David Nelson
David or Dave Nelson may refer to:
- Dave Nelson (skateboarder) (born 1978), American skateboarder
- Dave Nelson (born 1944), American baseball player and sportscaster
- Dave Nelson (musician), Canadian Jazz Musician (trumpet)
- David Aldrich Nelson (1932–2010), American jurist
- David M. Nelson (1920–1991), American football coach
- David Nelson (actor) (1936–2011), American actor, director and producer
- David Nelson (American football) (born 1986), American football wide receiver
- David Nelson (botanical collector) (died 1789), British botanical collector, crewmember of HMS Bounty
- David Nelson (footballer) (1918–1988), Scottish professional footballer
- David Nelson (gamer) (born 1974), American electronic sports player
- David Nelson (musician) (born 1943), American guitarist and musician
- David Nelson (politician) (born 1941), American politician
- David Nelson (software developer) (born 1993), software developer
- David Nelson (Utah activist) (born 1962), American activist for the protection of equal rights for LGBT people
- David Nelson (VC) (1886–1918), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- David Robert Nelson (born 1951), American physicist; professor of biophysics at Harvard University
- David Sutherland Nelson (1933–1998), American jurist
- Dave Nelson, character in NewsRadio sitcom, played by Dave Foley
- David Nelson (poet), original member of The Last Poets
- David Nelson, inventor of the Current-feedback operational amplifier
- David Nelson, principal of Sir Wilfred Grenfell Elementary School
- David Nelson, U.S. playing name of David Stergakos (born 1956), Greek-American basketball player
- Dr. David Nelson, character in the South Park episode "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson"