Dobson is an English and Scottish surname.
Notable people with this surname include:
People Acting Anita Dobson (born 1949), English actress The Dobson brothers, Michael, Paul, and Brian, English-Canadian voice actors Kevin Dobson (1943–2020), American television actor Peter Dobson (born 1964), American actor Tamara Dobson (1947–2006), American actress
Art Cowan Dobson born David Cowan (1894–1980), brother of Henry Raeburn, (1894–1980), Scottish portrait painter Frank Dobson (1886–1963), British artist Henry Raeburn Dobson (1901–1985), Scottish portrait and genre painter Margaret Dobson, American artist Mary Dobson, British artist William Dobson (1610–1646), English painter
Military Claude Congreve Dobson VC (1885–1940), British Royal Naval officer David Dobson (born 1938), British vice admiral in the Royal Navy Frederick William Dobson (1886–1935), British soldier Harry Dobson (International Brigades) (1907-1938) Welsh miner and International Brigades volunteer
Music Bonnie Dobson (born 1940), Canadian folk musician Dobby Dobson (1942–2020), Jamaican reggae singer and record producer Fefe Dobson (born 1985), Canadian singer and entertainer Richard Dobson (1942–2017), American singer-songwriter Simon Dobson (born 1981), English composer
Politics Benjamin Alfred Dobson (1847–1898), English industrialist and mayor of Bolton Frank Dobson (1940–2019), British politician Henry Dobson (1841–1918), Australian politician Jeremy Dobson, American politician Jo-Anne Dobson (born 1966), Northern Irish politician John Dobson (Canadian politician) (1824–1907) Canadian senator John Dobson (Northern Ireland politician) (1929–2009) Northern Irish politician Ruth Dobson (1918–1989), Australian diplomat Shelby Brianne Dobson (1995-) U.S. Texas politician Wiliam Polk Dobson (1783-1846), United States politician, Senator of North Carolina
Science Brian Dobson (1931–2012), English archaeologist Chris Dobson (1949–2019), British chemist David Clark Dobson (born 1962), American applied mathematician Gordon Dobson (1889–1975), British meteorologist John Dobson (amateur astronomer) (1915–2014), American popularizer of amateur astronomy
Sports Aaron Dobson (born 1991), American football player Austin Dobson (1912–1963), English racing driver Chuck Dobson (1944–2021), American baseball player Denys Dobson (1880–1916), England international rugby player Dominic Dobson (born 1957), German racing driver Frank Dobson (1885–1959), American college sports coach Joe Dobson (1917–1994), American baseball player Kenneth Dobson (1900–1960), English cricketer Mark Dobson (born 1962), English cricketer Noah Dobson (born 2000) Canadian ice hockey player Pat Dobson (1942–2006), American baseball player Tom Dobson (rugby union) (1871–1937), Scottish-born Wales international rugby player
Writing Austin Dobson (1840–1921), English poet Barrie Dobson (1931–2013), British historian Bridget and Jerome Dobson, American writers of the Santa Barbara soap opera Dennis Dobson (1919–1978), British book publisher Ed Dobson (1949–2015), American author and pastor Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), English poet and essayist Joanne Dobson, (born 1942), American novelist Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), Australian poet
Other Arthur Dudley Dobson (1841–1934), New Zealand engineer and explorer Bryan Dobson (born 1960), Irish broadcaster Caroline Matilda Dodson (1845–1898), American physician Emily Dobson (1842–1934), Australian philanthropist George Dobson (disambiguation) Harmon Dobson (1913–1967), American entrepreneur and co-founder of Whataburger James Dobson (1936–2025), American conservative Christian psychologist and radio host John Dobson (1787–1865), English architect Michael Dobson (disambiguation) Naomi Pollard Dobson (1883–1971), American librarian and educator Paul Dobson (disambiguation) Vernon Dobson (1923–2013), American Baptist minister Wayne Dobson (1957–2025), English magician
Fictional characters Lawrence Dobson, a fictional character in the TV series Firefly Zuleika Dobson, title character of a 1911 novel by Max Beerbohm