John Nicholson may refer to:

In politics

* John Nicholson (Yarmouth MP), Member of Parliament for

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth ( ), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. Its fishing industry, m ...

1698–1700, 1702–08 * John Nicholson (New York politician) (1765–1820), United States Representative from New York * John A. Nicholson (1827–1906), United States Representative from Delaware * John Nicholson (New South Wales politician) (1840–1919), New South Wales politician * John Robert Nicholson (1901–1983), Canadian former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia * John Sanctuary Nicholson (1863–1924), British politician and soldier * John Nicholson (Western Australian politician) (1867–1941), Western Australian politician

In sports

* John Nicholson (footballer, born 1936) (1936–1966), English footballer * John Nicholson (Scottish footballer) (1888–1970), Scottish footballer * John Nicholson (racing driver) (1941–2017), New Zealand racing driver * John Nicholson (football secretary) (1864–1932), 'manager' of Sheffield United F.C. * John Nicholson (athlete) (1889–1940), American track and field athlete * John Nicholson (cyclist) (born 1949), cyclist from Australia * John Nicholson (Cambridge University cricketer) (1822–1861), English cricketer, played for Cambridge University in 1845 * John Nicholson (Northamptonshire cricketer) (1903–1950), English cricketer, played for Northamptonshire * Jack Nicholson (footballer) (1892–1967), former Australian rules footballer

In military

John Nicholson (East India Company officer) Brigadier General John Nicholson, (11 December 1822 – 23 September 1857) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who rose to prominence during his career in British India. Born in Ireland, Nicholson moved to the Indian subcontinent at a young ag ...

(1821–1857), Irish-born military figure known as the "Hero of Delhi" * John Nicholson (naval officer) (1756–1844), Continental Navy officer during the American Revolution * John W. Nicholson (born c. 1934), retired U.S. Army general *

John W. Nicholson Jr. John William "Mick" Nicholson Jr. (born 8 May 1957) is a retired United States Army four-star General (United States), general who last commanded U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and the 41-nation NATO-led Resolute Support Mission from 2 Ma ...

(born 1957), U.S. Army general

In other fields

John Nicholson (poet) John Nicholson (29 November 1790 – 14 April 1843) was popularly known as the Airedale Poet and also as the Bingley Byron. His most notable work was ''Airedale in Ancient Times''. He died trying to cross the swollen River Aire near to Dixon Mi ...

(1790–1843), 'The Airedale Poet' * John Nicholson (orientalist) (1809–1886), English independent scholar * John Henry Nicholson (1838–1923), Australian writer *

John William Nicholson John William Nicholson, FRS (1 November 1881 – 3 October 1955) was an English mathematician and physicist. Nicholson is noted as the first to create an atomic model that quantized angular momentum as h/2π. Nicholson was also the first to cre ...

(1881–1955), English mathematician *Sir John Rumney Nicholson (1866–1939), British engineer * John Nicholson (author), Australian children's author * John Nicholson, engine driver and contributor to the invention of the compound steam locomotive *

Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, often playing rebels fighting against the social structure. Over his five-de ...

(John Nicholson, born 1937), American actor *

John Lambert (martyr) John Lambert (died 1538) was an English Protestant martyr burnt to death on 22 November 1538 at Smithfield, London. Life Lambert was born John Nicholson in Norwich and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he became a friend and a colle ...

(John Nicholson, died 1538), English Protestant martyr * John Nicholson (priest) (1908–1983), Archdeacon of Doncaster from 1955 to 1959 * John Beauchamp Nicholson (1852–?), architect in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * John H. Nicholson (1889–1972), vice-chancellor of the University of Hull * Sir John Nicholson, 2nd Baronet (1911–1993), Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight *

John Gambril Nicholson John Gambril (Francis) Nicholson (1866–1931) was an English school teacher, poet, and amateur photographer. He was one of the Uranians, a clandestine group of British men who wrote poetry idealizing the beauty and love of adolescent boys. As a ...

(1866–1931), English schoolteacher, poet, and amateur photographer

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