Richard Nelson

Richard Nelson is the name of:

• Richard Nelson (author) (1941–2019), anthropologist and writer
• Richard H. Nelson (fl. 1903–1929), Episcopal bishop in America
• Richard Nelson (lighting designer) (1938–1996), American lighting designer
• Richard Nelson (playwright) (born 1950), American playwright and librettist
• Richard A. Nelson (born 1941), vice admiral and surgeon general in the United States Navy
• Richard D. Nelson (born 1945), American Old Testament scholar
• Richard R. Nelson (born 1930), American professor of economics at Columbia University
• Richard Christian Nelson (born 1961), American artist and musician
• Anthony Nelson (politician) (Richard Anthony Nelson, born 1948), former British Conservative politician
• Richard Nelson, a fictional character in the film Poseidon
• Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), American singer
• Ricky Nelson (baseball) (1959-2021), former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Rick Nelson (politician) (born 1954), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• Rick "The Stick" Nelson, one of the characters of Glee
• Rick Nelson, contestant on Survivor: South Pacific (2011)

See also

• Richard Nielsen (disambiguation)
• Richard Nelson Gale (1896–1982), general in the British Army
• Richard Nelson Bolles (1927–2017), former clergyman
• Richard Nelson Frye (1920–2014), U.S. professor of Iranian studies