Nix (disambiguation)

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Nix is a water creature in German and Scandinavian folklore.

It may also refer to:

[edit] People

• Bern Nix, U.S. jazz guitarist
• Don Nix, U.S. songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author
• Dyron Nix (born 1967), former American professional basketball player
• Garth Nix (born 1963), Australian author of young adult fantasy novels
• James R. Nix, director of the Ellen G. White Estate since 2000
• Kirksey Nix, reputedly the leader of the Dixie Mafia
• Laynce Nix (born 1980), U.S. Major League Baseball outfielder
• Robert N. C. Nix, Jr. (1928-2003), U.S. Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1984 to 1996
• Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (1897–1987), first African American to represent Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives
• Willie Nix (d.1991), Blues drummer active in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1940s and 1950s
• Nix, an evil cult leader portrayed in the movie Lord of Illusions

[edit] Other

• Nix (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus
• Nix (moon), a natural satellite of Pluto
• Nix Jeans, a domestic Korean clothing manufacturer and jeans label
• Nix Package Manager, a purely functional package and configuration manager for computer systems
• Norwegian Internet Exchange, the Internet exchange point in Oslo, Norway
• Neutral Internet eXchange of the Czech Republic, the Internet exchange point in Prague, Czech Republic

[edit] See also

• Nix Nought Nothing, a story collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales
• Nix v. Hedden (1893), a case in the United States Supreme Court
• Nix v. Whiteside (1986), a United States Supreme Court decision
• Nyx (mythology), in Greek mythology, the primordial goddess of the night
• NYX (comic book), an American comic book miniseries by Marvel Comics
• NYSE Group (NYX)
• Stevie Nicks (born 1948), American singer and songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac