Ramsden is a surname, and may refer to:
Anne Ramsden is a Canadian artist who has exhibited widely in Canada. She is currently based in Montreal, where she is a professor at the Université du Quebec à Montréal.
Bernard "Barney" Ramsden was an English professional footballer from Sheffield who played as a defender for Liverpool, Sunderland and Hartlepools United. After retiring from playing he became a representative for a ships chandlers firm in San Pedro.
Charles William Ramsden was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Bucklow, Cheshire. He played for Rotherham Town, Stockport County, Manchester North End, and Manchester United.
Edward Ramsden "Eddie" Hall was an English racing driver. He was born in Milnsbridge into a wealthy Yorkshire family in 1900, the heir to a successful textiles business which funded his motor racing and other sporting exploits. He is famous for being the only driver to successfully complete the full 24 hours of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race solo, a feat he achieved in 1950. He lived at Kirkburton, near Huddersfield until leaving the United Kingdom on his retirement in the early 1950s to live in initially in South Africa, later in Canada and then Monte Carlo, where he had an apartment overlooking the harbour and part of the Grand Prix circuit. He was married twice, first to Evelyn Muriel and secondly in 1933 to divorcée Joan Evelyn Quarmby who survived him on his death in 1982.
Henry Ramsden Bramley was an English clergyman and hymnologist perhaps best known for his collaborations with the composer Sir John Stainer. Along with earlier 19th-century composers such as William Sandys and John Mason Neale, Bramley and Stainer are credited with fuelling a Victorian revival of Christmas carols with their 1871 publication of Christmas Carols, New and Old, which popularised carols such as "The First Nowell", "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" and "The Holly and the Ivy".
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