Nicholas

Nicholas is a surname and male given name .

Origin and meaning

The name is a form of the name Nikolaus and is common in English-speaking countries.

Name bearer

family name

• Adrian Nicholas (1962-2005), British skydiver
• Albert Nicholas (1900–1973), American jazz clarinetist
• Big Nick Nicholas (1922–1997), American jazz musician
• Charlie Nicholas (born 1961), Scottish football player
• Drew Nicholas (* 1981), American basketball player
• Fayard Nicholas (1914–2006), American dancer, singer, and actor
• Graydon Nicholas (born 1946), Canadian judge, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• Harold Nicholas (1921–2000), American tap dancer
• Jemima Nicholas (1755–1832), English resistance fighter
• Jeremy Nicholas (born 1947), English actor, author and musician
• Joanne Nicholas (* 1977), British badminton player
• John Nicholas (1764–1819), American lawyer and politician
• John Nicholas (ice hockey player) (born 1936), Australian ice hockey player
• Melford Nicholas (* in the 20th century), politician from Antigua and Barbuda
• Nick St. Nicholas (* 1943), German musician
• Peter Nicholas (entrepreneur) (* 1941), American entrepreneur
• Peter Nicholas (soccer player) (born 1959), Welsh soccer player and coach
• Peter Nicholas (sailor) (born 1963), New Zealand sailor
• Robert C. Nicholas (1793–1857), American politician
• Roger Nicholas (* 1958), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Thomas Ian Nicholas (* 1980), American film actor, film director, screenwriter and musician
• Tom Nicholas (* 1938), American jazz drummer and percussionist
• William H. Nicholas (1892–1984), American politician
• Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761-1820), American politician
• Wooden Joe Nicholas (1883–1957), American jazz musician

First name

• Nicholas A'Hern (* 1969), Australian walker
• Nicholas Alexander (* 1988), American ski jumper
• Nicholas Angelich (* 1970), American pianist
• Nicholas Angell (* 1979), American ice hockey player
• Nicholas Anziutti (* 1992), Italian grass skier
• Nicholas Bacon (1510–1579), English attorney, judge, and keeper of the Lord Seal of England
• Nicholas Ball († 1609), Irish politician, Mayor of Dublin
• Nicholas Banda (* 1950), Zambian politician
• Nicholas Barbon (1640–1698), English economist
• Nicholas Berg (1978-2004), American businessman, was beheaded in Iraq
• Nicholas Bett (1990-2018), Kenyan track and field athlete
• Nicholas Bodeux (* 1967), German actor
• Nicholas F. Brady (* 1930), American politician
• Nicholas William Brady (1791–1843), Irish politician
• Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016), Grenadian politician
• Nicholas Brendon (* 1971), American actor
• Nicholas Brimble (born 1944), British actor, see Nick Brimble
• Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934), English botanist and taxonomist
• Nicholas Bullen (* 1968), English musician and sound artist
• Nicholas Bussmann (* 1970), German pop musician and composer
• Nicholas Murray (* 1985), Jamaican reggae singer
• Nicholas Murray Butler (1862–1947), American philosopher and publicist
• Nicholas Chan (* 1986), Malaysian chess player
• Nicholas Kipkorir Chelimo (* 1983), Kenyan marathon runner
• Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (* 1931), South Korean clergyman, Archbishop of Seoul
• Nicholas Chia (* 1938), Chinese clergyman, Archbishop of Singapore
• Nicholas Christofilos (1916–1972), Greek-American physicist
• Nicholas Civella (1912-1983), American mobster
• Nicholas Clay (1946-2000), English actor
• Nicholas Colasanto (1924–1985), American actor
• Nicholas J. Conard (* 1961), American prehistoric
• Nicholas Cooke (1717–1782), American politician
• Nicholas Cords (* 1974), American violist
• Nicholas Corea (1943–1999), American screenwriter, producer, director and writer
• Nicholas Courtney (1929–2011), British actor
• Nicholas Cugnot (1725–1804), French designer
• Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), English botanist, physician and astrologer
• Nicholas D'Agosto (* 1980), American actor
• Nicholas D'Antonio Salza (1916–2009), American clergyman, prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la BVM en Olancho
• Nicholas Peter Dallis (1911–1991), American psychiatrist and comic book author
• Nicholas Davis Jr. (1825–1875), American politician
• Nicholas DiChario (* 1960), American writer, see Nick DiChario
• Nicholas Dunlop , Irish New Zealand political activist
• Nicholas Evans (* 1950), English journalist and writer
• Nicholas Evans (* 1956), Australian linguist and university professor
• Nicholas Fairall (* 1989), American ski jumper
• Nicholas Fish (1758–1833), American lawyer, officer, and politician
• Nicholas Gage (* 1939), Greek-American journalist and writer
• Nicholas Gargano (1934-2016), British boxer
• Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906–1994), Romanian economist
• Nicholas Georgiadis (1923–2001), Greek-British painter and costume and set designer
• Nicholas Goldschmidt (1908–2004), Czech-Canadian conductor, music teacher, singer and pianist
• Nicholas Gonzalez (born 1976), American actor
• Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (1953–2012), British historian
• Nicholas Green (* 1967), Australian rower
• Nicholas Grenon (1380–1456), Franco-Flemish composer, singer, cleric and music teacher
• Nicholas Grimshaw (* 1939), British architect
• Nicholas Han Jide , Chinese clergyman, Bishop of Pingliang
• Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661–1736), English architect
• Nicholas Heath (1501–1578), English clergyman, Archbishop of York
• Nicholas Henderson (1919–2009), British diplomat and author
• Nicholas Herkimer (1728–1777), British militia general in the American War of Independence
• Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619), English painter and seal cutter
• Nicholas von Hoffman (1929–2018), American journalist and book author
• Nicholas Hooper (* 1952), British film composer
• Nicholas Hoult (born 1989), British actor
• Nicholas Humphrey (* 1943), British psychologist
• Nicholas Hytner (* 1956), English director
• Nicholas Johannsen (1844–1928), German-American businessman and author
• Nicholas Kaiser (* 1954), British astronomer
• Nicholas Kaldor (1908–1986), Hungarian economist
• Nicholas Manza Kamakya (* 1985), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Nicholas Katz (* 1943), American mathematician
• Nicholas Katzenbach (1922–2012), American politician
• Nicholas Kaufmann (1892–1970), German doctor and film director
• Nicholas Kemboi (athlete, 1983) (* 1983), Qatari long-distance runner of Kenyan origin
• Nicholas Kemmer (1911–1998), British physicist
• Nicholas Keough (* 1989), American cyclocross rider
• Nik Kershaw (* 1958 as Nicholas David Kershaw), British pop musician
• Nicholas Kidd (* 1981), Australian badminton player of English origin
• Nicholas Kipruto Koech (* 1982), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Nicholas D. Kristof (* 1959), American journalist, author and columnist
• Nicholas Krushenick (1929–1999), American painter and printmaker
• Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666), English composer, singer, lutenist and painter
• Nicholas Lash (1934-2020), English theologian
• Nicholas Lea (born 1962), Canadian actor
• Nicholas Lens (* 1957), Belgian author and composer
• Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931), American writer
• Nicholas Liverpool (1934-2015), Dominican politician
• Nicholas Longworth (1869–1931), American politician (Republican Party)
• Nicholas of Lynne (around 1330 - after 1386), English Carmelite and astronomer
• Nicholas Maw (1935–2009), British composer
• Nicholas Metropolis (1915–1999), American physicist and computer scientist
• Nicholas Meyer (* 1945), American writer, screenwriter and director
• Nicholas Theodore Miniati (1860–1909), British-Greek chess player
• Nicholas Morello (1890–1916), Italian-American mafioso
• Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale (1923–2017), British peer, writer and politician
• Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940–2002), Zimbabwean sculptor
• Nicholas Negroponte (* 1943), American computer scientist
• Nicholas Ofczarek (* 1971), Austrian actor
• Nicholas Dikeriehi Orogodo Okoh (* 1952), Nigerian theologian and primate of the Church of Nigeria
• Nicholas R. Oleson (1966–1997), American actor
• Nicholas Patrick (* 1964), American astronaut
• Nicholas Payton (* 1973), American jazz trumpeter
• Nicholas Penny (* 1949), English art historian
• Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers (* 1938), British lawyer and judge
• Nicholas Pileggi (* 1933), American journalist and writer
• Nicholas Pocock (1740-1821), British painter
• Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), American film director
• Nicholas Reade (born 1946), British clergyman, Bishop of Blackburn
• Nicholas Reeves (* 1956), English Egyptologist
• Nicholas Rescher (* 1928), American philosopher
• Nicholas Ridley (Bishop) (around 1500–1555), English clergyman, Bishop of Rochester
• Nicholas Ridley (politician) (1929–1993), British politician
• Nicholas-Louis Robert (1761–1828), French inventor
• Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947), Russian painter and writer
• Nicholas Rogers (actor) (born 1969), Australian actor and model
• Nicholas Rowe (poet) (1673–1718), English civil servant, poet and playwright
• Nicholas Rowe (actor) (born 1966), British actor
• Nicholas Sagan (* 1970), American screenwriter and author, see Nick Sagan
• Nicholas Sanders (1530–1581), English theologian and polemicist
• Nicholas Sanderson (* 1984), Australian cyclist
• Nicholas Saunderson (1682–1739), English mathematician
• Nicholas Schenck (1881–1969), American filmmaker
• Nicholas Schmassmann (* 1960), Swiss motorcycle racer, see Niggi Schmassmann
• Nicholas Shackleton (1937-2006), British geologist
• Nicholas Shakespeare (* 1957), British journalist and author
• Nicholas Shaxton (1485–1556), English theologian and Bishop of Salisbury
• Nicholas Shepherd-Barron (* 1981), British mathematician
• Nicholas Shi Jin Xian (1921–2009), Chinese religious, Bishop of Shangqiu
• Nicholas Sims-Williams , British Iranist, orientalist and university professor
• Nicholas J. Sinnott (1870–1929), American politician
• Nicholas Skeres (1563 - after 1601), English spy
• Nicholas Sparks (* 1965), American writer
• Nicholas Sprenger (* 1985), Australian swimmer
• Nicholas Stern (* 1946), British economist
• Nicholas Stone (1583–1647), English sculptor and architect
• Nicholas Strange (* 1947), British economist and author
• Nicholas Throckmorton (1516–1571), English agent, diplomat and politician
• Nicholas Tongue (* 1973), New Zealand swimmer
• Nicholas Trist (1800–1874), American diplomat
• Nicholas Tse (* 1980), Chinese-Canadian actor and singer
• Nicholas Udall (1505–1556), English educator and playwright
• Nicholas Van Dyke junior (1770–1826), American lawyer and politician
• Nicholas Van Dyke Sr. (1738–1789), American lawyer and politician
• Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851), British politician and statesman
• Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785–1840), Irish zoologist, ornithologist and politician
• Nicholas Walker (* 1988), Australian cyclist
• Nicholas Ware (1769–1824), American politician
• Nicholas White (* 1974), South African racing cyclist
• Nicholas Wilkinson (* 1988), Norwegian-British politician
• Nicholas Winton (1909–2015), British citizen, child rescuer from the Holocaust
• Nicholas Wiseman (1802–1865), English theologian and clergyman, Archbishop of Westminster
• Nicholas Worth (1937–2007), American actor
• Nicholas Thomas Wright (born 1948), British theologian and clergyman, Bishop of Durham
• Nicholas Wyman (born 1950), American musical performer and actor

Intermediate name

• Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831–1897), German-American botanist
• Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837–1914), American ichthyologist
• Henry Nicholas Gunther (1895–1918), American soldier
• Paul Nicholas Lekuraa (* 1972), Kenyan marathon runner
• Martin Nicholas Lohmuller (1919–2017), American theologian, auxiliary bishop in Philadelphia
• Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), English botanist
• Ogden Nicholas Rood (1831–1902), American physicist
• François Nicholas Riss (1804–1886), Russian painter of French descent
• William Nicholas Selig (1864–1948), American film producer
• Arthur Nicholas Tafoya (1933–2018), American clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Pueblo
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb (* 1960), American philosopher

stage name

• Pax Nicholas (* 1954), Ghanaian singer and percussionist

See also

• Nicholas Range , mountain range in Enderbyland, Antarctica
• Nicholas reaction , chemical reaction for the conversion of stabilized propargylic cations with nucleophiles
• Mount Nicholas , mountain on Alexander I Island, Antarctica