Nicholls (name)
Not to be confused with Nichols (surname).
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 of this name:
Actors and fiction
- Danielle Nicholls, English television presenter
- David Nicholls (actor), (1950-2008) English actor
- Paul Nicholls, English actor
- Phoebe Nicholls, English actress
- Sue Nicholls, English actress
- Victoria Nicholls, Australian actress
Musicians and singers
- Agnes Nicholls, English soprano
- Billy Nicholls, English musician
- Craig Nicholls, lead singer of The Vines
- Geoff Nicholls, English musician
- Graeme Nicholls, English guitarist
- Morgan Nicholls, musician
- Peter Nicholls (musician)
- Rachel Nicholls, English soprano
Politics
- Sir Douglas Nicholls, former Governor of South Australia
- Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, British Law Lord
- Francis T. Nicholls, two-term Governor of Louisiana
- Jamie Nicholls (born 1971), Canadian politician
- Patrick Nicholls, English politician
- Samuel Nicholls, Australian politician
Sports
- Andy Nicholls, English soccer hooligan
- Alex Nicholls, English footballer
- Ashley Nicholls, English footballer
- Benjamin Nicholls, English cricketer
- Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player
- Danny Nicholls, English football manager
- Eddie Nicholls, Guyanese cricket umpire
- Frederick Nicholls, Wales international rugby player
- Gwyn Nicholls, Welsh rugby player
- Jack Nicholls (footballer), Welsh footballer
- John Nicholls (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Kevin Nicholls, English footballer
- Ryan Nicholls, Welsh footballer
- Sydney Nicholls, Wales rugby player
- Thomas Nicholls, British boxer
Others
- George Nicholls (disambiguation)
- Graham Nicholls, English artist
- Harry Nicholls, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Obed Nicholls, English craftsman
- Peter Nicholls (writer), Australian literary scholar and critic
- Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, English-American painter
- Sally Nicholls, children's writer
- Stan Nicholls, writer