Hobson
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Hobson is a surname, and may refer to
- Annie Leigh Hobson Broughton, American academic administrator
- Bulmer Hobson, Northern Ireland writer and Republican
- Butch Hobson, American baseball player
- Dave Hobson, American politician
- E. W. Hobson, British mathematician
- Edward H. Hobson, American Civil War general
- Frederick Hobson, Canadian soldier
- Gary Hobson, leading character of the television series Early Edition
- Howard Hobson, American basketball coach
- James Allan Hobson (*1933), American psychologist, professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School
- John Atkinson Hobson (1858–1940), English economist
- Julius Hobson, American politician
- Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist
- Mark Hobson, British murderer
- Michael Hobson, American publisher of Marvel Comics
- Peter Hobson ([?]–), English psychology professor
- Peter R. Hobson ([?]–), British professor of Particle Physics
- Peter R. Hobson (1942-), Australian Associate Professor of Education
- Phylip A. D. Hobson (1968-) British politician
- Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870 - 1937) U.S. Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, and U.S. Congressman from Alabama
- Richmond P. Hobson, Jr., American-Canadian writer
- Thomas Hobson, English stable manager responsible for origin of the phrase Hobson's choice (some sources give his first name as Tobias)
- Valerie Hobson (1917–1998), British actress, wife of John Profumo
- Victor Hobson, American football player
- William Hobson (1792–1842), first Governor-General of New Zealand
[edit] See also
- Hobson, a village in County Durham, England
- Hobson-Jobson, alternative title of a book and a phrase in English