Nichols (surname)

Nichols is an English surname. It is an anglicised form of the Scottish surname relating to Clan MacNeacail, and may refer to:

A

 * Adam Nichols, British musician
 * Al Nichols, American baseball player
 * Allen Nichols, American football player
 * Anne Nichols, American playwright
 * Arthur Nichols, Australian politician
 * Arthur R. Nichols, Minnesota landscape architect
 * Austin Nichols, American actor

B

 * Beverley Nichols, English author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker
 * Bilal Nichols, American football player
 * Bill Nichols (disambiguation), several people
 * Billy Nichols, American musician, member of B.T. Express
 * Brian Nichols (1971–present), accused Atlanta courthouse murderer

C

 * Charles Archibald Nichols (1876–1920), politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
 * Charles August Nichols (1910–1992), American animator and film director
 * Charles Augustus Nichols (1869–1953), better known as Kid Nichols, Major League Baseball pitcher and Hall of Famer
 * Charlotte Nichols, British Member of Parliament elected 2019
 * Clarina I. H. Nichols, journalist, lobbyist, and public speaker
 * Clement Roy Nichols Scouts Australia Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1965
 * Christopher Nichols Guitar Effects Pedal Engineer

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 * Damian Nichols, American Chief Technology Officer and brewmaster.
 * Dan Nichols, American Jewish rock musician.
 * Dandy Nichols (1907–1986), actor
 * Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols (born 1955), Native American activist and FBI informant
 * David A. Nichols (1917–1997), American judge
 * David C. Nichols (born 1950), American naval officer
 * David E. Nichols, American pharmacologist and medicinal chemist
 * David Eccles Nichols (1873–1962), English violist
 * David H. Nichols (1826–1900), American politician
 * Deatrick Nichols (born 1994), American football player
 * Dick Nichols (1926–2019), American politician
 * Don Nichols (1924–2017), American motorsport entrepreneur
 * Donald Nichols (American football) (1901–1978), American football player and lawyer
 * Donald Nichols (spy), American spy during and after the Korean War
 * Donald G. Nichols (born 1931), American politician
 * Dudley Nichols, (1895–1960), American screenwriter and director

E

 * Ernest Fox Nichols, physicist
 * Evan Nichols, American sled hockey player

G

 * George Nichols (disambiguation)
 * George Elwood Nichols (1882–1939), American botanist and ecologist
 * George Ward Nichols, American journalist
 * Grace Nichols, Guyanese poet

H

 * Herbie Nichols, American jazz composer
 * Horace Elmo Nichols – Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, from 1975 to 1980

J

 * Jack C. Nichols (1930–2007), American politician
 * James Nichols, convicted murderer
 * James P. Nichols, recording industry executive producer and master engineer
 * James W. Nichols (born 1946), American farmer and politician
 * Jennifer Nichols, American Olympian archer
 * Jesse Clyde Nichols, American developer of commercial and residential real estate in Kansas City, Missouri
 * Joe Nichols, American country music artist
 * Johanna Nichols, professor emerita Linguist in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley
 * John Nichols (disambiguation), one of several people including
 * John Nichols (journalist), American journalist and media activist
 * John Nichols, former member of the indie rock band Low
 * John Nichols (politician), 1800s American politician
 * John Nichols (printer) (1745–1826), English printer and author
 * John Bowyer Nichols (1779–1863), English printer and antiquary, son of the above
 * John Nichols (writer) (1940–2023), American novelist
 * John B. Nichols (1931–2004), United States Navy aviator and author
 * John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols (1859–1939), known as Bowyer Nichols, was an English poet
 * John G. Nichols (1812–1898), businessman, builder, and politician
 * John Noel Nichols, inventor of Vimto cordial
 * John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958), an American ichthyologist and ornithologist
 * Jonathan Nichols (Rhode Island politician) (1681–1727), colonial deputy governor of Rhode Island
 * Joy Nichols, Australian radio and stage performer
 * Joyce Nichols, American physicians assistant

K

 * Kathleen Nichols, American computer scientist and computer networking expert
 * Kelly Nichols, former pornographic actress
 * Keith Nichols (1945–2021), English jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger
 * Kenneth Nichols, District Engineer of the Manhattan Project
 * Kid Nichols (1869–1953), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies
 * Kyra Nichols, American ballet dancer and teacher, former New York City Ballet principal dancer

L

 * Lawrence T. Nichols, Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University
 * Larry D. Nichols, puzzle enthusiast and inventor
 * Lew Nichols III (born 2001), American football player

M

 * Malcolm Nichols, journalist and a U.S. political figure from a Boston Brahmin family
 * Marie Hochmuth Nichols, rhetorical critic
 * Marisol Nichols, American actress
 * Mark Nichols (disambiguation)
 * Mary Ann Nichols, Whitechapel murder victim killed by Jack the Ripper
 * Mike Nichols, Academy Award-winning film director
 * Mike J. Nichols, film editor
 * Minerva Parker Nichols, an early American female architect
 * Mitch Nichols, Australian footballer
 * Monae' Nichols (born 1998), American athlete
 * Morris Nichols, called "Stan Nichols", leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s
 * Moses Nichols, American physician, soldier, and leading citizen of Amherst, New Hampshire

N

 * Nathaniel B. Nichols (1914–1997), American control engineer
 * Nichelle Nichols (1932–2022), American singer and actor

P

 * Peter Nichols (playwright) (1927–2019), English writer

R

 * Rachel Nichols (actress)
 * Rachel Nichols (journalist)
 * Rayshad Nichols (born 1999), American football player
 * Rebecca S. Nichols (1819–1903), American poet
 * Red Nichols (1905–1965), jazz cornettist
 * Reid Nichols (1958 – ), American former Major League Baseball outfielder, now Farm Director/Director of Player Development for the Milwaukee Brewers
 * Robert Nichols (poet), English poet
 * Robert Nichols (Texas politician), Texas State Senator
 * Rob Nichols, American association executive and former public official
 * Robbie Nichols, American football player
 * Robbie Nichols (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * Roger Nichols (songwriter)
 * Roger Nichols (recording engineer)
 * Roy Nichols, American country music guitarist
 * Ross Nichols, Cambridge academic and published poet, artist and historian, who founded the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids
 * Ruth Nichols, Canadian author
 * Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901–1960), aviator

S

 * Sam Nichols (1829–1913), Minnesota and Washington state politician
 * Sue C. Nichols, American artist
 * Stan Nichols, English cricketer
 * Stephen Nichols, American actor
 * Steve Nichols, American Formula One car engineer and designer

T

 * Taylor Nichols (1959–present), American actor
 * Ted Nichols (1929–present), American composer, conductor, arranger, educator, and minister of music
 * Terry Nichols (1955–present), convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator
 * Thomas Nichols (disambiguation), several people

V

 * Vincent Gerard Nichols, English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

W

 * William Nichols (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

 * Jennifer Nichols, fictional character in the television show, The Brady Bunch
 * Josh Nichols, fictional character in the series Drake and Josh
 * Walter Nichols, fictional character in the series Drake and Josh
 * Zach Nichols, a fictional character in the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent

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