Editing Nelson College (section)

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=September 2023}}
{{main category|People educated at Nelson College}}
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* [[Harry Atkinson (socialist)|Harry Atkinson]], socialist
* [[Michael Baigent]], writer
* [[Tim Bell (computer scientist)|Tim Bell]], computer scientist
* [[Leo Bensemann]], artist
* [[Bronson Beri]], basketball player
* [[Ethan Blackadder]], rugby union player
* [[Wallace Chapman]], TV & radio presenter
* [[Basil Collyns]], [[Battle of Britain]] pilot and flying ace
* [[Wyatt Crockett]], rugby union player
* [[Mitchell Drummond]], rugby union player
* [[Jock Edwards]], cricketer
* [[Henry Fa'arodo]], footballer 
* [[Leicester Fainga'anuku]], rugby union player
* [[David Havili]], rugby union player
* [[Jim Henderson (writer)|Jim Henderson]], writer and broadcaster
* [[William Hudson (engineer)|William Hudson]], civil engineer
* [[Mitchell Hunt]], rugby union player
* [[Syd Jackson (New Zealand)|Syd Jackson]], Māori activist
* [[Jang Keun-suk]], Korean actor, singer, and model
* [[Phill Jones]], basketballer
* [[Gerald R. Leighton]], zoologist
* [[James Lowe (rugby union)|James Lowe]], rugby union player
* [[Nev MacEwan]], rugby union player
* [[Don McKinnon]], former [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] Secretary-General
* [[Simon Mannering]], rugby league player
* [[James Marshall (rugby union)|James Marshall]], rugby union player
* [[Kerry Marshall]], former mayor of Richmond borough, Tasman and Nelson
* [[Julian Matthews]], middle-distance athlete
* [[Ben May (rugby union)|Ben May]], rugby union player
* [[Charles Monro (rugby union)|Charles Monro]], introduced rugby to New Zealand
* [[Tex Morton]], singer
* [[Jack Newman (New Zealand cricketer)|Jack Newman]], cricketer and businessman
* [[Geoffrey Palmer (politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]], former [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
* [[Jared Payne]], rugby union player
* [[Bill Rowling|Wallace (Bill) Rowling]], former [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
* [[Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson]], [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]], chemist and physicist
* [[Rex Sellers]], sailor
* [[Fletcher Smith (rugby union)|Fletcher Smith]], rugby union player
* [[Leonard Trent]], [[Battle of Britain]] pilot and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Mika Vukona]], basketballer
* [[Guy Williams (comedian)|Guy Williams]], comedian
* [[Paul Williams (comedian)|Paul Williams]], comedian
* [[Harry Wollaston]], senior Australian public servant<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190567486|title=Dr. Wallaston|date=18 February 1912|page=13|newspaper=The Week|location=Brisbane, Queensland}}</ref>

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