Nickel (surname)

Nickel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## People

[edit]

* Arno Nickel (born 1952), German correspondence chess Grandmaster
* Barbara Nickel (born 1966), Canadian poet
* Bernd Nickel (1949–2021), German former footballer
* Eckhart Nickel (born 1966), German author and journalist
* Elbie Nickel (1922–2007), American National Football League tight end
* Ernest Henry Nickel (1925-2009), Australian-Canadian mineralogist
* Gil Nickel (1939-2003), American vintner
* Goschwin Nickel (1582–1644), Jesuit priest and the 10th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus
* Grace Nickel (born 1956), Canadian artist
* Günther Nickel (born 1946), Olympic athlete
* Hans Nickel (1907), German rower
* Harald Nickel (1953–2019), German former footballer
* Heinrich Nickel (1894-1979), German general
* Herman W. Nickel (born 1928), United States Ambassador to South Africa during the Reagan administration
* Horst Nickel (1934–2023), German biathlete
* James Nickel (1930–1990), Canadian canoeist
* Jens Nickel (born 1965), German ten-pin bowler
* Jochen Nickel (born 1959), German actor
* Johann Heinrich Nickel [de] (1829–1908), German politician
* Larry Nickel (born 1952), Canadian composer
* Mike Nickel (born 1965), Canadian politician
* Rafael Nickel (born 1958), Olympic athlete
* Richard Nickel (1928–1972), American photographer and historian
* Uta Nickel (born 1941), German politician
* Walter R. Nickel (1907–1989), American dermatologist
* Wiley Nickel (born 1975), American attorney and politician

## Fictional characters

[edit]

* Nomi Nickel, from Miriam Toews's novel A Complicated Kindness

## See also

[edit]

* Nickels (disambiguation), including a list of people with the surname
* Nickell, a surname
* Nichol, a surname
* Nikkel, a surname

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Nickel.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.