The only one I recognized was the girl playing Nichelle Nichols.

Leonard Nimoy refused to sign up to lend his voice to the series unless Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were added to the cast — claiming that Sulu and Uhura were of importance as they were proof of the ethnic diversity of the 23rd century and should not be recast.

Nichelle Nichols also performed other character voices in addition to Uhura in several episodes, including " The Time Trap " and " The Lorelei Signal ".

Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, referred to Kelley as her " sassy gentleman friend "; the friendship between the African-American Nichols and Southern Kelley was a real-life demonstration of the message Roddenberry hoped to convey through Star Trek.

** Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer ( Star Trek )

The other members of the Enterprise crew include George Takei as helmsman Hikaru Sulu, Walter Koenig as Commander Pavel Chekov, and Nichelle Nichols as Uhura.

The character was portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in all but the 2009 film, in which a younger Uhura was portrayed by actress Zoë Saldana.

Seeking approval for the name he contacted Gene Roddenberry and Nichelle Nichols.

Nichelle Nichols also approved and was very excited when Rotsler informed her that Nyota means " star " in Swahili.

It also marked the last appearance to date of Nichelle Nichols as Uhura and the final appearance of DeForest Kelley as Dr McCoy prior to his death in 1999.

Other members of the Enterprise crew include James Doohan as chief engineer Montgomery Scott, Walter Koenig as navigator Pavel Chekov, and Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, the communications officer.

* November 22 – William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols share the first interracial kiss on US television in the Star Trek episode " Plato's Stepchildren ".

* Down to Earth ( Nichelle Nichols album ), a 1967 album by Nichelle Nichols

Jemison's inspiration for joining NASA was African-American actress Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek.

Playing the other crew members are James Doohan, as Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer ; George Takei, as Hikaru Sulu, Enterprises helmsman ; Walter Koenig, as Pavel Chekov, navigation and acting science officer ; and Nichelle Nichols, as Uhura, the ship's communications officer.

The original cast of Star Trek, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, and Walter Koenig, provided their voices for the CD version of the game.

Actress Nichelle Nichols reportedly protested this scene, as she felt that Uhura, as communications officer, would be fluent in Klingon.

Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols, who sang on some episodes of the show and also in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, also recorded two musical albums, and Brent Spiner of Star Trek: The Next Generation has recorded two.

Resnik was recruited into the astronaut program January 1978 by actress Nichelle Nichols, who was working as a recruiter for NASA.

This was also the first episode in which DeForest Kelley played Dr. Leonard McCoy, Nichelle Nichols played Lt. Uhura and Grace Lee Whitney played Yeoman Rand, although viewers saw them for the first time in " The Man Trap.

According to author David Greven, " Ensign Travis Mayweather, the helmsman, is African American and a complete blank, rarely given even one non-technobabble line an episode ; without the slightest exaggeration, it is entirely accurate to say that Nichelle Nichols ' Uhura on Original Trek had more lines of dialog.

One of the View-Master reel images shows a mistake on the View-Master photographer's part: the scene of Uhura and Sulu ( at Uhura's console ) talking to the landing party was shot between TV production takes as Nichelle Nichols ( Uhura ) still has her script clearly resting on her lap, and the console lights are not on, leaving only the shiny, black screens visible. The View-Master packet cover uses an image created exclusively for the product: a shot of the 3-foot model of the USS Enterprise in the foreground ( clearly identifiable as the 3-foot miniature rather than the 11-foot miniature, as the 11-foot miniature was not detailed on the port side, which is the side shown in the image, as well as by the curve of decks 4 and 5 on the primary hull, and by the unlit nacelle caps ), and another model in the background, presumably meant to be the USS Exeter seen briefly in the episode.

It is the last Star Trek episode in which Nichelle Nichols ( Lt. Uhura ) appears.

Nichelle " Nikki D " Strong is an American female rapper.

Nichelle Nichols, whom the Comic Book Guy invited for tea and some chit chat, suddenly shows up and is turned off by the pie on his face.

The episode is often cited as the " first interracial kiss " depicted on television, between James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and Lt. Uhura ( Nichelle Nichols ), but the reality is not so straightforward.

Initial members serving on the NSI board of directors and governors were a veritable " Who's Who " list that included comedian and entertainer Bob Hope, singer / songwriter John Denver, oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, " Original 7 " Project Mercury astronaut and Senator John H. Glenn, Jr., Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, Dr. Michael DeBakey, " Star Trek " creator Gene Roddenberry and actress Nichelle Nichols.

The show so typecast the actors, however — as early as March 1970, Nichelle Nichols complained of Star Trek having " defined so narrowly as an actress "— that only Shatner and Nimoy continued working steadily during the 1970s, and even their work received little attention unless it was Star Trek-related.

Other Star Trek actors such as Michael Dorn ( Worf on TNG ), Brent Spiner ( Data on TNG ), Colm Meaney ( Miles O ’ Brien on TNG and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ), LeVar Burton ( Geordi La Forge on TNG ), Nichelle Nichols ( Uhura on Star Trek: The Original Series ), Avery Brooks ( Benjamin Sisko on DS9 ), Paul Winfield ( Clark Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ), David Warner ( various characters, most notably Gul Madred in " Chain of Command ", a two-part episode of TNG ) and Kate Mulgrew ( Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager ) were guest or recurring stars in the series.

* The Supernaturals ( 1986 ): Caulfield appeared in The Supernaturals, a horror film which co-starred Talia Balsam, LeVar Burton, and Nichelle Nichols.

Former Million Dollar Listing cast members Chad Rogers and Josh Altman, Frank Robinson's daughter, Nichelle, Ron Kass's son, Robert, Anne Heche's former husband, Coleman Laffoon, and Richard D. Zanuck's daughter-in-law, Marisa, are among Hilton & Hyland's 106 salespeople.

* Austin Nichols ( born 1980 ), American actor

* Alana Nichols ( born 1983 ), paralympic gold medalist in alpine skiing and wheelchair basketball

Nichols was born in Robbins, Illinois, near Chicago, to Samuel Earl Nichols, a factory worker who was both the town mayor of Robbins and its chief magistrate, and his wife Lishia ( Parks ) Nichols .< ref >

Ernest Loring (“ Red ”) Nichols was born on May 8, 1905 in Ogden, Utah.

* December 17 – Robert Nichols, poet and dramatist ( born 1893 )

He was born in Islington, London to Edward Nichols and Anne Wilmot.

Free love advocates like Nichols argued that many children are born into unloving marriages out of compulsion, but should instead be the result of choice and affection — yet children born out of wedlock did not have the same rights as children with married parents.

* Kevin Nichols ( born 1955 ), track cyclist

James Thomas Nichols was born May 17, 1903, in or near Starkville, Mississippi.

Peter Nichols FRSL ( born 31 July 1927 ) is an English writer of stage plays, film and television.

Kenneth Nichols " Ken " O ' Keefe ( born July 21, 1969 ) is an Irish-Palestinian citizen and activist and former United States Marine and Gulf War veteran who renounced his US citizenship on March 1, 2001. He led the human shield action to Iraq and was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara during the Gaza flotilla raid.

Terry Lynn Nichols ( born April 1, 1955 ) is a convicted accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Nichols was born in Lapeer, Michigan.

John Nichols Boozman (; born December 10, 1950 ) is the junior United States Senator for Arkansas ( since 2011 ).

Boozman was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the son of Marie E. ( née Nichols ) and Fay Winford Boozman, Jr. ( 1923 – 1991 ).< ref >

They had three daughters :- The eldest, Phyllis Mary, was born on 4 October 1905, and married 6 February 1932 Sir Philp Bouverie Bowyer Nichols, KCMG MC.

* Andy Pratt ( born 1947 in Boston ), a great-grandson whose father Edwin H Baker Pratt was headmaster of the school Buckingham Browne & Nichols, is a singer-songwriter.

Osmond was born in Samaria, Idaho, the daughter of Vera Ann ( née Nichols ) and Thomas Martin Davis.

* Peter Nichols ( born 1927 ), writer

Joshua Michael " Josh " Peck ( born November 10, 1986 ) is an American actor, comedian, director, and voice actor best known for playing Josh Nichols in the Nickelodeon live-action sitcom Drake & Josh.