Payson may refer to:
Places in the United States
editPeople
edit- Edward Payson (1783–1827), American Congregational preacher
- Edwin Blake Payson (1893–1927), American botanist
- Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975), American businesswoman and New York Mets owner
- Phillips Payson (1704–1778), American minister for the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts from 1728
- Samuel Phillips Payson (1736–1801), American minister for the town of Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1757
- William Farquhar Payson (1876–1939), notable American author
- William P. Richardson (law school dean) (1864–1945), American co-founder and first Dean of Brooklyn Law School