People
- F. E. Olds (Frank Ellsworth Olds, 1861–1928), founder of American brass musical instrument manufacturing company
- James Olds (1922–1976), psychologist and neuroscientist
- Leland Olds (1890–1960), chairman of the Federal Power Commission under FDR
- Lewis P. Olds, North Carolina lawyer
- Ransom E. Olds (1864–1950), a pioneer of the American automobile industry
- Sharon Olds (born 1942), American poet
- Members of three generations of the same family:
- Edson Baldwin Olds (1802–1869), American politician
- Robert Olds, aerial warfare pioneer and USAAF general
- Robin Olds, American fighter pilot
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