Olmsted is a surname. Notable people with the surname 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
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