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Nikki Fried

Nikki Fried (Nicole Fried) is a Florida Democrat who served as the state's 12th Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner (2019–2023), the only Democrat elected statewide in 2018, and has chaired the Florida Democratic Party since 2023.

Nikki Galrani

Nikki Galrani (Nikita Galrani), Indian actress and model born in Bangalore, sister of Sanjjanaa Galrani; debuted in Malayalam film 1983 (2014), Tamil debut Darling (2015), married Aadhi Pinisetty in 2022.

Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni (Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.), 1943–2024, American Black Arts Movement poet, author of Black Feeling, Black Talk and Nikki-Rosa, Virginia Tech professor, seven-time NAACP Image Award winner and 2025 posthumous Frost Medal recipient.

Nikki Glaser

Nikki Glaser (born 1984, Cincinnati) is an American stand-up comedian and roast comic, host of the 2025 and 2026 Golden Globes, with specials Bangin', Good Clean Filth, Someday You'll Die, and Good Girl.

Nikki Grahame

Nikki Grahame (Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame, 1982-2021), British reality TV personality famous from Big Brother 7's 'Who IS she?' moment, Ultimate Big Brother runner-up, Big Brother Canada 4; died of anorexia aged 38.

Nikki Gronli

Nikki Gronli is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for South Dakota's at-large U.S. House seat in 2026, after serving as USDA State Director of Rural Development for South Dakota from 2022 to 2025.

Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley (Nimrata Randhawa Haley), Republican politician born 1972 in Bamberg, South Carolina; first female and minority governor of South Carolina (2011–2017), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018), and second-place finisher in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

Nikki Haskell

Nikki Haskell (born 1941) is an American socialite, one of Wall Street's first female stockbrokers, host of The Nikki Haskell Show, a Studio 54 fixture, and StarCap diet-pill entrepreneur bankrupted by NFL players' bumetanide lawsuits.

Nikki Hiltz

Nikki Hiltz (born 1994) is an American transgender nonbinary middle-distance runner, they/them, holding the US women's mile record (4:16.35) and the first openly trans nonbinary athlete in an individual Olympic final, seventh in the Paris 2024 1500m.

Nikki Hudson

Nikki Hudson (Nicole Elaine Hudson, nee Mott, born 1976, Rockhampton) is an Australian Hockeyroos striker, Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medallist and tournament top scorer, with a then-record 303 caps and 99 goals.

Nikki Keddie

Nikki Keddie, born 1930 in Brooklyn, is an American historian of Iran and the modern Middle East, professor emerita at UCLA and author of Modern Iran.

Nikki Lilly

Nikki Lilly (Nicole Lilly Christou, born 2004), British YouTuber, presenter, and AVM campaigner; youngest BAFTA Special Award recipient (2019), Butterfly AVM Charity founder, Paris Fashion Week model, Live A Little podcast host.

Nikki Lucas

Nikki Lucas is an American Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing Brooklyn's 60th district, which includes East New York, Starrett City, Brownsville, and Canarsie.

Nikki M. James

Nikki M. James (Nikki Michelle James), American actress, director, and singer born 1981 in Summit, New Jersey; Tony winner for originating Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon, later Ida B. Wells in Suffs and Kirsten McDuffie in Daredevil: Born Again.

Nikki McKibbin

Nikki McKibbin (Katherine Nicole McKibbin, 1978–2020) was a Texas rock singer who placed third on American Idol season 1 (2002) behind Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini, later releasing Unleashed (2007) and Psychotrip (2012); she died of a brain aneurysm in Arlington, Texas.

Nikki Merritt

Nikki Merritt is an American politician, a Democrat in the Georgia State Senate for District 9 in Gwinnett County since 2021, after 23 years in telecommunications.

Nikki Newman

Nikki Newman, born Nicole Reed, is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by Melody Thomas Scott since 1979.

Nikki Reed

Nikki Reed (Nicole Houston Reed, born 1988) is an American actress and screenwriter who co-wrote and starred in Thirteen (2003), won an Independent Spirit Award for her debut, played Rosalie Hale in the Twilight films (2008–2012), and founded the sustainable brand BaYou With Love.

Nikki Rodriguez

Nikki Rodriguez is an American actress best known for starring as Jackie Howard in the Netflix series My Life with the Walter Boys (2023–), after playing Vero in On My Block.

Nikki Roumel

Nikki Roumel (Nikola Roumeliotis, born 2000, Toronto) is a Canadian actress of Greek descent known for playing young Georgia Miller in Ginny & Georgia flashbacks, with roles in Designated Survivor, Holly Hobbie, Our Family Pride, and The Jam Van.

Nikki S. Lee (이승희)

Nikki S. Lee (이승희, Lee Seung-Hee, born 1970, Kye-Chang, South Korea) is a Korean artist known for Projects (1997–2001), snapshot photographs of herself embedded in American subcultures, plus Parts and A.K.A. Nikki S. Lee.

Nikki Sanderson

Nikki Sanderson (born 1984) is an English actress known as Candice Stowe in Coronation Street (1999–2005) and Maxine Minniver in Hollyoaks (2012–2025), also in Heartbeat and the MGN phone hacking trial.

Nikki Sixx

Nikki Sixx (Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr., born 1958) is an American bassist who founded Mötley Crüe in 1981, its primary songwriter, author of The Dirt and The Heroin Diaries, and host of Sixx Sense.

Nikki Stone

Nikki Stone (Nicole Stone, born 1971, Princeton, New Jersey) is an American freestyle skier, first US Olympic gold medalist in women's aerials (1998 Nagano), 1995 world champion, comeback from spinal injury, retired 1999.

Nikki Torres

Nikki Torres is an American Republican politician who has represented Washington State Senate's 15th district since 2023; in 2024 she announced a run in the redrawn 8th district.

Nikki Webster

Nikki Webster (Nikki Marie Webster, born 1987) is an Australian singer who became famous as the Hero Girl of the Sydney 2000 Olympics opening ceremony, then recorded Strawberry Kisses and now runs dance studios.

Nikki Ziering

Nikki Ziering, born Natalie Jo Schieler (1971), American model and actress; Playboy Playmate of the Month September 1997, Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right 1999–2002, and actress in American Wedding.

Nikkie de Jager

Nikkie de Jager, aka NikkieTutorials, Dutch beauty YouTuber (born 1994) who started in 2008, went viral with The Power of Makeup, came out as trans in 2020, hosted Eurovision 2021, and founded Nimya.

Nikkita Lyons

Nikkita Lyons (Faith Marie Jefferies, aka FaithyJ, Faith The Lioness), American WWE wrestler and musician on NXT/Evolve; signed 2021, reigning WWE Evolve Women's Champion since June 24, 2026.

Nikkō Bosatsu of Yakushi-ji

Nikkō Bosatsu (日光菩薩, Sun Bodhisattva) is a bronze attendant statue flanking Yakushi Nyorai in Yakushi-ji temple's Main Hall in Nara, Japan, part of a National Treasure triad.