Jack Benjamin Olson (August 29, 1920 – July 3, 2003) was an American businessman, diplomat, politician, and Republican from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

He graduated from Wisconsin Dells High School and attended Western Michigan University.

Olson enlisted in the U.S. Navy after graduating and became a PT boat commander, serving in the North Atlantic during World War II.

[1] Olson was a Wisconsin delegate to the 1960, 1964, and 1968 National Republican Conventions, and served as state chairman for the presidential campaign of Richard Nixon.

[citation needed] Olson ran unsuccessfully as the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin in 1970.