Thomas Nelson

Thomas, Tom or Tommy Nelson may refer to:

American public officials

• Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1738–1789), American Revolutionary War leader; signer of Declaration of Independence; governor of Virginia (1781)

• Thomas Nelson Community College, American two-year college in southeastern Virginia
• Thomas Nelson High School, a high school in Bardstown, Kentucky

• Thomas M. Nelson (1782–1853), American congressman from Virginia
• Thomas Amos Rogers 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 (1820–1896), American diplomat during and after the Civil War
• Thomas Leverett Nelson (1827–1897), American judge
• Tom Nelson (politician) (born 1976), American politician from Wisconsin
• Tommy Nelson (mayor) (born 1970), mayor of New Roads in Pointe Coupee Parish, South Louisiana

Others

• 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 D. Nelson, Sr. (1895–2007), African-American shopkeeper (from Texas) who lived six months past his 111th birthday
• Tommy Nelson (baseball) (1917–1973), American baseball infielder
• Thomas Nelson (UK politician) (1888–1954), Northern Irish politician, for Enniskillen
• Tom Nelson (American football) (born 1986), American football player of the Philadelphia Eagles
• Tom Nelson (American football coach), former American football coach in the United States
• Tom Nelson (Australian footballer) (1883–1957), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood
• Thomas Arthur Nelson (died 1917), Scottish rugby player