Sampson may refer to:

Military

* , several Royal Navy ships * , several US Navy ships *

Sampson-class destroyer The ''Sampson''-class destroyers served in the United States Navy during World War I. Commissioned in 1916 and 1917, the class was a modification of the and es, with the number of torpedo tubes increased from four twin-mounts to four triple-mo ...

, a World War I US Navy class * Sampson Air Force Base, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956 * SAMPSON, a multi-function radar system for warships * Sampson Medal, a military decoration of the United States Navy

Places

Australia

* Sampson Flat, South Australia, a locality * Sampson Inlet, Western Australia, part of Camden Sound

Byzantine Empire

* Alternative Greek name in the 13th century CE for

Priene Priene (; ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city of Ionia (and member of the Ionian League) located at the base of an escarpment of Mycale, about north of what was then the course of the Maeander River (now called the Büyük Menderes Rive ...

, after the biblical hero

United States

* Sampson City, Florida, an unincorporated community * Sampson's Island (Massachusetts), an uninhabited barrier island * Sampsons Pond, Carver, Massachusetts * Sampson, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Sampson State Park, Seneca County, New York, at one time Sampson Air Force Base * Sampson County, North Carolina * Sampson, Wisconsin, a town * Sampson, Oconto County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Other places

Saint Sampson, Guernsey St Sampson (Guernésiais: ) is a parish of Guernsey, an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, directly north of St Peter Port. It is on the north-west and north-east coasts of the island and is split into two sections, intersected by Vale. The p ...

, a parish of Guernsey, Channel Islands * St Sampson, Cornwall, a civil parish in England *

Sampson (crater) Sampson is a relatively tiny Lunar craters, lunar impact crater located near the central part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after British astronomer Ralph Allan Sampson. To the northeast is the crater Landsteiner (crater), Landsteiner and to ...

People

Sampson the Hospitable Sampson the Hospitable (, ; died 530 AD) was a citizen of Constantinople who devoted his time to serving the poor of the city. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches as well in the Catholic Church. Life Sampson (or Samson) was ...

(6th century), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches *

Sampson (surname) Sampson is a surname, and may refer to: People A * Aaron Sampson, several people * Adrian Sampson (born 1991), baseball player * Agnes Sampson, (died 1591), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft * Al Sampson (1916–1976), American football coac ...

, a list of people and fictional characters *

Sampson (given name) 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 ...

, a list of historical and Biblical figures and fictional characters

Other uses

Sampson (automobile) The Sampson and Alden Sampson was a brass era automobile manufactured by the Alden Sampson Manufacturing Company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1904. The Sampson was built again in 1911 by United States Motors, Alden Sampson Division, in Detroit ...

, American automobile manufactured in 1904 *

Sampson (horse) Sampson (later renamed Mammoth) was a Shire horse gelding born in 1846 and bred by Thomas Cleaver at Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, England. According to ''Guinness World Records'' (1986) he was the tallest horse ever recorded, by 1850 measuring ...

, a shire horse that is the tallest horse on record * ''Sampson'', an American merchant ship involved in the 1793 Sampson Incident * Locomotive ''Sampson'', built 1855, one of the four

South Devon Railway Tornado class The four Tornado class locomotives were broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required. They were ordered by Eva ...

steam locomotives * SS ''Admiral Sampson'', an American-flagged cargo and passenger steamship, 1898–1914 *

St Sampson's Church, Golant St Sampson's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Golant, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; it is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol. St Sampson's features in Simon Jenkins's book ''England's Thousand Best Churches'', i ...

, Cornwall, England