Elson is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Andrea Elson Andrea Hope Elson (born March 6, 1969) is an American former actress. Beginning her professional career as a child actress and model, Elson is perhaps best known for her television roles as Alice Tyler on the CBS science-fiction adventure series ...

(born 1969), actress * Anita Elson (1898–1985), American dancer and singer * Bob Elson (1904–1981), sportscaster *

David Elson David Elson (born August 26, 1971) is an American football coach. He is the linebackers coach, and was previously a quality control coach, at Purdue University, a position he has held since 2021. Elson served as head football coach at Western Ken ...

, coach * Diane Elson (born 1946), economist * Edward L.R. Elson (1906–1993), minister *

Francisco Elson Francisco Marinho Robby Elson (born February 28, 1976, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch retired professional basketball player. Elson was the seventh Dutch player to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Elson served as the captain of the ...

(born 1976), basketball player * Jeremy Elson (born 1974), computer researcher *

Karen Elson Karen Jill Elson (born 15 January 1979) is an English model and singer-songwriter. Early life and education Elson was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, and attended North Chadderton School as a child. She has a fraternal twin sister, filmma ...

(born 1979), model and singer * Kate Elson (born 1979), model and filmmaker * Kay Elson (born 1947), politician * Peter Elson (Canadian politician) (1839–1913) *

Peter Elson Peter Elson (13 January 1947 – March 1998) was an English science fiction illustrator whose work appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction paperback novels, as well as in the Terran Trade Authority series of illustrated books. Biog ...

(1947–1998), illustrator * Pip Elson (born 1954), golfer * Rachel Elson, journalist * Rae Elson, activist * Rebecca Elson (1960–1999), astronomer *

Richard Elson Richard Elson (born 1962) is a British people, British comic book artist best known for his work on ''Sonic the Comic'', ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' and ''Thor (Marvel comics), Thor''. Biography Richard Elson is a fine art graduate with over ...

(born 1962), comic book artist *

Richard Mark Elson Richard Mark Elson is a UK based director for film and television. Career Elson has directed drama, documentary and theatre. In 2014 he directed the feature film ''A Christmas Star'', Ireland and Northern Ireland's first Christmas children's ...

(born 1979), writer, director and editor *

Robert Elson Robert Edward Elson is an historian, author and academic regarded as an authority on Indonesian history, with his biography of former President Suharto and works on the cultivation system in Colonial Java (the latter frequently being describe ...

, professor * Roy Elson (born 1930), politician * William Elson (disambiguation), footballer

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* Élson Falcão da Silva (born 1981), football player * Elson Becerra (1978–2006), football player *

Elson Floyd Elson S. Floyd (February 29, 1956 – June 20, 2015) was an American educator who served as the 10th president of the four-campus Washington State University from May 21, 2007 to June 20, 2015. Floyd was also the first African American to be nam ...

, educator *

Elson Moyo Elson Moyo is a Zimbabwean air officer and military general who serves as commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe since December 2017 and one of the main figures in the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état attempt. He was previously deputy commander of ...

, deputy commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe *

Elson Seale Elson Seale is a Barbados-American soccer forward who played in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He is currently an independent businessman in the Kansas City area. Seale attended Columb ...

, soccer player *

Elson Soh Elson Soh (simplified Chinese: 苏奕铨; born September 6, 1988) is a music artist under a Singapore based Label Record and Artist Management company, M5 Royal Music. Elson studied in Yuhua Primary School, Kranji Secondary School and Pioneer J ...

(born 1988), artist *

Elson-Dudley House The Elson-Dudley House is a historic home located at 1101 29th Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi. Built in 1894 by Julius and Dora Neubauer Elson, some of Meridian's earliest settlers, the home is a Victorian Eastlake movement home with Queen Anne ...

Ellison Ellison is a surname and given name. It may derive from "Son of Elias" in Norwegian. Ellison can also be spelled Ellisson, Elison, Elisson, Ellyson, Ellysson, Elyson, and Elysson. People with the surname * Andy Ellison, British musician * ...

Ellyson Ellyson may refer to: * Edgar Ellyson (1869–1954), minister * Henry Keeling Ellyson (1923–1890), Virginia newspaperman, father of James Taylor Ellyson, grandfather of Theodore Gordon Ellyson. * James Taylor Ellyson (1847–1919), politician * ...

Places

*Elson, a small settlement near Gosport, Hampshire, England **

Fort Elson Fort Elson was one of the early Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the northernmost polygonal land fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport. It was located on land immediately to the south of Elson Creek, to which it was connected by ...

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