Politics and government

• Alec G. Olson
  Alec G. Olson
  Alec 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. Olson
  Allen I. Olson
  Allen 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 Olson
  Bud Olson
  Horace 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 Olson
  Culbert Olson
  Culbert 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 Olson
  Donovan Olson
  Donovan 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. Olson
  Eric T. Olson
  Eric 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 admiral
  Admiral
  Admiral 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. Olson
  Floyd B. Olson
  Floyd 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 Olson
  Mark Douglas Olson
  Mark 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. Olson
  Ole H. Olson
  Ole 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 Olson
  Pete Olson
  Peter 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 Olson
  Theodore Olson
  Theodore 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 Olson
  Benji Olson
  Benjamin 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 Olson
  Bob Olson
  Bob 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 Olson
  Bobo Olson
  Carl 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 Olson
  Drew Olson
  Drew 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 Olson
  Gregg Olson
  Greggory 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 Olson
  Karl Olson
  Karl 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 Olson
  Lisa Olson
  Lisa 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 Olson
  Lute Olson
  Robert 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)
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  , Canadian sports anchor in the 1970s
• Mark Olson (curler), Canadian curler and 1981 Brier champion
• Sasha Olson
  Sasha Olson
  Sasha 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 Olson
  Alix Olson
  Alix 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 Olson
  Candice Olson
  Candice 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 Olson
  Charles Olson
  Charles 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 Olson
  Evan Olson
  Evan 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 Olson
  Jenni Olson
  Jenni 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 Olson
  Kaitlin Olson
  Kaitlin 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 Olson
  Johnny Olson
  John 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 Olson
  Kenny Olson
  Kenny 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 Olson
  Nancy Olson
  Nancy 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 Olson
  Olivia Olson
  Olivia 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 Olson
  Scott Olson
  Scott 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 Olson
  Frank Olson
  Frank 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 Olson
  Mancur Olson
  Mancur 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 Olson
  Barbara Olson
  Barbara 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 Olson
  Brent Olson
  Brent 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. Olson
  Sigurd F. Olson
  Sigurd 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 Olson
  Walter Olson
  Walter 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 Olson
  Gale Olson
  Gale 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 Olson
  Annette Olson
  Annette 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 Olson
  Clifford Olson
  Clifford 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 Sheffield
  University of Sheffield
  The 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 Olsen
  Gregory Olsen
  Gregory 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. Olson
  James S. Olson
  James 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 Olson
  Jim Olson
  Jim 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. Olson
  Truman O. Olson
  Truman 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