Famous People with Name Nicholas

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

Nicholas "Nick" Rimando: is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.Rimando was selected 35th in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Miami Fusion, and, to the surprise of many, quickly took the starting position from Jeff Cassar. He star

Nicholas Michael ("Nick") Gilbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas Michael ("Nick") Gilbert: is a former Canadian Soccer League high-scoring soccer striker and Canada men's national soccer team member. Gilbert first played for the national team in the 1984 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, in a tournament in which Canada finished runners-up. He earned his first senior cap as a 22 year-old in a February 1988 friendly played in Hamilton, Bermuda that ended scoreless, and his last one in September 1992 in a 0-2 loss to the United States, a friendly played in St. John's, Newfoundland. Gilbert earned a total of 10 caps and scored once for Canada.

Nicholas Ifill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas Ifill: is a Barbadian-born Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played in the 1988-89 Under-19s World Cup in Australia, and was a standby for Canada for the 1997 ICC Trophy. Playing for Canada against Bermuda in

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

Nicholas "Nick" Shuk: was an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in 1948 as a contract rider for Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. In the 1950s, Shuk won the Maryland jockey title seven times and was the leading jockey at

Nicholas J. "Nick" Wall            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas J. "Nick" Wall: was a Canadian jockey who competed successfully in Canada and was the 1938 Champion rider in the United States. Born in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, while still a small boy Nick Wall's family moved to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. A coal mining town, the dimin

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.