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:
“Stay on the beach. The natives over there are cannibals. They eat liars with the same enthusiasm as they eat honest men.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)
“The victors and the vanquished then the storm it tossed and tore,
As hard they strove, those worn-out men, upon that surly shore;
Dead Nelson and his half-dead crew, his foes from near and far,
Were rolled together on the deep that night at Trafalgar!”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)