Nelson
Nelson is the name of several towns, cities, counties, regions around the world:
And in the United States:
- Nelson, Georgia
- Nelson, Illinois
- Nelson, Missouri
- Nelson, Minnesota
- Nelson, Nebraska
- Nelson, New Hampshire
- Nelson, New York
- Nelson, Wisconsin
- Nelson County, Kentucky
- Nelson County, North Dakota
- Nelson County, Virginia
- Nelson Lagoon, Alaska
- Nelson Township, Michigan
- Nelson Township, Pennsylvania
- Nelson Township, Minnesota
- Nelson Park Township, Minnesota
Nelson were a hair metal band formed by twin brothers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson.
A nelson is another name for the number one hundred eleven.
Nelson College is a secondary school in the city of the same name in New Zealand.
Nelson River is a North American river.
HMS Nelson is the name of at least three British naval vessels.
"Half Nelson" and "Full Nelson" are wrestling holds.
Nelson is both a common family name and given name (first name). This is a list of some people with "Nelson" in their name:
- Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
- Earle Nelson, American serial killer
- Eugene Nelson, American writer
- Gunnar Nelson, American musician, member of the band "Nelson"
- Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress and singer
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, British admiral
- Jameer Nelson, professional NBA basketball player
- Leonard Nelson, German philosopher
- Matthew Nelson, American musician, member of the band "Nelson"
- Nelson Mandela, South African politician and activist
- Nelson Muntz, cartoon character on The Simpsons
- Nelson Piquet, Brazilian racing driver
- Nelson Rockefeller, American politician
- Ozzie Nelson, American actor and musician
- Ricky Nelson, American actor, musician and teen idol
- Russ Nelson, Open Source Initiative president
- Ted Nelson, computer scientist and professor, coined the word "hypertext"
- William Nelson, disambiguation page
- Willie Nelson, American singer and musician