Template:Infobox surname Abelson, originating from both Swedish and Yiddish, and derived from the name Abel,<ref>Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary (1969), p. 1.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is the surname of:
- Alan Abelson (1925–2013), American journalist
- Dave Abelson (born 1975), Canadian tennis player
- Evelyn Abelson (1886–1967), English artist
- Hal Abelson, American computer scientist
- Hope Abelson (1910–2006), American artist and arts philanthropist
- John Abelson (born 1939), American biochemist
- Matthew Abelson, American musician
- Neva Abelson (1910–2000), American physician
- Philip Abelson (1913–2004), American nuclear physicist
- Raziel Abelson (1921–2017), American philosopher
- Robert Abelson (1928–2005), American political scientist
- Sophie Abelson, an English stage and television actress
- Peter Abelsson (born 1977), Swedish football (soccer) player
See alsoEdit
- Abelsonite, the mineral
- Abelson murine leukemia virus, also known as "Abelson's virus"
- Abelson's paradox
- Ableson (a surname)