Edson may refer to:

Places

Canada

United States

* Edson, Kansas, an unincorporated community *

Edson, South Dakota Edson is a ghost town in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Pl ...

, a ghost town *

Edson, Wisconsin Edson is a town in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,089 at the 2010 census, up from 966 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Edson is located in the town. History The squares that became Edson ...

, a town ** Edson (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

People

Given name

Édson Édson (Brazilian Portuguese: �ɛtsõ is a Brazilian name, often spelled Edson. The name is found as early as the 1920s, for example in the name of the businessman Edson Queiroz. The most famous holder of the name is the footballer Pelé, born Ed ...

, a Brazilian given name, often written as Edson *

Edson (footballer, born 1977) Edson Luiz da Silva (born 15 March 1977) is a Brazilian former professional Association football, footballer who played as Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back, who could also adapt to play in Midfielder, midfield. Career During ...

, Brazilian footballer * Edson (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian footballer *

Edson (footballer, born 1990) Edson dos Santos Reis, or simply Edson (born February 26, 1990), is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Comercial-SP on loan from Vitória. References External links * 1990 births Living people Expatriate footballers in Japan ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Edson (footballer, born 1991) Edson Felipe da Cruz (born 1 July 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Adalah. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a defender. Club career Born in Touros, Rio Grande do Nort ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Edson (footballer, born 1998) Edson Fernando da Silva Gomes (born 24 April 1998), simply known as Edson, is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense o ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Edson Álvarez Edson Omar Álvarez Velázquez (; born 24 October 1997), also known as El Machín, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Mexico national team. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he is also capable of playin ...

(born 1997), Mexican footballer *

Edson Braafheid Edson René Braafheid (born 8 April 1983) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a left-back for amateur club Palm Beach Stars. Braafheid started his career with Eredivisie side Utrecht in 2003, before moving on to FC Twente in 2007 on a ...

(born 1983), Dutch footballer *

Edson Buddle Edson Michael Buddle (born May 21, 1981) is an American retired Footballer who is currently the head coach of USL League Two side Westchester Flames. He is one of only 11 players to have scored 100 goals in Major League Soccer history. Buddle b ...

(born 1981), American soccer player *

Edson Minga Edson Dico Minga (; born 31 May 1979) is a Congolese born Hong Kong footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

(born 1979), Congolese born Hong Kong footballer *

Edson B. Olds Edson Baldwin Olds (June 3, 1802 – January 24, 1869) was a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. During the American Civil War, he was a leading member of the Peace Democrats. He was the great-grandfather of United States Army Air Forces ...

(1802–1869), American politician * Edson A. Putnam (1832-1917), American politician *

Edson Warner Edson Warner (6 March 1930 – 20 August 2019) was a Canadian sports shooter. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He represented Canada at the World Shooting Championships in Oslo (1952), ...

(born 1930), Canadian sports figure *

Edson White James Edson White (28 July 1849 – 3 June 1928), known as "Edson", was an author, publisher and the second son of two of the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church – James White and Ellen G. White. In 1870 he married Emma McDearmon, bu ...

(1849–1928), American Seventh-day Adventist and publisher

Surname

Allan Edson Aaron Allan Edson (1846–1888) was a Canadian landscape painter from Québec. Biography At the age of nine, his family settled in Stanbridge, where his father ran a hotel. Nearby was a bank owned by John Carpenter Baker, a patron of the ...

(1846–1888), Canadian painter *

Billy Edson Willis Charles “Billy” Edson (September 25, 1874 in Wilton, Illinois – March 5, 1965) was a football player, lawyer, and politician in Iowa. He was a halfback on the University of Iowa’s Big Ten championship team in 1900 and was the Speake ...

(1874–1965), football player, lawyer, and politician in Iowa *

C. L. Edson Charles Leroy Edson (September 6 or December 6, 1881 – December 4, 1975) was an American newspaper columnist, humorist, and poet whose work appeared in New York papers in the first decades of the 20th century. He wrote a guide to writing newspa ...

(1881–1975), American newspaper columnist, humorist, and poet *

Carroll A. Edson Colonel Carroll Andrew Edson (December 29, 1891 – October 15, 1986) was an influential leader in the Boy Scouts of America movement. He helped to found the Order of the Arrow (OA) along with E. Urner Goodman. The OA is an official program of the ...

(1891–1986), early leader in the Boy Scouts of America; co-founder of the Order of the Arrow scouting honor society *

Charles Edson Charles Farwell Edson (April 3, 1864 – August 7, 1936) was an American composer. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was the nephew of prominent Chicago businessman John V. Farwell ...

(1864–1936), American composer *

Evelyn Edson Evelyn Edson (born November 28, 1940 in Oklahoma City) is an author, medievalist, and professor emerita of history. She is known for her three books on the history of cartography. Biography She graduated in 1962 with a B.A. from Swarthmore College ...

(born 1940), American medievalist and historian of cartography *

Fanny Carter Edson Fanny Carter Edson (October 5, 1887 – June 10, 1952) was an American petroleum geologist, She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1910 and returned to further specialize in Precambrian geology, earning her master's degree in 1913.Amer ...

(1887–1952), American geologist *

Franklin Edson Franklin Edson (April 5, 1832 – September 24, 1904) was an American merchant who served as the 85th Mayor of New York from 1883 to 1884. Early life Edson was born in Chester, Vermont on April 5, 1832, where his father had a farm. A descendant ...

(1832–1904), 85th Mayor of New York *

Gary Edson Gary Edson is a former American government official, entrepreneur, and former president of Conservation International. He served previously as chief executive officer of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that conclude ...

, president of Conservation International *

Gus Edson Gus Edson (September 20, 1901 - September 26, 1966) was an American cartoonist known for two popular, long running comic strips, ''The Gumps'' and ''Dondi''. Born to Max and Emma Edson in Cincinnati, Ohio, Gus Edson dropped out of school at age ...

(1901–1966), American cartoonist (originally "Edelstein") *

Hilary Edson Hilary Edson (born October 17, 1962) is an actress who has appeared in several daytime television soap operas. From 1984 to 1987, she played Tania Roskov Jones on ''General Hospital''. She then portrayed Stacey Winthrop on '' Another World'' fro ...

(born 1965), American soap opera actress *

Hiram Edson Hiram Edson (1806–1882) was a pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, known for introducing the sanctuary doctrine (investigative judgment) to the church. Hiram Edson was a Millerite adventist, and became a Sabbath-keeping Adventist. L ...

(1806–1882), pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church *

J. T. Edson John Thomas Edson (17 February 1928 – 17 July 2014) was an English author of 137 Westerns, escapism adventure, and police-procedural novels. He lived near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, from the 1950s onwards, and retired from writing due to ...

(1928–2014), English author of American Westerns *

Jerrod Edson Jerrod Edson (born 1974 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian novelist. His work has been widely praised by critics, including fellow New Brunswick writer David Adams Richards who said in 2005 that Edson is "one of our best young writers." I ...

(born 1974), Canadian novelist *

Job A. Edson Job A. Edson (February 14, 1854 – July 30, 1928) was twice the president of Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 midwestern and southeast ...

(1854–1928), president of the Kansas City Southern Railway *

John Joy Edson John Joy Edson (May 17, 1846 – July 15, 1935), was president of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, Equitable Co-operative Building Association, treasurer of the American Geographical Society, and Chairman of the Board and treasurer of the N ...

, American banker *

Katherine Philips Edson Katherine Philips Edson (January 12, 1870 – November 5, 1933) was an American reformer and social activist who had a key role in changing the labor conditions in California and across the nation. Biography Katherine Philips was born in Ohio in 1 ...

(1870–1933), American labor and women's rights activist *

Lewis Edson Lewis Edson (22 January 1748 – 1820 in Woodstock, New York) was one of the first American composers. He began working as blacksmith A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from ...

(1748–1820), early American composer *

Marcellus Gilmore Edson Marcellus Gilmore Edson (February 7, 1849 – March 6, 1940) was a Canadian chemist and pharmacist. In 1884, he patented a way to make peanut paste, an early version of peanut butter. Biography Marcellus Gilmore Edson was born at Bedford in Q ...

(1849–1940), Canadian pharmacist who was the first person to patent peanut butter *

Margaret Edson Margaret "Maggie" Edson (born July 4, 1961) is an American playwright. She is a recipient of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play '' Wit''. She has been a public school teacher since 1992. Background and education Edson was born in Was ...

(born 1961), American playwright * Merritt A. Edson (1897–1955), U.S. Marine Corps General *

Mike Edson Michael Edson (called Mike; born 2 September 1942) is a British Church of England priest; he was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1994 to 2002. Edson was educated at the University of Birmingham and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He wa ...

(born 1942), British Church of England clergyman *

Norman Lowther Edson Norman Lowther Edson (1 March 1904 – 12 May 1970), FRSNZ, FNZIC, was the first Professor of Biochemistry (1949–1967) in the University of New Zealand based at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand where he founded a department of ...

(1904–1970), New Zealander biochemist *

Rich Edson Rich Edson (born August 2, 1981, in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is the State Department Correspondent for Fox News Channel and a former Washington Correspondent for Fox Business Network. He holds a Master of Science in journalism from Columbia Unive ...

(born 1981), American journalist * Richard Edson (born 1954), American actor *

Russell Edson Russell Edson (1935 – April 29, 2014) was an American poet, novelist, writer, and illustrator. He was the son of the cartoonist-screenwriter Gus Edson. He studied art early in life and attended the Art Students League as a teenager. He began pu ...

(1935–2014), American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator *

Susan Ann Edson Susan Ann Edson (January 4, 1823November 13, 1897) was one of the first women to attend medical school, served as a Civil War Army Nurse, and was a friend and personal physician to President James A. Garfield and his wife Lucretia. Early life a ...

(1823–1897), American doctor and personal physician to James A. Garfield * William Alden Edson (1912–2012), American scientist and engineer

Other

Edson Range Edson Range is a firing range complex at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California. It is named for Marine Major General "Red Mike" Edson, "a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and a distinguished small arms marksman prop ...

, a rifle range at Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California * , a destroyer of the United States Navy {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname