Thorson

Thorson or Thorsen are Swedish, Norwegian and Danish surnames, and a first name in the Kadaru language. ^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Thorson

• Brett Thorson (born 2000), Australian college football player
• Charles Thorson (1890–1966), Canadian political cartoonist, character designer
• Celeste Thorson (born 1984), American actress, model writer, and activist.
• Clayton Thorson (born 1995), American football player
• Eric Thorson, American Inspector General for the United States Treasury Department.
• Gunnar Thorson (1906–1971), Danish marine zoologist and ecologist.
• Herman Thorson (1880–1960) American politician with the North Dakota Republican Party
• John F. Thorson (1920–1944) American soldier in the United States Army
• Joseph Thorarinn Thorson (1889–1978), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Karen L. Thorson (died 2004), American television producer
• Linda Thorson (born 1947), Canadian actress
• Maddy Thorson (born 1988), Canadian video game developer
• Mark Thorson (born 1983), American football player
• Scott Thorson (born 1959), American who became famous for his relationship with Liberace
• Tanner Thorson (born 1996), American racing driver
• Theodore W. Thorson (1922–2018), American educator and politician
• Victoria Thorson (born 1943), American sculptor and art historian
• William Thorson (born c. 1983), Swedish professional poker player

Thorsen

• Eric Thorsen (born 1967), American sculptor
• Finn Thorsen (born 1940), Norwegian footballer
• Jan Einar Thorsen (born 1966), Norwegian Olympic alpine skier
• Jens Jørgen Thorsen (1932–2002), Danish artist
• Kjetil Trædal Thorsen (born 1958), Norwegian professor
• Øyvind Thorsen (1943–2025), Norwegian journalist, and author
• Sven-Ole Thorsen (born 1944), Danish actor, stuntman, and athlete
• Thea Selliaas Thorsen (born 1974) Norwegian classicist
• Vegard Thorsen, Norwegian heavy metal guitarist

See also

• Thorsen House (c. 1909), in Berkeley, California
• Thorson's rule, a rule which states that benthic marine invertebrates produce large numbers of eggs at low latitudes and produce fewer and larger eggs at high latitudes
• Thoresen, a surname

References

1. <Kadaru Kurtala Phonemes