Famous People with Name Nicholas

Nicholas "Nick" Cvjetkovich            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas "Nick" Cvjetkovich: is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known as The Original Sinn, or simply Sinn (also stylized as SiNN). He most recently worked for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand as Kizarny.Cvjetkovich made his debut in Total Nonstop Action

Nicholas ("Nick") James Brunelli            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas ("Nick") James Brunelli: is a freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the men's 4x100 m medley relay event at the 2003 Pan American Games. He is also the American Record holder in the 50 freestyle in short course meters format.

Nicholas Thomas Nerich            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas Thomas Nerich: was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the 1912 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 400 metre freestyle event as well as in the quarter-finals of the 100 metre freestyle competition.

Nicholas ("Nick") Thoman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas ("Nick") Thoman: is an American backstroke swimmer. He currently holds the world record in the 100 m backstroke (short course). At the 2010 National Championships, Thoman qualified to swim at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he will compete in the 50, 10

Nicholas Salvatore "Nick" Scandone            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas Salvatore "Nick" Scandone: was an American yachtsman who narrowly missed participating on the U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal as a paralympian at the 2008 Summer Games.

Cynthia Maria Nicholas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cynthia Maria Nicholas: is a former athlete and former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990.At age 16 she attained provincial fame by swimming across Lake Ontario in 15 hours and 10 minutes. She would later swim across the English Channel on 19 occasions, including the first two way crossing by a woman. She went on to complete a record 5 two way crossings (see below for list of successful two way channel swims) including 2 in one year, earning her the soubriquet Queen of the Channel. (The title now belongs to Alison Streeter who has completed 43 crossings). For her efforts, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1979. In 1993, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2005.

Mary Sandra Lovelace Nicholas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Sandra Lovelace Nicholas: is a Wolastoqiyik or Maliseet Canadian senator representing New Brunswick. Sitting as a Liberal, she is the first Aboriginal woman appointed to the Senate. As an activist on behalf of First Nations women and children, she received international recognition in 1979 for bringing her case to the United Nations. In 1985 she succeeded in having Parliament revoke a discriminatory section of the Indian Act, which had caused women marrying non-Aboriginals to lose status and also deprived their children of status but did not treat men the same who married non-Aboriginal women.