Nicephorus

Nicephorus, Nikephoros, or Nikiforos (Νικηφόρος) is a Greek male name, meaning "Bringer of Victory", which was commonly used among the Byzantine Empire's aristocracy. It may refer to:

Rulers

 * Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802–811
 * Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963–969
 * Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Byzantine emperor 1078–1081
 * Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, despot of Epirus 1267–1297
 * Nikephoros II Orsini, ruler of Epirus 1335–1338 and 1356–1359

Ecclesiastical leaders

 * Nicephorus I of Constantinople, Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758–828, author of the Stichometry and other works
 * Nicephorus II of Constantinople, patriarch in exile at Nicaea
 * Nicephorus of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084–1090
 * Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645
 * Nikiforos of Didymoteicho, Metropolitan of Didymoteicho in 1988–2009

Others

 * Nikephoros (Caesar) (c. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV, involved in several conspiracies
 * Nikephoros Nikephoritzes (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas
 * Nikephoros Basilakes, Byzantine usurper against Nikephoros III in 1078/1079
 * Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch), father of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder
 * Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078
 * Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, son of the preceding, Byzantine general, statesman and historian, 1062–1137
 * Nikephoros Choumnos (c. 1250–1327), Byzantine chief minister and scholar
 * Nikephoros Diogenes general and son to Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
 * Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian, c. 1295–1360
 * Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320
 * Nikephoros Komnenos (c. 970 – after 1026/7), Byzantine commander and governor
 * Nikephoros Melissenos (c. 1045–1104), Byzantine general, self-proclaimed emperor and Caesar
 * Nikephoros Ouranos, Byzantine general, chief aide to the emperor Basil II, viceroy in the East from 999 to c. 1010
 * Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II
 * Nikephoros the Monk, 13th-century monk and spiritual writer
 * Nikephoros Theotokis (1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia
 * Nikephoros Xiphias, Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil II
 * Nikiforos Diamandouros (born 1942), Greek and EU ombudsman
 * Nikiforos Lytras (1832–1904), Greek painter
 * Nikiforos Vrettakos (1912–1991), Greek writer
 * Nikiforos (Greek singer)

Other uses

 * Athena Nikephoros, the Goddess Athena of Victory
 * Nikiforos, a municipal unit in Drama regional unit, Greece
 * Nikiforos Fokas, a municipal unit in Rethymno regional unit, Greece
 * MV Nikiforos, a cargo ship
 * Nikiforos–Toxotis, a regular military exercise by the Cypriot and Greek militaries
 * Nicephorus (fly), a genus of fly.