<Tr> <Th> Variant (s) </Th> <Td> DeNicola, DiNicola, McNichol, McNicholl, McNicol, Mikołajewicz, Mykolayenko, Mykolenko Nicolăescu, Nicolescu, Niculescu, Nielsen, Nigog (h) osian, Nigog (h) osyan, Nikog (h) osian, Nikog (h) osyan, Nikoladze, Nikolajević, Nikolaou, Nikolayev, Nikolayevsky, Nikolaou, Nikolić, Nikolopoulos, Nikolov, Nikolovski, Nilsen, Nilsson, Papanikolaou </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Footnotes: </Td> </Tr> <P> Nicholson is a Germanic surname . It is a patronymic form of the given name Nichol, which was a common medieval form of Nicholas . </P> <Ul> <Li> A. Nicholson (rugby league player), Australian rugby league footballer </Li> <Li> Aideen Nicholson (born 1927), Irish - born Canadian politician </Li> <Li> A.J. Nicholson (born 1983), American football linebacker </Li> <Li> Alexander Malcolm Nicholson (1900--1991), Canadian clergyman, farmer, and politician </Li> <Li> Alfred O.P. Nicholson (1808--1876), United States Senator from Tennessee </Li> <Li> Alistair Nicholson (born 1978), Australian rules footballer </Li> <Li> Anne - Marie Nicholson (born 1991), English singer and songwriter known professionally as Anne - Marie </Li> <Li> Archibald Keightley Nicholson (1871--1937), British ecclesiastical stained - glass maker </Li> <Li> Asenath Nicholson (1792--1855), American activist, writer and philanthropist </Li> <Li> Barry Nicholson (born 1978), Scottish footballer </Li> <Li> Ben Nicholson (1894--1982), English abstract painter (married to Winifred Nicholson) </Li> <Li> Bill Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Bob Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Bruce Nicholson, special effects artist </Li> <Li> Sir Charles Nicholson (1808--1903), British--Australian politician </Li> <Li> Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson (1867--1949), British ecclesiastical architect </Li> <Li> Charles Ernest Nicholson, (1868 - 1954) British yacht designer </Li> <Li> Christopher Nicholson (1904--1948), British architect and designer </Li> <Li> Claude Nicholson, Australian rugby league footballer </Li> <Li> Claude Nicholson, (1898--1943) British Brigadier, in command of Calais during the Siege of Calais (1940) </Li> <Li> Danell Nicholson (born 1967), American boxer </Li> <Li> David Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Donald Nicholson (disambiguation), multiple people </Li> <Li> Donte Nicholson (born 1981), American NFL football player </Li> <Li> Edward Max Nicholson (1904--2003), British environmentalist and ornithologist </Li> <Li> Eliza Jane Nicholson (1843--1896), American journalist </Li> <Li> Elliot Nicholson (1871--1953), English rugby union player </Li> <Li> Elwyn Nicholson (1923 - 2014), American businessman and politician </Li> <Li> Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (born 1941), British politician </Li> <Li> Rev Ernest Nicholson (1938 - 2013), British biblical scholar </Li> <Li> Francis Nicholson (1655--1727 / 8), British military officer and colonial governor </Li> <Li> Francis Nicholson (painter) (1753--1844), British artist </Li> <Li> Frank Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Geoff Nicholson (born 1953), British novelist and short story writer </Li> <Li> George Nicholson (printer) (1760--1825), British printer </Li> <Li> George Nicholson (footballer), English footballer </Li> <Li> Sir Godfrey Nicholson (1901--1991), British Conservative Party politician </Li> <Li> Grace Nicholson (1877 - 1948), American art collector and art dealer </Li> <Li> Harold James Nicholson (born 1950), CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia </Li> <Li> Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1816 - 1878), British palaeontologist and zoologist </Li> <Li> J.C. Nicholson (born 1942), American judge </Li> <Li> Jack Nicholson (born 1937), American actor </Li> <Li> James W. Nicholson (1821--1887), U.S. Navy officer during Mexican--American War and Civil War </Li> <Li> Jim Nicholson (U.S. politician) (born 1938), United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs </Li> <Li> Joe Nicholson (1898--1978), English footballer </Li> <Li> John Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Joseph Hopper Nicholson (1770--1817), American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Maryland </Li> <Li> Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850--1927), English economist </Li> <Li> Joyce Nicholson (born 1919), Australian author </Li> <Li> Julianne Nicholson (born 1971), American actress </Li> <Li> John Kenyon Nicholson, American playwright </Li> <Li> Ken Nicholson, video game developer and Windows graphics pioneer </Li> <Li> Kevin Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Leonard Nicholson (1904--1983), tenth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1951--1959) </Li> <Li> Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Canadian children's writer </Li> <Li> Lorraine Nicholson, American actress, daughter of Jack Nicholson </Li> <Li> Malcolm Wheeler - Nicholson (1890--1968), American pulp magazine writer and comic book pioneer </Li> <Li> Marjorie Nicholson (1914--1997), British activist </Li> <Li> Matthew Nicholson (born 1974), Australian cricketer </Li> <Li> Meredith Nicholson (1866--1947), American author and politician </Li> <Li> Meredith Merle Nicholson (1913--2005), American cinematographer </Li> <Li> Michael Nicholson (1937--2016), English journalist </Li> <Li> Myra Nicholson (1894--2007), Australian supercentenarian </Li> <Li> Nancy Nicholson (1899--1977), British painter and fabric designer </Li> <Li> Natalie Nicholson (born 1976), American curler </Li> <Li> Neil Nicholson (cricketer), (English cricketer) </Li> <Li> Norman Nicholson (1914--1987), English poet </Li> <Li> Ossie Nicholson (1906--1965), Australian cyclist </Li> <Li> Parson Nicholson (1863--1917), American Major League Baseball player </Li> <Li> Paul Nicholson (ice hockey) (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey forward </Li> <Li> Paul Nicholson (industrialist) (born 1938), British industrialist </Li> <Li> Paul Nicholson (darts player) (born 1979), English - born Australian darts player </Li> <Li> Peter Nicholson (architect) (1765--1844), British architect, engineer and mathematician </Li> <Li> Peter Nicholson (cartoonist) (born 1946), Australian political cartoonist </Li> <Li> Reginald Nicholson (1869 - 1946), English politician </Li> <Li> Reginald F. Nicholson (1852 - 1939), United States Navy admiral </Li> <Li> Reynold A. Nicholson (1868--1945), British orientalist </Li> <Li> Richard Nicholson (composer) (c1570--1639), English composer </Li> <Li> Richard Nicholson (dates unknown), Australian paralympics competitor </Li> <Li> Robert Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Roscoe Nicholson (1887--1959), American surveyor and conservationist </Li> <Li> Ross Nicholson (born 1975), New Zealand football goalkeeper </Li> <Li> Roxie Nicholson (born 1950), U.S. Department of Labor welfare policy analyst </Li> <Li> Russ Nicholson, British illustrator </Li> <Li> Samuel Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891--1963), American astronomer </Li> <Li> Shane Nicholson (born 1970), English footballer </Li> <Li> Skonk Nicholson (born 1917), South African rugby coach </Li> <Li> Stan Nicholson, rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s </Li> <Li> Stuart Nicholson (1987), English footballer </Li> <Li> Sir Sydney Nicholson (1875--1947), English choir directory, organist, composer, founder of the Royal College of Music </Li> <Li> Thomas Nicholson American health educator </Li> <Li> Tony Nicholson (1938--1985), English cricketer </Li> <Li> Viv Nicholson (born 1936), British gambling winner and tabloid target </Li> <Li> William Nicholson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts) (1893--1981), English painter (married to Ben Nicholson) </Li> </Ul>

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