Jean Nicolas

{{short description|French footballer (1913-1978)}}

{{For|the French masculine given name|Jean-Nicolas}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Jean Nicolas

| image = RIO-NICOLAS-EDF1934.jpg

| caption=Jean Nicolas (left) and Roger Rio for France national football team (1934)

| fullname = Jean Édouard Marie Nicolas

| birth_date = 9 June 1913

| birth_place = Nanterre, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|9|8|1913|6|9}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Rouen

| years1 = 1929–1939

| clubs1 = Rouen

| caps1 = 164

| goals1 = 193

| nationalyears1 = 1933–1938

| nationalteam1 = France

| height = 1.76 m

| nationalcaps1 = 25

| nationalgoals1 = 21

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

Jean Édouard Marie Nicolas (9 June 1913 – 8 September 1978) was a French international footballer. Born in Nanterre, Nicolas played club football for FC Rouen, and appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cup squads for France, and scored two goals in the 1938 edition of the tournament.

He scored a total of 21 goals in 25 international games between 1933 and 1938, making him the twelfth-highest goalscorer for France.