Nix (disambiguation)

Nix (disambiguation)

Nix is a water creature in German and Scandinavian folklore.

Nix may also refer to:

People

  • Bern Nix, U.S. jazz guitarist
  • Buddy Nix, American football coach, scout and current General Manager of the Buffalo Bills
  • Don Nix, U.S. songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author
  • Dyron Nix (born 1967), former American professional basketball player
  • Enoch T. Nix (1920-2001), Louisiana banker and member/president of the state board of education
  • Garth Nix (born 1963), Australian author of young adult fantasy novels
  • James R. Nix, director of the Ellen G. White Estate since 2000
  • Kirksey Nix, reputedly the leader of the Dixie Mafia
  • Kyle Nix (born 1986), Australian-born English footballer
  • Laynce Nix (born 1980), U.S. Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Matt Nix (born 1971), U.S. writer, producer, and director, known for creating Burn Notice
  • Peter Nix, English footballer, father of Kyle Nix
  • Robert N. C. Nix, Jr. (1928–2003), U.S. Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1984 to 1996
  • Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (1897–1987), first African American to represent Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives
  • Walter Nix, involved in a McDonalds dispute
  • Wendi Nix (born 1974), ESPN analyst
  • Willie Nix (d.1991), Blues drummer active in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1940s and 1950s
  • Nicholas Omar Diop Senegalese rapper who raps in French, better known as NiX
  • Nix, an evil cult leader portrayed in the movie Lord of Illusions
  • Nix, a supporting character in the video game Infamous 2.

Other

  • Nix (Permethrin), Brand-name of Permethrin (anti-lice drug) in North America
  • Nix (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus
  • Nix (moon), a natural satellite of Pluto
  • Nix Jeans, a domestic Korean clothing manufacturer and jeans label
  • Nix package manager, a "purely functional" package and configuration manager for computer systems
  • Norwegian Internet Exchange, the Internet exchange point in Oslo, Norway
  • Neutral Internet eXchange of the Czech Republic, the Internet exchange point in Prague, Czech Republic
  • "Nix", a song by Golden Boy with Miss Kittin from Or
  • nix is a shortening of German nichts (for nothing)
  • nix or *nix, a short-hand form referring to Unix-like computer operating systems
  • Nix, a nickname for sports teams with "Phoenix" as part of their names

See also

  • Nix Nought Nothing, a story collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales
  • Nix v. Hedden (1893), a case in the United States Supreme Court
  • Nix v. Whiteside (1986), a United States Supreme Court decision
  • Nyx (mythology), in Greek mythology, the primordial goddess of the night
  • NYX (comics), an American comic book miniseries by Marvel Comics
  • NYSE Group (NYX)
  • Nicks (disambiguation)

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