Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Nelson may refer to:

Politics and government

Thomas Nelson Jr. Thomas Nelson Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was a Founding Father of the United States, general in the Revolutionary War, member of the Continental Congress, and a Virginia planter. In addition to serving many terms in the Virgi ...

(1738–1789), American Revolutionary War leader; signer of Declaration of Independence; governor of Virginia (1781) ** SS Thomas Nelson, a Liberty ship *

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 A. R. Nelson (1812–1873), American congressman from Tennessee * Thomas Nelson (Oregon judge) (1819–1907), Chief Justice of Oregon Supreme Court, 1850–1853 * Thomas G. Nelson (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) (1917–1973), American baseball infielder * Tom Nelson (American football player) (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 competition in Australia ...

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

Other fields

* Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson (1677–1747), Scottish immigrant and merchant to America in the Colony of Virginia * Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson (1786–1835), English nobleman who was a nephew of Admiral Horatio Nelson * Thomas Nelson, 4th Earl Nelson (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 Edwa ...

(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 an ...

, a Scottish publishing firm * Thomas Nelson Community College, Virginia * Thomas Nelson High School, Nelson County, Kentucky {{dab, hn=Nelson, Thomas