William Nelson may refer to: *

Billy Bass Nelson William "Billy Bass" Nelson (born January 28, 1951) is an American musician, who was the original bassist for Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. C ...

(born 1951), American musician *

Billy Nelson (actor) Billy Nelson (born William Nelson; July 19, 1903 – June 13, 1979) was an American vaudeville comedian and actor who appeared in over 80 films and television programs. He was featured several times on one of the iconic black and white TV se ...

(1903–1979), American vaudeville comedian and actor * Billy Nelson (athlete) (William Andrew Nelson, born 1984), American steeplechaser * Billy Nelson (boxer), Scottish boxing coach and former boxer * William Nelson (governor) (1711–1772), American colonial governor of Virginia * William Nelson (British judge) (born c. 1981), British district judge * William Nelson (MP) (c. 1462–1525), member of parliament for the City of York *

William Nelson (New York politician) William Nelson (June 29, 1784 – October 3, 1869) was an American lawyer and judge from Westchester County, New York. He represented New York in the U.S. Congress from 1847 to 1851. Biography Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, on J ...

(1784–1869), U.S. congressman for New York * William Nelson (Wisconsin politician) (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, he won the bronze medal in the freestyle wrestling flyweight class. Nelson wrestled for St. George's AC in New York, New York ...

, 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 Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, into a family that ha ...

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

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) (1875–1946), U.S. congressman for Missouri * William L. Nelson (Medal of Honor) (1918–1943), World War II Medal of Honor recipient * William Lambie Nelson (1807–1887), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * 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 Museum ...

(1841–1915), American journalist and publisher *

William Nelson (industrialist) William Nelson (15 February 1843 – 16 November 1932) was a New Zealand industrialist and farmer described in his obituaries as "the father of Hawkes Bay". He personally managed his Nelson Brothers freezing works at Tomoana for nearly 40 year ...

(1843–1932), New Zealand farmer and industrialist * William Nelson (inventor) (died 1903), American inventor killed by own invention

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