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

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 (1940–2025), American guitarist and soul songwriter
• 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
• Luke Nichols (born 1978), American YouTube personality

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
• Mary Perot Nichols (1927-1996), former columnist and city editor of The Village Voice, served twice as head of the Municipal Broadcasting System
• 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
• Reginald Gordon Nichols (1888–1960), Anglican clergyman in Melbourne, Victoria
• 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 (musical scholar) (born 1939), English musicologist, critic, translator and author
• Roger Nichols (songwriter) (1940–2025), American composer and songwriter
• Roger Nichols (recording engineer) (1944–2011), American recording engineer
• Ross Nichols (1902–1975), English academic and poet
• Roy Nichols (1932–2001), American country music guitarist
• 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