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]

## Notable people with name[edit]

### Entertainment[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* David Shaw Nicholls (born 1959), Scottish architect and designer
* George Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Graham Nicholls (born 1975), English artist
* Harry Nicholls (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[edit]

* 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

## See also[edit]

* Gerard Paul Greenhalgh (born 1979), English actor known professionally as Paul Nicholls
* Nicholls (disambiguation)
* Nichols (surname)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Surname Database: Nicholls Last Name Origin".

Surname list

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