Nikolaus (given name)

Nikolaus is a given name. Notable people with this name include the following:

Art

 * Nikolaus Geiger (1849–1897), German sculptor and painter.
 * Nikolaus Gerhaert (c.1420 – 1473), Dutch sculptor
 * Nikolaus Glockendon (fl. 1515 – 1534), German illustrator
 * Nikolaus Hagenauer (c. 1445/1460 — 1538), German sculptor
 * Nikolaus Knüpfer (1609–1655), Dutch painter
 * Nikolaus van Hoy (b. Antwerp, 1631 – d. Vienna, 25 June 1679), Flemish painter

Military

 * Nikolaus Andreas von Katzler (1696–1760), Prussian lieutenant general
 * Nikolaus Barbie (1913–1991), German SS and Gestapo functionary known as Klaus Barbie
 * Nikolaus Heilmann (1903–1945), German Nazi
 * Nikolaus Heinrich von Schönfeld (1733–1795), Prussian general
 * Nikolaus Herbet (1889 – unknown), German SS officer
 * Nikolaus Ritter (1899–1974), German military officer
 * Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885–1968), German general
 * Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien (1879–1956), German naval officer
 * Nikolaus von Maillot de la Treille (1774–1834), Bavarian lieutenant general and War Minister
 * Nikolaus von Rauch (1851–1904), Prussian cavalry officer
 * Nikolaus von Vormann (1895–1959) German general

Music

 * Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929–2016), Austrian conductor
 * Nikolaus Hillebrand (born 1948), German operatic bass-baritone
 * Nikolaus Selnecker (1530–1592), German musician
 * Nikolaus Simrock (1751–1832), German musician
 * Nikolaus Kittel (1805/6 – 1868), Russian violin and bow make
 * Nikolaus Kraft (1778–1853), Austrian cellist and composer
 * Nikolaus Lehnhoff (1939–2015), German opera director
 * Nikolaus Newerkla (born 1974), Austrian harpsichordist, arranger and conductor
 * Nikolaus von Krufft (1779–1818), Austrian composer

Politician

 * Nikolaus Berlakovich (born 1961), Austrian politician
 * Nikolaus Dumba (1830–1900), Austrian politician
 * Nikolaus Georg von Reigersberg (1598–1651), German politician
 * Nikolaus Krell (c. 1551 – 1601), German politician
 * Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil (1451–1500), Swiss renaissance humanist and politician
 * Nikolaus Müller (1892–1980), German politician
 * Nikolaus Welter (1871–1951), Luxembourgish writer and politician known as Nik Welter

Religion

 * Nikolaus Creutzer (died 1525), Roman Catholic prelate
 * Nikolaus Decius (c. 1485 – 1541), German monk
 * Nikolaus von Laun, German Bohemian Augustinian friar
 * Nikolaus Gross (1898–1945), German Roman Catholic
 * Nikolaus Herman (c. 1500 – 1561), German Lutheran cantor
 * Nikolaus Messmer (1954–2016), Kyrgyzstani Roman Catholic prelate
 * Nikolaus Nilles (1828–31 – 1907), Luxembourgian Roman Catholic writer and teacher
 * Nikolaus of Banz, Polish Roman Catholic canon
 * Nikolaus Schienen (1491–1556), German Roman Catholic prelate
 * Nikolaus Schneider (born 1947), German evangelical
 * Nikolaus Storch (pre-1500 – after 1536), German radical lay-preacher
 * Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl, Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman, pulpit orator and theologian
 * Nikolaus von Schönberg (1472–1537), German Cardinal

Royalty & nobility

 * Jobst Nikolaus I, Count of Hohenzollern (1433–1488), German nobleman
 * Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714–1790), Hungarian prince
 * Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy (1765–1833), Hungarian prince
 * Nikolaus III, Prince Esterházy (1817–1894), Hungarian prince
 * Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy von Erdőd (1657–1732), Hungarian nobleman known as Miklós Pálffy
 * Nikolaus Bodman (1903–1988), German nobleman, ornithologist and bird conservationist
 * Nikolaus, Count Esterházy (1583–1645), Hungarian royal
 * Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897–1970), German royal
 * Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (born 1947), Liechtensteinian Ambassador
 * Prince Nikolaus of Thurn and Taxis (1885–1919) (1885–1919), German royal
 * Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau (1832–1905), Prussian royal

Science

 * Nikolaus Ager (1568–1634), French physician and botanist
 * Nikolaus Correll (born 1977), German roboticist
 * Nikolaus Eglinger (1645–1711), Swiss physician
 * Nikolaus Friedreich (1825–1882), German scientist
 * Nikolaus Joseph Brahm (1754–1821), German zoologist
 * Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817), Austrian scientist
 * Nikolaus Hofreiter (1904–1990), Austrian mathematician
 * Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723–1798), Austrian entomologist
 * Nikolaus Riehl (1901–1990), German physicist
 * Nikolaus Rüdinger (1832–1896), German anatomist
 * Nikolaus Wolfgang Fischer (1782–1850), German chemist.

Sports

 * Nikolaus Biewer (1922–1980), German footballer
 * Nikolaus Jedlicka (born 1987), Austrian poker player known as Niki Jedlicka
 * Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof (born 1978), Austrian racing driver
 * Nikolaus Mondt (born 1978), German ice hockey player
 * Nikolaus Moser (born 1990), Austrian tennis player
 * Nikolaus Ott (born 1945), West German rower known as Niko Ott
 * Nikolaus Resch, Austrian sailor

Other fields

 * Count Nikolaus Szécsen von Temerin (1857–1926), Austro-Hungarian diplomat
 * Nikolaus Bachler (born 1951), Austrian theater and opera director and actor
 * Nikolaus Becker (1809–1845), German writer
 * Nikolaus Blome (born 1963), German journalist
 * Nikolaus Brender (born 1949), German journalist
 * Nikolaus Ehlen (1886–1965), German pacifist teacher
 * Nikolaus Federmann (c. 1505 – 1542), German adventurer and conquistador
 * Nikolaus Frank (born 1964), Swedish industrial designer
 * Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret (1767–1845), German architect
 * Nikolaus Gerbel (c. 1485 – 1560), German humanist, jurist and doctor of both laws
 * Nikolaus Geyrhalter (born 1972), Austrian filmmaker
 * Nikolaus Gjelsvik (1866–1938), Norwegian jurist
 * Nikolaus Gromann (c. 1500 – 1566), German architect
 * Nikolaus Katzer (born 1952), German historian
 * Nikolaus Knoepffler (born 1962), German philosopher
 * Nikolaus Lenau nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau (1802–1850), Austrian poet
 * Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut (born 1960), German diplomat
 * Nikolaus Paryla (born 1939), Austrian actor and stage director
 * Nikolaus Pevsner (1902–1983), British historian
 * Nikolaus Senn (1926–2014), Swiss jurist, economist and banker
 * Nikolaus Stanec (born 1968), Austrian chess master
 * Nikolaus von Halem (1905–1944), German resistance fighter
 * Nikolaus von Jeroschin (ca.1290 – 1341), German historian
 * Nikolaus von Üxküll-Gyllenband (1877–1944), German businessman
 * Nikolaus Wachsmann (born 1971), German historian
 * Nikolaus Zmeskall (1759–1833), Hungarian official

Middle name

 * Andreas Nikolaus Lauda (1949–2019), Austrian Formula One driver known as Niki Lauda
 * Christian Nikolaus Eberlein (1720–1788), German historical painter
 * Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel (1777–1826), German inventor
 * Franz Nikolaus Finck (1867–1910), German philologist
 * Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743–1773), Austrian organist and composer
 * Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl (1831–1888), German Emperor
 * Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761–1826), Danish diplomat and historian
 * Gustav Nikolaus Tiedemann (1808–1849), German revolutionary
 * Joseph Nikolaus de Vins (1732–1798), Austrian general
 * Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749–1818), German musician, musicologist and music theorist
 * Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German poet
 * Johann Nikolaus Hanff (1663–1711), German organist and composer
 * Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701–1790), German historian and theologian
 * Johann Nikolaus Weislinger (1691 – 29 August 1755), German polemical writer
 * Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (1736–1807), German-Danish philosopher
 * Johann Nikolaus Stupanus (1542–1621), Swiss physician
 * Niels Nikolaus Falck (1784–1850), Danish jurist and historian
 * Paul Nikolaus Cossmann (1869–1942), German journalist
 * Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen (1693–1775), German Prince-Bishop of Basel
 * Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf (1850–1932), German botanist