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 Edson is an unincorporated community located in the town of Edson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. ...

, 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) Edson Henrique da Silva or simply Edson (born 6 July 1987) is a Brazilian footballer who played as a centre back. He has been hailed as one of the biggest talents that ever set foot on Koprivnica ground. Career Born in Itaquitinga-PE, he debuted ...

, Brazilian footballer * Edson (footballer, born 1990), 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 (born 1997), Mexican footballer * Edson Braafheid (born 1983), Dutch footballer * Edson Buddle (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 (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, but ...

(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 (born 1940), American medievalist and historian of cartography * Fanny Carter Edson (1887–1952), American geologist * Franklin Edson (1832–1904), 85th Mayor of New York * Gary Edson, president of Conservation International * Gus Edson (1901–1966), American cartoonist (originally "Edelstein") * Hilary Edson (born 1965), American soap opera actress * Hiram Edson (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 (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. References * Kansas City Southern Historical Society, The Kansas City Southern Lines
'. Retrieved August 15, 2005. 1854 births ...

(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, but soon after became a singing master A singing school is a school in which students are taught to sightread ...

(1748–1820), early American composer * Marcellus Gilmore Edson (1849–1940), Canadian pharmacist who was the first person to patent peanut butter * Margaret Edson (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 (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, a rifle range at Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California * , a destroyer of the United States Navy {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname