Thomas Nelson

Thomas 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; named after the above
• Thomas Nelson High School, a high school in Bardstown, Kentucky scheduled to open in 2012; also named after the above

• Thomas M. Nelson (1782–1853), American politician; Democrat-Republican from Virginia; in U.S. Congress 1816–19 (18th district)
• Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (1812–1873), American politician; Opposition/Democrat from Tennessee; in U.S. Congress 1859–61
• Thomas Nelson (Oregon judge) (1819–1907), American jurist who served as Chief Justice of Oregon Supreme Court, 1850–1853
• Thomas G. Nelson (Idaho judge) (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; envoy to Chile 1861–66; envoy to Mexico 1869–1873
• Thomas Leverett Nelson (1827–1897), American judge
• Tom Nelson (born 1976), American politician from Wisconsin

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 (1917–1973), American baseball infielder who briefly played in the major leagues (Boston Braves) during 1945
• Thomas Charles Nelson, Northern Irish politician, for Enniskillen
• Tom Nelson (American football) (born 1986), American football player of the Cincinnati Bengals
• Thomas Arthur Nelson, Scottish rugby player

See also

• Thomas Nelson (publisher), international publishing firm founded in 1798 Edinburgh; set up in New York in 1854
• Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922), American lawyer, novelist and historian who served as ambassador to Italy during World War I
• Nelson (surname)