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. People with the name include: * The notable Olmsted family of

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Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the USA. Olmsted was famous for co- ...

, American

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*** his sons

John Charles Olmsted John Charles Olmsted (1852–1920), was an American landscape architect. The nephew and adopted son of Frederick Law Olmsted, he worked with his father and his younger brother, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., in their father's firm. After their fat ...

and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., also

s, and their company

Olmsted Brothers The Olmsted Brothers company was a landscape architectural firm in the United States, established in 1898 by brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852–1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870–1957), sons of the landscape architect Frederick Law ...

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(1852–1920), landscape architect, adopted son of Frederick Law Olmsted ** George W. Olmsted (b. 1874), founder of

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** George H. Olmsted (b. 1901),

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and

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in the

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Aaron Olmsted Captain Aaron Olmsted (May 19, 1753 – September 9, 1806), erroneously spelled Olmstead, was a wealthy sea captain in the China trade out of New England, and one of 49 investors who formed the Connecticut Land Company in 1795 to purchase a maj ...

, investor in the

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in the United States * Andrew J. Olmsted, a U.S. soldier during the Iraq occupation *

Charles M. Olmsted Charles Morgan Olmsted (January 19, 1881 – 1948) was an American aeronautical engineer. Aeronautics Charles M. Olmsted held a Ph.D. in astrophysics and became an aeronautical engineer in the early 20th century. When he was 14, he designed a ...

(1881-1948), an American aeronautical engineer * Dan Olmsted, a senior editor for

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David Olmsted David Olmsted (May 5, 1822 – February 2, 1861) was the fourth mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota and first president of the Minnesota Territorial Council. He was a Democrat. Career He was born in Fairfax, Vermont, and spent many years as a tra ...

(1822–1861), an American politician *

Denison Olmsted Denison Olmsted (June 18, 1791May 13, 1859) was an American physicist and astronomer. Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenomenon. ...

, an American astronomer * Elizabeth Martha Olmsted (1825–1910), American poet * Frederick E. Olmsted (1911–1990), WPA artist, muralist, and scientist. * John Olmsted (naturalist) (1938–2011), an American naturalist and conservationist *

John W. Olmsted John W. Olmsted (1903–1986) was an American Rhodes scholar and historian of early modern Europe. He taught history at University of California, Los Angeles for 24 years and served as faculty representative to the Pacific Coast Conference for se ...

(1903–1986), an American historian * Nathan Olmsted (1812-1898), an American politician *

Richard Olmsted (settler) Richard Olmsted (February 20, 1612 – April 20, 1687) was a founding settler of both Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut. He served in the General Court of the Connecticut Colony in the sessions of May 1653, October 1654, May 1658, October 1660, ...

(died 1686/7), early New England (Connecticut) settler *

Thomas Olmsted Thomas James Olmsted (born January 21, 1947) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix in Arizona from 2003 to 2022. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas from 200 ...

, an American prelate of the Catholic Church * Katharine (Kit) Olmsted (2001-), an American amateur athlete, NCAA Division I Champion

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