John Nelson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

John L. Nelson John Lewis Nelson (June 29, 1916 – August 25, 2001), also known as his stage name Prince Rogers, was an American jazz musician and songwriter. He was the father of musicians Prince and Tyka Nelson and a credited co-writer on some of his son' ...

(1916–2001), American musician, father of singer Prince * John Nelson (conductor) (born 1941), American conductor * John Nelson (visual effects artist) (born 1953), American visual effects supervisor * John Randall Nelson (born 1956), painter and sculptor based in Phoenix, Arizona * John Allen Nelson (born 1959), American actor in film and television *

John Mark Nelson John Mark Nelson (born November 23, 1993) is an American songwriter and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. John Mark Nelson released his debut album ''Still Here'' in 2011. His second release, '' Waiting and Waiting'', was released in Augu ...

(born 1993), songwriter and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota * John Arthur Nelson, director, actor, and writer

Politics

John M. Nelson John Mandt Nelson (October 10, 1870 – January 29, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Early life John Mandt Nelson was born on October 10, 1870, in Burke, Wisconsin. Nelson attended the public schools and graduated from the Unive ...

(1870–1955), American political figure from Wisconsin *

John E. Nelson (Maine politician) John Edward Nelson (July 12, 1874 – April 11, 1955) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in China, Kennebec County, Maine on July 12, 1874. He attended the common and high schools of Waterville, Maine. He graduated from ...

(1874–1955), American political figure from Maine *

Jock Nelson John Norman Nelson (28 May 1908 – 20 June 1991) was an Australian politician. Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, he was the son of politician Harold Nelson. Jock Nelson was educated at state schools in Darwin before becoming a jackeroo and ...

(John Norman Nelson, 1908–1991), Australian politician *

John E. Nelson (Nebraska politician) John E. Nelson (born December 29, 1935) is an American politician who served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Nebraska from September 29, 2014 to January 8, 2015 under Governor Dave Heineman. He is a member of the Republican Party. Born in G ...

(born 1935), American political figure in Nebraska * John B. Nelson (born 1936), American political figure in Arizona

Sports

Candy Nelson John W. "Candy" Nelson (March 14, 1849 – September 4, 1910) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played 13 seasons between and for nine teams in three leagues. Biography A native of Maine, Nelson entered professional baseball in B ...

(John W. Nelson, 1849–1910), American baseball player *

John Nelson (pitcher) John Nelson was an American Negro league baseball The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include profess ...

, American baseball player * John Nelson (English cricketer) (1891–1917), English cricketer *

John Nelson (soccer, born 1905) Johnny Nelson (1905 in Johnstone, Scotland – November 30, 1984 in Yonkers, New York) was a Scottish American soccer center forward who ended his career as the second leading scorer in the history of the first American Soccer League. He was po ...

(1905–1984), Scottish-born American soccer player *

Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. Nelson and two other legendary champions of the time, Ben Hog ...

(John Byron Nelson, Jr., 1912–2006), American golfer *

John Nelson (footballer) John Nelson (born 1 February 1934) is a former Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 pla ...

(born 1934), Australian rules footballer *

John Nelson (swimmer) John Maurer Nelson (born June 8, 1948) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Pompano Beach High School in Pompano Beach, Florida Pompa ...

(born 1948), American swimmer *

Johnny Nelson Ivanson Ranny "Johnny" Nelson (born 4 January 1967) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 2005, and has since worked as a boxing analyst. He is currently the longest reigning world cruiserweight champion of all time ...

(born 1967), British boxer *

John Nelson (New Zealand cricketer) John Nelson (born 3 May 1975) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in two List A cricket, List A matches for Central Districts cricket team, Central Districts in 2001/02. See also * List of Central Districts representative cricketers Referenc ...

(born 1975), New Zealand cricketer *

John Nelson (infielder) John Clark Nelson (born March 3, 1979) is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006. Amateur career A native of Denton, Texas, Nelson played college baseball for the University of Ka ...

(born 1979), American baseball player *

John Nelson (soccer, born 1998) John Vincent Nelson (born July 11, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. Career Youth & College John grew up in Medina, Ohio. In 2010, he joined Internationals SC, as ...

, American soccer player

Others

John Nelson (British Army officer) Major General Sir Eustace John Blois Nelson KCVO CB DSO OBE MC (15 June 1912 – 23 December 1993) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Second World War and later served as Comman ...

(1912–1993), Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin *

John Nelson (convert) John Nelson was one of the earliest known Englishmen to convert to Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious ...

, 16th-century English convert to Islam *

John Nelson (lawyer) John Nelson (June 1, 1791 – January 18, 1860) was Attorney General of the United States from 1843 to 1845 under John Tyler. Early life Nelson was born in Frederick, Maryland on June 1, 1791. He was the fourth child of Roger Nelson an ...

(1791–1860), Attorney General of the United States in the 19th century *

John Nelson (martyr) John Nelson (1535 – 3 February 1578) was an English Jesuit martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Nelson was from Skelton, York. He was nearing 40 when he left for Douai in 1573 for training as a priest. Two of his four ...

(1534–1578), Catholic priest, killed for refusal to acknowledge Queen's supremacy over Church in England *

John Nelson (merchant) John Nelson (1654–1734) was an English colonial merchant, trader, and statesman, active in New England. Biography Early life John Nelson was born near London, England, in 1654 to Robert and Mary Nelson. He came to Boston in 1680 and marrie ...

(1654–1734), American colonial figure in Boston * John Nelson (physician), physician, president of the American Medical Association *

John Nelson (police officer) John G. Nelson (14 May 1928 – 28 February 2003) was an American police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department who is considered to be the founding father of the SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) concept. After the Watts riots o ...

(1928–2003), American policeman, regarded as founder of police special forces units * John Nelson (businessman) (born 1947), chairman of Lloyd's of London *

John Yeates Nelson John Yeates Nelson (1850 – 29 December 1932) was a senior public servant with the Post and Telegraph Department of New South Wales, Australia and later the Australian Federal Postmaster-General's Department. He was heavily involved in the devel ...

(1850–1932), Australian public servant