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 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) (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 (1827–1897), American judge *

Tom Nelson (Wisconsin politician) Thomas M. Nelson (born March 3, 1976) is an American public administrator and politician serving as the county executive of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Nelson previously served in the Wisconsin State ...

(born 1976), American politician * Tom Nelson (South Dakota politician) (born 1957) - see List of members of the South Dakota State Senate * Thomas Nelson (Northern Ireland politician) (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) Tom Nelson (born December 4, 1986) is a former American football safety. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2009. In 2011, he played for the Philadelphia Eagles, in 2013, he played for the Chicago Bears, in 201 ...

(born 1986), American football player * Tom Nelson (American football coach), 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 The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia ser ...

(1883–1957), Australian rules footballer *

Thomas Arthur Nelson Thomas Arthur Nelson MID (22 September 1876 – 9 April 1917) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He later became a book publisher in his family's firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons. He was killed in the First World War. Background H ...

(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 Thomas Craig Nelson (born 1961/1962) is an American businessman, and the chairman, CEO and president of National Gypsum, a company wholly owned by the Spangler family, since 1999. Early life He is the son of Mr and Mrs Nels Richard Nelson of Glen ...

(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) Thomas Nelson FRSE (1822–1892) was a Scottish businessman who joined the family publishing firm of Thomas Nelson in 1839 at which point it was renamed Thomas Nelson & Sons. In 1850 he invented an improved rotary printing press. Life He wa ...

, Scottish businessman and inventor of an improved rotary printing press *

Thomas Marsh Nelson Thomas Marsh Nelson (c. 1817 - 24 February 1884) was an English architect who worked principally in London. He was particularly active in the development of Westbourne Terrace in the 1840s on behalf of the builder William Kingdom. Early life and ...

(1810s–1884), English architect *

Thomas Hudson Nelson Thomas Hudson Nelson (12 February 1856, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham – 5 November 1916, in Redcar, North Yorkshire) was a British ornithologist. He is best known for ''The Birds of Yorkshire'': ''being a historical account of the avi-fauna ...

(1856–1916), British ornithologist

Other uses

Thomas Nelson (publisher) Thomas Nelson is a publishing firm that began in West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1798, as the namesake of its founder. It is a subsidiary of HarperCollins, the publishing unit of News Corp. It describes itself as a "world leading publisher a ...

, 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, Nelson County, Kentucky {{dab, hn=Nelson, Thomas