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

Entertainment

• 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

• 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

• 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

• David Shaw Nicholls (born 1959), Scottish architect and designer
• George Nicholls (disambiguation), multiple people
• Graham Nicholls (born 1975), English artist
• Harry Nicholls (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

• 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

• Gerard Paul Greenhalgh (born 1979), English actor known professionally as Paul Nicholls
• Nicholls (disambiguation)
• Nichols (surname)