# Nickerson (surname)

Nickerson is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:

## Business

* Albert Nickerson (1911–1994), American executive with Mobil Oil, grandson of Albert W. Nickerson
* Albert W. Nickerson (1840–1893), American railroad executive, nephew of Thomas and grandfather of Albert
* Thomas Nickerson (ATSF) (1810–1892), American railroad executive, uncle of Albert W. Nickerson
* William Nickerson Jr. (1879–1945), Los Angeles-based businessman and founder of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company
* William Emery Nickerson (1853–1930), American inventor and vice-president of The Gillette Company

## Law and politics

* Bruce William Nickerson (1941–2022), American civil rights and gay rights attorney
* Dave Nickerson (born 1944), Canadian politician from Northwest Territories
* Eugene Nickerson (1918–2002), Democratic county executive of Nassau County, New York, and a federal district court judge
* William M. Nickerson (born 1933), American judge in Maryland

## Merchants

* Ernest Reginald Nickerson (1876–1956), Canadian merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia
* Maurice Nickerson (1865–1936), Canadian general merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia; son of Moses H. Nickerson
* Smith Nickerson (1860–1954), Canadian merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia

## Military

* Franklin S. Nickerson (1826–1917), Union general during the American Civil War
* Henry Nehemiah Nickerson (1888–1979), American Medal of Honor recipient
* Herman Nickerson Jr. (1913–2000), United States Marine Corps general
* John C. Nickerson Jr. (1915–1964), United States Army colonel charged under the Espionage Act
* William Henry Snyder Nickerson (1875–1954), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross

## Sports

* Gaylon Nickerson (born 1969), American basketball player
* Hardy Nickerson (born 1965), American football player and coach
* Hardy Nickerson Jr. (born 1994), American football player
* Jonah Nickerson (born 1985), American baseball player
* Matt Nickerson (born 1985), American ice hockey player
* Parry Nickerson (born 1994), American football player
* Troy Nickerson, American wrestler
* Victor J. Nickerson (1928–2004), American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer

## Writing

* Billeh Nickerson (born 1972), Canadian writer, editor, and producer
* Raymond S. Nickerson, American psychologist and author
* Sheila Nickerson (born 1942), American poet and writer
* Sylvia Nickerson, Canadian comic book writer

## Other

* Camille Nickerson (1888–1982), American pianist, composer, and college professor
* Deborah Nickerson (1954–2021), American human genomics researcher
* Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress who portrayed Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
* Dorothy Nickerson (1900–1985), American color scientist and technologist
* Edward I. Nickerson (1845–1908), American architect
* Freeman Nickerson (1779–1847), early missionary in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and a member of Zion's Camp
* Jackson Nickerson (born 1962), American academic
* Joseph Nickerson (1914–1990), English farmer and entrepreneur
* Linus M. Nickerson (1823–1888), American minister, Army chaplain, and Indian agent
* Lyra B. Nickerson (1886 -1916)]], American heiress and philanthropist
* Moses H. Nickerson (1844–1943), Canadian journalist, poet and political figure in Nova Scotia; father of Maurice Nickerson
* Thomas Nickerson (1805–1883), cabin boy aboard the whaling ship Essex whose sinking was the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick