Pederson is a

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surname meaning "son of Peder".

People with the surname Pederson

Barry Pederson Barry Alan Pederson (born March 13, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League between 1980 and 1992. He finished second in NHL Awards Voting for Rookie of the Year in 1982 ...

, Canadian retired player from National Hockey League *

Denis Pederson Denis Erio Pederson (born September 10, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played a total of 435 games in the National Hockey League and then went on to great success playing for Eisbären Berlin in Germany. Playing ca ...

, Canadian player with the Eisbaren Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga; former player National Hockey League * Don Pederson, state senator, Nebraska Legislature *

Donald Pederson Donald Oscar Pederson (September 30, 1925 – December 25, 2004) was an American professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the designers of SPICE, a simulator for integrated circuits that has been u ...

, American electrical engineer and one of the designers of SPICE *

Doug Pederson Douglas Irvin Pederson (born January 31, 1968) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the head coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Pederson spent most of his 13-season playing career as ...

, American former football quarterback in the NFL *

Duane Pederson Father Duane Pederson, The Right Reverend Archimandrite (September 30 1938 - July 20 2022) was an American Eastern Orthodox priest, "Jesus freak" and former leader of the "Jesus movement". He was also the founder of Orthodox Christian Prison Min ...

, coined the terms ''Jesus People'' and ''Jesus Movement'' * Duane C. Pederson, bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America *

Eli Pederson Eli Pederson (July 26, 1837 – August 17, 1909) was an American farmer and politician. Born in Voss, Norway, Pederson emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1852 and settled in Racine County, Wisconsin. In 1854, Pederson and his ...

, Wisconsin state assemblyman *

Jim Pederson (American football) James Palmer Pederson (October 19, 1907 – August 14, 1978) was an American football back who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Minneapolis Red Jackets, Frankford Yellow Jackets and Chicago Bears. He played colle ...

, American football player * Jim Pederson (businessman and politician), American businessman; was Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party *

Joc Pederson Joc Russell Pederson ( ; born April 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Br ...

, American baseball player *

Josh Pederson Josh Pederson (born September 22, 1997) is an American football tight end for the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at UL Monroe. He is the son of current Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pede ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Lane Pederson Lane Pederson (born August 4, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Pede ...

(born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player *

Lena Pedersen Lena (Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen or Lena Pederson (born 1940, Greenland) is a politician and social worker from Nunavut, Canada. In 1959, she moved from Greenland to the Northwest Territories and lived in Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Pangnirtung an ...

(Pederson), Canadian politician, former member Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories *

Mark Pederson Mark Patrick Pederson (born January 14, 1968) is a Canadians, Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), left winger who played 169 games in the National Hockey League, NHL. He is currently serving as head co ...

, Canadian former player, National Hockey League *

Martin Pederson Martin Pederson (December 5, 1921 – September 1, 2001) was a Canadian farmer, business owner and politician, who was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1958 to 1968. He was born on the family farm near Hawarden, ...

, Canadian politician, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan *

Rachel Field Rachel Lyman Field (September 19, 1894 – March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and children's fiction writer. She is best known for the Newbery Award–winning ''Hitty, Her First Hundred Years''. Field also won a National Book Award, ...

, aka Rachel Lyman Field Pedersen, Newbery Medal–winning author *

Red Pedersen Asger Rye "Red" Pedersen (sometimes Asgar Rye Pederson, born 1935, Denmark) is a former territorial-level Canadian politician. In 1953, he got a job in the Canadian Arctic with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (then t ...

, aka Asgar Rye Pederson, Canadian politician, former Speaker of the Assembly, Northwest Territories *

Ron Pederson Ronald Pederson (born January 8, 1978) is a Canadian ( Métis) actor, comedian and theatre director who has worked extensively throughout Canada and in the United States. He has performed with most of Canada's major theatres including The Stratf ...

, Canadian comedian and actor *

Sally Pederson Sally Pederson (born January 13, 1951) is an American politician and editor who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. A Democrat, she is a native of Vinton, Iowa. She graduated in 1973 from Iowa State University in Ames, ...

, former lieutenant governor, state of Iowa *

Steve Pederson Steve Pederson was athletic director (AD) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Pittsburgh. He began his career as a college football recruiting coordinator at Ohio State, Tennessee, and Nebraska, where he assembled No. 1 ...

, athletic director at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln *

, American sound engineer *

Stu Pederson Stuart Russell Pederson (born January 28, 1960) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He is the father of outfielder Joc Pederson. Baseball career College Pederso ...

, American retired player, Los Angeles Dodgers *

Tom Pederson Thomas Stuart Pederson (born January 14, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played five seasons in the National Hockey League between 1992–93 and 1996–97. Career Pederson was drafted 217th overall by the Min ...

, American former player, National Hockey League *

Tommy Pederson Pullman Gerald "Tommy" Pederson (August 15, 1920 – January 16, 1998) was an American trombonist and composer known for his work in jazz, big band, and classical genres. Career Pederson performed and recorded with big bands and artists that ...

, American musician, composer, trombonist * Vernon R. Pederson, former Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court

Fictional characters

* Coach Pederson, played by

David Paymer David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director. He has been in films such as ''Mr. Saturday Night'', ''Quiz Show'', ''Searching for Bobby Fischer'', ''City Slickers'', ''Crazy People'', ''St ...

The Sixth Man ''The 6th Man'', sometimes titled ''The Sixth Man'', is a 1997 American sports comedy film directed by Randall Miller, and starring Marlon Wayans and Kadeem Hardison. The film features real National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) schools ...

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