Nicolaus

Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas. Nicolaus may refer to:

In science:


 * Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the solar system
 * Nicolaus Otto (1832 – 1891), a German engineer

In mathematics:


 * Nicolaus I Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician
 * Nicolaus II Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician
 * Nicolaus Rohlfs, an 18th-century German mathematics teacher who wrote astronomical calendars

In literature:


 * Nicolaus Becker, a German lawyer and writer, the author of the Rheinlied
 * Nicolaus of Damascus, a Greek historical and philosophical writer who lived in the Augustan age

In music:


 * Nicolaus Bruhns, a German composer
 * Nicolaus Zacharie, an Italian composer of the early Renaissance

In Christianity:


 * Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, a German religious and social reformer and bishop of the Moravian Church
 * Nicolaus Taurellus, a German philosopher and theologian
 * Nicolaus of Antioch, one of the seven deacons listed in The Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 6, Verse 5

In other fields:


 * Nicolaus Delius, a German philologist

Other uses

 * Nicolaus, California, a small town in the United States
 * Nicolaus (leafhopper), a genus of leafhoppers