Nicholson (name)

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Region of origin England, Germany
Meaning derived from "Son of Nichol" Related names DeNicola, DiNicola, McNichol, McNicholl, McNicol, Mikołajewicz, Mykolayenko, Mykolenko Nicolăescu, Nicolescu, Niculescu, Nigog(h)osian, Nigog(h)osyan, Nikog(h)osian, Nikog(h)osyan, Nikoladze, Nikolajević, Nikolaou, Nikolayev, Nikolayevsky, Nikolaou, Nikolić, Nikolopoulos, Nikolov, Nikolovski, Papanikolaou

Nicholson is a surname of northern English and German origin. It is a patronymic form of the given name Nichol, which was a common medieval form of Nicholas.

People

A. Nicholson (rugby league player), Australian rugby league footballer

Aideen Nicholson (born 1927), Irish-born Canadian politician

A. J. Nicholson (born 1983), American football linebacker

Alexander Malcolm Nicholson (1900–1991), Canadian clergyman, farmer, and politician

Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808–1876), United States Senator from Tennessee

Alistair Nicholson (born 1978), Australian rules footballer

Archibald Keightley Nicholson (1871–1937), British ecclesiastical stained-glass maker

Barry Nicholson (born 1978), Scottish footballer

Ben Nicholson (1894–1982), English abstract painter (married to Winifred Nicholson)

Bill Nicholson (disambiguation), several people

Bob Nicholson (disambiguation), several people

Bruce Nicholson, special effects artist

Sir Charles Nicholson (1808–1903), British–Australian politician

Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson (1867–1949), British ecclesiastical architect

Charles Ernest Nicholson, (1868 - 1954) British yacht designer

Christopher Nicholson (1904–1948), British architect and designer

Claude Nicholson, Australian rugby league footballer

Claude Nicholson, (1898–1943) British Brigadier, in command of Calais during the Siege of Calais (1940)

Danell Nicholson (born 1967), American boxer

David Nicholson (disambiguation), several people

Donald Nicholson (disambiguation), multiple people

Donte Nicholson (born 1981), American NFL football player

Edward Max Nicholson (1904–2003), British environmentalist and ornithologist

Elliot Nicholson (1871–1953), English rugby union player

Elwyn Nicholson (1923-2014), American businessman and politician

Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (born 1941), British politician

Rev Ernest Nicholson (1938 - 2013), British biblical scholar

Francis Nicholson (1655–1727/8), British military officer and colonial governor

Francis Nicholson (painter) (1753–1844), British artist

Frank Nicholson (disambiguation), several people

Geoff Nicholson (born 1953), British novelist and short story writer

George Nicholson (printer) (1760–1825), British printer

George Nicholson (footballer), English footballer

Sir Godfrey Nicholson (1901–1991), British Conservative Party politician

Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), American art collector and art dealer

Harold James Nicholson (born 1950), CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia

Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1816-1878), British palaeontologist and zoologist

J.C. Nicholson (born 1942), American judge

Jack Nicholson (born 1937), American actor

James W. Nicholson (1821–1887), U.S. Navy officer during Mexican–American War and Civil War

Jim Nicholson (U.S. politician) (born 1938), United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Joe Nicholson (1898–1978), English footballer

John Nicholson (disambiguation), several people

Joseph Hopper Nicholson (1770–1817), American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Maryland

Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850–1927), English economist

Joyce Nicholson (born 1919), Australian author

Julianne Nicholson (born 1971), American actress

John Kenyon Nicholson, American playwright

Ken Nicholson, video game developer and Windows graphics pioneer

Kevin Nicholson (disambiguation), several people

Luther Bell Nicholson (1902-1974) Lt. Commander and Naval Aviator WWII, pilot for Ambassador Kennedy.

Leonard Nicholson (1904–1983), tenth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1951–1959)

Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Canadian children's writer

Lorraine Nicholson, American actress, daughter of Jack Nicholson

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890–1968), American pulp magazine writer and comic book pioneer

Matthew Nicholson (born 1974), Australian cricketer

Meredith Nicholson (1866–1947), American author and politician

Meredith Merle Nicholson (1913–2005), American cinematographer

Michael Nicholson (1937–2016), English journalist

Myra Nicholson (1894–2007), Australian supercentenarian

Nancy Nicholson (1899–1977), British painter and fabric designer

Natalie Nicholson (born 1976), American curler

Neil Nicholson (cricketer), (English cricketer)

Norman Nicholson (1914–1987), English poet

Ossie Nicholson (1906–1965), Australian cyclist

Parson Nicholson (1863–1917), American Major League Baseball player

Paul Nicholson (ice hockey) (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey forward

Paul Nicholson (industrialist) (born 1938), British industrialist

Paul Nicholson (darts player) (born 1979), English-born Australian darts player

Peter Nicholson (architect) (1765–1844), British architect, engineer and mathematician

Peter Nicholson (cartoonist) (born 1946), Australian political cartoonist

Reginald Nicholson (1869-1946), English politician

Reginald F. Nicholson (1852-1939), United States Navy admiral

Reynold A. Nicholson (1868–1945), British orientalist

Richard Nicholson (composer) (c1570–1639), English composer

Richard Nicholson (dates unknown), Australian paralympics competitor

Robert Nicholson (disambiguation), several people

Roscoe Nicholson (1887–1959), American surveyor and conservationist

Ross Nicholson (born 1975), New Zealand football goalkeeper

Roxie Nicholson (born 1950), U.S. Department of Labor welfare policy analyst

Russ Nicholson, British illustrator

Samuel Caldwell Nicholson (died 1891), British trade unionist

Samuel D. Nicholson (1859–1923), United States Senator from Colorado

Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891–1963), American astronomer

Shane Nicholson (born 1970), English footballer

Skonk Nicholson (born 1917), South African rugby coach

Stuart Nicholson (1987), English footballer

Sir Sydney Nicholson (1875–1947), English choir directory, organist, composer, founder of the Royal College of Music

Thomas Nicholson American health educator

Tony Nicholson (1938–1985), English cricketer

Viv Nicholson (born 1936), British gambling winner and tabloid target

William Nicholson (disambiguation), several people

Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts) (1893–1981), English painter (married to Ben Nicholson)

References

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