Hodson is an English surname. It is derived from Middle English hode and is a patronymic.^[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Carlton Hodson (1906–1996), American entomologist
• Arnold Weinholt Hodson, British colonial administrator
• Ashley Hodson, English footballer
• Bert Hodson, Welsh professional golfer
• Bill Hodson, Australian politician
• Bridget Hodson, British actress
• Christina Hodson, British screenwriter
• Christopher Hodson, British TV director
• Christopher Hodson, New Zealand barrister and judge
• Christopher Hodson, 17th century bell-founder
• Edward Hodson, English cricketer
• Frodsham Hodson, principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
• Geoffrey Hodson (1886–1983), occultist, Theosophist, mystic, Liberal Catholic priest, philosopher and esotericist
• George Hodson (baseball), American baseball player
• George Hodson, Anglican priest
• George Stacey Hodson, British World War I flying ace
• Gordon Hodson, Canadian psychologist
• Hannah Hodson, American actress
• Harry Hodson, British journalist and economist
• James Lansdale Hodson (1891-1956), British novelist, scriptwriter and journalist
• Joseph York Hodsdon (1836–1901), Maine state senator
• Kevin Hodson, Canadian ice hockey player
• Lee Hodson, Northern Irish footballer
• Mark Hodson, Anglican bishop
• Phineas Hodson, British cleric
• Steve Hodson, British actor
• Thomas Hodson, British missionary
• Thomas Callan Hodson, British academic
• Tom Hodson (1990), rugby league, and rugby union footballer of the 2010s
• Tommy Hodson, American football quarterback of the 1990s
• William Stephen Raikes Hodson, British soldier