Sampson is the given name of: People: Sampson the Hospitable (died c. 530), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches Sampson Avard (1800–1869), leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes in Missouri Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley (1744–1824), Jewish-British banker in the City of London, son of Sampson Gideon (see below) Sampson Erdeswicke (died 1603), English antiquarian Sampson Eure (died 1659), English Member of Parliament Sampson Gamgee (1828–1886), British surgeon and indirect namesake of The Lord of the Rings character Sam Gamgee Sampson Gideon (1699–1762), Jewish-British banker in the City of London Sampson Handley (1872–1962), English surgeon Sampson Willis Harris (1809–1857), American politician and lawyer in the South Sampson Hele (1582–1655), English Member of Parliament Sampson Hopkins (died 1622), English merchant and Member of Parliament Sampson Hosking (1888–1974), Australian rules footballer and coach Sampson Kempthorne (1809–1873), English architect Sampson Lennard (died 1615), English Member of Parliament Sampson Lloyd, various members of a family in Birmingham, England; one co-founded a bank which eventually became Lloyds Bank Sampson Lort, Welsh Member of Parliament in 1659 Sampson Low (1797–1886), London bookseller and publisher Sampson Mathews (c. 1737 – 1807), American soldier, legislator and college founder Sampson Moore (1812–1877), engineer based in Liverpool, England Sampson Mordan (1790–1843), British silversmith and co-inventor of the first patented mechanical pencil Sampson Nanton (born 1977), journalist and television news presenter in Trinidad and Tobago Sampson Sievers (1900–1979), Russian Orthodox Christian priest and mystic Sampson Simson (1780–1857), American philanthropist Biblical figures: Samson or Sampson, the man of extraordinary strength in the Book of Judges in the Bible Fictional Characters Sampson, a character in the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare See also Samson (name)