title: Nelli
text: # Nelli
  
  Nelli is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Nelli Abramova (born 1940), Jewish former Soviet competitive female
  * Nelli Chervotkina (born 1965), former pair skater for the Soviet Union
  * Cornelli Nelli Cooman (born 1964), former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin
  * Nelli Korovkina (born 1989), Russian footballer
  * Nelli Korbukova, Soviet female sprint canoer
  * Nelli Laitinen (born 2002), Finnish ice hockey player
  * Nelli Neumann (1886–1942), German mathematician who worked in synthetic geometry
  * Nelli Shkolnikova (1928–2010), Russian Jewish classical violinist
  * Nelli Tarakanova (born 1954), Ukrainian rower and medalist
  * Nelli Uvarova (born 1980), Russian theater and film actress
  * Nelli Voronkova (born 1972), Belarusian hurdler
  * Nelli Zhiganshina (born 1987), Russian-born German ice dancer
  
  ## Surname
  
  ### Pre-modern era
  
  * Fabio Nelli (1533–?), Spanish banker
  * Francesco Nelli (fl. 1363), Italian secretary of bishop Angelo Acciaioli and friend of Francesco Petrarca
  * Ottaviano Nelli (1375–1444), Italian painter
  * Pietro Nelli (1672–after 1730), Italian painter of the late Baroque period
  * Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588), the first-known female Renaissance painter of Florence, Italy
  
  ### Modern era
  
  * Alessandro Nelli (1842–?), Italian founder of the Fonderia Nelli, active in Rome
  * Carlos Nelli (1902–1994), Brazilian athlete
  * Gabriele Nelli (born 1993), Italian male volleyball player
  * Herva Nelli (1909–1994), Italian-American operatic soprano
  * Renat Nelli (1906-1982), French-born leading Occitan author
  * Victor Nelli Jr., American television director and producer
  