Nelson is the name of several towns, cities, counties, regions around the world:

• Nelson, New Zealand
• Nelson, Lancashire, England
• Nelson, British Columbia
• Nelson, Georgia
• Nelson, Illinois
• Nelson, Missouri
• Nelson, Minnesota
• Nelson, Nebraska
• Nelson, New Hampshire
• Nelson, New York
• Nelson, Wisconsin
• Nelson County, Kentucky
• Nelson County, North Dakota
• Nelson County, Virginia
• Nelson Lagoon, Alaska
• Nelson Township, Michigan
• Nelson Township, Pennsylvania
• Nelson Township, Minnesota
• Nelson Park Township, Minnesota

Nelson were a hair metal band formed by twin brothers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson.

A nelson is another name for the number one hundred eleven.

Nelson College is a secondary school in the city of the same name in New Zealand.

Nelson River is a North American river.

HMS Nelson is the name of at least three British naval vessels.

"Half Nelson" and "Full Nelson" are wrestling holds.

Nelson is both a common family name and given name (first name). This is a list of some people with "Nelson" in their name:

• Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
• Earle Nelson, American serial killer
• Gunnar Nelson , American musician, member of the band "Nelson"
• Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress and singer
• Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, British admiral
• Leonard Nelson, German philosopher
• Matthew Nelson , American musician, member of the band "Nelson"
• Nelson Mandela, South African politician and activist
• Nelson Muntz, cartoon character on The Simpsons
• Nelson Piquet, Brazilian racing driver
• Nelson Rockefeller, American politician
• Ozzie Nelson, American actor and musician
• Ricky Nelson, American actor, musician and teen idol
• Russ Nelson, Open Source Initiative president
• Ted Nelson, computer scientist and professor, coined the word "hypertext"
• William Nelson, disambiguation page
• Willie Nelson, American singer and musician