Ransom (disambiguation)

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Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.

Ransom may also refer to:

In people:

• Ransom (surname), a family name

In fictional characters:

• Cordelia Ransom, a character in David Weber's Honorverse series of novels
• Elwin Ransom, a character in C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy
• Rudy Ransom, a character from the episode "Equinox" of Star Trek: Voyager

In entertainment:

• Ransom!, a 1956 film starring Glenn Ford
• Ransom (1975 film), starring Sean Connery
• Ransom (film), a 1996 remake of the 1956 film, starring Mel Gibson
• The Ransom EP, an EP by Cartel
• Ransom Trilogy, an alternate name for The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
• Ransom (novel), a young-adult novel by Lois Duncan

In places:

• Ransom, Illinois, US
• Ransom, Kansas, US
• Ransom Canyon, Texas, US
• Ransom County, North Dakota, US
• Ransom Township, Michigan, US
• Ransom Township, Minnesota, US
• Ransom Township, Pennsylvania, US
• Ransome, Queensland, Australia

In other uses:

• USS Ransom (AM-283), a U.S. Navy minesweeper during World War II
• A boys' school in Florida, US, that in 1975 merged with a girls' school to become Ransom Everglades
• Ransome Airlines, an American commuter airline

[edit] See also

• Ransom Room (El Cuarto del Rescate), a small room in Peru where the Inca Emperor Atahualpa was imprisoned by the Spaniards
• Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, a British agricultural machinery maker
• Ransomville, New York, US
• Ransomware