Thorson or Thorsen are Swedish, Norwegian and Danish surnames, and a first name in the Kadaru language.<Kadaru Kurtala Phonemes Notable people with the surname include:
Thorson Brett Thorson (born 2000), Australian player of American football 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, American television producer Kenneth Thorson (born 1966), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop Linda Thorson (born 1947), Canadian actress Maddy Thorson (born 1988), Canadian video game developer Mark Thorson (born 1983), American football player Scott Thorson (1959–2024), 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
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