Notable People
- Footballer and manager Jimmy Hogan, footballer Mike Phelan and actor John Simm were brought up in the town.
- C. L. R. James, author, intellectual and writer on cricket, lived in Nelson before moving to London.
- Ted Koppel, American broadcast journalist, was born in Nelson.
- Tony Hicks, Musician, The Hollies, born Nelson, 1945
- Bernie Calvert, Musician, The Hollies, born Nelson, 1944
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