Ransom is a male given name which may refer to: Ransom Cook, American inventor Ransom W. Dunham, U.S. Representative from Illinois Ransom Dunn, American minister and theologian Ransom L. Ford, American politician from Michigan Ransom H. Gillet, U.S. Representative from New York Ransom Halloway, U.S. Representative from New York Ransom C. Johnson, American politician from Michigan Ransom Asa Moore, an agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Ransom B. Moore, California pioneer and Arizona Territory Legislator Ransom A. Myers, marine biologist and conservationist Ransom E. Olds, American automotive industry pioneer, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named Ransom Riggs, American writer and filmmaker Ransom B. Shelden, Sr., founder of Houghton, Michigan Ransom Stephens, American physicist and writer. Wikipedia