Don Nelson (1940–2026) was an American basketball coach and player.
Don Nelson may also refer to: Don Nelson (screenwriter) (1927–2013), American screenwriter, film producer and jazz musician Donn Nelson or Donnie Nelson (born 1962), American basketball executive
See also Dan Nelson (born 1976), American singer-songwriter Don Neilson, Canadian country musician Donald Nelson (1888–1959), American executive and public servant Donald Gordon Medd Nelson (1914–1989), Canadian Surgeon General Donald Nelsen (born 1944), American cyclist Donald Neilson (1936–2011), British criminal