Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas.
MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Nicolaus
/ref> Nicolaus may refer to:
In science:
* Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the solar system
* Nicolaus Otto (1832 – 1891), German engineer
In mathematics:
* Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician
* Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician
* Nicolaus Rohlfs, 18th-century German mathematics teacher who wrote astronomical calendars
In literature:
* Nicolaus Becker, German lawyer and writer, the author of the ''Rheinlied''
* Nicolaus of Damascus, Greek historical and philosophical writer who lived in the Augustan age
In music:
* Nicolaus Bruhns, German composer
* Nicolaus Zacharie, Italian composer of the early Renaissance
In Christianity:
* Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer and bishop of the Moravian Church
* Nicolaus Taurellus, 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, German philologist
Other uses
* Nicolaus, California, a small town in the United States
* ''Nicolaus (leafhopper)'', a genus of leafhoppers
See also
*Nicholas
*Nicholaus
*Nikolaus (given name)
References
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German masculine given names
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