John Nelson may refer to: John Nelson (baseball) (born 1979), American baseball player John Nelson (British Army officer) (1912–1993), Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin John Nelson (conductor) (born 1941), American conductor John Nelson (convert), 16th-century English convert to Islam John Nelson (lawyer) (1791–1860), Attorney General of the United States in the 19th century John Nelson (martyr) (1534–1578), Catholic priest, killed for refusal to acknowledge Queen's supremacy over Church in England John Nelson (merchant) (1654–1734), American colonial figure in Boston John Nelson (physician), physician, president of the American Medical Association John Nelson (police officer) (1928–2003), American policeman, regarded as founder of police special forces units John Nelson (soccer) (1905–1984), Scottish-born American soccer player John Nelson (soccer, born 1998) John Nelson (swimmer) (born 1948), American swimmer John Nelson (visual effects artist) (born 1953), American visual effects supervisor John Allen Nelson (born 1959), American actor in film and television John B. Nelson (born 1936), American political figure in Arizona John E. Nelson (Nebraska politician) (born 1935), American political figure in Nebraska John E. Nelson (Maine politician) (1874–1955), American political figure from Maine John Frederick Nelson (born 1947), chairman of Lloyd's of London John L. Nelson (1916–2001), American musician, father of singer Prince John M. Nelson (1870–1955), American political figure from Wisconsin John Nelson (cricketer) (1891–1917), English cricketer John Nelson (footballer) (born 1934), Australian rules footballer John Mark Nelson (born 1993), songwriter and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota John Randall Nelson (born 1956), painter and sculptor based in Phoenix, Arizona John Yeates Nelson (1850–1932), Australian public servant Byron Nelson (John Byron Nelson, Jr., 1912–2006), American golfer Candy Nelson (John W. Nelson, 1849–1910), American baseball player Jock Nelson (John Norman Nelson, 1908–1991), Australian politician Johnny Nelson (born 1967), British boxer