Nancy Wilson was an American jazz singer and musician who worked across jazz, pop, ballad, and rhythm and blues.

Born Nancy Sue Wilson on February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, Ohio, she was educated at West High School before building a career that extended well beyond recording. In addition to her work as a singer, she took on roles as a film and television actor and worked as a presenter, making her a presence across multiple areas of the entertainment industry.

Wilson received recognition from a range of institutions over the course of her career. She won three Grammy Awards and received the NEA Jazz Masters award, one of the highest honors in American jazz. She was also inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame and the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, and she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame along with NAACP Image Awards. Her recorded work spanned jazz, pop, ballads, and rhythm and blues, and she performed and recorded in English throughout her career. Wilson died on December 13, 2018, in Pioneertown, California. The range of genres she worked in — jazz, pop, ballad, and rhythm and blues — reflects the breadth of her output as a recording artist across several decades.