Statistics for Famous People Named Nelson or Nielsen

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Life	Hint	Person	% Correct
1918–2013	Anti-apartheid revolutionary who was first president of South Africa	Nelson Mandela	88%
1758–1805	Brought about decisive British naval victories during the Napoleonic Wars	Horatio Nelson	68%
1933–	Red Headed Stranger country singer who is a pro-marijuana activist	Willie Nelson	68%
1926–2010	Deadpan comedian of Airplane! and The Naked Gun	Leslie Nielsen	60%
1959–	Brat Pack member of The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire	Judd Nelson	43%
1908–1979	Businessman who was 41st U.S. vice president from 1974 to 1977	Nelson Rockefeller	43%
1940–1985	Had 53 songs on the top 100 between 1957 and 1973, like "Poor Little Fool"	Ricky Nelson	35%
1944–	Known as the title character in Coach and the father in Poltergeist	Craig T. Nelson	32%
1941–1994	Singer known for "Without You", "Coconut", "Everybody's Talkin'", and "One"	Harry Nilsson	32%
Fictional	Housekeeper to the Brady Bunch, portrayed by Ann B. Davis	Alice Nelson	31%
Fictional	School bully from The Simpsons who mocks "Ha ha!"	Nelson Muntz	31%
1964–	Three-named modern character actor in O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Tim Blake Nelson	21%