Dawson is the name of several places in the world:

• Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
• Dawson Island , Chile
• Dawson, Alabama , United States of America
• Dawson, Georgia, United States of America
• Dawson, Illinois, United States of America
• Dawson, Iowa, United States of America
• Dawson, Minnesota, United States of America
• Dawson, Nebraska, United States of America
• Dawson, North Dakota, United States of America
• Dawson, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Dawson, Texas, United States of America
• Dawson County, Georgia, United States of America
• Dawson County, Montana, United States of America
• Dawson County, Nebraska, United States of America
• Dawson County, Texas, United States of America

There are also Dawson Springs, Kentucky, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada, and Dawsonville, Georgia. Dawson College is a large English CEGEP in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

• Dawson's Creek is the name of a television series.

Famous people named Dawson

• Christopher Dawson historian
• Geoffrey Dawson editor of The Times of London
• George Mercer Dawson Canadian geologist
• John William Dawson geologist,father of George Mercer Dawson
• Richard Dawson game show host
• Dawson Leery Dawson's Creek character