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)
• several people named Bill Nicholson
• Bob Nicholson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 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
• Danell Nicholson (born 1967), American boxer
• several people named David Nicholson
• Donte Nicholson (born 1981), American NFL football player
• Edward Max Nicholson (1904–2003), British environmentalist and ornithologist
• 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 (1909–1982), South African cricketer
• Geoff Nicholson (born 1953), British novelist and short story writer
• George Nicholson (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
• several people named John Nicholson
• 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 (1976), Canadian baseball player
• 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 (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey forward
• Sir Paul Nicholson (born 1938), British industrialist
• Peter Nicholson (born 1946), Australian political cartoonist
• Reynold A. Nicholson (1868–1945), British orientalist
• Rob Nicholson (born 1952), Canadian Politician
• Rob Nicholson (musician) (born 1969), American rock musician
• Robert Nicholson (judge), Australian jurist
• 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
• Russell Nicholson, American crime figure
• Samuel Caldwell Nicholson (died 1891), British trade unionist
• Samuel D. Nicholson (1859–1923), United States Senator from Colorado
• Scott Nicholson, American horror author
• 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
• Sue Nicholson, New Zealand psychic medium
• Susan Nicholson, Scottish reporter and news presenter
• Sir Sydney Nicholson (1875–1947), English choir directory, organist, composer, founder of the Royal College of Music
• Tony Nicholson (1938–1985), English cricketer
• Viv Nicholson (born 1936), British gambling winner and tabloid target
• several people named William Nicholson
• Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts) (1893–1981), English painter (married to Ben Nicholson)

Places

Australia