Olmsted (name)

Olmsted is a surname. People with the name include:


 * The notable Olmsted family of New York City:
 * Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect
 * his sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., also landscape architects, and their company Olmsted Brothers
 * John Charles Olmsted (1852–1920), landscape architect, adopted son of Frederick Law Olmsted
 * Frederick Olmsted Jr. (1911–1990), WPA artist, muralist, and scientist (son of Frederick E. Olmsted)
 * Frederick E. Olmsted (1872–1925), American Forester (nephew of Frederick Law Olmsted)
 * George W. Olmsted (b. 1874), founder of Long Island Lighting Company (LILCo), patron of the Chief Cornplanter Council, Boy Scouts of America
 * George H. Olmsted (b. 1901), veteran of World War I and World War II, General in the United States Army, life insurance magnate, and philanthropist
 * Aaron Olmsted, investor in the Connecticut Land Company in the United States
 * Andrew J. Olmsted, a U.S. soldier during the Iraq occupation
 * Anna Wetherill Olmsted (1888–1961), American museum director and art critic
 * Charles M. Olmsted (1881-1948), an American aeronautical engineer
 * Dan Olmsted, a senior editor for United Press International (UPI) and author of the Age of Autism reports
 * David Olmsted (1822–1861), an American politician
 * Denison Olmsted, an American astronomer
 * Elizabeth Martha Olmsted (1825–1910), American poet
 * John Olmsted (naturalist) (1938–2011), an American naturalist and conservationist
 * John W. Olmsted (1903–1986), an American historian
 * Nathan Olmsted (1812-1898), an American politician
 * Richard Olmsted (settler) (died 1686/7), early New England (Connecticut) settler
 * Thomas Olmsted, an American prelate of the Catholic Church
 * Katharine (Kit) Olmsted (2001-), an American amateur athlete, NCAA Division I Champion