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, often short for

Nicole Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Euro ...

Nicholas Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...

, Nicola, or

Dominic Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". The most promi ...

. It is also a component of Irish-language female surnames. It may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Nic Dalton Nicholas James "Nic" Dalton (born 14 November 1964) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and record label owner. He was a member of various Australian bands including, The Plunderers (band), The Plunderers (1984–95), Godstar (band), Godstar ...

(born 1964), Australian musician *

Nic Endo Nic Endo (born January 7, 1976) is a Japanese-German-American noise musician who plays with the German digital hardcore group Atari Teenage Riot. The daughter of a Japanese mother and a German father, Endo was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. Backgr ...

(born 1976), Japanese-German-American noise musician *

Nic Fiddian-Green Nic Fiddian-Green (born 1963) is a British sculptor, who specialises is making lifelike models of horses' heads, both smaller and larger than life-sized. Early life Born in Ireland, Fiddian-Green was educated at Eton College. Later, as a f ...

(born 1963), British sculptor *

Nic Gotham Nicholas Ivor Gotham, known as Nic Gotham, (27 September 1959 – 25 July 2013) was a Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer. His 1992 chamber opera, '' Nigredo Hotel'', won two Dora Awards and was nominated for the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play ...

(1959–2013), Canadian jazz musician *

Nic Harcourt Nic Harcourt (born September 23, 1957) is an English-born American radio and television presenter, producer, and journalist best known as the former Music Director and on-air presenter for the Santa Monica, California-based radio station KCRW. Ha ...

(born 1957), English-American radio and TV presenter *

Nic Hill Nic Hill is an American film director. He has directed films including ''Truth in Numbers?'', ''Tokyo to Osaka'', and ''Piece by Piece (2005 film), Piece by Piece''. Filmography References External links

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(born 1981), American film director *

Nic Jones Nic Jones (born Nicolas Paul Jones; 9 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Regarded as a prominent figure of the British folk revival, he has recorded five solo albums and collaborated with various musicians. Biography ...

(born 1947), English folk musician *

Nic Nac Nicholas Matthew Balding (born July 5, 1989), known professionally as Nic Nac, is an American record producer and songwriter from El Cerrito, California. He is best known for producing a string of successful hip hop singles during the mid-2010 ...

(born 1989), American record producer and rapper *

Nic Nassuet Nicholas Bryan Trammell, better known by his stage name Nic Nassuet and also known professionally as Nick Ortiz-Trammell, is an American gothic-folk musician based in Hollywood, California. Career After years of work with theater group PHAMALY ...

, American musician * Nic Parry, Welsh TV presenter *

Nic Pizzolatto Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto (born October 18, 1975) is an American author, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating the HBO crime drama series ''True Detective'' (2014–present). Early life Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto ...

(born 1975), American writer and producer *

Nic Potter Nic Potter (18 October 1951 – 16 January 2013) was a British bassist, composer and painter, best known for his work with the group Van der Graaf Generator in the 1970s. Biography Nic Potter was born in Wiltshire and left school at 15, origin ...

(1951–2013), British musician and painter *

Nic Robertson Dominic Robertson (born 1962) is the international diplomatic editor of CNN. Career Robertson joined CNN in 1990 and is currently the network's international diplomatic editor, based in London. His reporting has focused on global terrorism and ...

(born 1962), British CNN correspondent *

Nic Romm Nicolas "Nic" Romm (born 1974) is a Germans, German actor. Life and work After Nic Romm finished the gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Jülich, a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, he visited the ''Hoch ...

(born 1974), German actor *

Nic Sadler Nic Sadler is a British/Australian cinematographer, photographer and inventor, living in Los Angeles. Early life Sadler was born in East London in May 1965, to an Anglo-Indian mother and a British-Roma father. His mother Elizabeth "Betty" King ...

(born 1965), British cinematographer *

Nic Schiøll Nicolai Marius "Nic" Schiøll (10 October 1901 – 29 December 1984) was a Norwegian sculptor and painter. He was most known for his public works, ornamental sculptures and memorials. Biography Schiøll was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), N ...

(1901–1984), Norwegian sculptor *

Nic Schröder Nicolaj Schröder (born 14 February 1980 in Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malm� ...

(born 1980), Swedish actor and singer *

Nic Testoni Nicolas John Testoni, billed as Nic Testoni is an Australian actor and television presenter. He took the role of Travis Nash on TV soap opera, ''Home and Away'', from 1995 to 1999. He won the Most Popular New Talent category at the Logie Award ...

(born 1972), Australian actor and presenter *

Nic Westaway Nicholas Westaway (born 20 January 1989) is an Australian actor and singer. From 2012 until 2016, he starred as Kyle Braxton in the soap opera ''Home and Away''. Early life Westaway was raised in Margaret River. He has two brothers. Westaway ...

(born 1989), Australian actor and singer

Politics

Nic Curry Nic Curry is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of Kildonan in the 2016 election. He is a member of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party. He did not st ...

, Canadian politician *

Nic Dakin Sir Nicholas Dakin (born 10 July 1955) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scunthorpe since 2024, having previously served from 2010 to 2019. A member of the Labour party, he has served as Parliamentary ...

(born 1955), British politician *

Nic Kipke Nicholaus Ryan Kipke (born January 26, 1979) is an American politician. Since 2007, he has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland House of Delegates District 31, District 31. He previously served as the Minori ...

(born 1979), American politician *

Nic Leblanc Nic Leblanc (born 15 November 1941) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1997. He is a businessperson by career. Born in Sainte-Monique, Quebec, Leblanc was first elected in the Longueuil electoral district under the ...

(born 1941), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 2000 *

Nic Lott Nicholas A. "Nic" Lott (born May 8, 1979 in Taylorsville, Mississippi), is the first black student to have been elected student body president at the University of Mississippi at Oxford. Lott defeated five other candidates in the race at an instit ...

(born 1979), American politician *

Nic Street Nicholas Adam Street (born 1979) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in a countback conducted on 1 March 2016, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Paul Harriss, and served until his defeat a ...

(born 1979), Australian politician

Sports

Nic Belasco Nicholas M. Bayaca Belasco (born December 10, 1973) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 2nd overall by Sunki ...

(born 1973), Filipino-American basketball player *

Nic Beveridge Nic Beveridge (born 14 July 1986) is an elite Australian triathlete with a disability. He represented Australia at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal. He has competed at three Summer Paralympics. Personal Bever ...

(born 1987), Australian paratriathlete *

Nic Demski Nic Demski (born December 14, 1993) is a Canadian football slotback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Demski won the 107th and 108th Grey Cups with his hometown Blue Bombers, both times defeating the Hamilton T ...

(born 1993), Canadian football player *

Nic Fink Nicolas Fink (born July 3, 1993) is an American competitive swimmer. He is a five-time world champion in breaststroke events and a 2024 Olympic Silver Medalist in the 100 meter breaststroke. He is a world record holder in the short course 4× ...

(born 1993), American swimmer * Nic Fosdike (born 1980), Australian rules football player * Nic Grigsby (born 1988), American-born Canadian football player * Nic Grindrod (born 1975), English racing driver * Nic Harris (born 1986), American football player * Nic Jacobs (born 1991), American football player *

Nic Jones (American football) Nicholas Jones (born October 15, 2001) is an American professional football cornerback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ball State Cardinals. Early life and college Jones was born ...

(born 2001), American football player * Nic Kerdiles (1994–2023), American ice hockey player *

Nic Lentz Nicolas James Lentz (born December 28, 1989) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. He made his debut on April 20, 2016, in Miami. He wears number 59, which was most recently worn by former umpire Jon Byrne. During the 2016 season, Le ...

(born 1989), American baseball umpire *

Nic Maddinson Nicolas James Maddinson (born 21 December 1991) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has represented Australia in both Test matches and Twenty20 Internationals. Domestically he plays for New South Wales and the Sy ...

(born 1991), Australian cricketer *

Nic Moore Nic Moore (born July 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. Moore played college basketball for the SMU Mustangs. He was named American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Moore previously com ...

(born 1992), American basketball player *

Nic Naitanui Nicholas Naitanui (; born 4 May 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was born in Sydney to Fijians, Fijian parents, and his family moved to Perth, Western ...

(born 1990), Australian rules football player * Nic Newman (born 1993), Australian rules football player *

Nic O'Brien Nic O'Brien (born 1 January 1980) is a former New Zealand hurdler. He held the national record over the 400m hurdles from 2003 until 2014. O'Brien studied at Villanova University Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic ...

(born 1980), New Zealand hurdler * Nic Pothas (born 1973), South African cricketer *

Nic Rausch Nicolas "Nic" Rausch (20 August 1900 in Bigonville – 13 March 1977) was a Luxembourgish cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and offic ...

(fl. 1924), Luxembourgian cyclist *

Nic Roeser Nicolas Roeser (8 November 1896 – 27 July 1997) was a Luxembourgish gymnast who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics where, representing Société de Gymnastique Grund, Luxembourg, Grund, his best individual finish was joint-32nd (with Ladi ...

(1896–1997), Luxembourgian gymnast *

Nic Roldan Nicolas Ezequiel Roldan (born December 4, 1982) is an American polo player and model. Biography Early life He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Caitlin KeatingGalloping Into a World That Stretches Beyond Polo ''The New York Times'', July 2 ...

(born 1982), American polo player and model *

Nic Scourton Nictiedric J. Scourton (born August 25, 2004) is an American professional football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and Texas A&M Aggies. Scourton ...

(born 2004), American football player * Nic Stene (1921–2006), Norwegian speed skater *

Nic Strange Nicolas Strange (born 26 March 1987) is a Welsh badminton player. He won five men's doubles title at the Welsh National Championships and three international title in Slovak International, Slovak, Iceland International, Iceland and Cyprus Intern ...

(born 1987), Welsh badminton player * Nic Taylor (born 1991), English-Montserratian footballer * Nic Wise (born 1987), American basketball player *

Nic Woods Nicholas James Woods (born 26 August 1995) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for German club Hamburger Polo Club and the New Zealand national team. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Ja ...

(born 1995), New Zealand field hockey player * Nic Youngblud (born 1981), Canadian water polo player

Rugby union

* Nic Berry (born 1984), Australian rugby union player and referee * Nic Cudd (born 1988), Welsh rugby union player *

Nic Fitisemanu Nic Fitisemanu is a retired New Zealand rugby union player of Samoan descent who played number 8 for Nottingham, Newport Gwent Dragons and Bourg-en-Bresse. He is now coaching at his former club Marist St Pats in Wellington. He is a relative ...

(born 1978), New Zealand rugby union player *

Nic Groom Nicholas James Groom (born 22 February 1990) is a South African rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half. Career A winner of the Varsity Cup with UCT in 2011, Groom received a swift call up to the Stormers side at the tail-end of the Supe ...

(born 1990), South African rugby union player *

Nic Henderson Nic Henderson (born 1 May 1981), is an Australian rugby union player. He played with the Brumbies before joining the Melbourne Rebels for the 2011 and 2012 Super Rugby seasons. He also has three test caps. Henderson retired after the 2013 Super ...

(born 1981), Australian rugby union player *

Nic Johnson Nicholas Johnson (born April 15, 1983) is an American rugby union player. Johnson played flanker and Number 8 (rugby union), Number 8 for the USA Eagles. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe, and ...

(born 1983), American rugby union player * Nic Mayhew (born 1988), New Zealand rugby union player *

Nic Reynolds Nic Reynolds (born 7 April 1989) is a Welsh rugby union footballer. He is tall and weighs . He currently plays at centre for London Welsh in the Aviva Premiership, having previously made over 100 appearances for Llanelli RFC and over 50 appear ...

(born 1989), Welsh rugby union player *

Nic Rouse Nic Rouse (born 10 February 1981 in Chatham, Kent, England) is a former rugby union player for London Irish in the RFU Premiership. He previously played for Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a lock. Rouse joined Sale Sharks in ...

(born 1981), English rugby union player *

Nic Sestaret Nicolas Sestaret (born 26 July 1982) is a former professional Rugby Union player. Sestaret played both at centre and on the wing. He finished his playing career for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. In 2014 he was appointed Head of Rugby ...

(born 1982), French rugby union player *

Nic Stirzaker Nic Stirzaker (born 8 March 1991) is a former Australian rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is scrum-half and most recently played for the Montauban in the Pro D2. Prior to that he represented the Rebels in Super Rugby and M ...

(born 1991), Australian rugby union player *

Nic White Nicolas William White (born 13 June 1990) is an Australia professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Super Rugby club Western Force and the Australia national team. Early life White attended St Gregory's College, Cam ...

(born 1990), Australian rugby union player

Others

* Nic Knudtzon (1922–2013), Norwegian telecommunications engineer *

Nic Radford Nicolaus Adam Radford known as Nic Radford (born November 5, 1977) is an American engineer, roboticist, inventor, and entrepreneur raising over $250mm in funding for his companies. He is the former president and CEO of Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (N ...

(born 1977), American engineer *

Nic Szeremeta Nic Szeremeta (1943 – 25 January 2021) was a poker player of English and Polish descent, the publisher of ''Poker Europa'' magazine, and creator of the ''Late Night Poker'' television series (and commentator with Jesse May during its first t ...

(born 1943), English poker player *

Nic Waal Nic Waal, born Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen in Kristiania, Norway (1 January 1905 – 28 May 1960) was a Norwegian psychiatrist, noted for her work among children and adolescents in Norway where she is known as "the mother of Norwegian pediatr ...

(1905–1960), Norwegian psychiatrist

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