Nicholls (name)

Nicholls is a surname of English origin. It is one of the patronymics derived from the given name Nicholas. The first record of the spelling is in 1322, in Staffordshire, England.

Entertainment

 * Agnes Nicholls (1876–1959), English soprano
 * Billy Nicholls (born 1949), English musician
 * Brooke Nicholls, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * Craig Nicholls (born 1977), Australian musician
 * Danielle Nicholls (born 1978), English television presenter
 * David Nicholls (born 1966), British novelist and screenwriter
 * Edith E. Nicholls (1892–1978), American physician
 * Geoff Nicholls (1948–2017), English musician
 * Graeme Nicholls, English guitarist
 * Harry Nicholls (comedian) (1852–1926), English comedian
 * Morgan Nicholls (born 1971), English musician
 * Peter Nicholls (musician) (born 1959), English singer
 * Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957), English actress
 * Rachel Nicholls, English soprano
 * Sue Nicholls (born 1943), English actress
 * Victoria Nicholls, Australian actress

Politics

 * Douglas Nicholls (1906–1988), Australian Governor of South Australia
 * Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead (1933–2019), British Law Lord
 * Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912), American Confederate Army general, lawyer, judge and politician
 * Jamie Nicholls (politician) (born 1971), Canadian politician
 * Patrick Nicholls (born 1948), English politician
 * Samuel Nicholls (1885–1939), Australian politician

Sports

 * Andy Nicholls (born 1962), English soccer hooligan and writer
 * Alex Nicholls (born 1987), English footballer
 * Ashley Nicholls (born 1981), English footballer
 * Benjamin Nicholls (1864–1945), English cricketer
 * Bernie Nicholls (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Eddie Nicholls (born 1947), Guyanese cricketer
 * Frederick Nicholls (1868–1950), British rugby player
 * Gwyn Nicholls (1874–1939), British rugby player
 * Jack Nicholls (footballer) (1898–1970), Welsh footballer
 * John Nicholls (footballer) (born 1939), Australian rules footballer
 * Kevin Nicholls (born 1979), English footballer
 * Mel Nicholls (born 1977), English wheelchair athlete
 * Mikey Nicholls (born 1985), Australian wrestler known as Nick Miller
 * Olivia Nicholls (born 1994), British tennis player
 * Ryan Nicholls (born 1973), Welsh footballer
 * Sydney Nicholls (1868–1946), British rugby player
 * Thomas Nicholls (boxer) (1931–2021), British boxer

Others

 * David Shaw Nicholls (born 1959), Scottish architect and designer
 * George Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Graham Nicholls (born 1975), English artist
 * Harry Nicholls (VC) (1915–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Jill Nicholls, British documentary filmmaker
 * John Graham Nicholls (1929–2023), British/Swiss physiologist
 * Kenneth Nicholls, Irish academic and historian
 * Obed Nicholls (1885–1962), English craftsman
 * Peter Nicholls (writer) (1939–2018), Australian literary scholar and critic
 * Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (1854–1930), English-American painter
 * Sally Nicholls (born 1983), British writer
 * Stan Nicholls (born 1949), British writer
 * Will Nicholls (born 1995), British photographer and film-maker
 * William Henry Nicholls (1885–1951), Australian botanist
 * William Nicholls (theologian) (1664−1712), English clergyman and theologian

Fictional characters

 * Deputy Roy Nicholls, a character in the 2019 film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
 * Stella Nicholls, a character in the 2019 film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark