Edson may refer to:
Places
Canada
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Edson, Alberta
Edson is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Yellowhead County, west of Edmonton along the Yellowhead Highway and east of the intersection with Highway 47.
History
The town was founded as Heatherwood, but the name ...
United States
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Edson, Kansas
Edson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sherman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17. Edson is located near Interstate 70, east of Goodland.
History
Edson was named for settler Ed Harris, and his ...
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Edson, South Dakota, a ghost town
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Edson, Wisconsin, a town
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Edson (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
People
Given name
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Édson, a Portuguese given name, often written as Edson
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Edson (footballer, born 1977), Brazilian footballer
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Edson (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian footballer
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Edson (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer
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Edson (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer
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Edson (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer
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Edson Álvarez
Edson Omar Álvarez Velázquez (; born 24 October 1997) is a Mexican professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for club West Ham United F.C., West Ham United and Captain ...
(born 1997), Mexican footballer
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento Edson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Edson, Alberta
United States
* Edson, Kansas, an unincorporated community
* Edson, South Dakota, a ghost town
* Edson, Wisconsin, a town
** Edson (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
People ...
(1940–2022), Brazilian footballer, better known by his nickname Pelé
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Edson Braafheid (born 1983), Dutch footballer
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Edson Buddle (born 1981), American soccer player
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Edson Minga
Edson Dico Minga (; born 31 May 1979) is a retired Congolese-Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
In 2007, Minga joined Indian I-League club Mahindra United
Mahindra United Football Club (formerly known as ...
(born 1979), Congolese born Hong Kong footballer
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Edson B. Olds (1802–1869), American politician
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Edson Olf
E.M. (Edson) Olf (born 1986) is a Dutch politician for left-wing party BIJ1. He has been party leader of BIJ1 since 16 September 2023. Currently living in Rotterdam, Olf works as a consultant
A consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professio ...
(born 1986), Dutch politician
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Edson A. Putnam (1832–1917), American politician
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Edson Stroll (1929–2011), American actor
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Edson Warner (1930–2019), Canadian sports figure
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Edson White (1849–1928), American Seventh-day Adventist and publisher
Surname
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Allan Edson
Aaron Allan Edson (1846–1888) was one of Canada's most prominent landscape artists in the 1870s.
Biography
At nine, his family settled in Stanbridge, where his father ran a hotel. Nearby was a bank owned by John Carpenter Baker, a patro ...
(1846–1888), Canadian painter
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Billy Edson
Willis Charles "Billy" Edson (September 25, 1874 – March 5, 1965) was an American college football player, coach, lawyer, and politician in Iowa. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—fr ...
(1874–1965), football player, lawyer, and politician in Iowa
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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
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Calvin Edson
Calvin Edson (born March 4, 1788) was an American man known for being the first well known "Living Skeleton" in American sideshows.
Early life
Edson was born in 1788 in Stafford, Connecticut to Eliab and Prudence Edson and the family moved to R ...
, American soldier and sideshow performer
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Carroll A. Edson (1891–1986), early leader in the Boy Scouts of America; co-founder of the Order of the Arrow scouting honor society
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Charles Edson
Charles Farwell Edson (April 3, 1863 – 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
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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 Coll ...
(born 1940), American medievalist and historian of cartography
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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.A ...
(1887–1952), American geologist
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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
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Gary R. Edson, president of Conservation International
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Gus Edson (1901–1966), American cartoonist (originally "Edelstein")
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Hilary Edson (born 1965), American soap opera actress
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Hiram Edson (1806–1882), pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
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J. T. Edson (1928–2014), English author of American Westerns
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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." ...
(born 1974), Canadian novelist
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Job A. Edson (1854–1928), president of the Kansas City Southern Railway
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John Joy Edson, American banker
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Katherine Philips Edson (1870–1933), American labor and women's rights activist
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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
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Marcellus Gilmore Edson (1849–1940), Canadian pharmacist who was the first person to patent peanut butter
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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
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Merritt A. Edson (1897–1955), U.S. Marine Corps General
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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 w ...
(born 1942), British Church of England clergyman
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Norman Lowther Edson (1904–1970), New Zealander biochemist
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Rich Edson (born 1981), American journalist
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Richard Edson
Richard Edson (born January 1, 1954) is an American actor and musician.
Personal life
Edson was born in New Rochelle, New York to a Jewish family. He has one brother, Steven, who resides in the Boston area, and two sisters, Andrea, who resides ...
(born 1954), American actor
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Russell Edson (1935–2014), American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator
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Susan Ann Edson
Susan Ann Edson (January 4, 1823November 13, 1897) was one of the first women to attend medical school, served as a National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War, Civil War Army Nurse, and was a friend and personal physician to President J ...
(1823–1897), American doctor and personal physician to James A. Garfield
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William Alden Edson (1912–2012), American scientist and engineer
Other
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Edson Range, a rifle range at Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California
* , a destroyer of the United States Navy
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