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.^[1]

Notable people with name[]

Entertainment[]

Agnes Nicholls (1876–1959), English soprano
Billy Nicholls (born 1949), English musician
Craig Nicholls (born 1977), Australian musician
Danielle Nicholls (born 1978), English television presenter
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 (born 1933), British Law Lord
Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912), American Confederate Army general, lawyer, judge and politician
Jamie Nicholls (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
Ryan Nicholls (born 1973), Welsh footballer
Sydney Nicholls (1868–1946), British rugby player
Thomas Nicholls (born 1931), 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
John Graham Nicholls (born 1929), 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

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

References[]

^ "Surname Database: Nicholls Last Name Origin".

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[1] "Surname Database: Nicholls Last Name Origin".

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