Nelson (given name)
Encyclopedia
Nelson is an English given name, in origin derived from the patronymic
"son of Neil
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The following is a list of people with the given name Nelson:
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
"son of Neil
Neil
Neil is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Gaelic name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", or "champion". As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish...
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The following is a list of people with the given name Nelson:
Arts and entertainment
- Nelson AlgrenNelson AlgrenNelson Algren was an American writer.-Early life:Algren was born Nelson Ahlgren Abraham in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Goldie and Gerson Abraham. At the age of three he moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois where they lived in a working-class, immigrant neighborhood on the South Side...
(1909-1981), American writer - Nelson AscencioNelson AscencioNelson Ascencio is a Cuban actor and comedian. Ascencio is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv....
, MADTV cast member - Nelson S. BondNelson S. BondNelson Slade Bond was an American author who wrote extensively for books, magazines, radio, television and the stage....
(1908-2006), American writer - Nelson DawsonNelson DawsonNelson Ethelred Dawson was an English artist and member of the Arts and Crafts movement.Dawson was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire and educated at Stamford School. He moved to London, where he operated his workshop first from Chelsea and in due course from the rear of his townhouse in Chiswick...
(1859-1941), British artist - Nelson DeCastro, American comic book artist
- Nelson DeMilleNelson DeMilleNelson Richard DeMille is an American author of thriller novels. His works include Word of Honor , The Charm School, The Gold Coast, Plum Island, and The General's Daughter .DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt...
(born 1943), American author - Nelson EddyNelson EddyNelson Ackerman Eddy was an American singer and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred...
(1901-1967), American singer - Nelson FreireNelson FreireNelson Freire is a Brazilian classical pianist.Freire began playing the piano when he was three years old. He replayed from memory pieces his older sister had just performed. His teachers in Brazil were Nise Obino and Lucia Branco, former students of a pupil of Liszt. For his first public recital,...
(born 1944), Brazilian pianist - Nelson GeorgeNelson GeorgeNelson George is an African American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award....
(born 1957), American writer/filmmaker - Nelson GonçalvesNelson GonçalvesNelson Gonçalves was a Brazilian singer and songwriter.Born Antônio Gonçalves Sobral in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, he was raised in São Paulo...
(1919-1998), Brazilian singer - Nelson IllingworthNelson IllingworthNelson William Illingworth was an English sculptor and colourful bohemian.Illingworth was born in Portsmouth, England, son of Thomas Illingworth, plasterer, and his wife Sarah, née Harvey. He studied at the Lambeth art school and worked as a modeller at the Royal Doulton potteries...
(1862-1926), Australian sculptor and bohemian - Nelson NedNelson NedNelson Ned is a famous Brazilian singer from Ubá, Minas Gerais. Nelson built a solid career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming known internationally, especially in Portugal, France and Spain...
, Brazilian singer - Nelson RodriguesNélson RodriguesNelson Falcão Rodrigues was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva , considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters' psychology and its use of colloquial dialog...
(1912-1980), Brazilian playwright - Nelson de la RosaNelson de la RosaNelson Aquino de la Rosa , a.k.a. Mahow, was one of the shortest men of the 20th and 21st centuries and an actor from the Dominican Republic. Nelson measured 71 centimeters tall ....
(1968-2006), Dominican Republic dwarf actor - Nelson ShinNelson ShinNelson Shin is an animation director who is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea. He founded Akom in 1985....
(born 1939), film executive
Footballers
- Nelson Abeijón (born 1973), Uruguayan midfielder
- Nelson CossioNelson CossioNelson Orlando Cossio Riquelme is a retired football goalkeeper from Chile, who made his debut for the Chile national football team on 1997-01-04 in a friendly against Armenia. He obtained a total number of four caps during his professional career.-Club: Universidad de Chile** Primera División de...
(born 1966), Chilean goalkeeper - Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan forward
- Nélson MarcosNélson MarcosNélson Augusto Tomar Marcos , simply Nélson, is a Portuguese footballer of Cape Verdean descent who plays for Real Betis in Spain, as a right defender.-Early years:...
, Portuguese defender - Nélson PereiraNelson PereiraNélson Alexandre Gomes Pereira, simply Nélson , is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:After having started his football career with hometown club S.C.U. Torreense, Nélson was primarily used as a backup at Sporting Clube de Portugal, first to Peter Schmeichel,...
, Portuguese goalkeeper - Nelson RivasNelson RivasNelson Rivas is a Colombian football defender who plays for the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer. He was born on 25 March 1983, in the city of Pradera in Colombia. He currently plays as a central defender or right back. He is nicknamed Tyson after the famous American boxer due to his size,...
(born 1983), Colombian defender - Nelson Saie Kilifa, Solomon Islands footballer
- Nelson Tapia, Chilean goalkeeper
- Nélson VeigaNélson VeigaNélson César Tavares Rodrigues da Veiga is a Portuguese-born Cape Verdean footballer who plays for KAC Marrakech in Morocco. He can operate as either a right or central defender.-Club career:...
, Cape Verdean defender - Nelson VivasNelson VivasNelson David Vivas is a former professional Argentine football player, who played primarily as right-back.-Career in Argentina:...
(born 1969), Argentinian defender - Fernando Nélson Jesus Vieira Alves, Portuguese player
Other
- Nelson BrilesNelson BrilesNelson Kelley "Nellie" Briles was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Pittsburgh Pirates , Kansas City Royals , Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles...
(1943-2005), American baseball pitcher - Nelson Burton, Jr., professional bowler and television commentator
- Nelson CarmichaelNelson CarmichaelNelson Carmichael is an American mogul skier. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics....
, American skier - Nelson Castro (weightlifter) (born 1974), Colombian weightlifter
- Nelson Cruz (outfielder) (born 1980), Dominican Republic baseball player (for Texas Rangers)
- Nelson DieppaNelson DieppaNelson Dieppa is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico in international events including the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 1991 Pan American Games and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Dieppa debuted as a professional on February 13, 1993, when he defeated...
(born 1971), American boxer - Nelson Erazo (born 1977), American professional wrestler
- Nelson ÉvoraNelson ÉvoraNelson Évora is a Portuguese athlete, of Cape Verdean descent, who specializes in the triple jump and long jump. He is the current triple jump olympic and former world champion. Évora currently competes for Portuguese sports club S.L. Benfica...
(born 1984), Portuguese triple jumper - Nelson Frazier, Jr.Nelson Frazier, Jr.Nelson Frazier, Jr. is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring names Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V, and King V. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment...
(born 1972) (a.k.a. Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V), American wrestler - Nelson Hoang (born 1969), PBA basketball player
- Nelson LirianoNelson LirianoNelson Arturo Liriano Bonilla is a former Major League baseball player. He played for various teams from 1987 to 1998 batting a career average of .260 over those 11 seasons. In 1999, he played in one game for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan.Before turning professional, Liriano played amateur...
(born 1964), Dominican Republic baseball player - Nelson MoraNelson MoraNelson Jesús Mora Molina in Caracas, Venezuela,is a former Butterfly Swimmer from Venezuela who won the 200m Butterfly at the...
, Venezuelan butterfly swimmer - Nelson PeltzNelson PeltzNelson Peltz is an American businessman. He is a board director of Wendy's Group, the franchise parent of T.J. Cinnamons, Pasta Connection and Wendy's. Peltz is the former owner of Snapple.- Background :...
, American businessman - Nelson PiquetNelson PiquetNelson Piquet Souto Maior , known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian former racing driver. He was Formula One world champion in , and . He is one of eight drivers to win three or more world championships, the others being Jack Brabham, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna , Alain Prost , Juan...
(born 1952), Brazilian racing driver - Nelson Piquet, Jr. (born 1985), Brazilian racing driver
- Nelson VailsNelson VailsNelson Beasley Vails is a retired road and track cyclist from the United States, a professional rider from 1988 to 1994. He represented the USA at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the individual sprint, behind countryman Mark Gorski...
, American road and track cyclist - Nélson VargasNélson VargasNélson Vargas de Jesús is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19992001-References:...
(born 1973), Colombian road cyclist
Politics
- Nelson W. AldrichNelson W. AldrichNelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1911....
(1841-1915), American politician - Nelson ChamisaNelson ChamisaNelson Chamisa is a Zimbabwean politician and member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Kuwadzana, Harare. His charismatic speeches and eloquence saw him rise to become the Secretary for Information and Publicity for the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change , and former national...
(born 1978), Zimbabwean politician - Nelson DeweyNelson DeweyNelson Dewey was a politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin; he was the first Governor of Wisconsin, serving from 1848 until 1852.- Early life :...
(1813-1889), American politician - Nelson HarrisNelson HarrisNelson Harris is a former mayor of Roanoke, Virginia; his term ended on July 1, 2008. A Democrat, he was elected mayor in 2004 with 37% of the vote in a competitive three way race against Republican Alice Hincker and independent Delvis "Mac" McCadden. Harris had previously served on the school...
, American politician (mayor of Roanoke, Virginia) - Nelson MandelaNelson MandelaNelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
(born 1918), South African politician and activist - Nelson B. McCormickNelson B. McCormickNelson B. Mccormick was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Mccormick attended the common schools....
(1847-1914), American politician - Nelson Oduber (born 1947), prime minister of Aruba
- Nelson RiisNelson RiisNelson Andrew Riis currently a businessman and is a former Canadian politician and New Democratic Party Member of Parliament .Riis graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.Ed, and MA...
(born 1942), Canadian politician and businessman - Nelson RockefellerNelson RockefellerNelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the 41st Vice President of the United States , serving under President Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York , as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower administrations in a variety of positions...
(1908–1979), forty-first Vice President of the United States
Others
- Nelson Doubleday, Jr.Nelson Doubleday, Jr.Nelson Doubleday, Jr. was the president of Doubleday. He was instrumental in the company's purchase of the New York Mets in 1980. He served as chairman of the Mets' board during the team's rise to its 1986 World Series title. In 1986, he and Fred Wilpon bought the team from the publishing company...
(born 1933), American businessman - Nelson GoodmanNelson GoodmanHenry Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher, known for his work on counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, irrealism and aesthetics.-Career:...
(1906-1998), American philosopher - Nelson Bunker HuntNelson Bunker HuntNelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born...
(born 1926), American businessman - Nelson A. MilesNelson A. MilesNelson Appleton Miles was a United States soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War.-Early life:Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm...
(1839-1925), American soldier - Nelson PoynterNelson PoynterNelson Poynter was an American publisher. He was born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1903. His family moved to Florida nine years later when his father bought the St. Petersburg Times. Nelson returned to Indiana to get his B.A...
(1903-1978), American newspaper publisher - Nelson RiddleNelson RiddleNelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
(1921-1985), American bandleader