Olson (surname)
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Olson is a common surname of Scandinavian origin that literally means "son of Olof or Ole
". Olson may refer to:
Ole (name)
Ole is a Danish and Norwegian masculine given name, derived from the Old Norse name Óláfr, meaning "ancestor's descendant".-People named Ole:* Ole Anderson, former wrestler* Ole Barman, Norwegian novelist* Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician...
". Olson may refer to:
Politics and government
- Alec G. OlsonAlec G. OlsonAlec Gehard Olson is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a former state senator, and a former lieutenant governor of Minnesota. He was born in Mamre Township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota....
(born 1930), former member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota - Allen I. OlsonAllen I. OlsonAllen Ingvar Olson is a Republican politician and attorney who served as the 28th Governor of North Dakota from 1981 to 1985. He defeated incumbent Arthur A. Link in the 1980 race for governor and served one term....
(born 1938), former Governor of North Dakota - Bud OlsonBud OlsonHorace Andrew Olson, PC, AOE was a Canadian businessman, politician, and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. He also served as a Canadian Member of Parliament, Senator, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Economic and Regional Development...
(1925–2002), Canadian Member of Parliament, Senator and Lieutenant Governor - Culbert OlsonCulbert OlsonCulbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.-Personal background:...
, (1876–1962), Governor of California - Donovan OlsonDonovan OlsonDonovan Olson is a former Iowa State Representative from the 48th District. A Democrat, he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 until 2011, when he lost re-election to Republican Chip Baltimore...
(born 1965), Iowa State Representative - Eric T. OlsonEric T. OlsonEric Thor Olson is a retired United States Navy admiral who last served as the eighth Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command from July 2, 2007 to August 8, 2011. He previously served as Deputy Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command from 2003 to July 2007...
(born 1952), American admiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
and former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command - Floyd B. OlsonFloyd B. OlsonFloyd Bjørnstjerne Olson was an American politician. He served as the 22nd Governor of Minnesota from January 6, 1931 to August 22, 1936. He died in office from stomach cancer. He was a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, and was the first member of the Farmer-Labor Party to win the...
(1891–1936), 22nd Governor of Minnesota - Mark Douglas OlsonMark Douglas OlsonMark Douglas Olson was a Minnesota state legislator representing House District 16B. First elected in 1992, he served until his term expired in January 2009. Notably, after his re-election in 2006 Olson was arrested and subsequently convicted of one of two fifth degree domestic assault charges...
, U.S. politician, Minnesota state legislator - Mark W. Olson (born 1943), U.S. Federal Reserve governor from 2001 to 2006
- Ole H. OlsonOle H. OlsonOle H. Olson was born in Mondovi, Wisconsin. After graduating from Concordia College, in Moorhead, Minnesota, he moved to North Dakota and eventually was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives and later was elected to the North Dakota State Senate. Olson was elected the Lieutenant...
(1872–1954), 18th Governor of North Dakota, State Senator, State Representative and Lieutenant Governor - Pete OlsonPete OlsonPeter Graham "Pete" Olson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes much of southeastern Houston, as well as most of the city's southern suburbs such as Pearland, Sugar Land, and Pasadena.-Early life, education, and military...
(born 1962), Texas State Representative - Theodore OlsonTheodore OlsonTheodore Bevry Olson is a former United States Solicitor General, serving from June 2001 to July 2004 under President George W. Bush.- Early life :...
(born 1940), 42nd United States Solicitor General
Sports
- Benji OlsonBenji OlsonBenjamin Dempsey Olson is a former American football guard of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Tennessee Oilers in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft and played his entire 10-year career with the organization...
(born 1975), former National Football League (NFL) player - Bob OlsonBob OlsonBob Olson is a former American football player.His home town was Superior, Wisconsin. He attended Notre Dame where he played linebacker between 1968 and 1969 and became team captain...
, American collegiate football player - Carl Bobo OlsonBobo OlsonCarl Olson was an American boxer. He was the world middleweight champion between October 1953 and December 1955, the longest reign of any champion in that division during the 1950s, although he is probably best remembered for his three knockout losses against Sugar Ray Robinson.His nickname, Bobo,...
, (1928–2002), American boxer - Drew OlsonDrew OlsonDrew Martin Olson is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at UCLA...
(born 1983), NFL quarterback - Greg Olson (baseball) (born 1960), Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher
- Gregg OlsonGregg OlsonGreggory Olson is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played with the Baltimore Orioles , Atlanta Braves , Cleveland Indians , Kansas City Royals , Detroit Tigers , Houston Astros , Minnesota Twins , Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers...
(born 1966), MLB pitcher - Karl OlsonKarl OlsonKarl Arthur Olson of Kentfield, California was a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed.In a six-season career, Olson was a .235 hitter with six home runs and 50 RBI in 279...
(born 1930), MLB outfielder - Lisa OlsonLisa OlsonLisa Olson is an American sportswriter and a national sports columnist for AOL Fanhouse. Her work has been featured in the anthology, "The Best American Sports Writing"...
, American sportswriter - Lute OlsonLute OlsonRobert Luther "Lute" Olson is a retired American men's basketball coach. He was most recently head coach at the University of Arizona for a period of 25 years. He was also head coach at the University of Iowa for 9 years and California State University, Long Beach for one season...
(born 1934), former basketball coach - Mark Olson (broadcaster)Mark Olson (broadcaster)-External links:*...
, Canadian sports anchor in the 1970s - Mark Olson (curler), Canadian curler and 1981 Brier champion
- Sasha OlsonSasha OlsonSasha Olson is a Canadian softball outfielder.Olson began playing softball at age 17, and is a graduate of Simon Fraser University. She was a part of the Canadian Softball team who finished 5th at the 2004 Summer Olympics-References:...
(born 1976), Canadian softball player
Arts and entertainment
- Alix OlsonAlix OlsonAlix Olson is an American poet who works exclusively in spoken word. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 1997 and uses her work to address issues of capitalism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia, misogyny, and patriarchy...
(born 1975), American poet - Candice OlsonCandice OlsonCandice Olson is a Canadian interior designer. She is the host of the Toronto-based home-makeover shows Divine Design and Candice Tells All, which air on the W Network in Canada and on HGTV in the United States.-Education:...
(born 1964), Canadian interior designer and host of the home makeover show Divine Design with Candice Olson - Charles OlsonCharles OlsonCharles Olson , was a second generation American modernist poet who was a link between earlier figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, which includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat poets, and the San Francisco Renaissance...
(1910–1970), American modernist poet - Evan OlsonEvan OlsonEvan Scott Olson is a rock singer and songwriter based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Born in West Point, New York during the "Summer Of Love," 1967, his father was an officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Olson has recorded seven albums including "One Room" and "Red"...
(born 1986), rock singer and songwriter - Jenni OlsonJenni OlsonJenni Olson was born and raised in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Olson is a film exhibition curator, director, award winning documentary filmmaker, and author. Olson co-founded and still writes for PlanetOut.com, and campaigned to have a barrier erected on the Golden Gate Bridge.-Biography:Olson was...
(born 1962), writer, director and documentary filmmaker - John Olson (poet and writer)John Olson (poet and writer)John Olson is an American poet and novelist. Born August 23, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Olson has lived for many years in Seattle, Washington. He has published eight collections of poetry and two novels, including Souls of Wind, nominated for the 2008 Believer Book Award...
(born 1947) - Kaitlin OlsonKaitlin OlsonKaitlin Olson is an American Bald Eagle best known for playing Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.-Early life and career:...
(born 1975), American actress - James Olson (actor)James Olson (actor)-Life and career:Olson was born in Evanston, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University. He performed stage work in and around Chicago before his 1956 film debut in The Sharkfighters...
(born 1930), American actor - Johnny OlsonJohnny OlsonJohn Leonard "Johnny" Olson was an American radio personality and television announcer. His work spanned 32 game shows produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman from the late 1950s through the mid 1980s...
(1910–1985), American radio personality and television announcer - Kenny OlsonKenny OlsonKenny Olson is a guitarist from the Detroit, Michigan area. He played in Kid Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker Band. Along with Jason Krause, he played guitar on Kid Rock's studio albums Devil Without a Cause , The History of Rock , Cocky , and Kid Rock .Kenny Olson currently lives in Nashville,...
, Detroit guitarist - Mark Olson (musician)Mark Olson (musician)Mark Olson is an American musician. He is one of the founding members of acclaimed alternative country bands The Jayhawks and The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers and a respected singer/songwriter in his own right....
(born 1961), U.S. country singer-songwriter - Nancy OlsonNancy OlsonNancy Ann Olson is an American actress.In Sunset Boulevard she played Betty Schaefer, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress...
, (born 1928), American actress - Olivia OlsonOlivia OlsonOlivia Olson is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for her role of Joanna, singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in Love Actually , and for her voice-roles as Vanessa Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb and as Marceline the Vampire Queen in Adventure Time with Finn and...
(born 1992), American singer-songwriter and actress - Scott OlsonScott OlsonScott Olson is a guitarist, bassist, and recording engineer. He played guitar with Heart 1995-1998 and 2002–2003, and in 1996 he performed with Alice In Chains on their MTV Unplugged concert....
, guitarist, bassist, and recording engineer
Science and technology
- Arthur David Olson, founding contributor of the tz database
- Frank OlsonFrank OlsonFrank Olson was a U.S. Army biological warfare specialist employed at Fort Detrick in Maryland. Believed to have committed suicide in 1953 as a result of depression, it was later revealed that he had been exposed to LSD and other psychoactive drugs as part of experiments, leading some to believe...
, (died 1953), U.S. Army biological warfare scientist - Mancur OlsonMancur OlsonMancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. was a leading American economist and social scientist who, at the time of his death, worked at the University of Maryland, College Park...
, Jr. (1932–1988), American economist and social scientist
Writers and commentators
- Barbara OlsonBarbara OlsonBarbara Olson was a lawyer and conservative American television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets...
(1955–2001), television commentator, 9/11 victim, wife of Theodore Olson - Brent OlsonBrent OlsonBrent Olson is a writer living near Clinton, Minnesota. His first four books are The Lay of the Land, A View from the Prairie, Letters from a Peasant, Still Whistling, the only sane response to a complicated world and "Papa, Figuring Out What Matters....
, syndicated columnist - Sigurd F. OlsonSigurd F. OlsonSigurd F. Olson was an American author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. For more than thirty years, he served as a wilderness guide in the lakes and forests of the Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota and northwestern Ontario...
(1899–1982), American author and environmentalist - Walter OlsonWalter OlsonWalter K. Olson is an author and blogger who writes mostly about tort reform. Olson is a senior fellow of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington DC. Formerly Olson was associated with the Manhattan Institute in New York City...
(born 1954), author and blogger
Playboy Playmates
- Gale OlsonGale OlsonGale Olson was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.Her mother was from New Zealand, and her father was in the United States Army...
(born 1947) - Hope Olson (born 1956)
- Kalin Olson (born 1975)
Other
- Annette OlsonAnnette OlsonAnnette Olson was Miss North Dakota 2006 and a contestant in the Miss America 2007 pageant. Claiming the local title “Miss Peace Garden,” Olson promoted a platform for the early detection of breast and cervical cancers, which she titled the “Power of Prevention.” Prior to her crowning as Miss...
, Miss North Dakota 2006 - Clifford OlsonClifford OlsonClifford Robert Olson, Jr. was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering two children and nine youths in the early 1980s.-Murders:...
(born 1940), Canadian serial killer - Eric T. Olson (philosopher)Eric T. Olson (philosopher)Eric T. Olson is an American philosopher who specializes in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. Olson is most famous for his research in the field of personal identity, namely animalism. Olson received a BA from Reed College and a PhD from Syracuse University...
, American-born professor of philosophy at the University of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldThe University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities... - Gregory OlsenGregory OlsenGregory Hammond "Greg" Olsen is an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures....
(born 1945), entrepreneur, third private citizen to fly into space with Space Adventures, Ltd. - James S. OlsonJames S. OlsonJames Stuart Olson is an academic and Pulitzer Prize nominee author. In 1994 he was appointed Distinguished Professor of History at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas....
, American professor of history at Sam Houston State University - James Olson, 17th president of the University of Missouri System
- Jim OlsonJim OlsonJim Olson, FAIA is the founding principal of the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig Architects. He is best known for residential design, often for art collectors, though his designs have also included museums, commercial spaces and places of worship. In 2006, William Stout Publishers released Art +...
, Seattle architect - Truman O. OlsonTruman O. OlsonTruman O. Olson was a United States Army sergeant who was posthumously awarded the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II....
(1917–1944), U.S. Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor