List of Famous people with last name Olson

Clifford Robert Olson Jr. was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering 11 children and young adults between the ages of 9 and 18 in the early 1980s. Olson scored 38/40 on the Psychopathy Checklist according to forensic psychiatrist Stanley Semrau, who interviewed Olson at length in prison.

Alec Gehard Olson is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a former state senator, who served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. He was born in Mamre Township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

Josh Olson is an American former professional ice hockey player who played five National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Florida Panthers during the 2003–04 season. He was drafted by the Panthers in the sixth round, 190th overall, at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Olson moved with his family to Roseau, Minnesota when he was nine years old and he grew up playing hockey for Roseau High School.

Peter Graham Olson is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 2009 to 2021. His district included much of southern Houston, as well as most of the city's southwestern suburbs such as Katy, Pearland, and Sugar Land. He is a member of the Republican Party. On July 25, 2019, Olson announced that he would retire at the end of his term. He was succeeded by fellow Republican Troy Nehls.

Josh Olson is an American screenwriter and podcaster, known for writing the 2005 film A History of Violence.

James Olson is a retired American actor.

Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democratic Party member, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943.

Ole H. Olson was the 16th lieutenant governor and 18th governor of North Dakota.

Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 22nd Governor of Minnesota from January 6, 1931, to August 22, 1936, dying in office of stomach cancer. Olson was a member of the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, and the first member of that party to win the office of governor. He was a prominent governor of Minnesota and an influential American politician.

Wilma K. Olson is the Mary I. Bunting professor at the Rutgers Center for Quantitative Biology (CQB) at Rutgers University. Olson has her own research group on the New Brunswick campus. Although she is a polymer chemist by training, her research aims to understand the influence of chemical architecture on the conformation, properties, and interactions of nucleic acids.