Nickel (surname)

Nickel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Arno Nickel (born 1952), German correspondence chess Grandmaster
Barbara Nickel (born 1966), Canadian poet
Bernd Nickel (1949–2021), German former footballer
Eckhart Nickel (born 1966), German author and journalist
Elbie Nickel (1922–2007), American National Football League tight end
Ernest Henry Nickel (1925-2009), Australian-Canadian mineralogist
Gil Nickel (1939-2003), American vintner
Goschwin Nickel (1582–1644), Jesuit priest and the 10th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus
Grace Nickel (born 1956), Canadian artist
Günther Nickel (born 1946), Olympic athlete
Hans Nickel (1907), German rower
Harald Nickel (1953–2019), German former footballer
Heinrich Nickel (1894-1979), German general
Herman W. Nickel (born 1928), United States Ambassador to South Africa during the Reagan administration
Horst Nickel (1934–2023), German biathlete
James Nickel (1930–1990), Canadian canoeist
Jens Nickel (born 1965), German ten-pin bowler
Jochen Nickel (born 1959), German actor
Johann Heinrich Nickel (1829–1908), German politician
Larry Nickel (born 1952), Canadian composer
Mike Nickel (born 1965), Canadian politician
Rafael Nickel (born 1958), Olympic athlete
Richard Nickel (1928–1972), American photographer and historian
Uta Nickel (born 1941), German politician
Walter R. Nickel (1907–1989), American dermatologist
Wiley Nickel (born 1975), American attorney and politician