Kelso is a surname and a given name. It is of British origin with Scottish and English roots.
People with the surname
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Ben Kelso
Ben Kelso (born April 11, 1949) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the Detroit Pistons. He has coached basketball for schools in the Detroit area and was accused and acquitted of an alleged scandal in this capac ...
(born 1949), American basketball player and coach
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Bill Kelso
William Eugene Kelso (February 19, 1940 – May 11, 2009) was an American professional baseball player who played four seasons for the Los Angeles/California Angels and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball. Early life
A multi-sport ath ...
(1940-2009), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Bob Kelso (footballer) (1865-1942), Scottish soccer player
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Frank B. Kelso II
Frank Benton Kelso II (July 11, 1933 – June 23, 2013) was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1990 to 1994.
Early life
Kelso was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, on July 11, 1933. He attended public ...
(1933–2013), United States Navy admiral
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Iris Kelso
Iris Turner Kelso (December 10, 1926 – November 2, 2003) was a Mississippi-born journalist who worked for three newspapers in New Orleans, Louisiana, including the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune''.
Background
Iris Turner was born in Philadel ...
(1926-2003), American journalist and television commentator
* J. A. Scott Kelso (born 1947), neuroscientist
* J. J. Kelso (1864-1935), creator of the Children's Aid Society in Canada
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Jack W. Kelso
Jack William Kelso (January 23, 1934 – October 2, 1952) was a United States Marine Corps, United States Marine who Posthumous recognition, posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on the night of October 2, 1952, during the First ...
(1934-1952), Medal of Honor recipient
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Jackie Kelso
John Joseph Kelson Jr. (February 27, 1922 – April 28, 2012), known professionally as Jackie Kelso, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist.
Biography
Born in Los Angeles, California, Kelson was the eldest child of John Josep ...
(1922-2012), American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist
* James Kelso (footballer) (1869-1900), Scottish footballer
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Jamie Kelso
Jamie Kelso (June 8, 1948) is an American white supremacist and former Church of Scientology member of the Sea Org. He hosts daily web radio programs, including ''The Jamie Kelso Show'' on the Voice of Reason Broadcast Network, and is a senior m ...
(born 1948), American political activist and supremacist
* Jim Kelso (1910-1987), Scottish soccer player
* Jimmy Kelso (1910-?), Australian boxer of the 1920s and '30s
* John R. Kelso (1831-1891), politician and author
* Iain Kelso (born 1975), Canadian film score composer
* Lee Kelso, television news anchor
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Louis O. Kelso
Louis Orth Kelso (; December 4, 1913 – February 17, 1991) was a political economist, corporate and financial lawyer, author, lecturer and merchant banker who is chiefly remembered today as the inventor and pioneer of the employee stock ownersh ...
(1913-1991), political economist
* Mark Kelso (born 1963), former Buffalo Bills defensive back
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Mayme Kelso
Mayme Kelso (February 28, 1867 – June 5, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1927. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, and died in South Pasadena, California from a heart attac ...
(1867-1946), American actress
* Megan Kelso (born 1968), comic book artist
* Phil Kelso (1871-1935), Scottish soccer player
* Sylvia Kelso, Australian author
* Tommy Kelso (1882-1974), Scottish footballer
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Thomas Kelso
Thomas Kelso (1784 – July 26, 1878) was an Irish-American philanthropist and businessman, who was born in Clones, a market town in the north of Ireland, August 28, 1784. He died on the morning of July 26, 1878 at his home of many years on Ea ...
(1784-1878), philanthropist
* William Kelso (born 1941), archeologist
People with the given name
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Kelso Roberts
Archibald Kelso Roberts (September 11, 1898 – October 8, 1970) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1948 and again from 1951 to 1967. Both times he r ...
, Canadian politician
* Kelso Cochrane (~1936-1959), Antiguan immigrant to Britain whose murder sparked tensions in London
Fictional characters
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Bob Kelso
Robert "Bob" Kelso, M.D., is a fictional character played by Ken Jenkins in the American comedy-drama '' Scrubs''.
Bob Kelso is the chief of medicine for Sacred Heart Hospital for the first seven seasons of ''Scrubs'' (a position held since 1984 ...
, Chief of Medicine from ''Scrubs''
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Michael Kelso
Michael Christopher Kelso is a fictional character and one of the five male leads on Fox Network's ''That '70s Show'', portrayed by Ashton Kutcher. Tall, lanky and long-haired, Kelso had been accepted as the local idiot until he moved to Chicago ...
, character on ''That '70s Show''
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Casey Kelso
This is a list of characters appearing in the television series ''That '70s Show'' and ''That '90s Show''.
Cast table
Main characters Eric Forman
Portrayed by Topher Grace: The protagonist; Eric is a nice guy, generally nerdy, clumsy, and ac ...
, ''That '70s Show'' character
* Wyoming Bill Kelso, character in '' The Party''
* Jack Kelso, character in ''
L.A. Noire
''L.A. Noire'' is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. Set in 1947 Los Angeles, the game follows detective Cole Phelps's rise among the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department as he so ...
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* Capt. Wild Bill Kelso in '' 1941''
* Zeke Kelso, FBI Agent in ''
That Darn Cat!
''That Darn Cat!'' is a 1965 American thriller comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Hayley Mills and Dean Jones in a story about bank robbers, a kidnapping and a mischievous cat; produced by Walt Disney Productions. The fi ...
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That Darn Cat (1997 film)
''That Darn Cat'' is a 1997 American mystery comedy film directed by Bob Spiers, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and starring Christina Ricci and Doug E. Doug. It is a remake of the 1965 film ''That Darn Cat!'', which in turn wa ...