Mikołaj

Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:

In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
 * Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), Polish nobleman, Hetman, diplomat, and expert of south-east Europe
 * Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown
 * Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord
 * Mikołaj Mielecki, Polish nobleman and politician
 * Mikołaj Ostroróg, Polish nobleman
 * Mikołaj Potocki, member of the Polish nobility, magnate, and the Field Hetman of the Crown
 * Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, noble of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Palatine of Vilnius, and Grand Chancellor of Lithuania
 * Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord, Palatine of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor, and Grand Hetman of Lithuania
 * Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord, and Lord Grand Chamberlain of Lithuania
 * Mikołaj Sienicki, notable member of the landed nobility of the Kingdom of Poland
 * Mikołaj Szyszkowski, bishop of Warmia from 1633 until his death in 1643
 * Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, Palatine of Lublin, Grand Marshal of the Crown, and Palatine of Kraków

In Polish music:


 * Aga Mikolaj (1971–2021), stage name of Agnieszka Beata Mikołajczyk, a Polish operatic soprano
 * Mikołaj Gomółka, Polish composer
 * Mikołaj Radomski, Polish composer
 * Mikołaj Zieleński, Polish composer

In Polish literature:


 * Mikołaj Hussowski, Belarusian and Polish Renaissance writer
 * Mikołaj Rej, one of the best known Polish poets and writers of the Renaissance

In Cinema :


 * Mikołaj Kopeć, Polish director based in France. Co-creator of production house Têtes Parlantes.

In other fields:


 * Mikołaj Kopernik, usually translated as Nicolaus Copernicus, Renaissance mathematician and astronomer, known for formulating heliocentrism
 * Mikołaj Kubica (1945–2020), Polish gymnast
 * Mikołaj Sieniawski, notable Polish magnate, military commander, and prominent politician
 * Mikołaj Trąba, Polish Roman Catholic priest, Royal Notary, Vice-Chancellor of the Crown, bishop of Halicz, and archbishop of Gniezno