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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“I have seen in this revolution a circular motion of the sovereign power through two usurpers, father and son, to the late King to this his son. For ... it moved from King Charles I to the Long Parliament; from thence to the Rump; from the Rump to Oliver Cromwell; and then back again from Richard Cromwell to the Rump; then to the Long Parliament; and thence to King Charles, where long may it remain.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)
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—Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn)