Branson is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arts and entertainment
Clive Branson (1907–44), British artist and poet
David Branson (1963–2001), Australian theatre director
Edith Branson (1891–1976), American painter
Jeff Branson (born 1977), American actor
Vernon Mostyn Branson (1908–1992), Australian author and publisher
Politics and activism
Alan Branson, American politician
Catherine Branson (born 1948), Australian human rights commissioner
David H. Branson (1827–1896), American politician from Pennsylvania
George Branson (1918–1999), Australian politician
Noreen Branson (1910–2003), British communist activist
Winnie Branson (1927–1972), Aboriginal Australian activist
Science
Edward Branson, American geologist and paleontologist
Frederick Woodward Branson (1851–1933), British chemist, glassblower, instrument maker and X-ray pioneer
Herman Branson (1914–1995), African-American physicist
Sport
Brad Branson (1958–2026), American basketball player
Don Branson (1920–66), American racecar driver
Jeff Branson (baseball player) (born 1967), American Major League baseball player
Jesse Branson (1942–2014), American basketball player
Tony Branson (1946–2020), Australian rugby league player
Other fields
G. A. H. Branson (1871–1951), judge of the High Court of England and Wales
Richard Branson (born 1950), British entrepreneur
William Henry Branson (1887–1961), American Seventh-day Adventist