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- Rawson, ChubutRawson, ChubutRawson is the capital of the Argentine province of Chubut, in Patagonia. It has about 26,000 inhabitants, and it is the head town of the Rawson Department, which has 122,000 inhabitants...
, the capital of Chubut Province in Argentina, named after Guillermo Rawson - Rawson Department, ChubutRawson Department, ChubutRawson Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 115,829 inhabitants in an area of 3,922 km², and its capital city is Rawson, which is located around 1,404 km from Capital Federal....
, Argentina - Rawson Department, San JuanRawson Department, San JuanRawson is a central department of San Juan Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 107,000 inhabitants in an area of 164 km², and its capital city is Villa Krause, which is located around 1,190 km from Capital Federal.-Geography:Rawson is located in...
Province, Argentina- Villa KrauseVilla KrauseVilla Krause is the city of the Argentine of San Juan in the Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River, at 640 m above mean sea level, with a population of around 107,000 as per the ....
, also named Rawson, the capital city of the department
- Villa Krause
- Rawson, VictoriaRawson, VictoriaRawson is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Tyers - Thomson Valley Road, in the Shire of Baw Baw. The town was established for workers involved in the construction of the Thomson Dam, which was completed in 1983, Rawson Post Office opening on 17 April 1979....
in Australia - Rawson, North DakotaRawson, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 6 people, 2 households, and 2 families residing in the city. The population density was 24.5 people per square mile . There were 7 housing units at an average density of 28.5 per square mile...
in the United States - Rawson, OhioRawson, OhioRawson is a village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The population was 465 at the 2000 census.Rawson was the birthplace of Cassius Jackson Keyser, an American mathematician.-Geography:Rawson is located at ....
in the United States
People
- Anna RawsonAnna RawsonAnna Rawson is an Australian professional golfer and model. She currently plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur and modeling career:...
, Australian golfer - Charles A. RawsonCharles A. RawsonCharles Augustus Rawson was an unelected United States Senator from Iowa for nine months in 1922.Born in Des Moines, he attended the public schools and Grinnell College. He engaged in banking and the insurance business and also in the manufacture of clay products, and was a member of the board of...
, U.S. senator - Edward Rawson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Guillermo RawsonGuillermo RawsonDr. Guillermo Rawson was a medical doctor and politician in nineteenth-century Argentina. As Interior Minister in 1862 he met Captain Love Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones who were on their way to Patagonia to investigate whether it was suitable for the creation of a Welsh settlement there...
, 19th century Argentine politician - Arturo RawsonArturo RawsonArturo Rawson was the President of Argentina from June 4, 1943 to June 7, 1943.-Biography:Born in Santiago del Estero, Rawson attended Argentina’s Military College, which he graduated from in 1907 and subsequently taught at for a time. Rawson rose through the ranks of the Argentine Army and was...
, 20th century Argentine army officer and de facto president. - Michael RawsonMichael RawsonMichael Arthur Rawson was a track and field athlete, who represented Great Britain in the men's 800 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia...
, British track and field athlete - Peter RawsonPeter RawsonPeter Walter Edward Rawson is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He played ten ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1983 to 1987.-References:...
, Zimbabwean cricketer - Ronald RawsonRonald RawsonRonald Rawson Rawson MC & two bars was a British heavyweight professional boxer, who won a gold medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.-Amateur Boxing Career:...
, British heavyweight boxer of the 1920s - Jessica RawsonJessica RawsonJessica Rawson, DBE, FBA is an English art historian, curator and academic administrator, specializing in Chinese art. After many years at the British Museum, she was Warden of Merton College, Oxford, from 1994 until her retirement in 2010...
, Oriental art historian and Warden of Merton College, Oxford, England - Rawson StovallRawson StovallRawson Law Stovall is a video game producer, and the first nationally-syndicated reviewer of video games in the United States...
, the first video game reviewer in the United States - Herbert RawsonHerbert RawsonHerbert Edward Rawson was a Mauritius born English footballer who played once for England, and appeared in two FA Cup finals, winning the cup in 1875 as a member of the Royal Engineers.-Career:...
(1852 - 1924), England international footballer - William RawsonWilliam RawsonWilliam Stepney Rawson was a footballer who played at full back for England, and was also an FA Cup Final referee.-Career:...
(1854 - 1932), England international footballer
Other
- Rawson Stakes, horse race in Australia