Ransom (given name)
# Ransom (given name)

Ransom is a male given name which may refer to:

* Ransom Cook (1794–1881), American inventor
* Ransom W. Dunham (1838–1896), U.S. Representative from Illinois
* Ransom Dunn (1818–1900), American minister and theologian
* Ransom L. Ford (1878–1973), American politician from Michigan
* Ransom H. Gillet (1800–1876), U.S. Representative from New York
* Ransom Halloway (1793–1851), U.S. Representative from New York
* Ransom C. Johnson (1849–1904), American politician from Michigan
* Ransom Asa Moore, an agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
* Ransom B. Moore (1827–1904), California pioneer and Arizona Territory Legislator
* Ransom A. Myers (1952–2007), marine biologist and conservationist
* Ransom E. Olds (1864–1950), American automotive industry pioneer, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named
* Ransom Riggs, American writer and filmmaker
* Ransom B. Shelden, Sr. (1814–1878), founder of Houghton, Michigan
* Ransom Stephens, American physicist and writer
