Hudson is an English surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include:

• Alice Hudson (1947–2024), American librarian
• Amos O. Hudson (1918–1993), American politician
• Andrew Hudson (cricketer) (born 1965), South African test cricketer
• Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet (1897–1956), British Conservative politician

• Ben Hudson (born 1979), Australian AFL player
• Bill Hudson (disambiguation), several people
• Brett Hudson (born 1953), American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers

• Charles Hudson (disambiguation), several people
• Chase Hudson (born 2002), American musician and social media influencer known professionally as Huddy (and formerly as Lil Huddy)
• Christie Brinkley (born 1954), American model, actress and entrepreneur whose birth name was Christie Lee Hudson but later adopted by the television writer Donald Brinkley

• Dakota Hudson (born 1994), American baseball player
• Daniel Hudson (born 1987), American baseball player
• Dave Hudson (born 1974), American artist, musician, boxer and wrestler
• David Hudson (musician) (born 1962), Australian Aboriginal musician
• David Hudson (pioneer) (1761–1836), American businessman, founder of Hudson, Ohio
• Dawn Hudson (born c. 1957), American actress and movie executive, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Donna Hudson (born 1946), American biomedical engineer

• Erasmus Darwin Hudson (1805–1880), American surgeon
• Erasmus Darwin Hudson Jr. (1843–1887), American physician, son of the above
• Erlund Hudson (1912–2011), British artist
• Ernie Hudson (born 1945), American actor and playwright

• Fernando Tobias de Carvalho (born 1986), Brazilian footballer commonly known as Hudson
• Francisco Hudson (1826–1859), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer

• Garth Hudson (born 1937), Canadian musician
• George Hudson (1800–1871), English railway financier
• George Vernon Hudson (1867–1946), New Zealand entomologist
• Grant M. Hudson (1868–1955), U.S. Representative from Michigan

• Harold B. Hudson (1898–1982), Canadian flying ace
• Henry Hudson (died 1611), English sea explorer and navigator
• Henry Hudson (artist) (born 1982), British artist
• Henry E. Hudson (born 1947), United States district court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
• Henry Louis Hudson (1898–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
• Henry Philerin Hudson (1798–1889), Irish music collector
• Hilda Phoebe Hudson (1881–1965), English mathematician
• Hosea Hudson (1898–1988), African-American labor leader and civil rights activist
• Hugh Hudson (1937–2023), English film director

• Jackie Hudson (1934–2011), American anti-nuclear proliferation and peace activist
• Jalen Hudson (born 1996), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• James Hudson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), English dwarf in the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England
• Jennifer Hudson (born 1981), American singer and actress
• Joe Hudson (disambiguation), several people
• John Hudson (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Hudson (disambiguation), several people

• Karl Hudson-Phillips (1933–2014), Trinidadian lawyer, judge of the International Criminal Court
• Kate Hudson (born 1979), American actress and singer
• Kate Hudson (activist) (born 1958), British academic and political activist
• Katheryn Hudson (Katy Perry) (born 1984), American singer
• Kathryn Hudson (born 1949), British civil servant and Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
• Kerry Hudson (born 1980), Scottish writer
• Khaleke Hudson (born 1997), American football player
• Kirk Hudson (born 1986), English footballer
• Kobe Hudson, American football player
• Kyle Hudson (born 1987), American baseball player and coach

• Lucy-Jo Hudson (born 1983), English actress

• Manley Ottmer Hudson (1886–1960), American professor of international law, editor of the American Journal of International Law and judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.
• Mark Hudson (footballer born 1980), English footballer currently with West Auckland Town AFC
• Mark Hudson (footballer born 1982), English footballer currently with Cardiff City
• Mark Hudson (musician) (born 1951), American record producer, musician, and songwriter, one of the Hudson Brothers
• Maurice Hudson (born 1930), English footballer
• Micah Hudson, American football player
• Michael Hudson (disambiguation), several people
• Miller Hudson, American politician
• Murray Ken Hudson (1938–1974), New Zealand soldier awarded the George Cross

• Newt Hudson (1926–2014), American politician
• Noel Hudson (1893–1970), Anglican bishop
• Norman Hudson (born 1945), English publisher and advisor on historic houses

• Ola Hudson (1946–2009), American fashion designer and costumier
• Oliver Hudson (born 1976), American actor
• Orlando Hudson (born 1977), American baseball player

• Paul Hudson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1970), Australian Rules Football player
• Peter Hudson (born 1946), Australian Rules football player

• Ralph Hudson, American murderer, in 1963 the last man to be executed in the State of New Jersey
• Ray Hudson (born 1955), English former football player and coach
• Regina Lynch-Hudson, American publicist and historian
• Richard Hudson (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson (1886–1957), British politician
• Robert Hudson (broadcaster) (1920–2010), British broadcaster on cricket, rugby and state occasions
• Robert George Spencer Hudson (1895–1965), British geologist and paleontologist
• Robert H. Hudson (born 1938), American artist
• Robert Spear Hudson (1812–1884), British businessman who popularized dry soap powder
• Robert William Hudson, (1856–1937), his son, soap manufacturer
• Robin E. Hudson (born 1952), American judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
• Rock Hudson (1925–1985), American actor
• Roger Hudson (cricketer) (born 1967), English cricketer
• Roger Hudson (sailor) (born 1978), South African sailor
• Roy Davage Hudson (born 1930), American neuropharmacologist and former president of Hampton University
• Ryan Hudson (born 1979), British rugby player

• Samantha Hudson
• Sarah Hudson (singer) (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
• Saul Hudson (born 1965), English-American rock guitarist known as Slash, lead guitarist of the American band Guns N' Roses
• Scott Hudson (disambiguation), several people
• Shafiqah Hudson (1978-2024), American Black feminist

• Tanner Hudson (born 1994), American football player
• Terry Hudson (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
• Thomas Hudson (disambiguation), several people, including Tom Hudson
• Tim Hudson (1940–2019) (aka 'Lord' Tim Hudson), DJ, rock band manager, cricket manager, artist
• Tim Hudson (born 1975), MLB pitcher
• Tommy Hudson (born 1997), American football player
• Troy Hudson (born 1976), former NBA player

• Will Hudson (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player
• Will Hudson (songwriter) (1908–1981), Canadian-born American songwriter
• William Hudson (engineer) (1896–1978), New Zealand-born Australian engineer of the Snowy Mountains Scheme
• William Henry Hudson (1841–1922), Argentine-British author, naturalist, and ornithologist
• William Hudson (botanist) (1730–1793), British botanist and apothecary
• William L. Hudson (1794–1862), United States Navy officer in the 19th century
• William Parker Hudson (1841–1894), Canadian businessman and politician
• Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), British-born painter who lived most of her life in Hawaii

• Angus Hudson, in the television series Upstairs Downstairs
• Baby Jane Hudson, in the novel and film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
• Finn Hudson, in the television musical comedy-drama series Glee
• Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
• William Hudson, in the science fiction action film Aliens
• Zack Hudson, in the British soap opera EastEnders