Nicholls (name) explained

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
• 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 (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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surname Database: Nicholls Last Name Origin.