John Olson may refer to:
- John Olson (Minnesota politician) (1906–1981), member of the Minnesota Senate
- John Olson (poet and writer), American poet and novelist
- John Olson, a member of noise rock band Wolf Eyes
- John E. Olson (born 1917), retired U.S. Army colonel
- John T. Olson, brigadier general in the United States Air Force
- Johnny Olson (1910–1985), American radio and television announcer
- Jack B. Olson (1920–2003), American businessman and politician
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or olson:
“Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be used because it may be a meanes to prevent strokes and blowes, especially in ingenuous and good natured children. [Blows are] the last remedy which a parent can use: a remedy which may doe good when nothing else can.”
—William Gouge, Puritan writer. As quoted in The Rise and Fall of Childhood by C. John Sommerville, ch. 11 (rev. 1990)
“Not one death but many,
not accumulation but change, the feed-back proves, the feed-back is
the law”
—Charles Olson (1910–1970)