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Nels is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *

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 *

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 *

Nels Cline Nels Courtney Cline (born January 4, 1956) is an American guitarist and composer. He has been the guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004. In the 1980s he played jazz, often in collaboration with his twin brother Alex Cline, Alex, a percussionis ...

(born 1956), American guitarist and composer *

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 * Nels F. S. Ferré (1908-1971), Swedish-born American theologian *

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 Seminar ...

(1861–1946), American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician * Nels Jacobson (born 1949), American artist and poster art historian * Nels Jensen (born 1981), American record producer, recording engineer, and mixing engineer * Nels Johnson (1838-1915), Danish-born American clockmaker *

Nels C. Nelson Nels Christian Nelson (April 9, 1875 – March 5, 1964) was a Danish-American archaeologist. Biography Nelson was born near Fredericia, in the Fredericia municipality in the eastern part of Jutland, Denmark. He was the eldest child in a poor ...

(1875–1964), Danish-American archaeologist * Nels Nelson (politician) (1917–1992), Canadian politician *

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 *

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 * Nels S.D. Peterson (born 1978), American lawyer and jurist *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Nels H. Smith Nels Hansen Smith (August 27, 1884July 5, 1976) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of Wyoming, 18th Governor of Wyoming from 1939 until 1943. He was a Republican Party (United States), Republican. Biography He was bor ...

(1884–1976), American politician * Nels J. Smith (born 1939), American politician *

Nels Stewart Robert Nelson "Old Poison" Stewart (December 29, 1899 – August 21, 1957) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. He is an Honoure ...

(1902–1957), Canadian ice hockey player * Nels Swandal, American politician *

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 {{given name