# 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.

## Notable people with name
### A-E

* Adelina Nicholls, American sociologist
* Agnes Nicholls (1876–1959), English soprano
* Alan Nicholls (1973–1995), English football goalkeeper
* Alana Nicholls (born 1986), Australian kayaker
* Alex Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Allan F. Nicholls (born 1945), Canadian actor and film director
* Andy Nicholls (born 1962), English soccer hooligan and writer
* Anna Nicholls (born 1997), English cricketer
* Anthony Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Apii Nicholls-Pualau (born 1993), New Zealand rugby player
* Arthur Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ashley Nicholls (born 1981), English footballer
* Benjamin Nicholls (1864–1945), English cricketer
* Bernard Nicholls (1877–1924), American golfer
* Bernie Nicholls (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
* Billy Nicholls (born 1949), English musician
* Brenda Nicholls (born 1972), Canadian curler
* Brooke Nicholls, Canadian singer and songwriter
* Burr H. Nicholls (1848–1915), American painter
* Caroline Nicholls (born 1956), South African judge
* Charles Wynne Nicholls (1831–1903), Irish painter
* Charlie Nicholls (1899–1944), Australian rules footballer
* Christine Nicholls (born 1943), British author
* Cornelius Nicholls (1838–1895), English cricketer
* Craig Nicholls (born 1977), Australian musician
* Daniel Nicholls (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
* Danielle Nicholls (born 1978), English television presenter
* Danni Nicholls (born 1985), British singer-songwriter
* Darren Nicholls (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer
* David Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Degory Nicholls, 16th-century priest and academic
* Derek Nicholls (1947–2010), English cricketer
* Don Nicholls (1936–2023), Australian rules footballer
* Douglas Nicholls (1906–1988), Australian Governor of South Australia
* Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead (1933–2019), British Law Lord
* Eddie Nicholls (born 1947), Guyanese cricketer
* Edith E. Nicholls (1892–1978), American physician
* Elizabeth Nicholls (1946–2004), American-Canadian paleontologist
* Elizabeth Webb Nicholls (1850–1943), Australian suffragist
* Eric Nicholls (born 1939), Australian rules footballer
* Ernest Nicholls (1884–1954), Australian rules footballer
* Ernie Nicholls (1871–1971), English footballer

### F-L

* Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912), American Confederate Army general, lawyer, judge and politician
* Frank Nicholls (1699–1778), English physician
* Frankie Knuckles, birth name Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. (1955–2014), American DJ and record producer
* Frederic Thomas Nicholls (1856–1921), Canadian businessman and politician
* Frederick Nicholls (1868–1950), British rugby player
* Freida Nicholls-Davy (born 1950), Barbadian sprinter
* Geoff Nicholls (1948–2017), English musician
* George Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Gilbert Nicholls (1878–1950), English-American golfer
* Ginger Nicholls (1900—1978), New Zealand rugby union player
* Gladys Nicholls (1906–1981), Australian Aboriginal activist
* Graeme Nicholls, English guitarist
* Graham Nicholls (born 1975), English artist
* Gwyn Nicholls (1874–1939), British rugby player
* Harmar Nicholls (1912–2000), British politician
* Harold Nicholls (1897–1977), New Zealand rugby player
* Harold Mayne-Nicholls (born 1961), Chilean journalist
* Harry Nicholls (comedian) (1852–1926), English comedian
* Harry Nicholls (VC) (1915–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Henry Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Herbert Nicholls (1868–1940), Australian judge and politician
* Hope Nicholls (born 1960), American singer-songwriter
* Horace Nicholls (1867–1941), English photographer
* Howard Nicholls (1931–2011), Welsh rugby union player
* Humphrey Nicholls (1577–1643), English politician
* Ian A. Nicholls (born 1962), Australian educator and academic
* Jack Nicholls (footballer) (1898–1970), Welsh footballer
* James Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jamie Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jill Nicholls, British documentary filmmaker
* Jim Nicholls (1919–2002), English football goalkeeper
* Joe Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* John Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jonathan Nicholls (1956–2022), British university officer
* Josh Nicholls (born 1992), Chinese-Canadian ice hockey player
* Kenneth Nicholls, Irish academic and historian
* Kevin Nicholls (born 1979), English footballer

### L-R

* Laura Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Lee Nicholls (born 1992), English footballer
* Lew Nicholls, American politician
* Linda Nicholls (born 1954), Canadian Anglican bishop
* Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930), New Zealand poet, teacher and drama producer
* Mark Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Marriott Fawckner Nicholls (1898–1969), English surgeon
* Martin Nicholls (1917–1983), Australian politician and trade unionist
* Matthew Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Matt Nicholls (born 1986), British musician
* Mel Nicholls (born 1977), English wheelchair athlete
* Melanie Nicholls-King, Canadian actress
* Mike Nicholls, Australian psychology researcher
* Mikey Nicholls (born 1985), Australian wrestler known as Nick Miller
* Morgan Nicholls (born 1971), English musician
* Nick Nicholls (1936–2013), English motorcycle speedway rider
* Nigel Nicholls (1938–2016), British civil servant
* Obed Nicholls (1885–1962), English craftsman
* Olivia Nicholls (born 1994), British tennis player
* Patrick Nicholls (born 1948), English politician
* Paul Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Peter Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Phil Nicholls (born 1952), English footballer
* Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957), English actress
* Rachel Nicholls, English soprano
* Reg Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (1854–1930), English-American painter
* Richard Nicholls (1875–1948), English cricketer
* Rick Nicholls (born 1950), Canadian politician
* Robert Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Robyn Nicholls (born 1990), British water polo player
* Roger Nicholls (born 1956), Australian politician
* Ron Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ryan Nicholls (born 1973), Welsh footballer

### S-Z

* Sally Nicholls (born 1983), British writer
* Sammy Nicholls (1870–1912), English footballer
* Samuel Nicholls (1885–1939), Australian politician
* Samuel J. Nicholls (1885–1937), American politician
* Sara Nicholls (born 1989), Welsh lawn bowler
* Sheila Nicholls, (born 1970), English singer-songwriter
* Simon Nicholls (1882–1911), American baseball player
* Stan Nicholls (born 1949), British writer
* Stephen Nicholls (born 1971), Australian cardiologist
* Stewart Nicholls, British stage director and choreographer
* Sue Nicholls (born 1943), English actress
* Syd Nicholls (1896–1977), Australian cartoonist and commercial artist
* Sydney Nicholls (1868–1946), British rugby player
* Theo Nicholls (1894–1977), Australian politician
* Thomas Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tim Nicholls (born 1965), Australian politician
* Tom Nicholls (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
* Victoria Nicholls, Australian actress
* Vernon Nicholls (1917–1996), English Anglican clergyman
* Yvonne Nicholls (1914–2009), Australian activist and author
* Will Nicholls (born 1995), British photographer and film-maker
* William Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people

## Fictional characters

* 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