Sidney A. Olson (April 30, 1908 – January 9, 1995) was an American journalist, advertising executive and writer. During World War II, he served as a war correspondent for TIME Inc., covering the German front December 1944 to May 1945. He was a Senior Editor for TIME, LIFE, and Fortune; before that, he was a staff writer, White House Correspondent, and ultimately City Editor at The Washington Post. He spent over twenty years in advertising at Kenyon & Eckhardt and J. Walter Thompson. He also published a book about Henry Ford.