Carlson is a

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surname meaning "son of Carl". It is used as a given name rarely. There are variations to the spelling. People with the name Carlson or its variant spellings include:

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* A. J. Carlson (1875–1956), Swedish American physiologist * Amy Carlson (born 1968), American actress *

Arne Carlson Arne Helge Carlson (born September 24, 1934) is an American politician who served as the 37th Governor of Minnesota. A Republican, Carlson's viewpoints are considered to be moderate. He first won election to the governors office in 1990. Carl ...

(born 1934), Governor of the State of Minnesota * Brad Carlson (born 1950), American drummer (formerly of Cheap Trick) better known as Bun E. Carlos *

Catherine Carlson Catherine Carlson was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba on November 23, 2006. Judge Carlson graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba in 1986. She began her legal career with the Winnipeg law firm of Aikins, M ...

, Canadian judge in Manitoba * Charlie Carlson (born 1943), Author and film producer in Florida *

Chester Carlson Chester Floyd Carlson (February 8, 1906 – September 19, 1968) was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington. Carlson invented electrophotography, the process used by millions of photocopiers worldwide. C ...

(1906–1968), American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney *

Christian Thomsen Carl Christian Thomsen Carl, Christian Thomasen Carl, Christian Thomæsen Carl, Christian Thomesen Carl, Christen Thomasen Carl or Christen Thomesen Carl, in German tradition Carlson or Karlson, rarely Carlsen (born 1676 in Assens, Funen - died 29 Mar ...

(1676-1713), also referred to as ''Carlson'', Danish navy officer *

Clifford Carlson Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson (July 4, 1894 – November 1, 1964) was an American basketball coach and football player. He is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as the men's college basketball coach of his alma mater, the University of Pi ...

(1894–1964), American, University of Pittsburgh basketball coach, physician for Carnegie Steel Company *

Dan Carlson Daniel Steven Carlson (born January 26, 1970) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1996 through 1999, then played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) during 2000. He is currently the ...

(born 1970), American baseball player and coach *

Daniel Carlson Daniel Vilhelm Carlson (born January 23, 1995) is an American football placekicker for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn, where he became the SEC's all-time leading scorer and was ...

(born 1995), American football player * David Carlson (born 1952), American composer *

Doug Carlson Douglas W. Carlson (November 1, 1939 – April 22, 2013) was an American veterinarian, beef farmer, and politician. Born in Sandstone, Minnesota, Carlson served in the United States Air Force. He received his bachelor's degree and veterinar ...

(1939–2013), American politician *

Dylan Carlson (baseball) Dylan James Carlson (born October 23, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Selected by the Cardinals in the first round of the 2016 MLB draft, Carlson became one of th ...

(born 1998), American baseball player *

Dylan Carlson (musician) Dylan Carlson (born March 12, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and founder of the drone metal/post-rock group Earth (American band), Earth, and the main contributor to his solo project Drcarlsonalbion. Early life and e ...

(born 1968), American, band member of band Earth * Edward Carlson (1911–1990), American, Seattle civic leader *

Emily Carlson Emily Carlson is a broadcast journalist and former competitive figure skater. Television Carlson is a reporter at WHO-TV Des Moines, Iowa. Prior to that she was a reporter at KTVA-TV in Anchorage, Alaska. Before that she reported for TV30 in the ...

(born 1983), American, figure skater, broadcast journalist *

Evans Carlson Evans Fordyce Carlson (February 26, 1896 – May 27, 1947) was a decorated and retired United States Marine Corps general officer who was the legendary leader of "Carlson's Raiders" during World War II. Many credit Carlson with developing the ta ...

(1896–1947), USMC leader in World War II *

Frank Carlson Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...

(1893–1987), American politician *

Fritz Carlson Fritz David Carlson (23 July 1888 – 28 November 1952) was a Swedish mathematician. After the death of Torsten Carleman, he headed the Mittag-Leffler Institute. Carlson's contributions to analysis include Carlson's theorem, the Polyá–Car ...

(1888–1952), Swedish mathematician *

George Alfred Carlson George Alfred Carlson (October 23, 1876 – December 6, 1926) was the 20th Governor of Colorado from 1915 to 1917. Biography He was born on October 23, 1876, in Alta, Iowa. Carlson graduated from the University of Colorado in 1902 and earned ...

(1876-1926) American politician, governor of Colorado *

Grace Carlson Grace Holmes Carlson (1906–1992) was an American Marxist politician. Background Grace Holmes Carlson was born on November 13, 1906, in St. Paul, Minnesota and studied in local Catholic schools.

(1906 – 1992), American Marxist politician *

Gretchen Carlson Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (born June 21, 1966) is an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Carlson appeared as the host of numerous television programs, most notably on the Saturday edition of ''The Early Show'' on ...

(born 1966), American television personality and former Miss America * Gustaf Carlson (1894 – 1942), Swedish footballer * JB Carlson (born 1974), American founder, Chief Executive, CTB, of entities engaged in utilizing B-corps, disruptive technology, two-sided markets. Mr. Carlson's last name is

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because his father's name is Carl. Mr Carlson also serves the United Nations. *

Jeffrey Carlson Jeffrey Carlson (born June 23, 1975) is an American, Broadway, film, television actor and singer, known for his role as the transgender character, Zoe on the long-running daytime soap opera ''All My Children''. Education Carlson was born in Lo ...

(born 1975), American actor *

Joel D. Carlson Joel D. Carlson (born March 22, 1960) was an American politician and businessman. Carlson lived in Moorhead, Minnesota with his wife and family. He studied political science at University of Minnesota and was involved in the construction busines ...

(born 1960), American businessman and politician *

John Carlson (disambiguation) John Carlson may refer to: *John Carlson (American football) (born 1984), tight end * John Carlson (biologist), American biologist *John Carlson (ice hockey) (born 1990), American ice hockey defenseman * John Carlson (Minnesota politician) (born 19 ...

Karen Carlson Karen Carlson is an American actress. Life and career Carlson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Carlson. She was educated at C.E. Byrd High School and at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where she wa ...

(born 1945), American actress *

Kelly Carlson Kelly Lee Carlson (born February 17, 1976) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Kimber Henry in the FX drama series '' Nip/Tuck''. Career Carlson was raised in Bloomington, Minnesota, and attended the Academy o ...

(born 1976), American actress * Kevin Carlson (born 1962), American puppeteer and film special-effects expert * Kyle and Lane Carlson (born 1978), American models *

Len Carlson Len Carlson (September 2, 1937 – January 26, 2006) was a Canadian voice actor who has voiced various characters on many animated television series from the 1960s onward, an occasional live-action TV actor, and a Kraft Canada TV pitchman duri ...

(1937–2006), Canadian voice actor * Linda Carlson (born 1945), American actress *

Lynda Carlson Lynda Shirley Tepfer Carlson (born 1943) is a retired American statistician, formerly the director of the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation. As director of the center, she led an effort t ...

(born 1943), American statistician) *

Margaret Carlson Margaret Carlson is an American journalist, political pundit, and an opinion columnist for Bloomberg News. She is known for being the first female columnist for ''Time'' magazine. She was a regular panelist for CNN's ''Capital Gang'' from 1992 u ...

, American journalist * Margery C. Carlson (1892–1985), American botanist *

Molly Carlson Molly Carlson (born September 22, 1998) is a Canadian high diver. She is a member of Canada's senior national high diving team and placed second at the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Carlson uploads videos of herself diving on TikTok. ...

(b. 1998), Canadian high diver *

Paul Carlson Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chr ...

(1928–1964), American medical missionary * Paulette Carlson (born 1952), American singer *

Ray Carlson Raymond Allen Carlson (born 2 October 1948) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Carlson grew up in East London, Eastern Cape, East London, the son of Ken Carlson, who refereed the Durban test between the Springboks an ...

(born 1948), South African rugby union player *

Richard Carlson (actor) Richard Dutoit Carlson (April 29, 1912 – November 25, 1977) was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter. Early life Carlson was the son of a Danish-born lawyer in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He majored in drama at th ...

(1912–1977), American *

Richard Carlson (author) Richard Carlson (May 16, 1961 – December 13, 2006) was an American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. His book, ''Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff... and it’s all Small Stuff'' (1997), was '' USA Today's'' bestselling book f ...

(1961–2006), American * Robert James Carlson (born 1944), American, Roman Catholic bishop *

Robert S. Carlson Robert Stewart Carlson (6 August 1913 – 9 December 2000) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Augsburg College from 1940 to 1941 and again in 1946 and at the Municipal University of Wi ...

, American college sports coach *

Roy Carl Carlson Roy Carl Carlson (May 4, 1937 – April 11, 2011) was an American educator and politician. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he graduated from Robbinsdale High School, in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, and served in the United States Army. He went t ...

(1937 – 2011), American politician * Sannie Carlson (born 1970), Danish Eurodance singer better known as

Whigfield Whigfield is an Italian dance act fronted by Danish singer, songwriter and record producer Sannie Charlotte Carlson (born 11 April 1970), known by her various stage names including Whigfield, Naan, or simply Sannie. She is best known for her 1993 ...

* Shawn Carlson (born 1960), American physicist, science writer, and a STEM educator *

Stephanie Carlson Stephanie M. Carlson is the A.S. Leopold Chair in Wildlife Biology at the University of California Berkeley. Her research considers fish ecology, freshwater ecology, and evolutionary ecology. Education Carlson was the first member of her fami ...

, American evolutionary ecologist * Stephen Carlson (born 1996), American football player *

Tom Carlson Tom Carlson (born December 9, 1941) is a politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2007 to 2015. In 2014, he ran in the Nebraska gubernatorial election, but was defeated by Pete Ricketts in the Republic ...

(born 1941), Nebraska politician *

Tucker Carlson Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American television host, Conservatism in the United States, conservative Pundit, political commentator and writer who has hosted the nightly political talk show ''Tucker Carlson Tonight ...

(born 1969), American news pundit * Veronica Carlson (1944–2022), English model and actress *

William H. Carlson William H. Carlson (April 11, 1864 – July 7, 1937) was an American land developer and Independent politician from California. He served in the state legislature and served two terms as Mayor of San Diego. He was the first developer of th ...

(1864–1937), American politician *

William S. Carlson William Samuel Carlson (November 18, 1905 – May 8, 1994) was a 20th-century academic administrator who served as president of four universities. Carlson was born in Ironwood, Michigan and earned bachelor's (1930), master's (1932) and Ph.D. (193 ...

(1905 – 1994), explorer of Greenland and former President of four universities

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Carlson Gracie Carlson Gracie (August 13, 1932 – February 1, 2006) was a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. A member of the Gracie family, he was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, and nephew to Hélio Gracie, founders of Gracie jiu-jitsu. Carlson Gr ...

(1935 - 2006), Brazilian martial artist * Carlson Young (born 1990), American actress *

Christy Carlson Romano Christy Carlson Romano (born March 20, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Ren Stevens on ''Even Stevens'' and voicing the titular character from ''Kim Possible'', both of which aired on the Disney Channel. Early ...

(born 1984), American actress, dancer, author and singer

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