Nicholson

Nicholson
Family name
Meaning	derived from "Son of Nichol"
Region of origin	England, Scotland
Footnotes: [1]

Nicholson is a surname of northern English and Scottish origin. It is a patronymic form of the given name Nichol, which was a common medieval form of Nicholas.^[2]

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
• Sir Charles Nicholson (1808–1903), British–Australian politician
• Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson (1867–1949), British ecclesiastical architect
• 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
• 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
• Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (born 1941), British politician
• 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
• Harold James Nicholson (born 1950), CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia
• Jack Nicholson, 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
• 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 (born 1937), 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
• 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
• Reynold A. Nicholson (1868–1945), British orientalist
• 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)

Places

Australia

• Nicholson, Victoria
• Nicholson County, New South Wales
• Nicholson River (Victoria)
• Nicholson River (Western Australia)
• Nicholson Road, Perth
• Nicholson Street, Melbourne

Hong Kong

• Mount Nicholson, Hong Kong Island

United States

• Nicholson, Georgia
• Nicholson Island (Pennsylvania)
• Nicholson, Mississippi
• Nicholson, Pennsylvania
• Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
• Nicholson Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
• Dr. Malcolm Nicholson Farmhouse, historic farmhouse in Havana, Florida

Craters

• Nicholson crater, in Canada
• Nicholson (lunar crater)
• Nicholson (crater on Mars)

Other uses

• Crest Nicholson, British housebuilding company
• Nicholson File, popular brand of tool used to shape various type of materials through the process of material removal
• Nicholson's, a brewery in Maidenhead from 1840-1960
• Nicholson v. Haldimand-Norfolk Reg. Police Commrs., Supreme Court of Canada decision
• USS Nicholson, several ships in the United States Navy
• Nicholson Waterway Maps, a range of maps in the United Kingdom that covers Inland Waterways.
• Port Nicholson - former name of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand

References

1. ^ British surnames
2. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. 

See also

• Nicolson (disambiguation)

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