Hudson is a surname of English origin and may refer to:

Persons named Hudson

• Andrew Hudson, South African test cricketer
• Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet (1897?1956), British Conservative politician
• Ben Hudson, Australian AFL player
• Brett Hudson (b. 1953), American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
• David Hudson, musician
• Ernie Hudson, (b. 1945), American actor and playwright
• Garth Hudson (b. 1937), Canadian musician
• George Hudson (1800?1871), English railway financier
• George Vernon Hudson (1867?1946), English entomologist
• Grant M. Hudson (1868?1955), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Henry Hudson (1570?1611), English sea explorer and navigator
• Hugh Hudson (b. 1937), English film director
• Jeffrey Hudson (1619?1682), English dwarf in the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England
• Jennifer Hudson (b. 1981), American singer
• Joe Hudson (b. 1970), American baseball player
• John Hudson (scholar) (1662?1719), English classical scholar
• Karl Hudson-Phillips (b. 1933), Trinidadian lawyer, judge of the International Criminal Court
• Kate Hudson (b. 1979), American actress
• Kirk Hudson (b. 1986), English footballer
• Mark Hudson (b. 1951), American record producer, musician, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
• Mark Hudson (footballer born 1980), English footballer currently with Huddersfield Town
• Mark Hudson (footballer born 1982), English footballer currently with Crystal Palace
• Murray Ken Hudson (1938?1974), New Zealand soldier awarded the George Cross
• Norman Hudson (b. 1945), English publisher and advisor on historic houses
• Oliver Hudson (b. 1976), American actor
• Orlando Hudson, a current baseball player with the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Peter Hudson (b.1983), Australian Rules football player
• Ray Hudson (b. 1955), English former football player and coach
• Robert Hudson (broadcaster), British broadcaster on cricket, rugby and state occasions
• Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson, UK politician
• Robert Hudson Ltd, defunct British manufacturer of steam locomotives
• Robert George Spencer Hudson, geologist and paleontologist
• Robert H. Hudson (born 1938), an American artist
• Robert Spear Hudson (soap) died 1884, popularised dry soap powder
• Robert William Hudson, (1856-1937), his son, soap manufacturer
• Robin E. Hudson (b. 1952), American judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
• Rock Hudson (1925?1985), American actor
• Sarah Hudson (b. 1980), American singer-songwriter
• Saul Hudson (b. 1965), English-American Rock Guitarist. A.K.A Slash.
• Scott Hudson (contemporary), American astronomer
• Thomas Hudson (1701?1779), British portrait painter
• Tim Hudson, MLB pitcher
• Troy Hudson, Former NBA player
• William Hudson (botanist) (1730?1793), British botanist and apothecary
• William Henry Hudson, (1841?1922), Argentinean-British author, naturalist, and ornithologist
• William L. Hudson (1794?1862), United States Navy officer in the 19th century
• William Parker Hudson (1841-1894), a Canadian businessman and politician

• Hudson Luis Silva de Souza, commonly known as Hudson, Brazilian footballer

Place names

Canada

• Hudson's Hope, British Columbia
• Hudson, Quebec

United States

• Hudson, Colorado, town in Weld County
• Hudson, Florida, census-designated place in Pasco County
• Hudson, Illinois, town in McLean County
• Hudson, Indiana, town in Steuben County
• Hudson, Iowa, town in Black Hawk County
• Hudson, Kansas, town in Stafford County
• Hudson, Maine, town in Penobscot County
• Hudson, Massachusetts, town in Middlesex County
• Hudson, Michigan, town in Lenawee County
• Hudson, New Hampshire, town in Hillsborough County
• Hudson, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City, in the borough of Manhattan
• Hudson, New York, city in Columbia County
• Hudson, North Carolina, town in Caldwell County
• Hudson, Ohio, city in Summit County
• Hudson, Pennsylvania, part of Plains Township, Pennsylvania
• Hudson, Texas, town in Angelina County
• Hudson, Wisconsin, town in St. Croix County
• Hudson, Wyoming, town in Fremont County
• Hudson County, New Jersey
• Hudson Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan
• Hudson Township, Lenawee County, Michigan
• Hudson Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
• Hudson Township, Minnesota, in Douglas County
• Hudson Township, Summit County, Ohio, a defunct township

See also

• Hudson Falls, New York, town in Washington County
• Hudsonville, Michigan, town in Ottawa County
• New Hudson, New York, town in Allegany County
• North Hudson, New Jersey
• North Hudson, New York, town in Essex County
• North Hudson, Wisconsin, town in St. Croix County
• Port Hudson, Louisiana

Geographical features

• Hudson Bay, large saltwater body of water in northeastern Canada
• Hudson Gardens, botanical garden in Littleton, Colorado, USA
• Hudson River, river mainly in New York state, USA
  • Hudson Valley, river valley formed by the Hudson River
    • Hudson Valley (magazine), magazine covering the Hudson Valley region
    • Hudson Valley Renegades, American minor league baseball team
  • Mid-Hudson Region, collective name of towns within Hudson Valley
• Hudson Strait, strait connecting Hudson Bay to the Atlantic Ocean in Canada
• Mount Hudson, volcano in Chile

Transport

• CCGS Hudson, an offshore oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard
• Hudson Boatworks, a racing shell manufacturer in London, Ontario (1981 to present)
• Hudson Motor Car Company, an automobile manufacturer in the USA (1909–1957)
• Hudson (steam automobile), a defunct pioneer steam automobile manufacturer in the USA (1901-2)
• Lockheed Hudson, light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft in the 1930s
• NYC Hudson, a locomotive used by New York Central in the 1930s
• Robert Hudson Ltd, defunct British manufacturer of steam locomotives
• Royal Hudson, locomotive used by Canadian Pacific Railway 1937–1960
• USS Hudson (DD-745), Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy (1943–1946)

Arts and entertainment

• Hudson Brothers, American music group in the 1970s
• Hudson Hawk, 1991 film starring Bruce Willis
• Hudson River School, 19th-century American artistic genre
• Hudson Soft, a Japanese video game publisher and developer
• Doc Hudson, a fictional character and one of the main cast of the animated Disney/Pixar film Cars

Other

• Hudson Foods Company of Rogers, Arkansas
• Hudson Group, retail company operating newspaper stands in many U.S. airports and rail stations
• Hudson Institute, American conservative think tank
• Hudson's, defunct Detroit-based department store chain
• Hudson's Bay Company, English, later Canadian, fur trading and retail company, founded 1670
• Hudson v. McMillian (503 U.S. 1) (1992), United States Supreme Court decision concerning treatment of prisoners
• Hudson (software), a continuous integration tool written in Java.

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