Nicanor or Nikanor is the name of:

People

Ancient history

Nicanor (father of Balacrus) Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr''; lived 4th century BC) was the father of Balacrus, the Macedonian satrap of Cilicia. It is probably this Nicanor who is alluded to in an anecdote related by Plutarch of Philip II of Macedon, as a perso ...

, 4th century BC *

Nicanor (son of Parmenion) Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr''; died 330 BC), son of Parmenion, was a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great. He is first mentioned at the passage of the Danube river, in the expedition of Alexander against the ...

(4th-century–330 BC), 4th century BC; a Macedonian officer under Alexander * Nicanor of Stageira, 4th century BC; a messenger sent by Alexander to the 324 Olympics *

Nicanor (satrap) Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr'') was a Macedonian officer of distinction who served as satrap of Media under Antigonus (possibly Nicanor of Stageira, who served under Alexander the Great). In 321 BCE, at the division of the provin ...

, 4th century BC; Macedonian officer, governor of Media under Antigonus *

Nicanor (Antipatrid general) Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr''; executed 317 BC) was a Macedonian officer who served the Diadochus Cassander and the son in law of Aristotle. He campaigned on Cassander's behalf in Attica and Hellespont during the early Wars of the ...

(died 318 BC), 4th century BC; an officer of Cassandrus *

Nicanor (Ptolemaic general) Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr'') lived in 4th century BC and was a friend and a general for Ptolemy, the son of Lagus, who was dispatched by the Ptolemaic Egyptian king in 320 BC with an army to reduce Syria and Phoenicia. He took L ...

, 4th century BC *

Nicanor of Syria Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr'') was a Syrian Greek who lived in the 3rd century BC under Seleucid Empire. Together with a Gaul named Apaturius, he assassinated Seleucus III Ceraunus during his expedition into Asia against Attalus I ...

(died 222 BC), 3rd century BC; assassin of Seleucus III *

Nicanor (Macedonian general) Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr''), nicknamed "The Elephant", was a general under King Philip V of Macedonia in the 3rd century BC. He invaded Attica with an army shortly before the outbreak of the Second Macedonian War between Philip ...

, 3rd century BC; a Macedonian general under Philip V * Nicanor of Epirus, 3rd–2nd century BC; son of Myrton and supporter of Charops of Epirus *

Saevius Nicanor Saevius Nicanor () is mentioned by Suetonius as the first grammarian who acquired fame and honour as a teacher among the Romans. He probably lived in the 3rd or 2nd century BC. He was the author of commentaries, the greater portion of which was s ...

, 3rd or 2nd century BC; Roman grammarian *

Nicanor (Seleucid general) Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr''; died 161 BC) was a Syrian-Seleucid General under the kings Antiochus Epiphanes and Demetrius Soter. Early military career The son of Patroclus and one of the king's "chief friends" ( 2 Macc 8:9), A ...

(died 161 BC), 2nd century BC; defeated by Judas Maccabaeus * Nicanor of Cyrene, date unknown; author of the ''Metonomasias'' *

Nicanor the Deacon Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ, Nikánōr, translit-std=ISO) was one of the Seven Deacons The Seven, often known as the Seven Deacons, were leaders elected by the early Christian church to minister to the community of believers in Jerusalem, to ...

(died 76 AD), 1st century AD; one of the Seven Deacons of early Christianity * Nicanor Stigmatias, 2nd century AD; the great Homeric grammarian

Modern period

* Nicanor Abelardo (1893–1934), Filipino composer who composed over a hundred of Kundiman songs, especially before the Second World War * Nicanor Carmona (1842–1940), Peruvian politician in the early 20th century *

Nicanor de Carvalho Nicanor de Carvalho Júnior, sometimes simply known as Nicanor (9 February 1947 – 28 November 2018), was a Brazilian football player and manager. Player career Nicanor played mainly for clubs in the interior of São Paulo state. In 1969, he m ...

(born 1947), a manager of the Kashiwa Reysol soccer team in Japan in the 1990s *

Nicanor Duarte Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 11 October 1956) is a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008. In 2013, President Horacio Cartes appointed Duarte as Ambassador to Argentina, a diplomatic posting he held fro ...

(born 1956), President of Paraguay 2003–2008 *

Nicanor Faeldon Nicanor Escalona Faeldon (; born July 29, 1965) is a Filipino former Marine who served as the Director-General of the Bureau of Corrections under the Duterte administration from November 21, 2018, until he was fired in September 2019. He se ...

(born 1965), Captain in the Philippine Marines and an alleged leader of the Oakwood Mutiny in 2003 * Nikanor Grujić (1810–1887), Orthodox bishop, Serbian patriarch, writer, poet, orator and translator * Nikanor Hoveka (c. 1875–1951), Chief of the Ovambanderu in South-West Africa * Nikanor Longinov, Governor of

Yekaterinoslav Governorate The Yekaterinoslav Governorate (russian: Екатеринославская губерния, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya; uk, Катеринославська губернія, translit=Katerynoslavska huberniia) or Government of Yekaterinos ...

(1832–1836) *

Nicanor Costa Méndez Nicanor Costa Méndez (October 30, 1922 – August 3, 1992) was an Argentine diplomat. Costa Méndez was born into a privileged background in Buenos Aires, in 1922. He attended the University of Buenos Aires, graduating with a Law Degree in 1943. ...

(1922–1992), Foreign Minister of Argentina under Presidents Juan Carlos Onganía and Leopoldo Galtieri, and ambassador to Chile from 1962 to 1964 *

Nicanor Perlas Nicanor Jesús "Nick/Nicky" Pineda Perlas III (born January 10, 1950 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino activist and awardee of the Right Livelihood Award in 2003, which is often referred as an alternative Nobel Prize. He serves at present as ...

(born 1950), Filipino activist and a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award in 2003 *

Nicanor Parra Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean poet and physicist. He was considered one of the most influential Chilean poets of the Spanish language in the 20th century, often compared with Pablo Neruda. P ...

(1914–2018), Chilean antipoet *

Nicanor Tiongson Nicanor G. Tiongson is a critic, creative writer and academic from the Philippines. He holds a Bachelor of Humanities degree from the Ateneo de Manila University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines. A ...

, Filipino critic, creative writer and academic *

Nicanor Yñiguez Nicanor Espina Yñiguez (November 6, 1915 – April 13, 2007) was a Filipino politician and Speaker of the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986. Considered the "Father of Southern Leyte", he authored the law that created the province ...

(1915–2007), Filipino politician *

Nicanor Zabaleta Nicanor Zabaleta (January 7, 1907 – April 1, 1993) was a Spanish harpist. Zabaleta was born in San Sebastián, Spain, on January 7, 1907. In 1914 his father, an amateur musician, bought him a harp in an antique shop. He soon began takin ...

(1907–1993), Basque-Spanish virtuoso and popularizer of the harp *

Nikanor Teratologen Nikanor Teratologen ("Nikanor the teratologist"), real name Niclas Lundkvist, born 27 October 1964 in Kåge, Västerbotten, is a Swedish novelist, essayist, translator and literary critic. His 1992 debut novel ''Assisted Living'' received conside ...

, author *

Patriarch Nicanor of Alexandria Nicanor served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1866 and 1869. References * 19th-century Greek Patriarchs of Alexandria {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub ...

from 1866 and 1869

Other

Nikanor plc Nikanor plc was a publicly quoted holding company for Global Enterprises Corporate (GEC) with assets in the rich Copperbelt region in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Nikanor plc was incorporated in 2006 with its reg ...

, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, former holding company merged into Katanga Mining which is now owned by Glencore {{disambiguation, hndis, given name hr:Nikanor ru:Никанор sh:Nikanor