Payson may refer to:

Places in the United States

  • Payson, Arizona
  • Payson, Illinois
  • Payson Township, Illinois, in Adams County
  • Payson, Utah

People

  • 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