Olson (surname)

Politics and government

• Alec G. Olson, former member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota
• Allen I. Olson, former Governor of North Dakota
• Bud Olson, Canadian Member of Parliament, Senator and Lieutenant Governor
• Culbert Olson,, Governor of California
• Donovan Olson, Iowa State Representative
• Eric T. Olson, American admiral and former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command
• Floyd B. Olson, 22nd Governor of Minnesota
• Mark Douglas Olson, U.S. politician, Minnesota state legislator
• Mark W. Olson, U.S. Federal Reserve governor from 2001 to 2006
• Ole H. Olson, 18th Governor of North Dakota, State Senator, State Representative and Lieutenant Governor
• Pete Olson, Texas State Representative
• Theodore Olson, 42nd United States Solicitor General
• William Olson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman

  Sports

• Benji Olson, former National Football League player
• Bob Olson, American collegiate football player
• Carl Bobo Olson,, American boxer
• Dante Olson, American football player
• Drew Olson, NFL quarterback
• Greg Olson , Major League Baseball catcher
• Gregg Olson, MLB pitcher
• Karl Olson, MLB outfielder
• Lisa Olson, American sportswriter
• Lute Olson, former basketball coach
• Sasha Olson, Canadian softball player
• Tyler Olson , American baseball player

  Arts and entertainment

• Alix Olson, American poet
• Candice Olson, Canadian interior designer and host of the home makeover show Divine Design with Candice Olson
• Charles Olson, American modernist poet
• Dante Pereira-Olson, American actor
• Evan Olson, rock singer and songwriter
• Jenni Olson, writer, director and documentary filmmaker
• Jody Jean Olson, also known as India Summer, US porno actress
• John Olson
• Kaitlin Olson, American actress
• James Olson , American actor
• Johnny Olson, American radio personality and television announcer
• Mark Olson , U.S. country singer-songwriter
• Nancy Olson, American actress
• Olivia Olson, American singer-songwriter and actress
• Scott Olson, guitarist, bassist, and recording engineer

  Science and technology

• Arthur David Olson, founding contributor of the tz database
• Dwight C. Olson, founder of Data Securities International
• Everett C. Olson, American zoologist, paleontologist, and geologist
• Frank Olson,, American biological warfare scientist
• Harry F. Olson, American acoustic engineer
• Mancur Olson, Jr., American economist and social scientist
• Storrs L. Olson,, American biologist, ornithologist and avian paleontologist

  Writers and commentators

• Barbara Olson, television commentator, 9/11 victim, wife of Theodore Olson
• Sigurd F. Olson, American author and environmentalist
• Walter Olson, author and blogger

  Playboy Playmates

• Gale Olson
• Hope Olson List of Playboy Playmates of 1976#October
• Kalin Olson

  Other

• Annette Olson, Miss North Dakota 2006
• Clifford Olson, Canadian serial killer
• Eric T. Olson, American-born professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield
• Gregory Olsen, entrepreneur, third private citizen to fly into space with Space Adventures, Ltd.
• Hope A. Olson, library scholar known for her critical analyses of classification systems
• James C. Olson, American historian and 17th president of the University of Missouri System
• James S. Olson, American professor of history at Sam Houston State University
• Jean Olson Lanjouw, American economist
• Jim Olson, Seattle architect
• Michael Fors Olson, American Catholic bishop
• Oscar L. Olson,, third President of Luther College in Iowa
• Sara Jane Olson, former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
• Sven-Olof Olson, Swedish Air Force lieutenant general
• Truman O. Olson, U.S. Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor