Olmsted is a

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. People with the name include: * The notable Olmsted family of

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Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, Social criticism, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the U ...

, American

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*** his sons

John Charles Olmsted John Charles Olmsted (September 14, 1852 – February 24, 1920) was an American landscape architect. The nephew and adopted son of Frederick Law Olmsted, he worked with his father and his younger brother, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., in their fath ...

and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., also

s, and their company

Olmsted Brothers The Olmsted Brothers company was a Landscape architecture, landscape architectural firm in the United States, established in 1898 by brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852–1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870–1957), sons of the landscape ar ...

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(1852–1920), landscape architect, adopted son of Frederick Law Olmsted **

Frederick Olmsted Jr. Frederick "Fred" Olmsted Jr. (April 10, 1911 – February 14, 1990) was an American artist and biophysicist. He created social realism themed murals and sculptures for the Federal Art Project, and the Public Works of Art Project. Later, he be ...

(1911–1990), WPA artist, muralist, and scientist (son of Frederick E. Olmsted) **

Frederick E. Olmsted Frederick Erskine Olmsted, also known as Fritz Olmsted, (November 8, 1872 – February 19, 1925) was an American forester and one of the founders of American forestry. Through his work with the United States Forest Service, Olmsted helped estab ...

(1872–1925), American Forester (nephew of Frederick Law Olmsted) ** George W. Olmsted (b. 1874), founder of

Long Island Lighting Company The Long Island Lighting Company, or LILCO ("lil-co"), was an Electrical power industry, electrical power company and natural gas utility for Long Island, New York (state), New York, serving 2.7 million people in Nassau County, New York, Nassau, Su ...

(LILCo), patron of the

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George H. Olmsted Major General George Hamden Olmsted (March 18, 1901 – October 8, 1998) was an American military officer and insurance executive. Throughout Olmsted's career, he was a champion of the concepts of better education, jobs, and opportunities for al ...

(b. 1901),

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and

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in the

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magnate, and

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Aaron Olmsted Captain Aaron Olmsted (May 19, 1753 – September 9, 1806), erroneously spelled Olmstead, was a wealthy sea captain in the China trade out of New England, and one of 49 investors who formed the Connecticut Land Company in 1795 to purchase a maj ...

, investor in the

Connecticut Land Company The Connecticut Company or Connecticut Land Company (est. 1795) was a post-colonial land speculation company formed in the late eighteenth century to survey and encourage settlement in the eastern parts of the newly chartered Connecticut Western ...

in the United States * Andrew J. Olmsted, a U.S. soldier during the Iraq occupation *

Anna Wetherill Olmsted Anna Wetherill Olmsted (1888 – February 8, 1961) was an American museum director and art critic from Syracuse, New York. She was the founder of the National Ceramic Exhibition and served as director of the Syracuse Museum of Fine Art (now the Ev ...

(1888–1961), American museum director and art critic *

Charles M. Olmsted Charles Morgan Olmsted (January 19, 1881 – 1948) was an American aeronautical engineer. Aeronautics Charles M. Olmsted held a Ph.D. in astrophysics and became an aeronautical engineer in the early 20th century. When he was 14, he designed ...

(1881-1948), an American aeronautical engineer * Dan Olmsted, a senior editor for

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(UPI) and author of the ''

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David Olmsted David Olmsted (May 5, 1822 – February 2, 1861) was the fourth mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota and first president of the Minnesota Territorial Council. He was a Democrat. Career He was born in Fairfax, Vermont, and spent many years as a tra ...

(1822–1861), an American politician *

Denison Olmsted Denison Olmsted (June 18, 1791 – May 13, 1859) was an American physicist and astronomer. Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenom ...

, an American astronomer * Elizabeth Martha Olmsted (1825–1910), American poet * John Olmsted (naturalist) (1938–2011), an American naturalist and conservationist *

John W. Olmsted John W. Olmsted (1903–1986) was an American historian of early modern Europe. He taught history at University of California, Los Angeles for 24 years and served as faculty representative to the Pacific Coast Conference for seven years. He also ...

(1903–1986), an American historian * Nathan Olmsted (1812-1898), an American politician * Richard Olmsted (settler) (died 1686/7), early New England (Connecticut) settler *

Thomas Olmsted Thomas James Olmsted (born January 21, 1947) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix in Arizona from 2003 to 2022. Olmsted previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas fr ...

, an American prelate of the Catholic Church * Katharine (Kit) Olmsted (2001-), an American amateur athlete, NCAA Division I Champion

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