Nichols (surname)

Nichols is an English surname. It is an anglicised form of the Scottish surname relating to Clan MacNeacail.

Notable people with this surname

A

Adam Nichols (born 1962), English footballer
Adam Nichols (musician) (born 1991), British musician
Al Nichols (1852–1936), American baseball player
Allen Nichols (1916–1981), American football player
Anne Nichols (1891–1966), American playwright
Archibald Nichols (1819–1903), American politician
Arthur Nichols (1858–?), Australian politician
Arthur Nichols (cricketer) (1881–1937), Australian cricketer
Arthur R. Nichols, American landscape architect
Austin Nichols (born 1980), American actor

B

Beverley Nichols (1898–1983), English author, playwright and public speaker
Bilal Nichols (born 1996), American football player
Bill Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
Billy Nichols (born 1940), American guitarist
Bobby Nichols (born 1936), American golfer
Bowyer Nichols (1859–1939), English poet
Brian Nichols (born 1971), American convicted murderer

C

Charles Archibald Nichols (1876–1920), American politician
Charles August Nichols (1910–1992), American animator and film director
Charlotte Nichols (born 1991), British politician
Clarina I. H. Nichols (1810–1885), American journalist, lobbyist, and public speaker
Clement Roy Nichols, Australian scout official

D

Dan Nichols (born 1969), American Jewish rock musician
Dandy Nichols (1907–1986), English actress
Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols (born 1955), Native American activist and FBI informant
David Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
David A. Nichols (1917–1997), American judge
David C. Nichols (born 1950), American naval officer
David E. Nichols (born 1944), 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 banker and politician
Don Nichols (1924–2017), American motorsport entrepreneur
Donald Nichols (American football) (1901–1978), American football player and lawyer
Donald Nichols (spy) (1923–1992), 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 (1869–1924), American educator and physicist
Evan Nichols (born 2004), American sled hockey player

G

George Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
George Elwood Nichols (1882–1939), American botanist and ecologist
George Ward Nichols (1831–1885), American journalist
Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyanese poet

H

Herbie Nichols (1919–1963), American jazz composer
Horace Elmo Nichols (1912–2000), American jurist

J

Jack Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jack Nichols (painter) (1921–2009), Canadian painter
- Jack Nichols (activist) (1938–2005), American LGBT activist
- Jack Nichols (basketball) (1926–1992), American basketball player
- Jack C. Nichols (1930–2007), American politician
James Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
- James Nichols (born 1978), American convicted murderer
- James D. Nichols (1928–2003), American horse jockey
- James P. Nichols, American recording industry executive producer
- James W. Nichols (born 1946), American farmer and politician
Jennifer Nichols (born 1983), American Olympian archer
Jesse Clyde Nichols (1880–1950), American urban planner
Joe Nichols (born 1976), American country music artist
Johanna Nichols (born 1945), American linguist and professor
John Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
- John Nichols (journalist) (born 1959), American journalist and media activist
- John Nichols (law enforcement officer), (1918–1998), American law enforcement officer and politician
- John Nichols (politician) (1834–1917), American politician
- John Nichols (printer) (1745–1826), English printer and author
- John Nichols (writer) (1940–2023), American novelist
- John B. Nichols (1931–2004), United States Navy aviator and author
- John Bowyer Nichols (1779–1863), English printer and antiquary
- John G. Nichols (1812–1898), businessman, builder, and politician
- John Noel Nichols (1883–1966), English wholesaler, inventor of the soft drink Vimto
- John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958), American ichthyologist and ornithologist
Jon Nichols (born 1981), English footballer
Jonathan Nicols (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonathan Nichols (Rhode Island politician) (1681–1727), American politician
- Jonathan Nichols (American football) (born 1981), American football player
- Jonathan Nichols (Oklahoma politician) (1965–2019), American politician
- Jonathan Nichols Jr. (1712–1756), American politician
Joy Nichols (1925–1992), Australian radio and stage performer
Joyce Nichols (1940–2012), American physician assistant

K

Kathleen Nichols, American computer scientist
Kelly Nichols (born 1956), American pornographic actress
Keith Nichols (1945–2021), English jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger
Kenneth Nichols (1907–2000), American army officer and civil engineer
Kid Nichols (1869–1953), American baseball player
Kyra Nichols (born 1958), American ballet dancer and teacher

L

Lawrence T. Nichols (born 1947), Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University
Larry D. Nichols (born 1939), American puzzle enthusiast and designer
Lew Nichols III (born 2001), American football player
Luke Nichols (born 1978), American YouTube personality

M

Malcolm Nichols (1876–1951), American journalist and politician
Marie Hochmuth Nichols (1908–1978), American rhetorical critic
Marisol Nichols (born 1973), American actress
Mark Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mark Nichols (curler) (born 1980), Canadian curler
- Mark Nichols (American football) (born 1959), American football player
- Mark Nichols (golfer) (born 1965), English golfer
- Mark Nichols (composer) (born 1964), American playwright, composer and lyricist
- Mark Nichols (journalist) (1873–1961), Canadian newspaper journalist and editor
Mary Ann Nichols (1845–1888), British murder victim killed by Jack the Ripper
Mary Perot Nichols (1927-1996), former columnist and city editor of The Village Voice, served twice as head of the Municipal Broadcasting System
Mike Nichols (1931–2014), American film director
Mike J. Nichols, American film editor
Minerva Parker Nichols (1863–1949), American architect
Mitch Nichols (born 1989), Australian footballer
Monae' Nichols (born 1998), American athlete
Moses Nichols (1740–1790), American physician and soldier

N

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

P

Peter Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
- Peter Nichols (author) (born 1950), American author
- Peter Nichols (playwright) (1927–2019), English playwright
- Peter Nichols (journalist) (1928–1989), English newspaper journalist and author

R

Rachel Nichols (actress), American actress and model
Rachel Nichols (journalist) (born 1973), American journalist and sportscaster
Rayshad Nichols (born 1998), American football player
Rebecca S. Nichols (1819–1903), American poet
Reginald Gordon Nichols (1888–1960), Anglican clergyman in Melbourne, Victoria
Red Nichols (1905–1965), American jazz cornetist
Reid Nichols (born 1958), American baseball player and coach
Robert Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert Nichols (actor) (1924–2013), American actor
- Robert Nichols (author) (1919–2010), American poet, playwright, novelist, and landscape architect
- Robert Nichols (poet) (1893–1944), English poet
- Robert Nichols (politician) (born 1944), American politician
Rob Nichols (born 1969), American association executive and former public official
Robbie Nichols (1946–2011), American football player
Robbie Nichols (ice hockey) (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Roger Nichols (musical scholar) (born 1939), English musicologist, critic, translator and author
Roger Nichols (songwriter) (1940–2025), American composer and songwriter
Roger Nichols (recording engineer) (1944–2011), American recording engineer
Ross Nichols (1902–1975), English academic and poet
Roy Nichols (1932–2001), American country music guitarist
Ruth Nichols (born 1948), Canadian author
Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901–1960), American aviation pioneer

S

Sam Nichols (1829–1913), American politician
Sue C. Nichols (1965–2020), American artist
Stan Nichols (1900–1961), English cricketer
Stephen Nichols (born 1951), American actor
Steve Nichols (born 1947), American car engineer and designer

T

Taylor Nichols (born 1959), American actor
Ted Nichols (born 1928), American composer, conductor and arranger
Terry Nichols (born 1955), American domestic terrorist
Thomas Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people
- Thomas Nichols (pirate) (fl. 1717–1718), pirate in the Caribbean and off the American east coast
- Thomas E. Nichols, American statistician
- Tom Nichols (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
- Tom Nichols (academic) (born 1960), American academic

V

Vincent Gerard Nichols (born 1945), British Roman Catholic prelate

W

William Nichols (disambiguation), multiple 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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