Nichols (surname)

For other uses, see Nichols.

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

Nichols 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
• Alvin Nichols, soldier, activist re black lives matter
• Allen Nichols, American football player
• Anne Nichols, American playwright
• Andrew Nichols, fictional character in the television show Scandal
• 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

• Dr. Charles Nichols, fictional character from The Fugitive (1993)
• Charles Archibald Nichols (1876–1920), politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
• Charles August Nichols (1910–1992), American animator and film director
• Professor Charlie Nichols, fictional character from Listen to Me
• 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

D

• Dan Nichols, American Jewish rock musician.
• Dandy Nichols (1907–1986), actor
• David E. Nichols, American pharmacologist and medicinal chemist
• Dave Nichols, musician
• Deatrick Nichols (born 1994), American football player
• Dick Nichols (1926–2019), American politician
• Donald Nichols (spy), American spy during and after the Korean War
• Dudley Nichols, (1895–1960), American screenwriter and director

E

• Ernest Fox Nichols, physicist

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

• James Nichols, convicted murderer
• James Nichols, businessman and co-owner of the British luxury store, Harvey Nichols
• James P. Nichols, recording industry executive producer and master engineer
• Jennifer Nichols, gold medal Olympian archer
• Jennifer Nichols, fictional character in the television show, The Brady Bunch
• 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)
  • 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
• Justin P. Nichols, Texas attorney and LGBT advocate

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

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
• 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–present), singer and actor

P

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

R

• Rachel Nichols (actress)
• Rachel Nichols (journalist)
• 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
• Stanton Nichols, Canadian narrator
• Stacey Nichols, former pornographic actress
• 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

Z

• Zach Nichols, a fictional character in the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent