Nikolai

Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to:
People
Royalty
Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nikolay II, last Emperor of Russia, from 1894 until 1917
Prince Nikolai of Denmark (born 1999)
Other people
Nikolai
Nikolai Aleksandrovich (disambiguation) or Nikolay Aleksandrovich, several people
Nikolai Antropov (born 1980), Kazakh former ice hockey winger
Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948), Russian religious and political philosopher
Nikolai Bogomolov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975), Soviet politician and minister of defence
Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004), Russian astronomer
Nikolai Dudorov (1906–1977), Soviet politician
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (born 1952), Soviet serial killer
Nikolai Goc (born 1986), German ice hockey player
Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), Russian dramatist and novelist
Nikolai Fraiture (born 1978) American bassist for The Strokes
Nikolai Khabibulin (born 1973), Russian former ice hockey goaltender
Nikolai Kinski (born 1976), film actor
Nikolai Kotlyar (1935–2003), Soviet engineer, maritime specialist and politician
Nikolai Kulemin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey winger
Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician and geometer
Nikolai Lukashenko (born 2004), third son of Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus
Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951), Russian composer and pianist
Nikolai Melnikov (born 1948), Soviet Olympic champion water polo player
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), Russian composer
Nikolai Novosjolov (born 1980), Estonian fencer
Nikolai Onoprienko (1911–1979), Soviet Red Army colonel
Nikolai Pegov (1905–1991), Soviet official and diplomat
Nikolai Pozdneev (1930–1978), Russian painter
Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888), Russian geographer and explorer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer
Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), Russian painter, conductor and composer
Nikolai Ryzhkov (born 1929), Russian politician
Nikolai Shchelokov (1910–1984), Soviet statesman and army general
Nikolai Slichenko (1934–2021), Soviet and Russian singer, actor, and theatre director
Nikolai Tanayev (1945–2020), Kyrgyz politician
Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1945), Russian composer, pianist, and conductor
Nikolai Tikhonov (writer) (1896–1979), Soviet writer
Nikolai Tikhonov (1905–1997), Russian politician
Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993), Russian painter
Nikolai Topor-Stanley (born 1985), Australian footballer
Nikolai Valuev (born 1973), Russian boxer and world heavyweight champion
Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943), Russian botanist and geneticist
Nikolai Volkoff (1947–2018), professional WWF wrestler
Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940), head of NKVD and perpetrator of the Great Purge
Nikolai Zherdev (born 1984), Russian ice hockey player
Nikolay
Nikolay Davydenko (born 1981), professional tennis player
Nikolay Dollezhal (1899–2000), Soviet nuclear reactor designer, head of NIKIET from 1952–1986
Nikolay Epshtein (1919–2005), Soviet ice hockey coach
Nikolay Pechalov (born 1970), Olympic and World champion in weightlifting
Nikolay Peskov (born 1990), Russian army veteran
Nikolay Shubin (born 1956), Georgian-born Russian serial killer
Other uses
Nikolai, Alaska, a city in the United States
Nikolai Airport, an airport serving Nikolai, Alaska
Nikolai (vodka), a brand of vodka
See also
, includes many people with first given name Nikolai
, includes many people with first given name Nikolay
Kolja (disambiguation)
Kolya (disambiguation)
Nikola (disambiguation)
Nicola (disambiguation)
Nicolai (disambiguation)
Nikolayev (surname)