Nicholson may refer to:

People:

• Jack Nicholson, American actor
• Max Nicholson, British nature conservationist
• Seth Barnes Nicholson, an American astronomer
• John Nicholson, a British East India Company General and war hero
• Leonard H. Nicholson World Organization of the Scout Movement Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1971
• Reynold A. Nicholson, British orientalist

Towns and cities:

• Nicholson, Georgia
• Nicholson, Pennsylvania
• Nicholson, Mississippi

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

• Nicholson's, a brewery in Maidenhead from 1840-1960

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