# Edson

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**Edson** may refer to:

## Places

### Canada

- [Edson, Alberta](/source/Edson,_Alberta)

### United States

- [Edson, Kansas](/source/Edson,_Kansas), an unincorporated community
- [Edson, South Dakota](/source/Edson,_South_Dakota), a ghost town
- [Edson, Wisconsin](/source/Edson,_Wisconsin), a town - [Edson (community), Wisconsin](/source/Edson_(community),_Wisconsin), an unincorporated community

## People

### Given name

- [Édson](/source/%C3%89dson), a list of people with the Portuguese given name, often written as Edson
- [Edson (footballer, born 1977)](/source/Edson_(footballer,_born_1977)), Brazilian footballer
- [Edson (footballer, born 1987)](/source/Edson_(footballer,_born_1987)), Brazilian footballer
- [Edson (footballer, born 1990)](/source/Edson_(footballer,_born_1990)), Brazilian footballer
- [Edson (footballer, born 1991)](/source/Edson_(footballer,_born_1991)), Brazilian footballer
- [Edson (footballer, born 1998)](/source/Edson_(footballer,_born_1998)), Brazilian footballer
- [Edson Álvarez](/source/Edson_%C3%81lvarez) (born 1997), Mexican footballer
- [Edson Arantes do Nascimento](/source/Edson_Arantes_do_Nascimento) (1940–2022), Brazilian footballer, better known by his nickname Pelé
- [Edson Braafheid](/source/Edson_Braafheid) (born 1983), Dutch footballer
- [Edson Buddle](/source/Edson_Buddle) (born 1981), American soccer player
- [Edson Minga](/source/Edson_Minga) (born 1979), Congolese-born Hong Kong footballer
- [Edson B. Olds](/source/Edson_B._Olds) (1802–1869), American politician
- [Edson Olf](/source/Edson_Olf) (born 1986), Dutch politician
- [Edson A. Putnam](/source/Edson_A._Putnam) (1832–1917), American politician
- [Edson Stroll](/source/Edson_Stroll) (1929–2011), American actor
- [Edson Warner](/source/Edson_Warner) (1930–2019), Canadian sports shooter
- [Edson White](/source/Edson_White) (1849–1928), American Seventh-day Adventist and publisher

### Surname

- [Allan Edson](/source/Allan_Edson) (1846–1888), Canadian painter
- [Billy Edson](/source/Billy_Edson) (1874–1965), football player, lawyer, and politician in Iowa
- [C. L. Edson](/source/C._L._Edson) (1881–1975), American newspaper columnist, humorist, and poet
- [Calvin Edson](/source/Calvin_Edson), American soldier and sideshow performer
- [Carroll A. Edson](/source/Carroll_A._Edson) (1891–1986), early leader in the Boy Scouts of America; co-founder of the Order of the Arrow scouting honor society
- [Charles Edson](/source/Charles_Edson) (1864–1936), American composer
- [Evelyn Edson](/source/Evelyn_Edson) (born 1940), American medievalist and historian of cartography
- [Fanny Carter Edson](/source/Fanny_Carter_Edson) (1887–1952), American geologist
- [Franklin Edson](/source/Franklin_Edson) (1832–1904), 85th Mayor of New York
- [Gary R. Edson](/source/Gary_R._Edson), president of Conservation International
- [Gus Edson](/source/Gus_Edson) (1901–1966), American cartoonist (originally "Edelstein")
- [Hilary Edson](/source/Hilary_Edson) (born 1965), American soap opera actress
- [Hiram Edson](/source/Hiram_Edson) (1806–1882), pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- [J. T. Edson](/source/J._T._Edson) (1928–2014), English author of American Westerns
- [Jerrod Edson](/source/Jerrod_Edson) (born 1974), Canadian novelist
- [Job A. Edson](/source/Job_A._Edson) (1854–1928), president of the Kansas City Southern Railway
- [John Joy Edson](/source/John_Joy_Edson), American banker
- [Katherine Philips Edson](/source/Katherine_Philips_Edson) (1870–1933), American labor and women's rights activist
- [Lewis Edson](/source/Lewis_Edson) (1748–1820), early American composer
- [Marcellus Gilmore Edson](/source/Marcellus_Gilmore_Edson) (1849–1940), Canadian pharmacist who was the first person to patent peanut butter
- [Margaret Edson](/source/Margaret_Edson) (born 1961), American playwright
- [Merritt A. Edson](/source/Merritt_A._Edson) (1897–1955), U.S. Marine Corps General
- [Mike Edson](/source/Mike_Edson) (born 1942), British Church of England clergyman
- [Norman Lowther Edson](/source/Norman_Lowther_Edson) (1904–1970), New Zealander biochemist
- [Rich Edson](/source/Rich_Edson) (born 1981), American journalist
- [Richard Edson](/source/Richard_Edson) (born 1954), American actor
- [Russell Edson](/source/Russell_Edson) (1935–2014), American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator
- [Susan Ann Edson](/source/Susan_Ann_Edson) (1823–1897), American doctor and personal physician to James A. Garfield
- [William Alden Edson](/source/William_Alden_Edson) (1912–2012), American scientist and engineer

## Other

- [Edson Range](/source/Edson_Range), a rifle range at Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California
- [USS *Edson*](/source/USS_Edson), a destroyer of the United States Navy

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