# Nichols (surname)

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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* Fictional characters

### A

* 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

* 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

* 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

### D

* 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

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

### G

* 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

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

### J

* 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

### K

* 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

* 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

### M

* 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
* 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

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

### P

* 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

* 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
* 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 (songwriter) (born 1940), American composer and songwriter
* Roger Nichols (recording engineer) (1944–2011), American recording engineer
* Roy Nichols (1932–2001), American country music guitarist
* Ross Nichols (1902–1975), English academic and poet
* Ruth Nichols (born 1948), Canadian author
* Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901–1960), American aviation pioneer

### S

* 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

### T

* 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

### V

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

### W

* William Nichols (disambiguation), multiple 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