Kelso

Kelso may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Kelso, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst
• Kelso, Tasmania, a small village in the north of Tasmania
• Kelso, Queensland, a suburb of Townsville, Queensland

Canada

• Kelso, a small village in Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, located beside Lake Kelso

New Zealand

• Kelso, New Zealand, an abandoned town in Otago

Scotland

• Kelso, Scottish Borders, a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders
  • Kelso Abbey
  • Kelso Racecourse
• New Kelso, Scottish Highlands, an ancient Settlement in Wester Ross
  • New Kelso Cottages
  • New Kelso Farm
  • New Kelso House and Lodge
  • New Lodge

South Africa

• Kelso, KwaZulu-Natal, small coastal village south of Durban

United States

• Kelso, California, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert National Preserve
  • Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel, a historic landmark in the Mojave Desert National Preserve
  • Kelso Dunes, a dune field in the Mojave Desert National Preserve
• Kelso, Fresno County, California
• Kelso, the former name of Claraville, California, in Kern County
• Kelso, Missouri
• Kelso, Washington
• Kelso Township, Sibley County, Minnesota

Companies

• Kelso & Company, private equity firm founded in 1971 based in New York City

People

Surname

• Ben Kelso (1949- ), American basketball player and coach
• Beverley Kelso, Jamaican singer
• Bill Kelso (1940-2009), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Bob Kelso (1865-1942), Scottish soccer player
• Frank B. Kelso II (1933- ), United States Navy admiral
• J. A. Scott Kelso (1947- ), neuroscientist
• J. J. Kelso (1864-1935), creator of the Children's Aid Society in Canada
• Jack Kelso (1917-1993), West Coast Jazz reed player known for giving Chico Hamilton and Dexter Gordon their starts in professional music.
• Jack W. Kelso (1934-1952), Medal of Honor recipient
• Jackie Kelso (1922- ), American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist
• Jamie Kelso (1948- ), political activist
• Jim Kelso (1910-1987), Scottish soccer player
• John R. Kelso (1831-1891), politician and author
• Kyle Kelso, American record producer
• Iain Kelso (1975- ), Canadian film score composer
• Lee Kelso, television news anchor
• Louis O. Kelso (1913-1991), political economist, inventor of Employee Stock Ownership Plan, author of The Capitalist Manifesto
• Mark Kelso (born 1963), former Buffalo Bills defensive back
• Mayme Kelso (1867-1946), American actress
• Megan Kelso (1968- ), comic book artist
• Phil Kelso (1871-1935), Scottish soccer player
• Sylvia Kelso, Australian author
• Thomas Kelso (1784-1878), philanthropist
• William Kelso (1941- ), archeologist

Given Name

• Archibald Kelso Roberts, Canadian politician
• Blanche Kelso Bruce, American politician
• John Kelso Hunter (1802-1873), Scottish painter
• Kelso Cochrane (~1936-1959), Antiguan immigrant to Britain whose murder sparked tensions in London
• Kerry Williams Kelso O'Brien (1951- ), Australian politician
• Martin Kelso Wallace (born ~1898), Northern Ireland politician
• William Kelso Morrill (1903-1968), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Fictional people

• Bob Kelso, Chief of Medicine from the TV show Scrubs, played by Ken Jenkins
• Michael Kelso, character on the television series That '70s Show, played by Ashton Kutcher
• Casey Kelso, That '70s Show character and Michael Kelso's brother, played by Luke Wilson
• 'Wyoming Bill' Kelso, character in the 1968 movie The Party, played by Denny Miller
• Jack Kelso, character in the video game L.A. Noire, played by Gil McKinney

Sports

• Kelso (horse), a famous thoroughbred racehorse from the United States
• Premier Kelso Hurdle, national hunt hurdle race in Scotland
• Kelso RFC, rugby club based in Kelso, Scotland
• Kelso Stakes, American Thoroughbred Horse Race in Elmont, New York
• Kelso United F.C., soccer club based in Kelso, Scotland

Schools

• Kelso High School, Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland
• Kelso High School, Kelso, Washington, United States
• Kelso High Campus, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Ships

• MV Kelso, a Tristan da Cunha fishing vessel, also known as RV Kelso
• SS Kelso Victory, United States Navy ship in World War II

Other

• John of Kelso, 12th century Tironensian monk and bishop
• Kelso Branch, a former railway from Tweedmouth, Scotland to Kelso, Scotland
• Kelso Home for Girls, orphanage in Towson, Maryland
• Kelso River, a river in Minnesota
• The Spirit of Kelso Cochrane, album by The Ballistics

See also

• Roxburgh
• Kelsey (disambiguation)