Sawyer

Sawyer is an English occupational surname for someone who made a living from sawing wood.

This term may also refer to:

• Sawyer, a fallen tree stuck on the bottom of river, where it constitutes a danger to shipping.

Places

In the United States:

• Sawyer, Kansas
• Sawyer, Michigan
• Sawyer, North Dakota
• Sawyer, Oklahoma
• Sawyer County, Wisconsin
• Sawyer River in New Hampshire

People

• Ada Lewis Sawyer, pioneer female attorney from Rhode Island
• Amos Sawyer, President of Liberia 1990-1994
• Benjamin C. Sawyer, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Chris Sawyer, computer game designer
• Diane Sawyer, American journalist and TV host
• Gary Sawyer, English association football player for Plymouth Argyle F.C.
• Gordon E. Sawyer Award, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Grant Sawyer, Governor of Nevada
• Herbert Sawyer (1730–1798), British Royal Navy admiral
• Herbert Sawyer, British Royal Navy admiral, son of the above
• Ivy Sawyer, American singer, actress and dancer
• Joe Sawyer, Canadian actor
• Josh Sawyer, video game designer
• Kale Sawyer, BAMF
• Lee Sawyer, English footballer
• Lewis E. Sawyer, American congressman
• Natalie Sawyer, English sports presenter
• Philetus Sawyer, American politician
• Ray Sawyer, singer from the band Dr. Hook
• Robert J. Sawyer, science fiction author
• Roland D. Sawyer, Massachusetts clergyman and politician
• Shawn Sawyer, figure skater
• Stephen S. Sawyer, American painter
• William Sawyer, several people

Fictional characters

• Buz Sawyer, title character of a long-running comic strip
• Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain's famous literary character in multiple books
• James "Sawyer" Ford, a character on the ABC television show Lost
• Peyton Sawyer, a fictional character on the hit television show One Tree Hill

Other uses

• Sawyer beetles, the longhorn beetle genus Monochamus
• Sawyer Brown, country music band
• Sawyer (band), Scottish rock band
• Occasionally, slang for a sawn-off shotgun