John Nelson

Arts and entertainment

• John L. Nelson, American musician, father of singer Prince
• John Nelson , American conductor
• John Nelson , American visual effects supervisor
• John Randall Nelson, painter and sculptor based in Phoenix, Arizona
• John Allen Nelson, American actor in film and television
• John Mark Nelson, songwriter and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• John Arthur Nelson, director, actor, and writer

  Politics

• John M. Nelson, American political figure from Wisconsin
• John E. Nelson , American political figure from Maine
• Jock Nelson, Australian politician
• John E. Nelson , American political figure in Nebraska
• John B. Nelson, American political figure in Arizona

  Sports

• Candy Nelson, American baseball player
• John Nelson, American baseball player
• John Nelson , English cricketer
• John Nelson , Scottish-born American soccer player
• Byron Nelson, American golfer
• John Nelson , Australian rules footballer
• John Nelson , American swimmer
• Johnny Nelson, British boxer
• John Nelson , New Zealand cricketer
• John Nelson , American baseball player
• John Nelson, American soccer player

  Others

• John Nelson , Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin
• John Nelson, 16th-century English convert to Islam
• John Nelson , Attorney General of the United States in the 19th century
• John Nelson , Catholic priest, killed for refusal to acknowledge Queen's supremacy over Church in England
• John Nelson , American colonial figure in Boston
• John Nelson, physician, president of the American Medical Association
• John Nelson , American policeman, regarded as founder of police special forces units
• John Nelson , chairman of Lloyd's of London
• John Yeates Nelson, Australian public servant