title: Ransom (given name)
text: # 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
  