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.[1]
Notable people with name
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edit- Agnes Nicholls (1876–1959), English soprano
- Billy Nicholls (born 1949), English musician
- Brooke Nicholls, Canadian singer and songwriter
- Craig Nicholls (born 1977), Australian musician
- Danielle Nicholls (born 1978), English television presenter
- David Nicholls (born 1966), British novelist and screenwriter
- Edith E. Nicholls (1892–1978), American physician
- Geoff Nicholls (1948–2017), English musician
- Graeme Nicholls, English guitarist
- Harry Nicholls (comedian) (1852–1926), English comedian
- Morgan Nicholls (born 1971), English musician
- Peter Nicholls (musician) (born 1959), English singer
- Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957), English actress
- Rachel Nicholls, English soprano
- Sue Nicholls (born 1943), English actress
- Victoria Nicholls, Australian actress
Politics
edit- Douglas Nicholls (1906–1988), Australian Governor of South Australia
- Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead (1933–2019), British Law Lord
- Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912), American Confederate Army general, lawyer, judge and politician
- Jamie Nicholls (politician) (born 1971), Canadian politician
- Patrick Nicholls (born 1948), English politician
- Samuel Nicholls (1885–1939), Australian politician
Sports
edit- Andy Nicholls (born 1962), English soccer hooligan and writer
- Alex Nicholls (born 1987), English footballer
- Ashley Nicholls (born 1981), English footballer
- Benjamin Nicholls (1864–1945), English cricketer
- Bernie Nicholls (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
- Eddie Nicholls (born 1947), Guyanese cricketer
- Frederick Nicholls (1868–1950), British rugby player
- Gwyn Nicholls (1874–1939), British rugby player
- Jack Nicholls (footballer) (1898–1970), Welsh footballer
- John Nicholls (footballer) (born 1939), Australian rules footballer
- Kevin Nicholls (born 1979), English footballer
- Mel Nicholls (born 1977), English wheelchair athlete
- Mikey Nicholls (born 1985), Australian wrestler known as Nick Miller
- Olivia Nicholls (born 1994), British tennis player
- Ryan Nicholls (born 1973), Welsh footballer
- Sydney Nicholls (1868–1946), British rugby player
- Thomas Nicholls (boxer) (1931–2021), British boxer
Others
edit- David Shaw Nicholls (born 1959), Scottish architect and designer
- George Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
- Graham Nicholls (born 1975), English artist
- Harry Nicholls (VC) (1915–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Jill Nicholls, British documentary filmmaker
- John Graham Nicholls (1929–2023), British/Swiss physiologist
- Kenneth Nicholls, Irish academic and historian
- Obed Nicholls (1885–1962), English craftsman
- Peter Nicholls (writer) (1939–2018), Australian literary scholar and critic
- Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (1854–1930), English-American painter
- Sally Nicholls (born 1983), British writer
- Stan Nicholls (born 1949), British writer
- Will Nicholls (born 1995), British photographer and film-maker
- William Henry Nicholls (1885–1951), Australian botanist
- William Nicholls (theologian) (1664−1712), English clergyman and theologian
Fictional characters
edit- 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
See also
edit- Gerard Paul Greenhalgh (born 1979), English actor known professionally as Paul Nicholls
- Nicholls (disambiguation)
- Nichols (surname)