Hanson (surname)
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- Alf HansonAlf HansonAdolph Jonathan "Alf" Hanson , son of a Norwegian mariner, was a football player for Liverpool and Chelsea, South Liverpool, Shelbourne, Ellesmere Port Town and Tranmere Rovers.-Life and playing career:...
(1912–1993), British football player - Ann Meekitjuk HansonAnn Meekitjuk HansonAnn Meekitjuk Hanson was the Commissioner of Nunavut. She served from April 21, 2005 until April 10, 2010...
(1946–), Canadian politician, commissioner of Nunavut - Ann-Louise HansonAnn-Louise HansonAnn-Louise Hanson is a Swedish singer and has been involved in the music industry for over 40 years.Many of her solo recordings from the 1960s feature Bruno Glenmarks Orkester and, following their marriage, Ann-Louise and Bruno Glenmark formed the group Glenmarks with Bruno's niece Karin and...
(1944–), Swedish singer
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- Beverly HansonBeverly HansonBeverly Hanson is an American professional golfer who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Hanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She studied at the University of North Dakota, Mills College in Oakland, California and the University of Wisconsin and was a bassoon player, performing with...
(1925–), American golfer - Bo HanssonBo HanssonBo Hansson was a Swedish musician best known for his four instrumental albums released in the 1970s.-Early life and musical career:...
(1943–2010), Swedish musician - Brooke HansonBrooke HansonBrooke Louise Hanson OAM is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke...
(1978–), Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medal winner - Brooke Hanson (beach volleyball)Brooke Hanson (beach volleyball)Brooke Hanson is a professional beach volleyball player from the United States who plays on the AVP Tour. Hanson played volleyball at the University of California-Santa Barbara.-References:...
(born March 11, 1981) is a professional beach volleyball player from the United States who plays on the AVP Tour.
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- Sir Charles Hanson, 1st BaronetSir Charles Hanson, 1st BaronetSir Charles Augustin Hanson , 1st Baronet of Fowey was an alderman of the City of London. He was made Sheriff in 1911-12 and Lord Mayor of London in 1917-18. He was also a Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall from 1916 to 1922...
, British MP and Lord Mayor of London - Sir Charles Hanson, 2nd Baronet (1874–1958), British politician
- Charlie HansonCharlie HansonCharlie Hanson is a critically acclaimed British producer and director.Charlie Hanson's work as a producer spans over two decades of television drama and comedy...
is a critically acclaimed British producer and director. - Chris HansonChris HansonChristopher David Hanson is an American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 1999...
(1976–), American football player - Christian Hanson (footballer) (1981–), British football player
- Christian Hanson (ice hockey)Christian Hanson (ice hockey)Christian David Hanson is an American professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Washington Capitals. Prior to playing for the Capitals, Hanson played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and in the American Hockey League for the Toronto Marlies. He played amateur hockey for the University...
(1986–), American ice hockey player - Curtis HansonCurtis HansonCurtis Lee Hanson is an American film director, film producer and screenwriter. His directing work includes The Hand That Rocks the Cradle , L.A...
(1945–), American film director
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- Dave Hanson (1954–), American hockey player
- Duane HansonDuane HansonDuane Hanson was an American artist based in South Florida but born in Minnesota, a sculptor known for his lifecast realistic works of people, cast in various materials, including polyester resin, fibreglass, Bondo and bronze...
(1925–1996), American sculptor
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- Einar HansonEinar HansonEinar Hanson , also known as Einar Hansen, was a Swedish silent film motion-picture actor.-Career:...
(1899–1927), Swedish film actor
- Edward HansonEdward HansonEdward William Hanson was a United States Navy Rear admiral and the 28th Governor of American Samoa from June 26, 1938 to July 30, 1940. Hanson was born and lived in Alexandria, Minnesota. Hanson served at the Naval War College. He was the commanding officer of the USS Indianapolis ...
- Edward William Hanson (February 12, 1889 – October 18, 1959) was a United States Navy Rear admiral and the 28th Governor of American Samoa from June 26, 1938 to July 30, 1940.
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- Frederick HansonFrederick HansonFrederick John Hanson CBE , was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 15 November 1972 until his retirement in 1976.- Early life & career :...
(late 20th century), Australian Commissioner of the New South Wales Police 1972–1976 - Fritz HansonFritz HansonMelvin "Fritz" Hanson was a Canadian football player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Calgary Stampeders. Hanson was signed by the Blue Bombers for $125 a game and free room and board, which was a considerable sum in the cash-strapped dirty thirties...
(1914–1996), American-born Canadian football player
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- Harold HansonHarold HansonHarold Joseph Hanson was an eminent South African advocate and Senior Member of the Johannesburg Bar Council. He was born in Johannesburg to Ralph Hanson, a Rand pioneer and Clara Lewis. Harold Hanson first married May Koseff with whom he had a daughter. His second marriage was in 1945 to Anna...
(1904–1973), South African politician - Hart HansonHart HansonHart Hanson is an American television writer and producer. Hanson's family moved to Canada when he was a child. He received a B.A. from the University of Toronto and a MFA from the University of British Columbia, where he taught briefly...
, creator of Bones (TV Series) - Howard HansonHoward HansonHoward Harold Hanson was an American composer, conductor, educator, music theorist, and champion of American classical music. As director for 40 years of the Eastman School of Music, he built a high-quality school and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American music...
(1896–1981), American composer, conductor and educator - Hamza Yusuf Hanson - American Muslim scholar and director of the Zaytuna Institute, California
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- Jane HansonJane HansonJane Hanson currently co-hosts New York Live on NBC-TV in New York. She joined WNBC-TV in September 1979. She hosted the Emmy Award-winning Jane Hanson's New York on WNBC-TV. She became host in 2003 after serving as co-anchor of Today in New York from 1988-2003...
(b. 1955), American television host - Janine HansonJanine HansonJanine Hanson is a Canadian rower from Winnipeg. Currently on the Canadian National team.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished in 8th place in the women's quad sculls....
(born December 14, 1982) is a Canadian rower from Winnipeg. - Jason HansonJason HansonJason Douglas Hanson is an American football placekicker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, where he has spent his entire 20 year career. He was drafted by the Lions in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft...
(b. 1970), American professional football player - Jeff HansonJeff HansonJeff Hanson was a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist whose voice was described in a 2005 Paste review as an "angelic falsetto, a cross between Alison Krauss and Art Garfunkel that is often mistaken for a female contralto."-Biography:Hanson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
(1978–2009), American singer-songwriter - Jennifer HansonJennifer HansonJennifer Kathleen Hanson is an American country music artist, as well as a former Miss California. Married to songwriter Mark Nesler since 1997, Hanson began her own musical career in 2002 with a self-titled debut album being issued on Capitol Records...
(b. 1974), American country singer - Jimmy Hanson (1904–?), English football player
- Joel HansonJoel HansonJoel Hanson was the lead singer and guitarist for Christian rock band PFR. After the breakup of the band, he went on to a solo career with the albums Captured and Broken. Joel is a songwriter who has collaborated with several artists across the music industry, including Sara Groves, Geoff Moore,...
(contemporary), American singer and guitarist
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- Kristine HansonKristine HansonKristine Hanson is an American television broadcaster who also was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1974 issue...
(1951–), American Playboy Playmate and television weather person - Kristy HansonKristy HansonKristy Hanson is an Americansinger-songwriter, who has released a number of folk-pop albums.-Background:Hanson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where she lived in the Shaker Heights area. Her family moved to south Florida in 1986...
(1981–), American singer-songwriter
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- Lars HansonLars HansonLars Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.-Biography:...
(1886-1965), Swedish stage and film actor - Linda N. HansonLinda N. HansonLinda N. Hanson is an American academic. She became Hamline University’s 19th president in July 2005. Hanson is president emeritus of the College of Santa Fe, where she served as president for five years...
, President of Hamline University
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- Marcy Hanson (1952–), American Playboy Playmate and actress
- Margus HansonMargus HansonMargus Hanson is an Estonian politician.-Career:Between 1997 and 2003, Hanson was a Vice-Mayor of Tartu.He has been a member of Riigikogu since 2004 and was the defense minister of Estonia from 2003 until 2004....
(1958–), Estonian politician - Mark HansonMark HansonMark S. Hanson is the third and current Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before being elected presiding bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod...
(1946–), Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Marla HansonMarla HansonMarla Hanson is a screenwriter and ex-model.Born in Independence, Missouri, Hanson attended college in Dallas, Texas. After working selling real estate and insurance, a job promotion brought her to New York City. There, a part-time modeling job eventually became a full-time career in the 1980s.In...
(1962–), American screenwriter and ex-model - Martin HansonMartin HansonMartin Hanson was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Port Curtis in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1963 to 1976....
(1971–), Swedish football referee - Matt HansonMatt HansonMatt Hanson is an author, film producer, and film director, specializing in digital art. He has created a series of projects which investigate cinema's possible futures, including A Swarm of Angels, onedotzero, and book projects including The End of Celluloid...
(1971–), American author, film producer and film director - Mitchell Hanson - Mitchell Gene B. Hanson (born 2 September 1988 in Derby) is an English football defender who plays for Eastwood Town in the Conference North.
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- Paul D. HansonPaul D. HansonPaul D. Hanson is an American biblical scholar who taught for 40 years at the Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
(1939–), American biblical scholar - Pauline HansonPauline HansonPauline Lee Hanson is an Australian politician and former leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, a political party with a populist and anti-multiculturalism platform...
(1954–), Australian politician and television personality - Per Albin HanssonPer Albin HanssonPer Albin Hansson , was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-lived crisis in the summer of 1936, which he ended by forming a coalition government with his...
(1885–1946), Prime Minister of Sweden - Peter HansonPeter HansonPeter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the...
(1971–), Swedish golfer - Peter HanssonPeter HanssonPeter Hansson is a co-founder and guitarist of Swedish metal band Therion.- References :...
, Swedish heavy metal guitarist - Petter HanssonPetter HanssonPetter Hansson ; born December 14, 1976 in Söderhamn) is a Swedish footballer who is currently playing in the French Ligue 2 at AS Monaco.- Söderhamns FF and Halmstads BK :...
, (1976–), Swedish footballer - Pontus HansonPontus HansonPontus Hanson was a Swedish breaststroke swimmer and water polo player. He won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in 200 m breaststroke, bronze medals at the 1908 and 1920 in men's water polo tournament and a silver medal in men's water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics in...
(May 24, 1894 – December 4, 1962) was a Swedish breaststroke swimmer and water polo player
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- Ray HansonRay HansonRay "Rock" Hanson , former United States Marine Colonel and veteran of World War I and World War II, was best known as the football coach at Western Illinois State Teachers College in Macomb, Illinois, USA from 1926 to 1964.-Coaching career:Hanson officially began his coaching career at Western...
(died 1982), American college football coach - Raymond Hanson (disambiguation)Raymond Hanson (disambiguation)Raymond Hanson may refer to:*Raymond Alvah Hanson , American entrepreneur, inventor and engineer*Raymond Charles Hanson , Australian composer and lecturer*Raymond Hanson , English cricketer...
— several people - Sir Reginald HansonReginald HansonSir Reginald Hanson 1st Baronet, Kt, JP, DL, FSA was Lord Mayor of London and a British Conservative Party politician....
(1840–1905), Lord Mayor of London, Member of Parliament
- Robert HansonRobert HansonRobert Hanson was a World War II U.S. Army Air Forces flier.He served as the radio operator and as a gunner on the Flying Fortress Memphis Belle, the first U.S. bomber to complete 25 missions in Europe....
— several people - Robert M. HansonRobert M. HansonRobert Murray Hanson was a Marine Corps aviator who shot down 25 Japanese planes from the South Pacific skies. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor.-World War II flying ace:...
(1920–1944), American Marine Corps aviator - Robin HansonRobin HansonRobin D. Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is known as an expert on idea futures, markets and was involved in the creation of the Foresight Exchange and DARPA's FutureMAP...
(1959–), American professor of economics - Roger HansonRoger HansonRoger Weightman Hanson was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The commander of the famed "Orphan Brigade," he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro. He was nicknamed "Old Flintlock."-Early life:Hanson was born in Clark County, Kentucky...
"Old Flintlock" (1827–1863), general in the American confederate army
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- Sam HansonSam HansonSam Hanson is an American lawyer and judge from the state of Minnesota. He served on the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2000 to 2002 and as an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2002 to 2008...
an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court - Sharon HansonSharon HansonSharon Hanson-Lowery, née is a retired American heptathlete. Her personal best score was 6352 points, achieved in 1996.-Achievements:-References:*...
an American heptathlete - Sven HanssonSven HanssonSven Hansson was a Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti....
a Swedish cross country skier - Sven Ove HanssonSven Ove HanssonSven Ove Hansson is a professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy and History of Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden...
a Swedish academic, philosopher, author and skeptic
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- Taylor HansonTaylor HansonTaylor Hanson is an American musician best known as a member of the pop rock band Hanson. He sings both lead and back-up vocals, and plays keyboard, percussion , guitar, harmonica, and piano...
(1983–), American pop/rock musician
- Travis HansonTravis HansonTravis Hanson is a rally car driver who competes in the Rally America national rally series across the United States. Travis is a vehicle dynamics engineer and an instructor with the Team O’Neil Rally School in New Hampshire...
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- Vic HansonVic HansonThis article refers to the college athlete. For the historian, please see Victor Davis HansonVictor A. Hanson was a well-known multi-sport college athlete in the 1920s...
(1903–1982), American football and basketball player - Victor Davis HansonVictor Davis HansonVictor Davis Hanson is an American military historian, columnist, political essayist and former classics professor, notable as a scholar of ancient warfare. He has been a commentator on modern warfare and contemporary politics for National Review and other media outlets...
(born 1953), American military historian and political essayist - Vince HansonVince HansonVincent Garnett "Vince" Hanson was an NCAA All-American basketball player at Washington State University in 1944–45. Hanson was a three-sport star at WSU, playing for the basketball, baseball and track and field teams between 1942–43 and 1947–48. His best season came during his sophomore...
(1923–2009), American basketball player
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- Zachary Hanson (1985–), American pop/rock musician
- Zac HansonZac HansonZachary Walker "Zac" Hanson is an American musician, best known as a member of the pop band Hanson. He plays drums, percussion, piano, guitar and also sings back-up and lead vocals...
- Zachary Walker "Zac" Hanson (born October 22, 1985) is an American musician, best known as a member of the pop band Hanson. He plays percussion, piano, guitar and drums and also sings back-up and lead vocals. He was the lead singer on "Go", the second single from The Walk.