Nikolaus (given name)
Nikolaus is a given name. Notable people with this name include the following:
Given name
Art
- Nikolaus Geiger, German sculptor and painter.
- Nikolaus Gerhaert, Dutch sculptor
- Nikolaus Glockendon, German illustrator
- Nikolaus Hagenauer, German sculptor
- Nikolaus Knüpfer, Dutch painter
- Nikolaus van Hoy, Flemish painter
Military
- Nikolaus Andreas von Katzler, Prussian lieutenant general
- Nikolaus Barbie, German SS and Gestapo functionary known as Klaus Barbie
- Nikolaus Heilmann, German Nazi
- Nikolaus Heinrich von Schönfeld, Prussian general
- Nikolaus Herbet, German SS officer
- Nikolaus Ritter, German military officer
- Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, German general
- Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, German naval officer
- Nikolaus von Maillot de la Treille, Bavarian lieutenant general and War Minister
- Nikolaus von Rauch, Prussian cavalry officer
- Nikolaus von Vormann German general
Music
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor
- Nikolaus Hillebrand, German operatic bass-baritone
- Nikolaus Selnecker, German musician
- Nikolaus Simrock, German musician
- Nikolaus Kittel, Russian violin and bow make
- Nikolaus Kraft, Austrian cellist and composer
- Nikolaus Lehnhoff, German opera director
- Nikolaus Newerkla, Austrian harpsichordist, arranger and conductor
- Nikolaus von Krufft, Austrian composer
Politician
- Nikolaus Berlakovich, Austrian politician
- Nikolaus Dumba, Austrian politician
- Nikolaus Georg von Reigersberg, German politician
- Nikolaus Krell, German politician
- Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil, Swiss renaissance humanist and politician
- Nikolaus Müller, German politician
- Nikolaus Welter, Luxembourgish writer and politician known as Nik Welter
Religion
- Nikolaus Creutzer, Roman Catholic prelate
- Nikolaus Decius, German monk
- Nikolaus von Laun, German Bohemian Augustinian friar
- Nikolaus Gross, German Roman Catholic
- Nikolaus Herman, German Lutheran cantor
- Nikolaus Messmer, Kyrgyzstani Roman Catholic prelate
- Nikolaus Nilles, Luxembourgian Roman Catholic writer and teacher
- Nikolaus of Banz, Polish Roman Catholic canon
- Nikolaus Schienen, German Roman Catholic prelate
- Nikolaus Schneider, German evangelical
- Nikolaus Storch, German radical lay-preacher
- Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl, Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman, pulpit orator and theologian
- Nikolaus von Schönberg, German Cardinal
Royalty & nobility
- Jobst Nikolaus I, Count of Hohenzollern, German nobleman
- Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince
- Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince
- Nikolaus III, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince
- Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy von Erdőd, Hungarian nobleman known as Miklós Pálffy
- Nikolaus Bodman, German nobleman, ornithologist and bird conservationist
- Nikolaus, Count Esterházy, Hungarian royal
- Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, German royal
- Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Liechtensteinian Ambassador
- Prince Nikolaus of Thurn and Taxis , German royal
- Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau, Prussian royal
Science
- Nikolaus Ager, French physician and botanist
- Nikolaus Correll, German roboticist
- Nikolaus Eglinger, Swiss physician
- Nikolaus Friedreich, German scientist
- Nikolaus Joseph Brahm, German zoologist
- Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist
- Nikolaus Hofreiter, Austrian mathematician
- Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist
- Nikolaus Riehl, German physicist
- Nikolaus Rüdinger, German anatomist
- Nikolaus Wolfgang Fischer, German chemist.
Sports
- Nikolaus Biewer, German footballer
- Nikolaus Jedlicka, Austrian poker player known as Niki Jedlicka
- Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof, Austrian racing driver
- Nikolaus Mondt, German ice hockey player
- Nikolaus Moser, Austrian tennis player
- Nikolaus Ott, West German rower known as Niko Ott
- Nikolaus Resch, Austrian sailor
Other fields
- Count Nikolaus Szécsen von Temerin, Austro-Hungarian diplomat
- Nikolaus Bachler, Austrian theater and opera director and actor
- Nikolaus Becker, German writer
- Nikolaus Blome, German journalist
- Nikolaus Brender, German journalist
- Nikolaus Ehlen, German pacifist teacher
- Nikolaus Federmann, German adventurer and conquistador
- Nikolaus Frank, Swedish industrial designer
- Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret, German architect
- Nikolaus Gerbel, German humanist, jurist and doctor of both laws
- Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austrian filmmaker
- Nikolaus Gjelsvik, Norwegian jurist
- Nikolaus Gromann, German architect
- Nikolaus Katzer, German historian
- Nikolaus Kimla Austrian writer
- Nikolaus Knoepffler, German philosopher
- Nikolaus Lenau nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau, Austrian poet
- Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, German diplomat
- Nikolaus Paryla, Austrian actor and stage director
- Nikolaus Pevsner, British historian
- Nikolaus Senn, Swiss jurist, economist and banker
- Nikolaus Stanec, Austrian chess master
- Nikolaus von Halem, German resistance fighter
- Nikolaus von Jeroschin, German historian
- Nikolaus von Üxküll-Gyllenband, German businessman
- Nikolaus Wachsmann, German historian
- Nikolaus Zmeskall, Hungarian official
Middle name
- Andreas Nikolaus Lauda, Austrian Formula One driver known as Niki Lauda
- Christian Nikolaus Eberlein, German historical painter
- Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel, German inventor
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, German philologist
- Franz Nikolaus Novotny, Austrian organist and composer
- Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, Danish diplomat and historian
- Gustav Nikolaus Tiedemann, German revolutionary
- Joseph Nikolaus de Vins, Austrian general
- Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musician, musicologist and music theorist
- Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet
- Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer
- Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian
- Johann Nikolaus Weislinger, German polemical writer
- Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, German-Danish philosopher
- Johann Nikolaus Stupanus, Swiss physician
- Niels Nikolaus Falck, Danish jurist and historian
- Paul Nikolaus Cossmann, German journalist
- Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen, German Prince-Bishop of Basel
- Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, German botanist