Ransom or Ransome, is an English surname, also found in some trade names and military company names; it might derive either from the noun "ransom" or from contraction of "Ranulf's son".
- Brian Ransom
- Candice F. Ransom
- Cordelia Ransom
- Elwin Ransom, fictional character in C. S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy
- Epaphroditus Ransom
- John Crowe Ransom
- Matt Whitaker Ransom
- Mike Ransom
- Reverdy Cassius Ransom
- Rudy Ransom
- Arthur Ransome, British journalist, spy, and children's author
- Beko Ransome-Kuti
- Frederick Leslie Ransome
