Nichols is an English surname. It is an anglicised form of the Scottish surname relating to Clan MacNeacail, and may refer to:
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- Adam Nichols, British musician
- Al Nichols, American baseball player
- Allen Nichols, American football player
- Anne Nichols, American playwright
- Arthur Nichols, Australian politician
- Arthur R. Nichols, Minnesota landscape architect
- Austin Nichols, American actor
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- Beverley Nichols, English author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker
- Bilal Nichols, American football player
- Bill Nichols (disambiguation), several people
- Billy Nichols, American musician, member of B.T. Express
- Brian Nichols (1971–present), accused Atlanta courthouse murderer
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- Charles Archibald Nichols (1876–1920), politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
- Charles August Nichols (1910–1992), American animator and film director
- Charles Augustus Nichols (1869–1953), better known as Kid Nichols, Major League Baseball pitcher and Hall of Famer
- Charlotte Nichols, British Member of Parliament elected 2019
- Clarina I. H. Nichols, journalist, lobbyist, and public speaker
- Clement Roy Nichols Scouts Australia Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1965
- Christopher Nichols Guitar Effects Pedal Engineer
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- Damian Nichols, American Chief Technology Officer and brewmaster.
- Dan Nichols, American Jewish rock musician.
- Dandy Nichols (1907–1986), actor
- Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols (born 1955), Native American activist and FBI informant
- David A. Nichols (1917–1997), American judge
- David C. Nichols (born 1950), American naval officer
- David E. Nichols, American pharmacologist and medicinal chemist
- David Eccles Nichols (1873–1962), English violist
- David H. Nichols (1826–1900), American politician
- Deatrick Nichols (born 1994), American football player
- Dick Nichols (1926–2019), American politician
- Don Nichols (1924–2017), American motorsport entrepreneur
- Donald Nichols (American football) (1901–1978), American football player and lawyer
- Donald Nichols (spy), American spy during and after the Korean War
- Donald G. Nichols (born 1931), American politician
- Dudley Nichols, (1895–1960), American screenwriter and director
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- Ernest Fox Nichols, physicist
- Evan Nichols, American sled hockey player
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- George Nichols (disambiguation)
- George Elwood Nichols (1882–1939), American botanist and ecologist
- George Ward Nichols, American journalist
- Grace Nichols, Guyanese poet
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- Herbie Nichols, American jazz composer
- Horace Elmo Nichols – Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, from 1975 to 1980
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- Jack C. Nichols (1930–2007), American politician
- James Nichols, convicted murderer
- James P. Nichols, recording industry executive producer and master engineer
- James W. Nichols (born 1946), American farmer and politician
- Jennifer Nichols, American Olympian archer
- Jesse Clyde Nichols, American developer of commercial and residential real estate in Kansas City, Missouri
- Joe Nichols, American country music artist
- Johanna Nichols, professor emerita Linguist in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley
- John Nichols (disambiguation), one of several people including
- John Nichols (journalist), American journalist and media activist
- John Nichols, former member of the indie rock band Low
- John Nichols (politician), 1800s American politician
- John Nichols (printer) (1745–1826), English printer and author
- John Bowyer Nichols (1779–1863), English printer and antiquary, son of the above
- John Nichols (writer) (1940–2023), American novelist
- John B. Nichols (1931–2004), United States Navy aviator and author
- John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols (1859–1939), known as Bowyer Nichols, was an English poet
- John G. Nichols (1812–1898), businessman, builder, and politician
- John Noel Nichols, inventor of Vimto cordial
- John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958), an American ichthyologist and ornithologist
- Jonathan Nichols (Rhode Island politician) (1681–1727), colonial deputy governor of Rhode Island
- Joy Nichols, Australian radio and stage performer
- Joyce Nichols, American physicians assistant
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- Kathleen Nichols, American computer scientist and computer networking expert
- Kelly Nichols, former pornographic actress
- Keith Nichols (1945–2021), English jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger
- Kenneth Nichols, District Engineer of the Manhattan Project
- Kid Nichols (1869–1953), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies
- Kyra Nichols, American ballet dancer and teacher, former New York City Ballet principal dancer
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- Lawrence T. Nichols, Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University
- Larry D. Nichols, puzzle enthusiast and inventor
- Lew Nichols III (born 2001), American football player
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- Malcolm Nichols, journalist and a U.S. political figure from a Boston Brahmin family
- Marie Hochmuth Nichols, rhetorical critic
- Marisol Nichols, American actress
- Mark Nichols (disambiguation)
- Mary Ann Nichols, Whitechapel murder victim killed by Jack the Ripper
- Mike Nichols, Academy Award-winning film director
- Mike J. Nichols, film editor
- Minerva Parker Nichols, an early American female architect
- Mitch Nichols, Australian footballer
- Monae' Nichols (born 1998), American athlete
- Morris Nichols, called "Stan Nichols", leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s
- Moses Nichols, American physician, soldier, and leading citizen of Amherst, New Hampshire
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- Nathaniel B. Nichols (1914–1997), American control engineer
- Nichelle Nichols (1932–2022), American singer and actor
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- Peter Nichols (playwright) (1927–2019), English writer
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- Rachel Nichols (actress)
- Rachel Nichols (journalist)
- Rayshad Nichols (born 1999), American football player
- Rebecca S. Nichols (1819–1903), American poet
- Red Nichols (1905–1965), jazz cornettist
- Reid Nichols (1958 – ), American former Major League Baseball outfielder, now Farm Director/Director of Player Development for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Robert Nichols (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Robert Nichols (poet), English poet
- Robert Nichols (Texas politician), Texas State Senator
- Rob Nichols, American association executive and former public official
- Robbie Nichols, American football player
- Robbie Nichols (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Roger Nichols (songwriter)
- Roger Nichols (recording engineer)
- Roy Nichols, American country music guitarist
- Ross Nichols, Cambridge academic and published poet, artist and historian, who founded the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids
- Ruth Nichols, Canadian author
- Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901–1960), aviator
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- Sam Nichols (1829–1913), Minnesota and Washington state politician
- Sue C. Nichols, American artist
- Stan Nichols, English cricketer
- Stephen Nichols, American actor
- Steve Nichols, American Formula One car engineer and designer
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- Taylor Nichols (1959–present), American actor
- Ted Nichols (1929–present), American composer, conductor, arranger, educator, and minister of music
- Terry Nichols (1955–present), convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator
- Thomas Nichols (disambiguation), several people
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- Vincent Gerard Nichols, English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
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- William Nichols (disambiguation), several people
Fictional characters
- Jennifer Nichols, fictional character in the television show, The Brady Bunch
- Josh Nichols, fictional character in the series Drake and Josh
- Walter Nichols, fictional character in the series Drake and Josh
- Zach Nichols, a fictional character in the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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