Nels is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:
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Nels Ackerson (born 1944), American lawyer
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Nels N. Alling (1861–1955), Danish-American sculptor
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Nels Andersen (1891–1961), American politician
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Nels Anderson (1889–1986), American sociologist
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Nels Anderson (politician) (1828–1887), American politician
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Nels Andrews, American folk singer
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Nels Bruseth (1886–1957), American mountaineer, naturalist, author, and painter
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Nels Christianson, American politician
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Nels Cline (born 1956), American guitarist and composer
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Nels Crutchfield (1911–1985), Canadian ice hockey player
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Nels F. S. Ferré (1908–1971), Swedish-born American theologian
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Nels Hagerup (1864–1922), Norwegian-born American painter
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Nels Holman (1861–1946), American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician
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Nels Jacobson (born 1949), American artist and poster art historian
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Nels Johnson (1838–1915), Danish-born American clockmaker
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Nels Johnson (judge) (1896–1958), American judge
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Nels Larson (1869–1937), American politician and businessman
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Nels Nelsen (1894–1943), Norwegian–Canadian ski jumper
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Nels C. Nelson (1875–1964), Danish-American archaeologist
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Nels H. Nelson (1903–1973), United States Marine Corps general
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Nels Nelson (politician) (1917–1992), Canadian politician
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Nels David Nelson
(Nels) David Nelson, an American mathematician and logician, was born on January 2, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Upon graduation from the Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nelson relocated to Washington, D.C. Nelson remai ...
(1918–2003), American mathematician and logician
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Nels S.D. Peterson (born 1978), American lawyer and jurist
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Nels Pierson (born 1972), American politician
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Nels Podolsky (1923–2007), Canadian ice hockey player
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Nels Potter (1911–1990), American baseball player
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Nels Roney (1853–1944), American building contractor and carpenter
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Nels Running (born 1941), retired United States Air Force Major General
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Nels H. Smith (1884–1976), American politician
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Nels J. Smith (born 1939), American politician
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Nels Stewart
Robert Nelson "Old Poison" Stewart (December 29, 1899 – August 21, 1957) was a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. He is ...
(1902–1957), Canadian ice hockey player
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Nels Swandal, American politician
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Nels Wold (1895–1918), United States Army soldier
*Nels Andrew Rude (born 1988), prominent Wisconsin lobbyist
See also
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Louis Nels
Louis Nels (16 December 1855 – 13 November 1910) was a German government official who served as acting Reichskommissar in German South West Africa in 1890–1891.
Trained as a lawyer, he later joined the German civil service. Beginnin ...
(1855–1910), German government official
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Nel (name)
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