Nicolaas
Nicolaas is the Dutch equivalent of the masculine given name Nicholas. Before the 19th century the name was also written Nicolaes, while Nikolaas is an uncommon variant spelling. Most people with the name use a short form in daily life, like Claas, Claes, Klaas, Nico, and Niek.
People with the name Nicolaas include:
Academics
- Nicolaas Bidloo, Dutch personal physician to Tsar Peter the Great
- Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate
- Nicolaas Bom, Dutch electrical engineer
- Nicolaas H. J. van den Boogaard, Dutch medievalist scholar
- Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician
- Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Dutch botanist
- Nicolaes Cleynaerts, Brabantian grammarian and traveler
- Nicolaas Duneas, South African biotech entrepreneur
- Nicolaas Everaerts, Dutch jurist
- Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and microscopist
- Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder, Dutch classical scholar and poet
- Nicolaas Heinsius the Younger, Dutch physician and writer
- Nicolaas Marinus Hugenholtz, Dutch physicist
- Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen, Dutch theoretical physicist
- Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch land surveyor, cartographer, astronomer and weatherman known as Cruquius
- Nicolaas Kuiper, Dutch mathematician
- , Dutch botanist and botanical garden director
- Nicolaas des Muliers, Flemish-born Dutch physician and astronomer known as Mulerius
- Nicolaas Nagelkerke, Dutch biostatistician and epidemiologist
- Nicolaas M.M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and mass spectrometrist
- Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus, Dutch economic historian and political scientist
- Nicolaas J.M. Roozen, Dutch economist
- Nicolaas Adrianus Rupke, Dutch historian of science
- Nicolaas Stenius, Dutch theologian portrayed by Frans Hals
- Nicolaas Jan van Strien, Dutch zoologist and conservationist
- Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch biologist and ornithologist and Nobel Laureate
- Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam portrayed by Rembrandt
- Nicolaes Visscher I, Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher
- Nicolaes Visscher II, Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher
- , Dutch linguist and slavist
Arts
- Nicolaas Bastert, Dutch landscape painter
- Nicolaas Baur, Dutch marine painter
- Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch landscape painter
- Nicolaes van Beresteyn, Dutch landscape painter
- Nicolaes de Bruyn, Flemish-born Dutch engraver
- Nicolaes Cave, Flemish still-life painter
- Nicolaas Eekman, Flemish figurative painter
- Nicolaas van Eyck, Flemish painter
- Nicolaes van Gelder, Dutch still life painter
- Nicolaes Gillis, Dutch still life painter
- Nicolaes de Giselaer, Dutch painter and draughtsman
- Nicolaes Hals, Dutch painter
- Nicolaes van Helt Stockade, Dutch painter
- Nikolaas van Hoy, Flemish painter active in Austria
- Nicolaes Jonghelinck, Flemish merchant banker and art collector
- Nicolaas Wilhelm Jungmann, Dutch-English painter and illustrator
- Nicolaes de Kemp, Dutch painter
- Nicolaes Knüpfer, German-born Dutch painter
- Nicolaes Lachtropius, Dutch flower painter
- Nicolaes Lastman, Dutch portrait and landscape painter
- Nicolaes Latombe, Dutch painter
- Nicolaes Lauwers, Flemish engraver
- Nicolaas de Liemaecker, Flemish historical painter
- Nicolaes Maes, Dutch genre and portrait painter
- Nicolaes Millich, Dutch sculptor
- Nicolaes Moeyaert, Dutch painter
- Nicolaes Molenaer, Dutch painter
- Nicolaes Pickenoy, Dutch portrait painter
- Nicolaas Piemont, Dutch landscape painter
- Nicolaas Pieneman, Dutch painter, art collector, lithographer, and sculptor
- Nicolaes Pitau, Flemish-born French engraver and printmaker
- Nicolaas Regnier, Flemish painter and art collector
- Nicolaes Roose, Flemish historical painter, alias of Nicolaas de Liemaker
- Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom, Dutch landscape painter
- Nicolaas Roosendael, Dutch painter
- Nicolaas Rubens, Lord of Rameyen, Flemish son of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
- Nicolaes van Verendael, Flemish still life and flower painter
- Nicolaas Verkolje, Dutch painter and mezzotint maker
- Nicolaes de Vree, Dutch painter
- Nicolaas van der Waay, Dutch decorative artist, watercolorist and lithographer
- Nicolaes Willingh, Dutch court painter
- Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout, Dutch brewer
- Nicolaes le Febure, Dutch mayor of Haarlem
- Nicolaes Grisz Grauwert, Dutch guard
- Nicolaes Hasselaer, Dutch brewer
- Nicolaes van Loo, Dutch brewer
- Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer, Dutch brewer and mayor of Haarlem
- Nicolaes Olycan, Dutch brewer
- Nicolaes Verbeek, Dutch brewer
Music
- Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens, South African accordionist and songwriter
- , Flemish composer
- Nicolaas Dijkshoorn, Dutch musician and writer
- Nicolaas Douwman, Dutch DJ, record producer and songwriter
- Nicolaes à Kempis, Flemish composer active in Brussels
- Nicolaas Maria Schilder, Dutch singer-songwriter
- Nicolaes Vallet, French-born Dutch lutenist and composer
Politics
- Nicolaes Coeckebacker, Chief of the Dutch trading factory at Hirado, Japan
- , Belgian politician and promoter of gymnastics
- Nicolaas Debrot, Dutch writer and Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
- Nicolaas Diederichs, State President and Finance Minister of South Africa
- Nicolaes Geelvinck, Dutch landowner and mayor of Amsterdam
- Nicolaas Geelvinck, President of the Dutch West India Company
- Nicolaas Havenga, South African Finance Minister
- Nicolaas Jouwe, Papuan leader, first president of West New Guinea
- Nicolaas Pierson, Dutch economist and Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Nicolaas II Rockox, Flemish knight, mayor of Antwerp
- Nikolaas-Jan Rouppe, Dutch-born Belgian politician
- Nicolaas Smit, South African Boer general and politician
- Nicolaas Steelink, Dutch American labor activist
- Nicolaas Verburg, Dutch Governor of Formosa and Director General of the VOC council in Batavia
- Nicolaas Frederic de Waal, Dutch-born Administrator of Cape Province, South Africa
- Nicolaas Waterboer, South African leader of the Griqua people
- Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, South African Chief Justice and Governor-General
- Nicolaes Witsen, Dutch statesman, ambassador, cartographer and writer on shipbuilding
Religion
- Nicolaas Goudanus, Dutch Jesuit and papal diplomat
- Nicolaas Grevinckhoven, Dutch Protestant minister
- Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen, Dutch Mennonite author and deacon
- Nicolaas van Nieuwland, Dutch bishop of Haarlem and abbot of Egmond Abbey
- Nicolaas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar
- Nicolaes van Rensselaer, Dutch clergyman in New Netherland
- Nicolaas Johannes Smith, South African minister and apartheid opponent
Sports
- Nicolaas Jan Jerôme Bouvy, Dutch footballer
- Nicolaas A.P. de Bree, Dutch footballer
- Nicolaas G.M. van den Broek, Dutch ice hockey player
- Nicolaas Broekhuijsen, Dutch teacher, inventor of korfball
- Nicolaas Buchly, Dutch track cyclist
- Nicolaas R.J. Buwalda, Dutch footballer
- Nicolaas Pieter Claesen, Belgian footballer
- Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch chess master
- Nikolaas Davin, Namibian cricketer
- Nicolaas Driebergen, Dutch swimmer
- Nicolaas Holzken, Dutch kickboxer and boxer
- Nicolaas van Hoorn, Dutch fencer
- Nicolaas Immelman, South African rugby player
- Nicolaas Jacobs, Namibian wrestler
- Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, South African rugby player
- Nicolaas de Jong, Dutch cyclist
- Nicolaas Pieter de Jong, Dutch sailor
- Nicolaas Landeweerd, Dutch water polo player
- Nicolaas Jacobus Lee, South African rugby player
- Nicolaas "Moos" Linneman, Dutch boxer
- Nicolaas Bernardus Lutkeveld, Dutch javelin thrower
- Nicolaas Johannes Luus, South African rugby player
- Nicolaas Meiring, South African swimmer
- Nicolaas Johannes Michel, Dutch footballer
- Nicolaas Moerloos, Belgian gymnast and weightlifter
- Nicolaas Nederpeld, Dutch fencer
- Nicolaas Jacobus Oosthuizen, South African rugby player
- Nicolaas Pretorius, South African rugby player
- Nicolaas Pretorius, South African cricketer
- Nicolaas Hessel Rienks, Dutch rower
- Nicolaas Scholtz, Namibian cricketer
- Nicolaas Scholtz, South African tennis player
- Nicolaas Bernard Spits, Dutch field hockey player
- Nicolaas J.S. Steyn, South African rugby player
- Nicolaas Tates, Dutch canoeist
- Nicolaas Theunissen, South African cricketer
- Nicolaas Peter Vanos, American basketball player
- Nicolaas C.M. Verhoeven, Dutch cyclist
- Nicolaas de Wolf, Dutch footballer
- Nicolaas Wolmarans, South African boxer
Writers
- Nicolaas Beets, Dutch theologian, writer and poet
- Nicolaes Boddingius, Dutch writer and calligrapher
- Nicolaes Borremans, Dutch poet and writer
- Nicolaas Matsier, Dutch novelist
- Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard, Austrian novelist, playwright and poet
- Nicolaas Vergunst, South African novelist
- Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, Afrikaans-language poet, playwright and scholar
Other
- , Dutch photographer active in London
- Nicolaes van Hoorn, Dutch pirate
- Nicolaas Nieuwoudt, South African military commander
- Nicolaas van Rensburg, South African Boer and prophet
- Nicolaas van Staphorst, Dutch banker
- Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant revolutionary leader