List of Famous people with last name Carlson

Chester Floyd Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington.

Veronica Carlson is an English model and actress, famous for her roles in Hammer horror films.

Ben Carlson is a Canadian actor. Primarily associated with stage roles at the Stratford Festival, he won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries for his performance as Petruchio in the CBC Presents the Stratford Festival adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew.

Richard Warner Carlson is an American journalist and diplomat who served as the director of the Voice of America during the last six years of the Cold War. At the same time, he led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the U.S. Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. Carlson has also been a newspaper and wire service reporter, a magazine writer, a TV and radio correspondent and a documentary filmmaker. He is the father of conservative pundit Tucker Carlson.

Kristina Carlson, also known by her pen name Mari Lampinen, is a Finnish novelist, poet and writer.

Arne Helge Carlson is an American politician who served as the 37th Governor of Minnesota from 1991 to 1999.

Karen Carlson is an American actress.

Steven Edward Carlson is a retired American ice hockey forward and a former minor league hockey coach.

Jeff Carlson is a retired American ice hockey forward. Carlson is best known for his role in the movie Slap Shot as one of the Hanson Brothers. Carlson also played in the World Hockey Association with the Minnesota Fighting Saints. As of 2007 Carlson is now an electrician in Muskegon, Michigan.

Robert James Carlson is an American Roman Catholic cleric. He was the ninth Archbishop of St. Louis from 2009 to 2020. He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis (1983–1994), Bishop of Sioux Falls (1995–2004), and Bishop of Saginaw (2004-2009).