Coulson is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Andy Coulson
Andrew Edward Coulson (born 21 January 1968) is an English journalist and political strategist.
Coulson was the editor of the ''News of the World'' from 2003 until his resignation in 2007, following the conviction of one of the newspaper's repo ...
(born 1968), English journalist and political strategist
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Bernie Coulson
Bernard Coulson (born 1965) is a Canadian actor known for his roles as "The Thinker" on ''The X-Files'', as "Michael Reardon" on ''Intelligence'', and as "Pipefitter", the drummer of a reuniting punk band, in the Canadian mockumentary ''Hard Cor ...
(born 1965), Canadian actor
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Bob Coulson (1887–1953), American baseball player
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Catherine E. Coulson
Catherine Elizabeth Coulson (October 22, 1943 – September 28, 2015) was an American stage and screen actress who worked behind the scenes on various studio features, magazine shows and independent films as well as acting in theater and film s ...
(1943–2015), American actress
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Charles Coulson
Charles Alfred Coulson (13 December 1910 – 7 January 1974) was a British applied mathematician and theoretical chemist.
Coulson's major scientific work was as a pioneer of the application of the quantum theory of valency to problems of mol ...
(1910–1974), British applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious author
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Charlie Coulson
Charlie William Coulson (born 11 January 1996 in Kettering, England) is an English footballer who plays for Deeping Rangers.
Career
Coulson joined Peterborough United at the age of 13, having previously played for Rushden & Diamonds. He was dr ...
(born 1996), English footballer
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Christian Coulson
Christian Peter Coulson (born 3 October 1978) is an English actor known for playing young Tom Marvolo Riddle in the 2002 fantasy film ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''.
Early life
Coulson was born in Manchester. He attended Arnold Ho ...
(born 1978), English actor
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Danny Coulson
Danny Coulson (born June 29, 1941) is a former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI. In his thirty-year tenure at the FBI, Coulson created and commanded the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team and commanded four field divisions.
As of Spring 2009, Dan ...
, American law enforcement official, Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI
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D'Arcy Coulson (1908–1996), Canadian ice hockey player and hotelier
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Elizabeth Coulson
Elizabeth Coulson (born September 8, 1954) is a former Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 17th district from 1997 to 2011.
Personal background
Born in Hastings, Nebrask ...
(born 1954), Illinois politician
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Elizabeth Kerr Coulson
Elizabeth Kerr Coulson (1819 – 23 January 1876) was an English novelist who published under the pseudonym Roxburghe Lothian. Her two-volume work of historical fiction, ''Dante and Beatrice from 1282 to 1290: A Romance'', was published only thre ...
(1819–1876), English novelist
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Frederick Coulson
Frederick "Fred" Coulson (birth unknown – death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played at club level for the Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage № 138).Bailey, Ron (1956). ''The Official History Of F ...
, rugby footballer
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Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson
Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson, (1 April 1879 – 18 May 1901) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" awarded to members of the British an ...
VC (1879–1901), British Army officer
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Ivar "Pop" Coulson, American inventor of the malted milkshake
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John Coulson
John Metcalfe Coulson (born 13 December 1910 in Dudley, died 6 January 1990J. F. Richardson, in a preface (page xii) to J. M. Coulson & J. F. Richardson (1996) ''Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering,'' volume 1, 5th edition )
was a British ...
(1910–1990), British professor of chemical engineering
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John Coulson (diplomat)
Sir John Eltringham Coulson (1909–1997) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Sweden and secretary-general of EFTA.
Coulson was born 13 September 1909. He was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He joined th ...
(1909–1997), British ambassador to Sweden and secretary-general of EFTA
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John Hubert Arthur Coulson
John Bonett was the pen name of John Hubert Arthur Coulson (10 August 1906 – 21 January 1989), an English writer, best known for numerous mystery and detective novels written in collaboration with his wife, Emery Bonett.
He was born in Lon ...
(1906–1989), English detective fiction writer under pen name John Bonnet
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Joseph Coulson
Joseph Coulson (born 1957 in literature, 1957) is an American novelist, poet, and playwright. His writing is notable for its lyricism and its blending of American history and social criticism. Also an educator, Coulson served as president of thGre ...
(born 1957), American novelist, playwright and poet
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Josh Coulson
Joshua David Coulson (born 28 January 1989) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for National League North club King's Lynn Town F.C., King's Lynn Tow ...
(born 1989), English footballer
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Juanita Coulson
Juanita Ruth Coulson (née Wellons) (born February 12, 1933) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer most well known for her ''Children of the Stars'' books, published from 1981 to 1989. She was a longtime editor of the science fiction ...
(born 1933), American science fiction and fantasy writer
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Leslie Coulson
Leslie Coulson (19 July 1889 – 8 October 1916) was an English journalist and a poet of the First World War.
Coulson was born in Kilburn, London, his father being a columnist for ''The Sunday Chronicle''. Leslie and his brother attended b ...
(1889–1916), English journalist and poet
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Lindsey Coulson
Lindsey Coulson (born 13 April 1960) is an English actress, known for her role as Carol Jackson in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. For this role, she won the 2000 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance. Coulson is also well known ...
(born 1960), British actress
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Mark Coulson
Mark Coulson (born 11 February 1986) is an English footballer who plays for side St Ives Town, where he plays as a defender.
Playing career Peterborough United
Coulson made his Football League debut for Peterborough United in the 5–0 defea ...
(born 1977), English footballer
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Michael Coulson (barrister)
(James) Michael Coulson (23 November 1927 – 18 June 2002) was a British barrister and judge, who also had a five-year parliamentary career. He was also an enthusiastic horse rider, huntsman and farmer, and was known at the Bar for his outstandi ...
(1927–2002), British barrister, judge and politician
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Michael Coulson (footballer)
Michael James Coulson (born 4 April 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for club Scarborough Athletic. He has played in the Football League for Barnsley, Grimsby Town and York City and in the Scottish ...
(born 1988), English footballer
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Peter Coulson
Sir Peter David William Coulson (born 31 March 1958), styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Coulson, is an Appeal Court judge.
He was educated at Lord Wandsworth College and the University of Keele.
He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1982. ...
LJ, (born 1958) Appeal Court judge in England and Wales
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Phil Coulson
Agent Phillip J. Coulson ( ) is a fictional character portrayed and voiced by Clark Gregg in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise. Coulson is depicted as a high-ranking member of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. and longtime partn ...
, fictional character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Robert Coulson
Robert Stratton "Buck" Coulson (May 12, 1928 – February 19, 1999) was an American science fiction writer, well-known fan, filk songwriter, fanzine editor and bookseller from Indiana.
Biography
He served as Secretary of the Science Fic ...
(1928–1999), American science fiction writer
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Robert E. Coulson (1912–1986), American lawyer and politician
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Sam Coulson
Sam Coulson (born 9 February 1987) is an English guitarist, best known for being a member of progressive rock band Asia from 2013 to 2018, after his guitar-playing skills were noticed on the video-hosting website YouTube.
Sam was born in Chigwe ...
(born 1987), English guitarist
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Violet Coulson
Violet Coulson was the second wife of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Friendship
Tunku had met Coulson in 1927, during his second year as a law student in London. She was an attractive lady who managed a restaurant where ...
, second wife of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia
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Walter Coulson
Walter Coulson (1795 – 1860) was an English newspaper editor, barrister, writer and associate of Jeremy Bentham. He served as Parliamentary reporter on the ''Morning Chronicle'' and was the editor of the evening paper ''The Traveller''.
Life
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(1795–1860), English newspaper editor and barrister
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William Coulson
William Coulson (1802 – 1877) was an English surgeon.
Life
The younger son of Thomas Coulson, master painter in Devonport dockyard, he was born at Penzance; Walter Coulson was an elder brother. His father was a close friend of Sir Humphry D ...
(1802–1877), English surgeon
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Willie Coulson
William John Coulson (born 14 January 1951 in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Southend United, Aldershot, Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town Associati ...
(born 1951), English footballer
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Coulson Kernahan
Coulson Kernahan (1 August 1858 – 17 February 1943) was an English novelist.
Personal life
John Coulson Kernahan was born in Ilfracombe, Devon to Rev. James Kernahan, M.A., F.G.S., and his wife Comfort. The third of four children, the boy h ...
(1858–1943), English novelist
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Coulson Norman Mitchell
Coulson Norman Mitchell (11 December 1889 – 17 November 1978) was a Canadian soldier. Mitchell was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Brit ...
VC (1889–1978), Canadian military hero
Places
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Coulson, Montana
Coulson is a ghost town located in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States, on the north bank of the Yellowstone River, approximately one mile east of present-day downtown Billings
Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Monta ...
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Coulson's Hill, Ontario, rural community in Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada
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Coulson, Ontario, rural community in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada
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Coulson, Queensland
Coulson is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coulson had a population of 195 people.
Geography
Ipswich – Boonah Road (State Route 93) runs through from north-west to south-west. Beaudesert–Boonah ...
, Australia
See also
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Colson
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Coulsdon
Coulsdon (, traditionally pronounced ) is a town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, in the ceremonial county of Greater London since 1965. Prior to this it was part of the historic county of Surrey.
History
The l ...
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