NELSON

'Nelson' may refer to a number of people, places and things (many derived from Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, also known as 'Lord Nelson' - an English admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars)

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Places

Family name

Forename

Football (soccer) players

Other

Places

In 'Australia:'

★ Nelson, New South Wales

★ Nelson, Victoria
In 'Canada:'

★ Nelson, British Columbia

★ Nelson High School, in Burlington, Ontario

★ Nelson River, a river in Manitoba
In 'New Zealand:'

★ Nelson, New Zealand

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★ Nelson College, a secondary school
In the 'United Kingdom:'

★ Nelson, Lancashire, England

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★ Nelson F.C., a football club

★ Nelson, Caerphilly, in Wales
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 Park Township, Minnesota

★ Nelson Township, Michigan

★ Nelson Township, Minnesota

★ Nelson Township, Pennsylvania

Family name

Please visit this page for a list of people whose last name is Nelson.

Forename

★ Nelson Ascencio, MADtv cast member from 1999-2001.

★ Nelson Burton Jr., professional bowler and television commentator

★ Nelson Carmichael, American Olympic freestyle skier

★ Nelson Mandela, South African politician and activist

★ Nelson Mora, Venezuelan butterfly swimmer

★ Nelson Muntz, fictional cartoon character on The Simpsons

★ Nelson Piquet, Brazilian racing driver

★ Nelson Angelo Piquet, Brazilian racing driver

★ Nelson Rockefeller, American politician

★ Nelson Vails, American road and track cyclist

Football (soccer) players

★ Nélson Marcos, a Portuguese football (soccer) defender

★ Nelson Pereira, a Portuguese football (soccer) goalkeeper

★ Nelson Sale Kilifa, Solomon Islands footballer

★ Nélson Veiga, a Cape Verdean football (soccer) defender

★ Fernando Nélson Jesus Vieira Alves, a Portuguese football (soccer) player

Other

★ Nelson (automobile), an early US built automobile

★ Nelson (band), a glam metal band formed by twin brothers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson

★ Thomas Nelson (publisher), a book publishing company

★ HMS ''Nelson'' and HMS ''Lord Nelson'', the names of several British warships

★ USS ''Nelson'' (DD-623), an American ''Gleaves''-class destroyer

★ Nelson (cricket), an act of avoiding bad luck during the game of cricket

★ A Nelson hold, a type of grappling and wrestling hold

★ Nelson rules, a methodology in control theory

★ Nelson's syndrome, an endocrine disorder

★ Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri