Ransom (surname)
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Ransom or Ransome is an English surname, also found in some trade names and military company names; it might derive either from the noun "ransom" or from contraction of "Ranulf
's son".
Ranulf
Ranulf is masculine given name in the English language. It is derived from the Old Norse name Reginúlfr. This Old Norse personal name is composed of two elements: the first, regin, means "advice", "decision" ; the second element, úlfr, means "wolf"...
's son".
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(1908–1992), American college football coach - Arthur RansomeArthur RansomeArthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. These tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; other common subjects...
(1884–1967), British journalist, spy, and children's author - Brian RansomBrian RansomBrian Ransom was a Manitoba politician. In 1983, he unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba....
(born 1940), Canadian state politician - Candice F. RansomCandice F. RansomCandice F. Ransom is a popular children and young adult author. She has written over 90 books, including several books for The Boxcar Children series and the Sunfire series....
(living), American author - Cody RansomCody RansomBryan Cody Ransom is an American professional baseball utility infielder who is a free agent.-Early life:...
(born 1976), American professional baseball player - Epaphroditus RansomEpaphroditus RansomEpaphroditus Ransom was the seventh Governor of Michigan and Michigan Supreme Court justice from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life in Massachusetts and Vermont:...
(1798–1859), American state governor and state supreme court justice - Ernest L. RansomeErnest L. RansomeErnest Leslie Ransome was an English-born engineer, architect, and early innovator in reinforced concrete building techniques. Ransome devised the most sophisticated concrete structures in the United States at the time....
(1852-1917), Anglo-American architect and concrete engineer - Frederick Leslie RansomeFrederick Leslie RansomeFrederick Leslie Ransome, Ph.D. was an American geologist, born at Greenwich, England. He was educated at the University of California . He was employed by the United States Geological Survey. His many official reports and bulletins dealt mainly with phases of economic geology...
(1868–1934), English-American geologist - Frederick Ransome (1818–1893) British inventor of artificial stone
- John Crowe RansomJohn Crowe RansomJohn Crowe Ransom was an American poet, essayist, magazine editor, and professor.-Life:...
(1888–1974), American poet, essayist, social and political theorist, man of letters, and academic - Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826–1904), American state politician and Civil War General
- Mike Ransom (born 1977), American musician
- Melanie Ransom (living), Canadian politician
- P. J. G. Ransom, British non-fiction author
- Reverdy Cassius RansomReverdy Cassius RansomReverdy Cassius Ransom was a United States African American Christian socialist, civil rights activist, and he was ordained and served in the African Methodist Episcopal Church as a Methodist Bishop.-Life:Reverdy C...
(1861–1959), African American Christian socialist, civil rights activist, and Methodist Bishop - Robert Ransom, Jr. (1828–1892), U.S. senator, civil engineer, and Civil War major-general
- Thomas E. G. RansomThomas E. G. RansomThomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom was a surveyor, civil engineer, real estate speculator, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1834–1864), American surveyor, civil engineer, real estate speculator, and Civil War general - Tim Ransom (born 1960), American designer and author