Edson
Edson can refer to:
Places
- Canada
- United States
- Edson, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Sherman County
- Edson, South Dakota, a ghost town
- Edson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, a town
- Edson (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Surname
- Allan Edson (1846-1888), Canadian painter
- Billy Edson (1874-1965), football player, lawyer, and politician in Iowa
- C. L. Edson (1881-1975), American newspaper columnist, humorist, and poet
- Carroll A. Edson (1891-1986), early leader in the Boy Scouts of America; co-founder of the Order of the Arrow scouting honor society
- 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 (born 1928), English author of American Westerns
- Jerrod Edson (born 1974), Canadian novelist
- Job A. Edson (1854-1928), president of the Kansas City Southern Railway
- John Joy Edson, American banker
- Katherine Philips Edson (1870-1933), American labor and women's rights activist
- Lewis Edson (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
- Norman Edson (1904-1970), New Zealander biochemist
- Richard Edson (born 1954), American actor
- Russell Edson (1935-2014), American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator
- William Alden Edson (1912-2012), American scientist and engineer
First name
- Édson, Brazilian given name, often written Edson
- Most notably:
- Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer, better known as "Pelé"
- Edson Barboza (born 1986), Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Édson Boaro, known as "Édson" (born 1959), Brazilian footballer from 1986 World Cup Squad
- Edson Buddle (born 1981), United States soccer player for Los Angeles Galaxy
- Edson A. Putnam (1832-1917), American politician
Other
- The destroyer USS Edson (DD-946), named after General Edson
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