Proper noun
(countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
A placename
A town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States.
A city mostly in Taney County, Missouri, United States.
A neighbourhood, officially Westminster-Branson, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
(countable) A surname.
An English habitational surname from Old English for someone from either of these places in England.
An English surname originating as a patronymic from the name Brand or Brant.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace. Mel Tillis
My wife [...] recently put me on a diet after suggesting (a little unkindly, if you ask me), that I was beginning to look like something Richard Branson would try to get airborne. Bill Bryson
It would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight. John Hodgman
You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved. Alan Sugar
One day I would love to do rock a gig on the moon - how rad would that be? Isn't Richard Branson flying planes to outer space? Motley Crue could be the first band to play on the moon. Tommy Lee
Richard Branson once said: 'Tony's very good at selling bands and he's very good at making television programmes. But he'll never be great at either, until he decides which one he wants to do.' I entirely accept that. That doesn't matter to me very much. I like the irony of the two lives. Tony Wilson