Richard Nelson may refer to:
- Richard Nelson (author) (born 1941), anthropologist and writer
- Richard H. Nelson (fl. 1903–1929), Episcopal bishop in America
- Richard Nelson (lighting designer) (1938–1996), American lighting designer
- Richard Nelson (playwright) (born 1950), American playwright and librettist
- Richard R. Nelson (economist) (born 1930), American professor of economics at Columbia University
- Richard Christian Nelson (born 1961), artist and musician
- Richard Anthony Nelson (born 1948), former British Conservative politician
- Richard Nelson, a fictional character in the film Poseidon
- Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), American singer
- Ricky Nelson (baseball) (born 1959), former Major League Baseball outfielder
- Rick "The Stick" Nelson, one of the Characters of Glee
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Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or nelson:
“Methinks King Richard and myself should meet
With no less terror than the elements
Of fire and water, when their thundering shock
At meeting tears the cloudy cheeks of heaven.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Women’s battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to woman the role of money-handler rather than money-maker, and our assigned specialty is far more likely to be home economics than financial economics.”
—Paula Nelson (b. 1945)