Knudson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Knudson Ranking

In the United States, the name Knudson is the 4,247^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

lfred George Knudson Jr. (1922-2016), American geneticist specializing in cancer genetics
Anders Knudson Finseth (1836-1913), American politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 9th District, 1868; Member of Minnesota State Senate 17th District, 1875-78; Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1876 3

Ms. Hannah Knudson (1884-1914), Canadian Second Class Passenger from Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada who was traveling aboard the Empress of Ireland and died in the sinking 4

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