Famous People with Name Edson

Edson Garfield Bahr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edson Garfield Bahr: (October 16, 1919 - April 6, 2007) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1946-47. Bahr batted and threw right handed. He was born on in Rouleau, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Edson H. Deal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edson H. Deal: was a Republican politician from Idaho. He served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 1955 to 1959 during the administration of Governor Len Jordan. He briefly served as Secretary of State of Idaho from January to April 1967, where he died in of

Edson Baldwin Olds            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edson Baldwin Olds: was a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. During the American Civil War, he was a leading member of the Peace Democrats. He was the great-grandfather of United States Army Air Forces Maj. Gen. Robert Olds, and the great-great grandfather of United S

Russell Edson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russell Edson: is an American poet. Edson won a Guggenheim fellowship in 1974, and has published eleven books of prose poems, one novel, The Song of Percival Peacock, and The Falling Sickness: A Book of Plays. He still lives in Connecticut with his wife Frances.

William Alden Edson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Alden Edson: is a scientist and engineer specializing in vacuum tube oscillators, radar, antennas and microwave technologies. His work spans universities, research institutions and commercial ventures. He taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology and Stanford University. He was a researcher at Bell Laboratories and later at Stanford Research International (SRI). He also worked at General Electric and EMTECH, a company that he helped to found. His books, articles and patents have advanced technology in computers, radar detection and communications for both civilian and defense applications. His works have been widely cited in scientific literature.