John Ivan "Hickey" Nicholson (September 9, 1911 – November 22, 1956) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1937–38 season.
The rest of his career, which lasted from 1929 to 1941, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.
Nicholson was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in 1911 and died there in 1956.