Nicolas Rafols y Mercado (March 16, 1894 – May 2, 1947)[1] was a Filipino Visayan legislator, journalist, businessman,[2] lawyer, and agriculturalist from Cebu, Philippines.

Furthermore, he also compiled a collection of Cebuano writing in four volumes named Ang Kalibutan sa Katitikang Binisaya (The World of Visayan Letters) around 1947.

[3] It was characterized as exhibiting realist tradition and discussed the rise of the pulahanes or renegade groups against the abuses of the constabulary[4] and against injustices committed by the Americans.

[5] Vicente Rama, who was then the publisher of Cebuano Bag-ong Kusog, reviewed the novel, "What I like in this books is that even as its pages are filled with love's sighs, it is not lacking in worthwhile lessons that should be remember by both young and old.

In his residence in San Nicolas where the Democrata convention was held on January 15, 1922, he was nominated to be the party's representative for Cebu's 6th congressional district,[7] which at that time was composed of the towns of Aloguinsan, Barili, Dumanjug, Pinamungajan, Ronda, and Toledo.