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, and may refer to:

A

• Adam Nichols, British musician
• Al Nichols, American baseball player
• Allen Nichols, American football player
• Anne Nichols, American playwright
• Arthur Nichols, Australian politician
• Arthur R. Nichols, Minnesota landscape architect
• Austin Nichols, American actor

B

• Beverley Nichols, English author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker
• Bilal Nichols, American football player
• Bill Nichols (disambiguation), several people
• Billy Nichols, American musician, member of B.T. Express
• Brian Nichols (1971–present), accused Atlanta courthouse murderer

C

• Charles Archibald Nichols (1876–1920), politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
• Charles August Nichols (1910–1992), American animator and film director
• Charles Augustus Nichols (1869–1953), better known as Kid Nichols, Major League Baseball pitcher and Hall of Famer
• Charlotte Nichols, British Member of Parliament elected 2019
• Clarina I. H. Nichols, journalist, lobbyist, and public speaker
• Clement Roy Nichols Scouts Australia Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1965
• Christopher Nichols Guitar Effects Pedal Engineer

D

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• Damian Nichols, American Chief Technology Officer and brewmaster.
• Dan Nichols, American Jewish rock musician.
• Dandy Nichols (1907–1986), actor
• Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols (born 1955), Native American activist and FBI informant
• David A. Nichols (1917–1997), American judge
• David C. Nichols (born 1950), American naval officer
• David E. Nichols, 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 politician
• Don Nichols (1924–2017), American motorsport entrepreneur
• Donald Nichols (American football) (1901–1978), American football player and lawyer
• Donald Nichols (spy), 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, physicist
• Evan Nichols, American sled hockey player

G

• George Nichols (disambiguation)
• George Elwood Nichols (1882–1939), American botanist and ecologist
• George Ward Nichols, American journalist
• Grace Nichols, Guyanese poet

H

• Herbie Nichols, American jazz composer
• Horace Elmo Nichols – Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, from 1975 to 1980

J

• Jack C. Nichols (1930–2007), American politician
• James Nichols, convicted murderer
• James P. Nichols, recording industry executive producer and master engineer
• James W. Nichols (born 1946), American farmer and politician
• Jennifer Nichols, American Olympian archer
• Jesse Clyde Nichols, American developer of commercial and residential real estate in Kansas City, Missouri
• Joe Nichols, American country music artist
• Johanna Nichols, professor emerita Linguist in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley
• John Nichols (disambiguation), one of several people including
  • John Nichols (journalist), American journalist and media activist
  • John Nichols, former member of the indie rock band Low
  • John Nichols (politician), 1800s American politician
  • John Nichols (printer) (1745–1826), English printer and author
    • John Bowyer Nichols (1779–1863), English printer and antiquary, son of the above
  • John Nichols (writer) (1940–2023), American novelist
  • John B. Nichols (1931–2004), United States Navy aviator and author
  • John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols (1859–1939), known as Bowyer Nichols, was an English poet
  • John G. Nichols (1812–1898), businessman, builder, and politician
  • John Noel Nichols, inventor of Vimto cordial
  • John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958), an American ichthyologist and ornithologist
• Jonathan Nichols (Rhode Island politician) (1681–1727), colonial deputy governor of Rhode Island
• Joy Nichols, Australian radio and stage performer
• Joyce Nichols, American physicians assistant

K

• Kathleen Nichols, American computer scientist and computer networking expert
• Kelly Nichols, former pornographic actress
• Keith Nichols (1945–2021), English jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger
• Kenneth Nichols, District Engineer of the Manhattan Project
• Kid Nichols (1869–1953), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies
• Kyra Nichols, American ballet dancer and teacher, former New York City Ballet principal dancer

L

• Lawrence T. Nichols, Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University
• Larry D. Nichols, puzzle enthusiast and inventor
• Lew Nichols III (born 2001), American football player

M

• Malcolm Nichols, journalist and a U.S. political figure from a Boston Brahmin family
• Marie Hochmuth Nichols, rhetorical critic
• Marisol Nichols, American actress
• Mark Nichols (disambiguation)
• Mary Ann Nichols, Whitechapel murder victim killed by Jack the Ripper
• Mike Nichols, Academy Award-winning film director
• Mike J. Nichols, film editor
• Minerva Parker Nichols, an early American female architect
• Mitch Nichols, Australian footballer
• Monae' Nichols (born 1998), American athlete
• Morris Nichols, called "Stan Nichols", leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s
• Moses Nichols, American physician, soldier, and leading citizen of Amherst, New Hampshire

N

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

P

• Peter Nichols (playwright) (1927–2019), English writer

R

• Rachel Nichols (actress)
• Rachel Nichols (journalist)
• Rayshad Nichols (born 1999), American football player
• Rebecca S. Nichols (1819–1903), American poet
• Red Nichols (1905–1965), jazz cornettist
• Reid Nichols (1958 – ), American former Major League Baseball outfielder, now Farm Director/Director of Player Development for the Milwaukee Brewers
• Robert Nichols (poet), English poet
• Robert Nichols (Texas politician), Texas State Senator
• Rob Nichols, American association executive and former public official
• Robbie Nichols, American football player
• Robbie Nichols (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Roger Nichols (songwriter)
• Roger Nichols (recording engineer)
• Roy Nichols, American country music guitarist
• Ross Nichols, Cambridge academic and published poet, artist and historian, who founded the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids
• Ruth Nichols, Canadian author
• Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901–1960), aviator

S

• Sam Nichols (1829–1913), Minnesota and Washington state politician
• Sue C. Nichols, American artist
• Stan Nichols, English cricketer
• Stephen Nichols, American actor
• Steve Nichols, American Formula One car engineer and designer

T

• Taylor Nichols (1959–present), American actor
• Ted Nichols (1929–present), American composer, conductor, arranger, educator, and minister of music
• Terry Nichols (1955–present), convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator
• Thomas Nichols (disambiguation), several people

V

• Vincent Gerard Nichols, English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

W

• William Nichols (disambiguation), several 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