Famous People with Name Nicholas

Nicholas A. Mattiello            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas A. Mattiello: is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing the 15th District since 2007. He is currently serves as the Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives since February 11, 201

Nicholas Van Dyke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas Van Dyke: was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as U.S. Representative from Delaware, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware

Nicholas Ruxton Moore            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas Ruxton Moore: was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Moore served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1801 and 1802. In 1802, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1803 to Marc

Nicholas Asselta            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas Asselta: is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 2004 to 2008, where he represented the 1st Legislative District. In the Senate, Asselta was a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Community and U

Nicholas R. Felice            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholas R. Felice: is an American Republican Party politician who represented the 40th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1982 to 2002, in addition to serving as mayor of Fair Lawn.A full-time legislator, Felice served in his native Fair Lawn on it

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.