Nixon (surname)
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Nixon is a surname of English, Scots or Irish origin meaning "son of Nicholas". The following is a partial list of well-known persons with this name:
- Agnes NixonAgnes NixonAgnes Nixon is an American writer and producer. She attended Northwestern University where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, and is best known as the creator of soap operas such as One Life to Live and All My Children...
, American soap opera creator - Al NixonAl NixonAlbert Richard Nixon born in Atlantic City, New Jersey was an outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins , Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies ....
, baseball player - Alfred Westland NixonAlfred Westland NixonAlfred Westland Nixon was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Halton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1919 as a Conservative member....
, Canadian physician and politician - Amy NixonAmy NixonAmy Nixon is a Canadian curler. At the age of four she moved with her family to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she grew up. She moved to Calgary in 1995, where she now resides. Nixon is an alumnus of the University of Calgary with three degrees in kinesiology, women's studies and law...
, Canadian curler - Arthur NixonArthur NixonArthur Burdg Nixon was a brother of President Richard Nixon.He was the fourth of five children:*Harold Nixon *Richard Nixon...
, brother of President Richard Nixon - Brad NixonBrad NixonJohn Bradford Nixon is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990.Nixon was educated at the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School and York University...
, Canadian politician - Carl NixonCarl NixonCarl Nixon is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer and playwright. He has written original plays and has adapted Lloyd Jones’ novel The Book of Fame and J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace. He has won numerous awards for his fiction, including winning and being nominated for key short story competitions...
, New Zealand author and playwright - Christine NixonChristine NixonChristine Nixon APM was the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police between 23 April 2001 and 27 February 2009. After leaving Victoria Police, she was appointed chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority in February 2009 until she stood down from the position in July...
, former Victorian (Australia) police commissioner - Clinton R. Nixon, games designer
- Colin NixonColin NixonColin Nixon is a footballer from Northern Ireland who plays for Glentoran.Colin has played for Glentoran for all of his professional career. He has mainly played at right back but can also play centre back. He is a Glentoran supporter, and a fan's favourite...
, Irish footballer - Cynthia NixonCynthia NixonCynthia Ellen Nixon is an American actress, known for her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City . She has received two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award....
, American actress - Dale NixonDale NixonDale Nixon is a pseudonym used by several musicians:*Greg Ginn, founder of the hardcore punk band Black Flag, used the name to credit himself on several releases and as bass guitarist on the record My War...
, pseudonym used by several musicians - David Nixon (magician), British magician
- David Nixon (choreographer)David Nixon (choreographer)David Nixon OBE is a dance choreographer. Born in Chatham, Ontario, Nixon trained at the National Ballet School of Canada and danced with the National Ballet of Canada. He joined the Deutsche Oper Ballet, in Berlin, in 1985 as a principal dancer where he won the Critics Award for Best Male...
, Canadian-born choreographer - David Nixon (footballer)David Nixon (footballer)David Nixon . He is a defender for Airdrie United.Nixon began his career with Motherwell, progressing through their youth system...
, Scottish footballer - Donald NixonDonald NixonFrancis Donald Nixon was a brother of United States President, Richard Nixon.He was the third of five children:*Harold Nixon *Richard Nixon *Donald Nixon...
, brother of President Richard Nixon - Donald A. NixonDonald A. NixonDonald A. Nixon, Jr. is the son of President Richard Nixon’s brother, F. Donald Nixon.Donald Nixon, Jr., grew up in Southern California as the nephew of President Richard Nixon. He attended college and later served in the Vietnam War...
, nephew of President Richard Nixon - Donell NixonDonell NixonRobert Donell Nixon is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , playing all three outfield positions, most often in center field....
, baseball player - Drew NixonDrew NixonDrew Eldred Nixon is a former Texas state senator from Carthage, the seat of Panola County in east Texas, who served from 1995 to 2001. He is largely known for a tabloid sex scandal....
, American politician - Edgar NixonEdgar NixonEdgar Daniel Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and union organizer who played a crucial role in organizing the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. Nixon also led the Montgomery branch of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, known as the Pullman Porters...
, American civil rights activist - Edward NixonEdward NixonEdward Calvert Nixon is an American entrepreneur and the youngest and last surviving brother of former United States President Richard Nixon. He coauthored his memoir, The Nixons: A Family Portrait, with Karen L. Olson. The book was published in 2009.-Early life:Born in Whittier, California,...
, brother of President Richard Nixon - Edwin NixonEdwin NixonEdwin Nixon, Kt, CBE was an eminent British business leader who headed IBM's operations in the country for over 20 years. He was born on 21 June 1925 and educated at Alderman Newton’s School, Leicester and Selwyn College, Cambridge...
, British businessman, chief executive of IBM UK - Eric NixonEric NixonEric Walter Nixon is an English former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. His career spanned 22 years, thirteen of which were spent at Tranmere Rovers. He played for thirteen different clubs and made over 500 league appearances before his retirement in 2004...
, English football goalkeeper - Francis A. NixonFrancis A. NixonFrancis Anthony "Frank" Nixon was an American businessman and the father of U.S. President Richard Nixon....
, father of President Richard Nixon - Francis Russell NixonFrancis Russell NixonFrancis Russell Nixon was the first Bishop of Tasmania.Nixon was the son of Rev. Robert Nixon, an amateur painter. Nixon was educated at the Merchant Taylors school and St John's College, Oxford, graduating BA 1827 and subsequently MA and DD. He was chaplain at Naples and afterwards held the...
, Australian bishop - Gary NixonGary NixonGary Nixon was an American motorcycle racer who, when on Triumph motorcycles, most notably won the A.M.A. Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968. He was also a former winner of the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on a 500cc Triumph, claiming a victory in the 1967 event...
, American motorcycle racer - George E. NixonGeorge E. NixonGeorge Ewart Nixon was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Algoma West in the Canadian House of Commons from 1940 to 1968. He was a member of the Liberal Party.-External links:...
, Canadian politician - George S. NixonGeorge S. NixonGeorge Stuart Nixon was a United States Senator from Nevada.He was born in Placer County, California. He went to work for a railroad company and studied telegraphy. Later, he was transferred in 1881 to Nevada and organized and became cashier of a bank at Winnemucca, Nevada...
, American politician - Gordon NixonGordon NixonGordon M. "Gord" Nixon, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian business executive and investment banker. He is the President, CEO and Director of Royal Bank of Canada.-Early life:...
, Canadian banker - Hammie NixonHammie NixonHammie Nixon was an American harmonica player.-Life and career:Born Hammie Nickerson in Brownsville, Tennessee, he began his music career with jug bands in the 1920s and is best known as a country blues harmonica player, but also played the kazoo, guitar and jug...
, American blues musician - Hannah Milhous NixonHannah Milhous NixonHannah Milhous Nixon was the mother of President Richard Nixon.She was born near Butlerville, Indiana, the daughter of Almira Park , who was from Columbiana County, Ohio, and Franklin Milhous, a native of Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio. She was married to Francis A...
, mother of President Richard Nixon - Harold NixonHarold NixonHarold Samuel Nixon was a brother of United States President Richard Nixon, the eldest of five children:*Harold Nixon*Richard Nixon *Donald Nixon...
, brother of President Richard Nixon - Harry NixonHarry NixonHarry Corwin Nixon was a Canadian politician and briefly the 13th Premier of Ontario.He was born on a farm near St...
, Canadian politician - Henry NixonHenry NixonHenry Nixon is an Australian actor.Henry Nixon was born in the 1970s at St Margaret's Hospital on Crown Street in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills...
, Australian actor - James Nixon (ca. 1741-1812), British painter and miniaturist
- James NixonJames NixonJames Nixon , is a Scottish rugby league player for Barrow in the Co-operative Championship. He plays on the wing. He is a current Scotland international.-External links:*...
(1985–), Scottish rugby league player - Jay NixonJay NixonJeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon, Sr. is the 55th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Missouri's Attorney General before his election in 2008.-Political career:...
, American politician - Jeff NixonJeff NixonJeffry Allen Nixon is a former professional American football player for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. Born in Germany, Nixon spent his high school days in Virginia, attending Gar-Field Senior High School...
, American football player - Jerren NixonJerren NixonJerren Kendall Nixon is a Trinidad and Tobago football player, who currently plays as a forward for North East Stars in his country's Professional League.- Life and career :...
, Trinidad and Tobago footballer - Joan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery Nixon was an American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults.-Biography:...
, American writer - John Nixon (disambiguation)
- Julie Nixon EisenhowerJulie Nixon EisenhowerJulie Nixon Eisenhower is the younger daughter of 37th U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, and sister to Patricia Nixon Cox....
, younger daughter to President Richard and Pat Nixon - Kimberley NixonKimberley NixonKimberley Nixon is a Welsh actress.-Early and personal life:Born in Bristol, Nixon and her six brothers were brought up in Pontypridd, Wales, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School.In October 2011 Nixon was announced by Wales Online as number one in...
, British actress - Lewis Nixon (U.S. Army officer), American army intelligence officer
- Lewis Nixon (naval architect)Lewis Nixon (naval architect)Lewis Nixon I was a naval architect, shipbuilding executive, public servant, and political activist. He designed the United States' first modern battleships, and supervised the construction of its first modern submarines, all before his 40th birthday. He was briefly the leader of Tammany Hall...
American ship designer, naval architect, and political activist - Livinia NixonLivinia NixonLivinia Nixon is an Australian television presenter and actress best known for her roles on the Nine Network as weather presenter on Nine News Melbourne and as co-host on the long running variety series Hey Hey It's Saturday....
, Australian actress - Lucille NixonLucille NixonLucille M. Nixon was a poet and school supervisor from Palo Alto, California. In 1957 she became the first foreigner selected to participate in Utakai Hajime, the Imperial New Year’s Poetry Reading of Japan. Nixon performed a 31 syllable waka about the Hōryū-ji, a Buddhist temple she had visited...
, American poet who wrote in Japanese - Marian NixonMarian Nixon-Career:Born Marian Nissinen in Superior, Wisconsin, Nixon began her career as a teen working as a chorus dancer on the vaudeville circuit. She began appearing in bit part in films in 1922 and landed her first substantial role in the 1923 film Cupid's Fireman, opposite Buck Jones. The following...
, American movie actress - Marni NixonMarni NixonMarni Nixon is an American soprano and playback singer for featured actresses in movie musicals. She has also spent much of her career performing in concerts with major symphony orchestras around the world and in operas and musicals throughout the United States.-Biography:Born Margaret Nixon...
, American singer - Mike NixonMike NixonMike Nixon is a former American football player, coach and scout who spent close to a half-century connected to the game...
, American football player - Mojo NixonMojo NixonMojo Nixon is an American musician, known for playing psychobilly music...
, American psychobilly musician - Nicholas NixonNicholas NixonNicholas Nixon is a photographer, known for his work in portraiture and documentary photography, and for championing the use of the 8x10 inch view camera.-Biography:...
, American photographer - Norm NixonNorm NixonNorman Ellard "Norm" Nixon is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA, who spent twelve seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers.-Early life:...
, American basketball player - Otis NixonOtis NixonOtis Junior Nixon, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a center fielder and switch-hitter who played from 1983 to 1999...
, American baseball player - Pat NixonPat NixonThelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan Nixon was the wife of Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, and was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974. She was commonly known as Patricia or Pat Nixon.Born in Nevada, Pat Ryan grew up in Los Angeles, California...
, First Lady to President Richard Nixon - Paul NixonPaul NixonPaul Andrew Nixon is an English cricket player who has played for Leicestershire, England, England A, MCC and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman...
, English cricketer - Paul Nixon (footballer)Paul Nixon (footballer)Paul Nixon is a former professional footballer who played for Bristol Rovers and represented New Zealand at international level....
, English-born footballer who played for New Zealand - Peter NixonPeter NixonPeter James Nixon AO is a former Australian politician representing the National Party ....
, Australian politician - Phill NixonPhill NixonPhillip Nixon is an English darts player from Ferryhill, County Durham. He is best known for reaching the 2007 World Final on his first appearance at the age of 50.-Darts career:...
, English darts player - Richard NixonRichard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
, 37th president of the United States - Richard Nixon (footballer)Richard Nixon (footballer)Richard J. Nixon was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....
(1965–1992), Australian rules footballer - Ricky NixonRicky NixonRicky L. Nixon is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL and now a high profile Australian sports agent. He is currently serving a two year suspension following an investigation by the AFL Players Association Accreditation Board.-Football career:Recruited from Golden Square in the...
, Australian rules footballer - Robert NixonRobert NixonRobert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
, Canadian politician - Robert Nixon (artist)Robert Nixon (artist)Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...
, Irish comics artist - Robert Nixon (Cheshire)Robert Nixon (Cheshire)Robert Nixon was a legendary prophet of Cheshire. Many accounts about him appear to be in conflict with each other.At least one account has Robert Nixon being born in c. 1467. In this account, he is the son of John Nixon during the time of Edward IV, who leased a farm in the parish of Over from...
, legendary English prophet - Roger NixonRoger NixonRoger Nixon was an American composer, musician, and professor of music. He wrote over 60 compositions for orchestra, band, choir and opera...
, American composer and musician - Russ NixonRuss NixonRussell Eugene Nixon is a former catcher, coach and manager in American Major League Baseball. A veteran of 55 years in professional baseball, Nixon has managed at virtually every level of the sport, from the lowest minor league to MLB assignments with the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves...
, American baseball player and manager - Sam NixonSam NixonSam Nixon is an English singer and television presenter. He came third on the Pop Idol television series in 2003 and is now one half of the duo Sam & Mark, with the other being Mark Rhodes.-Early life:...
, contestant on Pop Idol - Samuel A. NixonSamuel A. NixonSamuel A. "Sam" Nixon, Jr. is an American politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in a 1994 special election. He represents the 27th district in Chesterfield County....
, American politician - S. Frederick NixonS. Frederick NixonSamuel Frederick Nixon was an American businessman and politician.-Life:...
, American businessman and politician - Thomas NixonThomas NixonThomas Nixon is an author and online writer. His writings include Complete Guide to Online High Schools , Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning , Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally , and Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance Learning...
, American writer - Toby NixonToby NixonToby Nixon is an American politician from Washington state and a former Republican member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 45th Legislative District.He was appointed to a vacant House seat in 2002, and was elected as an incumbent in 2004...
, American politician - Tricia Nixon Cox, elder daughter to Richard and Pat Nixon
- Trot NixonTrot NixonChristopher Trotman Nixon is an American retired professional baseball right fielder. He played from 1996-2008 for three different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the Boston Red Sox...
, American baseball player - Vivian NixonVivian NixonVivian Nixon is a dancer who recently made her debut on Broadway as Kalimba in Hot Feet. She is one of two children of former NBA star Norm Nixon and dancer/choreographer/producer/director/actress Debbie Allen. She was named after her grandmother Vivian Ayers-Allen. Her aunt is actress Phylicia...
, American dancer - Willard Nixon, American baseball player
- Walter NixonWalter NixonWalter Louis Nixon, Jr. is a former United States federal judge who was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate....
, American judge - William NixonWilliam NixonWilliam Holladay Nixon is chairman and chief executive of Policy Impact Communications, Inc., a full-service public- and government relations company...
, American businessman