Colson is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Audrey Butt Colson Audrey Joan Butt Colson (born 15 March 1926), is a social anthropologist with a particular interest in the Amerindian peoples of Guyana, Brazil and Venezuela. She was, together with Peter Rivière, one of the pioneers of Amazonian anthropology ...

(born 1926), British social anthropologist * Bonzie Colson (born 1996), American basketball player for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

of the Israeli Basketball Premier League *

Charles Colson Charles Wendell Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012), generally referred to as Chuck Colson, was an American attorney and political advisor who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. Once known as P ...

(1931–2012), U.S. counsel for Richard Nixon and (later) evangelical Christian leader; father of Emily Colson * Christian Colson (born 1968), British film producer * Clément Colson (1853–1939), French economist * David Grant Colson (1861–1904), U.S. politician from Kentucky *

Elizabeth Colson Elizabeth Florence Colson (June 15, 1917 – August 3, 2016) was an American social anthropologist and professor emerita of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She was best known for the classic long-term study of the Ton ...

(1917-2016), U.S. social anthropologist * Eugene Colson ( during WWII), Belgian resistance fighter * Ethalinda Colson (stage name, Kathryn Adams; 1893–1959), U.S. silent film actress * F. D. Colson (died 1958), U.S. rower, rowing coach, and lawyer * Gail Colson (born ?), British music manager * Gary Colson (born 1934), U.S. basketball coach *

Greg Colson Greg Colson (born April 23, 1956) is an American artist best known for works that straddle the line between painting and sculpture that address concepts of efficiency and order. Using scavenged materials, Colson allows the physicality of his ma ...

(born 1956), U.S. artist known for wall sculptures ("stickmaps", "piecharts", etc.) * Guillaume-François Colson (1785–1860), French historical painter * Henri Colson (1819–1900), Belgian engineer, industrialist, professor, and politician *

Jaime Colson Jaime Antonio Gumercindo González Colson (13 January 190120 November 1975) was a Dominican modernist painter, writer, and playwright born in Tubagua, Puerto Plata in 1901. He is remembered as one of the most important Dominican artists of the ...

(1901–1975), modernist painter of the Dominican Republic *

Jean Claude Gilles Colson Bellecour (16 January 172519 November 1778) was a French actor, whose real name was Jean Claude Gilles Colson. Life Colson was as the son of a portrait-painter. He initially studied fine art, then began acting under the name of Bellecour. After p ...

(stage name, Bellecour; 1725–1778), French actor * Jean-François Gilles Colson (1733–1803), French painter * Jeff Colson (born 1957), U.S. painter and sculptor *

John Colson John Colson (1680 – 20 January 1760) was an English clergyman, mathematician, and the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Life John Colson was educated at Lichfield School before becoming an undergraduate at Christ Chu ...

(1680–1760), British clergyman and mathematician * Kevin Colson (1937-2018), Australian actor * Loyd Colson (born 1947), U.S. baseball pitcher * Ms Von Colson ( 1984), German European Court of Justice plaintiff ee:_''Von_Colson_v_Land_Nordrhein-Westfalen''.html" ;"title="Von_Colson_v_Land_Nordrhein-Westfalen.html" ;"title="ee: ''Von Colson v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen">ee: ''Von Colson v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen''">Von_Colson_v_Land_Nordrhein-Westfalen.html" ;"title="ee: ''Von Colson v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen">ee: ''Von Colson v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen''* Osborne Colson (1916–2006), Canadian figure skater and coach * Sam Colson (born 1951), U.S. javelin thrower and Olympic competitor * Sean Colson (born 1975), U.S. basketball player * Sydney Colson (born 1989), U.S. basketball player *

Ted Colson Edmund Albert "Ted" Colson (3 June 1881 – 27 February 1950), bushman, pastoralist and pioneer was born in South Australia near Quorn at the southern end of the Flinders Ranges. He achieved recognition as the first person of European descen ...

(1881–1950), Australian bushman, pastoralist, and pioneer ;In fiction: * Zachary Colson, character from ''Wing Commander II'' * Colson, son of Wulfgar, character from ''The Icewind Dale Trilogy'' ee:_Wulfgar_(Forgotten_Realms).html" ;"title="Wulfgar_(Forgotten_Realms).html" ;"title="ee: Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms)">ee: Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms)">Wulfgar_(Forgotten_Realms).html" ;"title="ee: Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms)">ee: Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms)

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* Colson Whitehead (born 1969) U.S. novelist * Colson Baker (born 1990)

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