Notable Alumni
Main category: People educated at Nelson College- Michael Baigent - co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
- Henry Fa'arodo - International footballer and captain of the Solomon Islands team.
- Sir William Hudson - chief engineer for the Snowy Mountains Scheme
- Syd Jackson - Māori activist
- Jang Keun-suk - Korean actor, singer, and model
- Phill Jones - International basketball player and member of the Tall Blacks.
- Simon Mannering - current captain of the Warriors
- Sir Don McKinnon - former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Commonwealth Secretary-General
- Tex Morton - country music legend
- Sir Jack Newman - cricketer and businessman
- Sir Geoffrey Palmer - former Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Sir Wallace (Bill) Rowling - former Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson - Nobel Prize, Chemistry
- Rex Sellers - Olympic yachting gold medallist
- Leonard Henry Trent - Victoria Cross recipient
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