Sir Clive William Nicol, MBE (; 17 July 1940 – 3 April 2020) was a British-born Japanese writer. He was born in Neath, Wales. In 1958 he visited the Arctic Circle to research eider duck. He spent 1967 to 1969 as a game warden in Ethiopia, setting up the new Semien Mountains National Park. He returned to Japan, writing a book about his Ethiopian experiences: "From the Roof of Africa" (1971).