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Billy Nelson (athlete) William Andrew Nelson (born September 11, 1984, in Bakersfield, California, attended Taft Union High School) is an American steeplechase runner. He is a two-time (2007 and 2008) Big 12 Conference steeplechase titleholder, a six-time NCAA All-Ame ...

(William Andrew Nelson, born 1984), American steeplechaser *

William Nelson (governor) William Nelson (1711 – November 19, 1772) was an American planter, politician, and colonial leader from Yorktown, Virginia. In the interim between the royal governors Norborne Berkeley and Lord Dunmore, he served as governor of colonial Vir ...

(1711–1772), American Colonial governor of Virginia and father of the judge William Nelson * William Nelson (judge) (1754–1813), American soldier, politician, law professor and judge *

William Nelson (British judge) William Nelson (born c. 1981) is a District Judge ( Magistrates' court) appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourab ...

(born c. 1981), British district judge * William Nelson, great-grandfather of

Horatio Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought ...

* William Nelson (MP) (c. 1462–1525), member of parliament for the City of York * William Nelson (New York politician) (1784–1869), U.S. congressman for New York *

William Nelson (Wisconsin politician) William Nelson (July 1, 1839October 26, 1913) was a Scottish American immigrant, newspaper publisher, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Vernon and Monroe counties in the 1872 and 1873 sessio ...

(1839–1913), member of the Wisconsin State Senate *

William Nelson (wrestler) William L. Nelson was an American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. At the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international ...

, American wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 1904 Olympics *

William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte (20 April 1757 – 28 February 1835), was an Anglican clergyman and an older brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Life Born in Burnham Thorpe, he was a son of the Reverend Edmu ...

(1757–1835), elder brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson *

William "Bull" Nelson William "Bull" Nelson (September 27, 1824 – September 29, 1862) was a United States naval officer who became a Union general during the American Civil War. As a Kentuckian, Nelson could have sympathized with the Confederates but, like his st ...

(1824–1862), Union army general in the American Civil War * William E. Nelson (died 1991), murdered by his wife

Omaima Nelson Omaima Aree Nelson (born c. 1968) is an Egyptian former model and nanny who was convicted of murdering her husband, Bill Nelson. She is serving a life sentence at California Institution for Women, as of 2020. Her case made international headline ...

* William G. Nelson (fl. 1980s–2020s), American cancer researcher and professor * William H. Nelson (born 1944), American businessman *

Harold Nelson (athlete) William Harold Nelson (26 April 1923 – 1 July 2011) was a New Zealand long-distance runner who won two medals at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland. Early life and family Born in Dunedin on 26 April 1923, Nelson was the son of Grace ...

(William Harold Nelson, 1923–2011), New Zealand runner *

William L. Nelson (politician) William Lester Nelson (August 4, 1875 – December 31, 1946) was an American farmer and politician from Columbia, Missouri. He represented Missouri as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives for several terms: 1919–1921, 1 ...

(1875–1946), U.S. congressman for Missouri *

William L. Nelson (Medal of Honor) Sergeant William Lloyd Nelson (February 22, 1918–April 24, 1943) was an American combat soldier who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest decoration for valor, for his actions on April 24, 1943, during World War II ...

(1918–1943), World War II Medal of Honor recipient *

William Lambie Nelson The Reverend Doctor William Lambie Nelson (20 September 1808 – 13 June 1887)
— William T. Nelson (1908–1994), U.S. Navy rear admiral *

William Rockhill Nelson William Rockhill Nelson (March 7, 1841 – April 13, 1915) was an American real estate developer and co-founder of ''The Kansas City Star'' in Kansas City, Missouri. He donated his estate (and home) for the establishment of the Nelson-Atkins Mus ...

(1841–1915), American journalist and publisher * William Nelson (industrialist) (1843–1932), New Zealand farmer and industrialist *

William Nelson (inventor) William Nelson (1878/9 – October 3, 1903) was an American inventor and an employee of General Electric in Schenectady, New York. On the afternoon of October 3, 1903, in New York state New York, officially the State of New York, is a U.S. st ...

(died 1903), American inventor killed by own invention

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