Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Nelson may refer to:

Politics and government

Thomas Nelson Jr. Thomas Nelson Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was an American Founding Father, soldier and statesman from Yorktown, Virginia. In addition to serving in the Virginia General Assembly for many terms, he twice represented Virginia in t ...

(1738–1789), American Revolutionary War leader; signer of Declaration of Independence; governor of Virginia (1781) *

Thomas M. Nelson Thomas Maduit Nelson (September 27, 1782 – November 10, 1853) was a 19th-century politician from Virginia, United States. Biography Born in Oak Hill, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Nelson attended the common schools as a child. During the ...

(1782–1853), American congressman from Virginia *

Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (March 19, 1812 – August 24, 1873) was an American attorney, politician, and judge, active primarily in East Tennessee during the mid-19th century. He represented Tennessee's 1st Congressional District in the 36th ...

(1812–1873), American congressman from Tennessee *

Thomas Nelson (Oregon judge) Thomas Nelson (January 23, 1819 – July 25, 1907) was an American attorney and judge. He was appointed as the 2nd Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court serving from 1850 to 1853. A native of the U.S. state of New York, he lived in Oregon o ...

(1819–1907), Chief Justice of Oregon Supreme Court, 1850–1853 *

Thomas G. Nelson Thomas George Nelson (November 14, 1936 – May 4, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1990 to 2004. Education and career Born and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Nelson graduated ...

(1936–2011), federal judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit * Thomas H. Nelson (1824–1896), American diplomat during and after the Civil War *

Thomas Leverett Nelson Thomas Leverett Nelson (March 4, 1827 – November 21, 1897) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Nelson was nominated by President Rutherford B. Hayes on January 7, 1879, to ...

(1827–1897), American judge * Tom Nelson (Wisconsin politician) (born 1976), American politician *

Tom Nelson (South Dakota politician) Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Nelson may refer to: Politics and government *Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738–1789), American Revolutionary War leader; signer of Declaration of Independence; governor of Virginia (1781) *Thomas M. Nelson (1782–1853), American co ...

(born 1957) - see List of members of the South Dakota State Senate *

Thomas Nelson (Northern Ireland politician) Thomas Charles Nelson (1888–16 March 1954) was a unionist (Ireland), unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Nelson grew up in County Fermanagh, where he became the owner of a painting and decorating business, and served with the B Specials. H ...

(1888–1954), Northern Irish politician, for Enniskillen

Sports

Tommy Nelson (baseball) Tom Cousineau Nelson (May 1, 1917 – September 24, 1973) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Boston Braves in 1945. The 28-year-old rookie was a native of Chicago. Nelson is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the ...

(1917–1973), American baseball infielder * Tom Nelson (American football player) (born 1986), American football player *

Tom Nelson (American football coach) Tom Nelson is a former American football coach. He was the first head football coach at Azusa Pacific College—now known as Azusa Pacific University—in Azusa, California Azusa (Tongva language, Tongva: ''Asuksa-nga'') is a city in the S ...

, American football coach in the United States *

Tom Nelson (Australian footballer) Tom Nelson (3 February 1883 – 3 July 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nelson wrote the lyrics to the club song, "Good Old Collingwood Forever" to tune of "Good ...

(1883–1957), Australian rules footballer * Thomas Arthur Nelson (1876–1917), Scottish rugby player

Other fields

Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson (1677–1747) was a businessman and politician who immigrated from England to become a merchant at Yorktown in the Colony of Virginia. He was from Penrith, Cumberland.

(1677–1747), Scottish immigrant and merchant to America in the Colony of Virginia *

Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson, born Thomas Bolton (7 July 1786 – 1 November 1835), was the 2nd Earl Nelson. He was the son of Thomas Bolton of Wells, Norfolk, and Susannah Nelson, daughter of the Rev. Edmund Nelson. He was educated at Norwich ...

(1786–1835), English nobleman who was a nephew of Admiral Horatio Nelson *

Thomas Nelson, 4th Earl Nelson Thomas Horatio Nelson, 4th Earl Nelson (21 December 1857 – 30 September 1947), styled Viscount Merton until 1913, was a British peer, inheriting the earldom on 25 February 1913 from his father, Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson. Born at Traf ...

(1857–1947), British peer * Thomas C. Nelson (born 1961/62), American businessman, chairman and CEO of National Gypsum *Thomas D. Nelson, Sr. (1895–2007), African-American shopkeeper (from Texas) who lived six months past his 111th birthday *

Tommy Nelson (actor) Thomas Daniel Nelson (born December 7, 1997) is an American actor. He is best known for his performances as Neil in the biopic ''My Friend Dahmer'' and Russell in ''The Cat and the Moon''. Career Nelson's film debut came in 2006 playing Edward ...

(born 1997), American actor * Thomas Nelson (1822–1892), Scottish businessman and inventor of an improved rotary printing press * Thomas Marsh Nelson (1810s–1884), English architect * Thomas Hudson Nelson (1856–1916), British ornithologist

Other uses

* Thomas Nelson (publisher), a Scottish publishing firm *

Thomas Nelson Community College Virginia Peninsula Community College (VPCC) is a public community college with two campuses in Virginia, one in Hampton and the other in James City County. It also has two education centers The Southeast Higher Education Center in Newport News a ...

, Virginia *

Thomas Nelson High School Thomas Nelson High School is a public high school located in an unincorporated area of Nelson County, Kentucky that has a Bardstown mailing address. Operated by the Nelson County School District and named after American Revolution figure Thomas Ne ...

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