Kelso (name)

Kelso is a surname and a given name. It is of British origin with Scottish[1] and English roots.[2]

## People with the surname

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* Ben Kelso (born 1949), American basketball player and coach
* Beverley Kelso (born 1948), Jamaican singer
* Bill Kelso (1940-2009), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Bob Kelso (footballer) (1865-1942), Scottish soccer player
* Frank B. Kelso II (1933–2013), United States Navy admiral
* Iris Kelso (1926-2003), American journalist and television commentator
* J. A. Scott Kelso (born 1947), neuroscientist
* J. J. Kelso (1864-1935), creator of the Children's Aid Society in Canada
* Jack W. Kelso (1934-1952), Medal of Honor recipient
* Jackie Kelso (1922-2012), American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist
* James Kelso (footballer) (1869-1900), Scottish footballer
* Jamie Kelso (born 1948), American political activist and supremacist
* Jim Kelso (1910-1987), Scottish soccer player
* Jimmy Kelso (1910-?), Australian boxer of the 1920s and '30s
* John R. Kelso (1831-1891), politician and author
* Iain Kelso (born 1975), Canadian film score composer
* Louis O. Kelso (1913-1991), political economist
* Mark Kelso (born 1963), former Buffalo Bills defensive back
* Mayme Kelso (1867-1946), American actress
* Megan Kelso (born 1968), comic book artist
* Phil Kelso (1871-1935), Scottish soccer player
* Sylvia Kelso, Australian author
* Tommy Kelso (1882-1974), Scottish footballer
* Thomas Kelso (1784-1878), philanthropist
* William Kelso (born 1941), archeologist

## People with the given name

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* Kelso Roberts, Canadian politician
* Kelso Cochrane (~1936-1959), Antiguan immigrant to Britain whose murder sparked tensions in London

## People with the stage name

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* Kelso, bass player with Camp Cope released an album under this moniker.

## Fictional characters

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* Bob Kelso, Chief of Medicine from Scrubs
* Michael Kelso, character on That '70s Show
* Casey Kelso, That '70s Show character
* Wyoming Bill Kelso, character in The Party
* Jack Kelso, character in L.A. Noire
* Capt. Wild Bill Kelso in 1941
* Zeke Kelso, FBI Agent in That Darn Cat! and That Darn Cat (1997 film)

## See also

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* Kelso (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 62. OCLC 1060940902 - via Internet Archive.
2. ^ "Kelso Name Meaning & Kelso Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®".

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