Sanson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Audley Sanson (born 1974), Jamaican cricketer
- Boris Sanson (born 1980), French sabre fencer
- Charles Henri Sanson (1739–1806), public executioner of France from 1788 to 1795
- Dominique Sanson (born 1949), artist
- Ernest Sanson (1836–1918), French architect
- Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville (1782–1870), French poet and member of the Académie française
- Nicolas Sanson (1600–1667), French cartographer
- Raoul Grimoin-Sanson (1860–1940), inventor in the field of early cinema
- Véronique Sanson (born 1949), French singer-songwriter
- Yvonne Sanson (1926–2003), Italian film actress
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