Knudson

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Knudson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include a long-standing Danish family with ties to the Supreme Court, as well as West Point and the Missouri/Arkansas State Court.

People[edit]

  • Albert C. Knudson (1873–1954), Christian theologian in the Methodist tradition, associated with Boston University
  • Alfred G. Knudson M.D., Ph.D. (1922–2016), geneticist specializing in cancer genetics
  • Barbara Knudson (1927–2014), American film and television actress
  • Dave Knudson (guitarist) plays guitar with Seattle-based indie band Minus the Bear
  • Dave Knudson (politician) (born 1950), American lawyer, South Dakota Senator, and a member of the Republican Party
  • Dean Knudson (born 1961), the Mayor of Hudson, Wisconsin
  • Emery T. Knudson (1896–1974), Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
  • George Knudson, CM (1937–1989), Canadian professional golfer
  • Guido Knudson (born 1989), American former professional baseball pitcher
  • Harvey B. Knudson (1903–1978), Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1975
  • Lewis Knudson (1884–1958), American botanist
  • Mark Knudson (born 1960), former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Milton L. Knudson (1923–1942), United States Navy sailor who received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during World War II
  • Norman Knudson (1874–1934), member of the Wisconsin State Senate
  • Olaf Knudson (1915–1996), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
  • Peter C. Knudson, American politician and Orthodontist from Utah
  • Robert Knudson (1925–2006), American sound engineer
  • Ruthann Knudson (1941–2018), American archaeologist
  • Tom Knudson, (born 1953), American journalist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner in 1985 and 1992
  • Wendy Knudson or Wendy Koenig (born 1955), American middle-distance runner
  • Kelly Knudson (born 1976), American archaeologist and anthropologist

Ships[edit]

  • USS Knudson (DE-591), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Knudson (APD-101)
  • USS Knudson (APD-101), United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946 and from 1953 to 1958

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