Leadership

• Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 1918)

  South African political leader. Head of the African National Congress; imprisoned 1964-90 for his anti-apartheid activities. Became the first black president of South Africa 1994-99.

  • President of South Africa, 1994-1999 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
  • Victor over apartheid (see list of Twenty people who helped define the political and social fabric of the 20th century)
  • 1993 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)
• Nelson A. Miles (born 1839, died 1925)

  Union general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of the Potomac (see list of Some Union Generals of the Army of the Potomac)

Miscellaneous

• Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 1918)

  South African political leader. Head of the African National Congress; imprisoned 1964-90 for his anti-apartheid activities. Became the first black president of South Africa 1994-99.

  • 1993 Time Magazine Man of the Year (see list of Time Magazine's Man of the Year Honorees)
• Nelson A. Rockefeller (born 1908, died 1979)

  American statesman. Governor of New York, 1959-73; vice president, 1974-76.

  • Dyslexic (see list of Famous Dyslexics)
  • 1977 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Nelson Story, Sr.
  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)

Sports

• Nelson Diebel

  American athlete.

  • 1992 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 100m breaststroke (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
• J. Nelson ''Nellie'' Fox (born 1927, died 1975)

  American baseball player.

  • 1959 American League Most Valuable Player (see list of American League Most Valuable Players)
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Nelson Burton, Jr.
  • Member of the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame (see list of Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame)
  • Member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
• Nelson Burton, Sr.
  • Member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)

Stage and Screen

• Nelson Eddy (born 1901, died 1961)

  American singer.

  • On Hollywood''s Footprints of Fame (see list of Celebrities Honored by Mann's Chinese Theater)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Nelson Riddle (born 1921, died 1985)

  American composer and musician.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Nelson Algren (born 1909, died 1981)

  American novelist.

  • 1950 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for The Man with the Golden Arm (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction)
• Nelson Harding
  • 1927-28 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning)