Nichols (surname)

For other uses, see Nichols.

Not to be confused with Nicholls (name), Nicols, or Nicolls.

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

## Notable people with this surname

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Contents:

* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Fictional characters

### A

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Ernest Fox Nichols (1869–1924), American educator and physicist
* Evan Nichols (born 2004), American sled hockey player

### G

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* 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

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

### J

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

### P

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

### W

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* William Nichols (disambiguation), multiple people

### Fictional characters

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* 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

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Nichols.
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