Olmsted (name)

Olmsted is a surname of Anglo Saxon origin. Its oldest public record dates pre-1066 in Cheshire.[1] People with the name include:

• The notable Olmsted family of New York City:
  • Frederick Law Olmsted, an American landscape architect
    • his sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., also landscape architects, and their company Olmsted Brothers
  • George W. Olmsted (b. 1874), founder of Long Island Lighting Company (LILCo), patron of the Chief Cornplanter Council, Boy Scouts of America
  • George H. Olmsted (b. 1901), veteran of World War I and World War II, General in the United States Army, life insurance magnate, and philanthropist
• Aaron Olmsted, investor in the Connecticut Land Company in the United States
• Andrew J. Olmsted, a U.S. soldier during the Iraq occupation
• Charles M. Olmsted (1881-1948), an American aeronautical engineer
• Dan Olmsted, a senior editor for United Press International (UPI) and author of the Age of Autism reports
• David Olmsted, an American politician
• Denison Olmsted, an American astronomer
• Elizabeth Martha Olmsted (1825–1910), American poet
• Frederick E. Olmsted (1911–1990), WPA artist, muralist, and scientist.
• John Olmsted (1938–2011), an American naturalist and conservationist
• John W. Olmsted (1903–1986), an American historian
• Nathan Olmsted (1812-1898), an American politician
• Thomas Olmsted, an American prelate of the Catholic Church