Hawdon
# Hawdon

Hawdon is a surname originating in the north of England and may refer to:

## People

* Dickie Hawdon (1927–2009), English jazz trumpeter and member of the Yorkshire Jazz Band
* John Hawdon (sculler) (b. 1852), British rower
* John Hawdon (colonial settler) (1801–1881), pioneering settler in Australia, and older brother of Joseph Hawdon
* Joseph Hawdon (1813–1871), pioneering settler in Australia and New Zealand
* Matthias Hawdon (1732–1789), English organist and composer

### Fiction

* Captain Hawdon, a character in Bleak House by Charles Dickens
* Frank Hawdon, a character in the 1979 film My Brilliant Career

## Places

* Hawdon River, New Zealand (named for Joseph Hawdon)
* Lake Hawdon (disambiguation), several places in Australia and New Zealand (named for Joseph Hawdon)
