Mason (surname)
Mason is an Italian, French or English surname that refers to someone who did stonemasonry work, or it derives from the given name "Maso", which is the short form of the personal name "Tommaso". The name "Tommaso", or "Thomas", is itself derived from the Aramaic toma.
In Italy, the name was first recorded in Piedmont, in France in Provence and in England, on the Isle of Thanet.
Variants of the surname include Masella, Maselli, Masellis, Masetti, Masetto, Masi, Masiello, Masillo, Masin, Masina, Masini, Masino, Masiol, Maso, Masolini, Masolo, Masoni, Masotti, Masselli, Massetti, Massini, Masucci, Masuccio, Masulli, Masullo, Masutti, Masutto, and several others.
People with the surname
A
- A. E. W. Mason, English author
- Alex Mason, the protagonist of the 2010 video game
- Allan Mason , English first-class cricketer
- Allan Mason, American record producer and A&R executive
- Andrea Mason, Australian politician
- Angela Mason, British activist
- Anthony Mason, several people
- Armistead Thompson Mason, US Senator
B
- Babbie Mason, American gospel singer
- Barbara Mason, American singer
- Barry Mason, British songwriter
- Benjamin Mason
- Benedict Mason, British composer
- Bertha Mason
- Biddy Mason, American freed slave, nurse and businesswoman
- Bill Mason, Canadian canoeist, author, artist
- Bobbie Ann Mason, American novelist
- Bobby Joe Mason, American basketball player
- Brett Mason, Australian politician
- Brewster Mason, British actor
- Brian Mason, Canadian politician
C
- Caroline Atherton Mason , American poet
- Catherine Mason, Australian-born British-based digital art historian
- Charles Mason , British astronomer
- Charles Harrison Mason, American religious leader
- Craig Mason, character from the Silent Hill series
- *Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
- *Chris Mason, British darts player
- Clarence Mason, American lawyer and professional wrestling manager
- Colin Mason, Australian author, journalist and politician
- Connie Mason, American model
D
- Dave Mason, British musician, early member of Traffic
- David Mason, several people
- Derrick Mason, American football player
- Desmond Mason, American basketball player
- Dutch Mason, Canadian musician
E
- Edith Mason, American singer
- Edward J. Mason, British radio writer
- Edwyn E. Mason, New York politician
F
- F. Van Wyck Mason, American historian and novelist
- Frank Mason, several people
G
- Garrett Mason, American politician
- Gary Mason, several people
- Germaine Mason, Jamaican athlete
- George Mason, several people including:
- *George Mason, United States patriot, statesman and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention
- Gina Mason, American politician
- Glen Mason, American football coach
- Glyn Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford, politician
- Grace-Evangeline Mason, British composer
H
- Harry Mason, several people
- Harvey Mason, American drummer
- Helen Mason, British journalist and author
- Henry Mason
- Hilda Mason, American politician
- Hilda Mason , English architect
- Hugh Mason English mill owner, social reformer and Liberal politician
- Hugh Mason
I
- Ian J. Mason, Australian ornithologist and taxonomist
J
- Jack Mason, English cricketer
- Jack Mason, British World War I flying ace
- Jackie Mason, American comedian
- James Mason, several people including:
- *James Mason, British actor
- *James Mason, chess player
- *James Mason, American Neo-Nazi
- *James W. Mason, African-American politician.
- *James Murray Mason, American Confederate politician
- *James O. Mason, acting US Surgeon General
- *James Mason, Australian field hockey player
- James Wood-Mason, English zoologist
- Jeanine Mason, winner of So You Think You Can Dance
- John Mason, several people including:
- * Sir John Mason, British diplomat and spy
- *John Mason, founder of the Province of New Hampshire.
- *John Mason, commander of the Connecticut forces in the Pequot War in 1637
- *John Mason, an early 19th-century merchant and banker, founder of Chemical Bank and the New York and Harlem Railroad
- *John Sanford Mason, Union general in the American Civil War
- *John Thomson Mason, U.S. Congressman from Maryland
- *John Mason, Australian politician
- *John Y. Mason, American politician and diplomat
- Johanna Mason, character in The Hunger Games trilogy series.
- Jonathan Mason, several people
- Joseph Mason, American settler
- Sir Josiah Mason, pen manufacturer
K
- Kendra Mason, a fictional character in
- Kevin Mason, American football player
L
- Len Mason, rugby player from New Zealand of the 1920s
- Leonard F. Mason, US Marine, Medal of Honor
- Lisa Mason, British gymnast
- Lowell Mason, American composer of church music
M
- Margery Mason English actress and director
- Marius Mason, American environmental activist convicted for arson
- Martin Mason, magistrate and surgeon in New South Wales
- Martin Mason, writer of religious tracts
- Marsha Mason,, actress
- Martha Mason, American dancer
- Matthew Mason, several people
- Max Mason, American mathematician
- Melvin T. Mason, American politician
- Michael Mason, several people
- Michelle Anne Mason, an American pornographic actress also known as Kendra Lust
- Mike Mason, baseball player
- Milt Mason, baseball fan
- Monica Mason, British ballet dancer
- Moose Mason, fictional character, the "Moose" in Archie Comics
- Morgan Mason, son of James Mason, husband of Belinda Carlisle, film director
N
- Newton E. Mason, United States Navy rear admiral
- Newton Henry Mason, United States Navy ensign, posthumous recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross
- Nick Mason, British drummer for Pink Floyd
- Noel Mason-Macfarlane, British soldier and politician
O
- Otis Tufton Mason, American anthropologist
P
- Pat Mason, American college baseball coach
- Perry Mason, fictional lawyer of Erle Stanley Gardner
R
- R. A. K. Mason, New Zealand poet
- Raymond Mason, several people
- Richard Mason, several people including:
- *Richard Mason, the author of The World of Suzie Wong
- *Richard Mason, born in South Africa, the author of The Drowning People
- *Richard Barnes Mason, military governor of California
- Robert Mason, veteran of the Vietnam War and writer.
- Roger Mason, Jr., American basketball player
- Ron Mason, Canadian ice hockey coach
- Ron G. Mason, Oceanographer
- Ronald Mason Jr., African-American university president
- Roswell B. Mason, mayor of Chicago
- Roy Mason, British politician
- Roy Mason, American architect
S
- Samuel Jefferson Mason, American electrical engineer
- Sarah Mason, several people
- Scott Mason, several people
- Simon Mason, English field hockey goalkeeper
- Skookum Jim Mason, Klondike gold rush
- Spinner Mason, a fictional character in
- Steve Mason, several people
- Stevens Thomson Mason , US Senator
- Stevens T. Mason, Governor of Michigan, grandson of the Governor of Virginia
- Sylvia Mason-James, British singer
T
- Theodorus B. M. Mason, American naval intelligence officer
- Thomas Henry Mason, British Admiral
- Timothy Mason, British Marxist historian
- Timothy Mason
- Tom Mason, Ontario politician
- Tom Mason, American chiropractor and stand-in actor
- Tom Mason, American actor
- Tony Mason, Rally co-driver
V
- C. Vernon Mason, American lawyer, known for involvement in Tawana Brawley incident.
W
- Warren P. Mason, electrical engineer and scientist
- William Mason, several people including:
- *William Mason – English poet, editor and gardener
- *William Mason – American steam locomotive builder
- *William Mason – American machinist and inventor working for Samuel Colt
- *William Mason – composer
- *William Mason, first mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand
- *Bill Mason, |Canadian canoeist and author
- *William D. Mason, American politician
- *William E. Mason, American politician
- Willie Mason, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
- Willy Mason, American musician