Nels is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:
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Nels Anderson
Nels Anderson (July 31, 1889 – October 8, 1986) was an early American sociologist who studied hobos, urban culture, and work culture.
Biography
Anderson studied at the University of Chicago under Robert E. Park and Ernest Burgess, whose Con ...
(1889–1986), American sociologist
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Nels Andrews
Nels Andrews is a folk singer based in Santa Cruz, California.
In 2002, Andrews was selected as a winner in the New Folk Competition at the annual Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville, Texas. In 2006, Nels was selected as the winner of the Tellur ...
, American folk singer
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Nels Cline (born 1956), American guitarist and composer
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Nels Crutchfield
William Ian Nelson Crutchfield (July 12, 1911 — July 22, 1985), known as Nels Crutchfield, was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
Born in Knowlton, Quebec, he played defence and centre for the McGill Redmen from 1930 to 1934 and was te ...
(1911–1985), Canadian ice hockey player
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Nels F. S. Ferré
Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferré was a Christian theologian born in Luleå, Sweden on June 8, 1908.
Life
Nels F.S Ferré, born Nils Ferré, was born in Sweden in 1908 to Maria Wickman Ferré and Frans August Ferré and emigrated to The United Stat ...
(1908-1971), Swedish-born American theologian
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Nels Holman
Nels Holman (May 3, 1861 – April 21, 1946) was an American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician.
Born to Norwegian immigrants in the town of Deerfield, Dane County, Wisconsin, Holman went to Marshall Academy and Red Wing Seminary ...
(1861–1946), American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician
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Nels Jacobson
Jagmo, born Nels Jacobson, is a US artist and poster art historian born in Chicago in 1949. He moved to Austin, Texas in 1978 and began creating rock posters in 1981. For three years during the early 1980s Jacobson served as bar manager and promot ...
(born 1949), American artist and poster art historian
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Nels Jensen Nels is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:
*Nels Anderson (1889–1986), American sociologist
*Nels Andrews, American folk singer
* Nels Cline (born 1956), American guitarist and composer
*Nels Crutchfield (1911–1985), Cana ...
(born 1981), American record producer, recording engineer, and mixing engineer
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Nels Johnson
Nels Johnson (1838–1915) was a Danish-American professional mechanic and engineer. Johnson died in Manistee on January 20, 1915 at the age of 76.
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Further reading
* Johnson autobiography 1914History of the Lif ...
(1838-1915), Danish-born American clockmaker
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Nels C. Nelson (1875–1964), Danish-American archaeologist
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Nels Nelson (politician)
Nels Edwin Nelson (September 7, 1917 – July 13, 1992) was a Canadian politician who served as a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a teacher by career.
Nelson made two attempts to become a Member of Parli ...
(1917–1992), Canadian politician
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Nels Nelsen
Nels Nelsen (3 June 1894 – 3 June 1943), born Nils Johan Nilsen and sometimes referred to as Nels Nelson, was a Norwegian-born Canadian ski jumper active between 1916 and 1932. Later he was ski jumping organizer. He was among the world's best ...
(1894–1943), Norwegian–Canadian ski jumper
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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 remain ...
(1918–2003), American mathematician and logician
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Nels S.D. Peterson
Nels Stefan David Peterson (born September 17, 1978) is an American lawyer serving as the presiding justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state), Supreme Court of Georgia.
Biography
Peterson graduated from Kennesaw State University with ...
(born 1978), American lawyer and jurist
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Nels Pierson
Nels Pierson (born December 29, 1972) is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented the 26B district in southeastern Minn ...
(born 1972), American politician
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Nels Podolsky
Nicholas "Nels" Podolsky, also spelled Podolski, (December 18, 1923 – March 21, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in one regular season and seven playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit ...
(1923–2007), Canadian ice hockey player
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Nels Potter
Nelson Thomas Potter (August 23, 1911 – September 30, 1990) was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 349 games in Major League Baseball over a dozen seasons between 1936 and 1949, most notably as a m ...
(1911–1990), American baseball player
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Nels Running
Ronald Nels Running (born 1941) is a retired United States Air Force Major General who has more than 3,800 flying hours in F-105D, F-5 A/E, F-4 D/E and F-16A aircraft. This number of flying hours is significantly higher than the level of 3,0 ...
(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
Nels Jensen Smith (January 29, 1939 – September 1, 2023) was an American politician in the state of Wyoming. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He served as Speaker of the Wyoming House of Rep ...
(born 1939), American politician
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Nels Stewart (1902–1957), Canadian ice hockey player
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Nels Swandal
Nels Swandal is an American politician. He is a former Republican member of the Montana Senate, where he represented District 30, including Wilsall, Montana
Wilsall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, Park County, Montan ...
, American politician
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Nels Wold
Nels T. Wold (December 24, 1895 – September 26, 1918) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War I.
Military service
The son of Norw ...
(1895–1918), United States Army soldier
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