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Business

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Albert Nickerson Albert Lindsay Nickerson Jr. (January 17, 1911 – August 7, 1994) was an American business executive. He served as the Chairperson#Chairperson and CEO, chairman and CEO of Mobil, Mobil Oil, and chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from ...
(1911–1994), American executive with Mobil Oil, grandson of Albert W. Nickerson * Albert W. Nickerson (1840–1893), American railroad executive, nephew of Thomas and grandfather of Albert *
Thomas Nickerson (ATSF) Thomas Nickerson (September 19, 1810 – July 24, 1892) was an American railroad executive. He served as the eighth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF), between 1874 and 1880. He was also president of the Atlantic and ...
(1810–1892), American railroad executive, uncle of Albert W. Nickerson *
William Nickerson Jr. William Nickerson Jr. (January 26, 1879 – November 14, 1945) was a prominent Los Angeles-based businessman and founder of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, which at one time was the largest black-owned business west of the Mississip ...
(1879–1945), Los Angeles-based businessman and founder of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company *
William Emery Nickerson William Emery Nickerson (November 5, 1853 – June 5, 1930) was an American engineer and inventor. He worked with King C. Gillette at the onset of the The Gillette Company and was later elected to Gillette's board of directors. Nickerson has been ...
(1853–1930), American inventor and vice-president of The Gillette Company


Law and politics

* Bruce William Nickerson (1941–2022), American civil rights and gay rights attorney *
Dave Nickerson Dave Nickerson (born April 30, 1944) is a Canadian politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. Before politics In 1965, Nickerson arrived in the Northwest Territories and worked at the Discovery and Giant Mines. He then left this position to ...
(born 1944), Canadian politician from Northwest Territories *
Eugene Nickerson Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (August 2, 1918 – January 1, 2002) was the Democratic county executive of Nassau County, New York, from 1962 until 1970. Nickerson was the only Democrat to be elected county executive in Nassau County until 2001. Late ...
(1918–2002), Democratic county executive of Nassau County, New York, and a federal district court judge * William M. Nickerson (born 1933), American judge in Maryland


Merchants

* Ernest Reginald Nickerson (1876–1956), Canadian merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia *
Maurice Nickerson Maurice Ashworth Nickerson (April 28, 1865 – March 3, 1936) was a general merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1916 to 1920 as a Liberal member. He ...
(1865–1936), Canadian general merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia; son of Moses H. Nickerson *
Smith Nickerson Smith Asa Nickerson (July 16, 1860 – January 10, 1954) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 to 1916 in the 35th General Assembly of Nova Sc ...
(1860–1954), Canadian merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia


Military

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Franklin S. Nickerson Franklin Stillman Nickerson was a Union general during the American Civil War. He primarily served in the Department of the Gulf. Biography Nickerson was born in Swanville, Maine in 1826. He graduated from the East Corinth Academy in Maine ...
(1826–1917), Union general during the American Civil War * Henry Nehemiah Nickerson (1888–1979), American Medal of Honor recipient * Herman Nickerson Jr. (1913–2000), United States Marine Corps general * John C. Nickerson Jr. (1915–1964), United States Army colonel charged under the Espionage Act *
William Henry Snyder Nickerson Major-General William Henry Snyder Nickerson, (27 March 1875, Dorchester, New Brunswick – 1954), was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awar ...
(1875–1954), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross


Sports

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Gaylon Nickerson Gaylon Harrel Nickerson (born February 5, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. Born in Osceola, Arkansas, he attended Wichita State University, Butler ...
(born 1969), American basketball player *
Hardy Nickerson Hardy Otto Nickerson Sr. (born September 1, 1965) is an American former football coach and professional player. He played as linebacker for four teams over 16 seasons, from 1987 to 2002, in the National Football League (NFL). Nickerson spent ...
(born 1965), American football player and coach * Hardy Nickerson Jr. (born 1994), American football player *
Jonah Nickerson Jonah S. Nickerson (born March 9, 1985 in Casper, Wyoming) is a retired American minor league baseball pitcher. Nickerson played for the 2006 College World Series-winning Oregon State Beavers, and was named the Most Outstanding Player. Early li ...
(born 1985), American baseball player *
Matt Nickerson Matt Nickerson (born January 11, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who last played for Finland, Finnish second tier side TuTo Turku. He previously played for three teams in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League, EIHL. Pl ...
(born 1985), American ice hockey player *
Parry Nickerson Parry Nickerson (born October 11, 1994) is an American football cornerback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tulane. College career Nickerson played college football at Tulane. During his ...
(born 1994), American football player *
Troy Nickerson Troy Nickerson (born January 7, 1987) is a former wrestler and NCAA champion out of Cornell University. He is the current head wrestling coach at the University of Northern Colorado. High school career Nickerson attended Chenango Forks High Scho ...
, American wrestler * Victor J. Nickerson (1928–2004), American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer


Writing

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Billeh Nickerson Billeh Nickerson (born February 14, 1972) is a Canadian writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate. Personal life Nickerson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, grew up in Langley, British Columbia, lived in Toronto, Ontario, and currently ...
(born 1972), Canadian writer, editor, and producer * Raymond S. Nickerson, American psychologist and author *
Sheila Nickerson Sheila Bunker Nickerson (born 1942) is an American poet and writer. She served as poet laureate of Alaska and was twice awarded the Pushcart Prize. Much of her writing focuses on Alaska, nature, and arctic exploration. Life and education Nickerson ...
(born 1942), American poet and writer *
Sylvia Nickerson Sylvia Nickerson (she/her) is a Canadian comic book writer. In May 2020 Nickerson received ''The Nipper'', one of the Doug Wright Awards for comic book artists, for her work ''Creation''. ''Creation''s themes include the changes she underwent ...
, Canadian comic book writer


Other

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Camille Nickerson Camille Lucie Nickerson (March 30, 1888 – April 27, 1982) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, collector, and Howard University professor from 1926 to 1962. She was influenced by Creole folksongs of Louisiana, which she arranged and ...
(1888–1982), American pianist, composer, and college professor *
Deborah Nickerson Deborah Ann "Debbie" Nickerson (1954 – December 24, 2021) was an American human genomics researcher. She was professor of genome sciences at the University of Washington. Nickerson founded and directed of one of the five clinical sites of the ...
(1954–2021), American human genomics researcher *
Denise Nickerson Denise Marie Nickerson (April 1, 1957 – July 10, 2019) was an American child actress. She is best known for her role as Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''. She later played Allison on ''The Electric Co ...
(1957–2019), American actress who portrayed Violet Beauregarde in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' *
Dorothy Nickerson Dorothy Nickerson (August 5, 1900 – April 25, 1985) was an American color scientist and technologist who made important contributions in the fields of color quality control, technical use of colorimetry, the relationship between color stimul ...
(1900–1985), American color scientist and technologist * Edward I. Nickerson (1845–1908), American architect * Freeman Nickerson (1779–1847), early missionary in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and a member of Zion's Camp * Jackson Nickerson (born 1962), American academic *
Joseph Nickerson Joe Nickerson (April 1914 Thoresway, Lincolnshire – 1990 Palm Beach, Florida) was a highly successful farmer, entrepreneur and countryman. Founder of Nickerson Seed Company in 1940 and based in Rothwell, Lincolnshire he introduced 80 cereal ...
(1914–1990), English farmer and entrepreneur * Linus M. Nickerson (1823–1888), American minister, Army chaplain, and Indian agent *
Moses H. Nickerson Moses Hardy Nickerson (September 10, 1844 – March 23, 1943) was a journalist, poet and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1902 to 1911 as a Liberal member. He ...
(1844–1943), Canadian journalist, poet and political figure in Nova Scotia; father of Maurice Nickerson *
Thomas Nickerson Thomas Gibson Nickerson (March 20, 1805 – February 7, 1883) was an American sailor and author. In 1819, when he was fourteen years old, Nickerson served as cabin boy on the whaleship ''Essex''. On this voyage, the ship was sunk by a whale it ...
(1805–1883), cabin boy aboard the whaling ship ''Essex'' whose sinking was the inspiration for Herman Melville's ''Moby Dick''


See also

* Nickerson (disambiguation) *
Nicholson (name) Nicholson is a Germanic and Scottish surname. It is a patronymic form of the given name ''Nichol'', which was a common medieval form of ''Nicholas''. People with the surname * Aideen Nicholson (1927–2019), Irish-born Canadian politician * ...
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