Edmondson is a

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meaning "son of Edmond". There are varied spellings, including Edmonson. It is uncommon as a

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. Notable people with the surname Edmondson include: *

Ade Edmondson Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series '' The Young Ones'' (1 ...

(born 1957), British comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director *

Beattie Edmondson Beatrice Louise "Beattie" Edmondson (born 19 June 1987) is an English actress. She played a main character in the BBC Three sitcom ''Josh (TV series), Josh''. Early life Beatrice Louise Edmondson is the middle daughter of comedians Ade Edmondson ...

(born 1987), English actress *

David Edmondson David J. Edmondson (born June 10, 1959) is an American businessman, known for his career at RadioShack and his termination as CEO for falsifying his educational background. Early life and education David J. Edmondson was born June 10, 1959, in ...

Donna Edmondson Donna may refer to the short form of the honorific ''nobildonna'', the female form of Don (honorific) in Italian. People *Donna (given name); includes name origin and list of people and characters with the name * Roberto Di Donna (born 1968), Ita ...

Douglas Edmondson {{Unreferenced, date=November 2008 The Manitoba Reform Party was a right-wing political party in Manitoba, Canada in the early 1990s. It was known as the Manitoba Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) in the provincial elections of 1986, 1988 and 199 ...

Drew Edmondson William Andrew Edmondson (born October 12, 1946), known as Drew Edmondson, is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, Edmondson served as the 16th Attorney General of Oklahoma from 1995 t ...

Ed Edmondson (chess official) Edmund Edmondson (13 August 1920 – 21 October 1982) was president of the United States Chess Federation from 1963 to 1966 and executive director of the United States Chess Federation from 1966 to 1975. He served as an officer in the United Stat ...

* Ed Edmondson (U.S. politician) *

Ella Edmondson Eleanor Rose "Ella" Edmondson (born 22 January 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. Her primary instrument is the guitar although she can also play the piano.Interview with Judi Spiers on BBC Devon, 16 February 2009. Early life Eleanor Rose Edm ...

(born 1986), English musician * Frank K. Edmondson (1912–2008), American astronomer *

G. C. Edmondson G. C. Edmondson was the working name of science fiction author Garry Edmonson (full name "José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton") (October 11, 1922 in Washington state – December 14, 1995 in San Diego, California). According to the obit ...

, working name of science fiction author Garry Edmonson (1922–1995) *

J. Howard Edmondson James Howard Edmondson (September 27, 1925November 17, 1971) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He served as the 16th governor of Oklahoma from 1959 to 1963, and the appointed United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1963 ...

* James E. Edmondson *

Jerold A. Edmondson Jerold Alan Edmondson (born 1941) (Chinese name: 艾杰瑞 Aì Jiéruì) is an American linguist whose work spans four subdisciplines: historical and comparative linguistics, Asian linguistics, field linguistics, and phonetics. He is a leading spe ...

, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Arlington * John Hurst Edmondson * Joseph Edmondson (died 1786), English herald and genealogist *

Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson (born 28 June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. Edmondson won the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, and remains the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam t ...

* Mark Edmondson (rugby league footballer) *

Matt Edmondson Matthew Edmondson (born 27 December 1985) is a British television and Sony Award-nominated radio presenter, best known for his work with BBC Radio 1 and ITV2. Edmondson currently presents the weekend afternoon show Fridays, Saturdays and Sund ...

(born 1985), British television and radio presenter *

Paul Edmondson Paul Michael Edmondson (February 12, 1943 – February 13, 1970) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Kansas City, Kansas, the right-hander was drafted by the Chicago White Sox out of California State University, Northridg ...

* Ryan Edmondson, English footballer * Thomas Edmondson (born c. 1645), Burgess - Virginia

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1693 et al. * Thomas William Edmondson (1869–1938), Anglo-American mathematician *

Thomas Edmondson Thomas Edmondson (30 June 1792 in Lancaster, England – 22 June 1851 in Manchester, England) was the inventor of the Edmondson railway ticket. He was a member of the Religious Society of Friends and originally worked at the Gillow cabi ...

, inventor of the Edmondson railway ticket * Van Edmondson (1899–1998), American football player * Walles T. Edmondson ("Tommy") limnologist at University of Washington * William Edmondson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Yvette Hardman Edmondson Yvette Hardman Edmondson (born Yvette Hardman) was the editor of '' Limnology and Oceanography'' the premier journal of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (1968 to 1986) and was an aquatic scientist known for her resea ...

, scientist and former editor of ''

Limnology and Oceanography ''Limnology and Oceanography'' (L&O) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal focused on all aspects of limnology and oceanography. It was established in 1956 and originally published through the Association for the Sciences of Limnolog ...

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