Nelli is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to:

Given name

Nelli Abramova Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova () (born 18 August 1940, in Chelyabinsk) is a Jewish former Soviet Union, Soviet competitive volleyball player. She is an Olympic silver medallist (in 1964) and European champion (in 1967). Career Abramova played from ...

(born 1940), Jewish former Soviet competitive female * Nelli Chervotkina (born 1965), former pair skater for the Soviet Union * Cornelli

Nelli Cooman Cornelli "Nelli" Antoinette Hariëtte Cooman (born 6 June 1964) is a former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin. At the 60 metres, she is two-time World indoor champion, six-time European indoor champion and former world record holder, running ...

(born 1964), former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin *

Nelli Korovkina Nelli Vitalyevna Korovkina (; born 1 November 1989) is a Russian footballer. She plays as a striker for WFC Zenit and the Russia national team. Club career She played for Izmailovo Moscow from 2009 to 2014. She then played two seasons for ...

(born 1989), Russian footballer * Nelli Korbukova, Soviet female sprint canoer *

Nelli Laitinen Nelli Laitinen (born 29 April 2002) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team. She as a captain of the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program during the 2024–25 season. Playing career Laitinen beg ...

(born 2002), Finnish ice hockey player * Nelli Neumann (1886–1942), German mathematician who worked in synthetic geometry *

Nelli Shkolnikova Nelli Efimovna Shkolnikova (; 8 July 19282 February 2010) was a Soviet violinist who spent many years teaching in Australia and the United States. She was born in Zolotonosha, Ukrainian SSR. At the age of three, she moved with her family to Mosc ...

(1928–2010), Russian Jewish classical violinist * Nelli Tarakanova (born 1954), Ukrainian rower and medalist *

Nelli Uvarova Nelli Vladimirovna Uvarova (; born 14 March 1980) is a Russian theater and film actress. Early life Nelli Uvarova was born in Mažeikiai, Lithuania to a Russian father and Armenian mother. Uvarova graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cine ...

(born 1980), Russian theater and film actress * Nelli Voronkova (born 1972), Belarusian hurdler *

Nelli Zhiganshina Nelli Nailevna Zhiganshina (; born 31 March 1987) is a Russian-born German ice dancer. With Alexander Gazsi, she is a six-time German national champion (2007, 2011–2015) and has won twelve international medals. They have placed as high as 6t ...

(born 1987), Russian-born German ice dancer

Surname

Pre-modern era

* Fabio Nelli (1533–?), Spanish banker *

Francesco Nelli Francesco Nelli (Florence – Naples, 1363) was the secretary of bishop Angelo Acciaioli I and a pastor at the Prior of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Florence. He corresponded with Petrarch, sending fifty surviving letters to him and receivin ...

(fl. 1363), Italian secretary of bishop Angelo Acciaioli and friend of Francesco Petrarca *

Ottaviano Nelli Ottaviano Nelli (1375–1444?) was an Italian painter of the early Quattrocento. Nelli primarily painted frescoes, but also panel paintings. He had several pupils and two painters were influenced by him. Biography He was born in Gubbio in Umbr ...

(1375–1444), Italian painter *

Pietro Nelli Pietro Antonio Nelli (29 June 1672, Massa – 1740, Rome) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period. He created religious works, portraits, and landscapes. Life and work He went to Rome at an early age. There, he was a pupil of Giovanni Mar ...

(1672–after 1730), Italian painter of the late Baroque period *

Plautilla Nelli Sister Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588) was a self-taught nun-artist and the first ever known female Renaissance painter of Florence. She was a nun of the Dominican convent of St. Catherine of Siena located in Piazza San Marco, Florence, and was h ...

(1524–1588), the first-known female Renaissance painter of Florence, Italy

Modern era

Alessandro Nelli Alessandro Nelli (Rome, 28 January 1842 – Russia?, after 1897) was an Italian entrepreneur. Nelli was the founder of the Fonderia Nelli (Nelli Foundry), which was the leading sculpture foundry in Rome from 1880 to 1900. He participated to nation ...

(1842–?), Italian founder of the Fonderia Nelli, active in Rome *

Carlos Nelli Carlos Nelli (3 December 1902 – 1 January 1994) was a Brazilian athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1 ...

(1902–1994), Brazilian athlete *

Gabriele Nelli Gabriele Nelli (born 4 December 1993) is an Italian male professional volleyball player. He is part of the Italy men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Trentino Volley. Sporting achievements Clubs CEV Champions League * 2 ...

(born 1993), Italian male volleyball player *

Herva Nelli Herva Nelli (January 9, 1909May 31, 1994) was an Italian and American operatic soprano. Biography Named after the French socialist Gustave Hervé, she was born in Florence, where she attended a convent school. At the age of ten, however, she and ...

(1909–1994), Italian-American operatic soprano *

Renat Nelli Renat Nelli (), who was born in Carcassonne, Aude in 1906 and died in 1982, was one of the major Occitan writers of the 20th century. In Vichy France, Nelli joined the French Resistance and in 1945 was one of the co-founders of the Institut d'E ...

(1906–1982), French-born leading Occitan author * Victor Nelli Jr., American television director and producer

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Pre-modern era

Modern era

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