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- Nelson Doubleday, Jr. (born 1933), American businessman
- Nelson Goodman (1906-1998), American philosopher
- Nelson Bunker Hunt (born 1926), American businessman
- Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925), American soldier
- Nelson Poynter (1903-1978), American newspaper publisher
- Nelson Riddle (1921-1985), American bandleader
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