# Nikolaus (given name)

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

## Given name
### 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