Robert Nelson

Robert or Rob Nelson is the name of:

Entertainment

 * Robert Nelson (filmmaker) (1930–2012), American experimental filmmaker
 * Robert Lyn Nelson (born 1955), American artist
 * Rob Nelson (talk show host) (born 1964), American talk show host and filmmaker
 * Rob Nelson (biologist) (born 1979), American biologist, documentary filmmaker and television personality

Religion

 * Robert Nelson (nonjuror) (1656–1715), English religious writer
 * Robert Nelson (bishop) (1913–1959), British bishop of Middleton, 1958–1958
 * J. Robert Nelson (1920–2004), American Methodist theologian

Sports

 * Robert Neilson (1878–1946), Scotland international rugby union player
 * Robert Nelson (cricketer, born 1912) (1912–1940), English cricketer
 * Bob Neilson (1923–2014), New Zealand rugby league player
 * Tex Nelson (Robert Sidney Nelson, 1936–2011), American baseball player
 * Rob Nelson (baseball) (born 1964), American baseball first baseman
 * Robert Nelson (cricketer, born 1970) (born 1970), English cricketer
 * Robert Nelson (American football) (born 1990), American football player

Other

 * Robert Nelson (insurrectionist) (1794–1873), physician and leading figure in the Lower Canada Rebellion
 * Robert Henry Nelson (1853–1892), British Army officer and African explorer
 * Robert Nelson (British politician) (1888–1932), British Member of Parliament for Motherwell, 1918–1922
 * Robert Nelson (entomologist) (1903–1996), American entomologist and agricultural researcher
 * Robert T. Nelson (born 1936), vice admiral in the United States Coast Guard
 * Robert Nelson (economist) (1944–2018), professor of environmental policy
 * Rob Nelson (reporter) (born 1978), American news reporter