Terry Nichols
E180411
Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terry Nichols canonical | 6 |
| Terry Lynn Nichols | 1 |
| Terry Nichols (archival footage) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1578886 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Nichols Context triple: [Timothy McVeigh, coConspirator, Terry Nichols]
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A.
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist best known for perpetrating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil before 9/11.
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B.
Gary Zimmerman
Gary Zimmerman is a Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle renowned for his dominant play with the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos in the NFL.
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C.
Christopher Wallace
Christopher Wallace is an American journalist and television news anchor known for his incisive political interviews and long career at major U.S. networks.
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D.
Stephen H. Crandall
Stephen H. Crandall was a prominent American mechanical engineer and MIT professor renowned for his foundational contributions to the fields of dynamics, vibrations, and random processes in engineering.
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E.
John O’Neill
John O’Neill was a real-life FBI counterterrorism expert known for his early warnings about al-Qaeda and is prominently portrayed as a central figure in the book and TV adaptation "The Looming Tower."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Nichols Target entity description: Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
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A.
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist best known for perpetrating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil before 9/11.
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B.
Gary Zimmerman
Gary Zimmerman is a Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle renowned for his dominant play with the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos in the NFL.
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C.
Christopher Wallace
Christopher Wallace is an American journalist and television news anchor known for his incisive political interviews and long career at major U.S. networks.
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D.
Stephen H. Crandall
Stephen H. Crandall was a prominent American mechanical engineer and MIT professor renowned for his foundational contributions to the fields of dynamics, vibrations, and random processes in engineering.
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E.
John O’Neill
John O’Neill was a real-life FBI counterterrorism expert known for his early warnings about al-Qaeda and is prominently portrayed as a central figure in the book and TV adaptation "The Looming Tower."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
convicted criminal
ⓘ
domestic terrorist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appearedInDocumentaryTopic | Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| arrestDate | 1995-04-21 ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| charge |
conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction
ⓘ
destruction by explosive ⓘ involuntary manslaughter (state charges related to Oklahoma City bombing) ⓘ use of a weapon of mass destruction ⓘ |
| coConspirator |
Michael Fortier
ⓘ
Timothy McVeigh ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
Oklahoma state court
ⓘ
linked to:
Oklahoma state court system
United States federal court ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. federal courts
|
| convictionStatus | convicted ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-04-01 ⓘ |
| familyName | Nichols ⓘ |
| fullName |
Terry Lynn Nichols
ⓘ
linked to:
Terry Nichols
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Terry
ⓘ
linked to:
Terrence
|
| ideology | far-right anti-government extremism ⓘ |
| juryDecision | spared death penalty (federal) ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| meetingContext | United States Army basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia ⓘ |
| met | Timothy McVeigh ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
U.S. Army
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
| motive | anti-government extremism ⓘ |
| notableFor | Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfChildrenKilled | 19 (Oklahoma City bombing) ⓘ |
| numberOfDeathsCaused | 168 (Oklahoma City bombing) ⓘ |
| occupation |
carpenter
ⓘ
farmer ⓘ handyman ⓘ |
| penalty |
161 consecutive life sentences (Oklahoma state)
ⓘ
life imprisonment without possibility of parole (federal) ⓘ |
| perpetrated | Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lapeer, Michigan, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention |
ADX Florence, Colorado, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Florence, Colorado
|
| religion | raised in a Christian household ⓘ |
| residenceBeforeArrest |
Herington, Kansas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Herington, Kansas
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| servedIn | United States Army ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lana Walsh (first wife)
ⓘ
Marife Torres (second wife) ⓘ |
| terroristAttackDate | 1995-04-19 ⓘ |
| terroristAttackTarget |
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ⓘ
linked to:
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
|
| trialLocation |
Denver, Colorado (federal trial)
ⓘ
linked to:
Denver, Colorado
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Terry Nichols Description of subject: Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Terry Nichols
linked to: Terry Nichols