn Hudson (born c. 1957), CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

E

• Erasmus Darwin Hudson (1805-1880), surgeon
• Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Jr. (1843-1887), physician
• Erlund Hudson (1912-2011), British artist
• Ernie Hudson (born 1945), American actor and playwright

F

• Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, another Brazilian footballer commonly known as Hudson
• Francisco Hudson (1826–1859), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer

G

• Garth Hudson (born 1937), Canadian musician
• George Hudson (1800–1871), English railway financier
• George Vernon Hudson (1867–1946), New Zealand entomologist
• Grant M. Hudson (1868–1955), U.S. Representative from Michigan

H

• Henry Hudson (artist), British artist
• Henry E. Hudson (born 1947), United States district court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
• Henry Elliott Hudson (1798–1889), Irish music collector
• Henry Louis Hudson (1898–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
• Henry Hudson (d. 1611), English sea explorer and navigator
• Hilda Phoebe Hudson (1881–1965) English mathematician
• Hosea Hudson (1898–1988), African-American labor leader and civil rights activist
• (James) Hudson Taylor (1832–1905), missionary to China
• Hugh Hudson (born 1937), English film director

J

• Jackie Hudson (1934–2011), anti-nuclear proliferation and peace activist
• James Hudson (rugby union) (born 1981), English rugby union footballer
• Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), English dwarf in the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England
• Jennifer Hudson (born 1981), American singer and actress
• Joe Hudson (born 1970), American baseball player
• John Hudson (classicist) (1662–1719), English classical scholar
• Joseph Lowthian Hudson (1846–1912), aka J. L. Hudson, department store magnate and financier of the Hudson Motor Car Company

K

• Karl Hudson-Phillips (born 1933), Trinidadian lawyer, judge of the International Criminal Court
• Kate Hudson (born 1979), American actress
• Katheryn Hudson (Katy Perry) (born 1984), American singer
• Kirk Hudson (born 1986), English footballer

L

• Lucy-Jo Hudson (born 1983), English actress

M

• Manley Ottmer Hudson, American professor of international law, editor of the American Journal of International Law and judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.
• Mark Hudson (footballer born 1980), English footballer currently with West Auckland Town AFC
• Mark Hudson (footballer born 1982), English footballer currently with Cardiff City
• Mark Hudson (musician) (born 1951), American record producer, musician, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
• Murray Ken Hudson (1938–1974), New Zealand soldier awarded the George Cross

N

• Newt Hudson (1926-2014), American politician
• Norman Hudson (born 1945), English publisher and advisor on historic houses

O

• Oliver Hudson (born 1976), American actor
• Orlando Hudson, a current baseball player who used to be with the Minnesota Twins

P

• Paul Hudson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1970), Australian Rules Football player
• Peter Hudson (born 1946), Australian Rules football player

R

• Ray Hudson (born 1955), English former football player and coach
• Robert George Spencer Hudson, geologist and paleontologist
• Robert H. Hudson (born 1938), an American artist
• Robert Hudson (broadcaster), British broadcaster on cricket, rugby and state occasions
• Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson (1886–1957), UK politician
• Robert Spear Hudson died 1884, popularized dry soap powder
• Robert William Hudson, (1856–1937), his son, soap manufacturer
• Robin E. Hudson (born 1952), American judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
• Rock Hudson (1925–1985), American actor
• Roger Hudson (cricketer) (born 1967), English cricketer
• Roger Hudson (sailor) (born 1978), South African sailor
• Ryan Hudson, British rugby player

S

• Sarah Hudson (singer) (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
• Saul Hudson (born 1965), English-American Rock Guitarist. A.K.A. Slash.
• Scott Hudson (disambiguation)

T

• Thomas Hudson (painter) (1701–1779), British portrait painter
• Tim Hudson, MLB pitcher
• Troy Hudson, Former NBA player

W

• Will Hudson (born 1989), American basketball player
• William Henry Hudson, (1841–1922), Argentine-British author, naturalist, and ornithologist
• William Hudson (botanist) (1730–1793), British botanist and apothecary
• William L. Hudson (1794–1862), United States Navy officer in the 19th century
• William Parker Hudson (1841–1894), a Canadian businessman and politician