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.^[1]

• Adelina Nicholls, American sociologist
• Agnes Nicholls (1876–1959), English soprano
• Alan Nicholls (1973–1995), English football goalkeeper
• Alana Nicholls (born 1986), Australian kayaker
• Alex Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Allan F. Nicholls (born 1945), Canadian actor and film director
• Andy Nicholls (born 1962), English soccer hooligan and writer
• Anna Nicholls (born 1997), English cricketer
• Anthony Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Apii Nicholls-Pualau (born 1993), New Zealand rugby player
• Arthur Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ashley Nicholls (born 1981), English footballer
• Benjamin Nicholls (1864–1945), English cricketer
• Bernard Nicholls (1877–1924), American golfer
• Bernie Nicholls (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
• Billy Nicholls (born 1949), English musician
• Brenda Nicholls (born 1972), Canadian curler
• Brooke Nicholls, Canadian singer and songwriter
• Burr H. Nicholls (1848–1915), American painter
• Caroline Nicholls (born 1956), South African judge
• Charles Wynne Nicholls (1831–1903), Irish painter
• Charlie Nicholls (1899–1944), Australian rules footballer
• Christine Nicholls (born 1943), British author
• Cornelius Nicholls (1838–1895), English cricketer
• Craig Nicholls (born 1977), Australian musician
• Daniel Nicholls (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
• Danielle Nicholls (born 1978), English television presenter
• Danni Nicholls (born 1985), British singer-songwriter
• Darren Nicholls (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer
• David Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Degory Nicholls, 16th-century priest and academic
• Derek Nicholls (1947–2010), English cricketer
• Don Nicholls (1936–2023), Australian rules footballer
• Douglas Nicholls (1906–1988), Australian Governor of South Australia
• Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead (1933–2019), British Law Lord
• Eddie Nicholls (born 1947), Guyanese cricketer
• Edith E. Nicholls (1892–1978), American physician
• Elizabeth Nicholls (1946–2004), American-Canadian paleontologist
• Elizabeth Webb Nicholls (1850–1943), Australian suffragist
• Eric Nicholls (born 1939), Australian rules footballer
• Ernest Nicholls (1884–1954), Australian rules footballer
• Ernie Nicholls (1871–1971), English footballer

• Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912), American Confederate Army general, lawyer, judge and politician
• Frank Nicholls (1699–1778), English physician
• Frankie Knuckles, birth name Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. (1955–2014), American DJ and record producer
• Frederic Thomas Nicholls (1856–1921), Canadian businessman and politician
• Frederick Nicholls (1868–1950), British rugby player
• Freida Nicholls-Davy (born 1950), Barbadian sprinter
• Geoff Nicholls (1948–2017), English musician
• George Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Gilbert Nicholls (1878–1950), English-American golfer
• Ginger Nicholls (1900–1978), New Zealand rugby union player
• Gladys Nicholls (1906–1981), Australian Aboriginal activist
• Graeme Nicholls, English guitarist
• Graham Nicholls (born 1975), English artist
• Gwyn Nicholls (1874–1939), British rugby player
• Harmar Nicholls (1912–2000), British politician
• Harold Nicholls (1897–1977), New Zealand rugby player
• Harold Mayne-Nicholls (born 1961), Chilean journalist
• Harry Nicholls (comedian) (1852–1926), English comedian
• Harry Nicholls (VC) (1915–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Henry Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Herbert Nicholls (1868–1940), Australian judge and politician
• Hope Nicholls (born 1960), American singer-songwriter
• Horace Nicholls (1867–1941), English photographer
• Howard Nicholls (1931–2011), Welsh rugby union player
• Humphrey Nicholls (1577–1643), English politician
• Ian A. Nicholls (born 1962), Australian educator and academic
• Jack Nicholls (footballer) (1898–1970), Welsh footballer
• James Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jamie Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jill Nicholls, British documentary filmmaker
• Jim Nicholls (1919–2002), English football goalkeeper
• Joe Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonathan Nicholls (1956–2022), British university officer
• Josh Nicholls (born 1992), Chinese-Canadian ice hockey player
• Kenneth Nicholls (died 2025), Irish academic and historian
• Kevin Nicholls (born 1979), English footballer

• Laura Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Lee Nicholls (born 1992), English footballer
• Lew Nicholls, American politician
• Linda Nicholls (born 1954), Canadian Anglican bishop
• Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930), New Zealand poet, teacher and drama producer
• Mark Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Marriott Fawckner Nicholls (1898–1969), English surgeon
• Martin Nicholls (1917–1983), Australian politician and trade unionist
• Matthew Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Matt Nicholls (born 1986), British musician
• Mel Nicholls (born 1977), English wheelchair athlete
• Melanie Nicholls-King, Canadian actress
• Mike Nicholls, Australian psychology researcher
• Mikey Nicholls (born 1985), Australian wrestler known as Nick Miller
• Morgan Nicholls (born 1971), English musician
• Nick Nicholls (1936–2013), English motorcycle speedway rider
• Nigel Nicholls (1938–2016), British civil servant
• Obed Nicholls (1885–1962), English craftsman
• Olivia Nicholls (born 1994), British tennis player
• Patrick Nicholls (born 1948), English politician
• Paul Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Peter Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Phil Nicholls (born 1952), English footballer
• Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957), English actress
• Rachel Nicholls, English soprano
• Reg Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (1854–1930), English-American painter
• Richard Nicholls (1875–1948), English cricketer
• Rick Nicholls (born 1950), Canadian politician
• Robert Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Robyn Nicholls (born 1990), British water polo player
• Roger Nicholls (born 1956), Australian politician
• Ron Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ryan Nicholls (born 1973), Welsh footballer

• Sally Nicholls (born 1983), British writer
• Sammy Nicholls (1870–1912), English footballer
• Samuel Nicholls (1885–1939), Australian politician
• Samuel J. Nicholls (1885–1937), American politician
• Sara Nicholls (born 1989), Welsh lawn bowler
• Sheila Nicholls, (born 1970), English singer-songwriter
• Simon Nicholls (1882–1911), American baseball player
• Stan Nicholls (born 1949), British writer
• Stephen Nicholls (born 1971), Australian cardiologist
• Stewart Nicholls, British stage director and choreographer
• Sue Nicholls (born 1943), English actress
• Syd Nicholls (1896–1977), Australian cartoonist and commercial artist
• Sydney Nicholls (1868–1946), British rugby player
• Theo Nicholls (1894–1977), Australian politician
• Thomas Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tim Nicholls (born 1965), Australian politician
• Tom Nicholls (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
• Victoria Nicholls, Australian actress
• Vernon Nicholls (1917–1996), English Anglican clergyman
• Yvonne Nicholls (1914–2009), Australian activist and author
• Will Nicholls (born 1995), British photographer and film-maker
• William Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people

• 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

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Surname list

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