Nikolas is a

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and a

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. Notable people with the name include the following:

Given name

Music

* Nikolas Asimos (1949–1988), Greek composer and singer * Nikolas Caoile, American conductor * Nikolas Metaxas (born 1988), American singer and songwriter *Nikolas Papamitrou (born 1995), American hip hop record producer known by his stage name Papamitrou *

Nikolas Schreck Nikolas Schreck is an American singer-songwriter, author, and film-maker based in Berlin, Germany. Schreck founded the music and performance collective Radio Werewolf, which operated from 1984 to 1994. He collaborated musically with his forme ...

, American singer/songwriter, musician, author, film-maker and Tantric Buddhist religious teacher * Nikolas Sideris (born 1977), Greek composer *Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis (1936–1998), American record producer known as

Nick Venet Nick Venet (born Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis, December 3, 1936 – January 2, 1998) was an American record producer, who began his career at age 19 with World Pacific Jazz. He is best known for signing The Beach Boys to Capitol Records and p ...

Sports

* Nikolas Asprogenous (born 1986), Cypriot footballer * Nikolas Berger (born 1974), Austrian beach volleyball player * Nikolas Besagno (born 1988), American soccer player *Nikolas Gelavis (born 1929), Australian rules footballer known as Nick Gelavis * Nikolas Ketner (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player * Nikolas Khamenia (born 2006), American basketball player * Nikolas Ledgerwood (born 1985), Canadian soccer player *Nikolas Lewis (born 1982), American gridiron football player and coach known as

Nik Lewis Nikolas Lewis (born June 3, 1982) is the Wide receivers coach, receivers coach for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and he is a former professional Canadian football slotback who played for 15 years in the CFL. He is a ...

Nikolas Maes Nikolas Maes (born 9 April 1986) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2020, for the , and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, UCI WorldTeam . ...

(born 1986), Belgian road bicycle racer * Nikolas Matinpalo (born 1998), Finnish ice hockey player * Nikolas Mattheou (born 1998), Cypriot footballer *

Nikolas Nartey Nikolas Terkelsen Nartey (born 22 February 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. Club career Youth career Nartey began his career at the age of 8 at AB. He then joined F.C. Cope ...

(born 2000), Danish footballer * Nikolas Nicolaou (born 1979), Cypriot football player * Nikolas Panagiotou (born 2000), Cypriot footballer * Nikolas Petrik (born 1984), Austrian ice hockey player * Nikolas Proesmans (born 1992), Belgian footballer * Nikolas Špalek (born 1997), Slovak footballer *Nikolas Stauskas (born 1993), Canadian basketball player known as

Nik Stauskas Nikolas Tomas Stauskas (born October 7, 1993) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, Stauskas played two seasons of college basketball for the Mi ...

* Nikolas Sylvester (born 2000), Vincentian swimmer * Nikolas Tsattalios (born 1990), Australian footballer *Nikolas Wallenda (born 1979), American acrobat known as

Nik Wallenda Nikolas Wallenda (born January 24, 1979) is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds 11 Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feat ...

* Nikolas Wamsteeker (born 1996), Canadian ice dancer

Other professions

* Nikolas Ferreira (born 1996), Brazilian politician *

Nikolas Gvosdev Nikolas Kirrill Gvosdev is a Russian– American international relations scholar. He is currently professor of national security studies at the U.S. Naval War College and the former Editor of the bi-monthly foreign policy journal, ''The National Int ...

(born 1969), Russian international relations scholar *

Nikolas Kompridis Nikolas Kompridis (; born 1953) is a Canadian philosopher and political theorist. His major published work addresses the direction and orientation of Frankfurt School critical theory; the legacy of philosophical romanticism; and the aesthetic d ...

(born 1953), Canadian philosopher and political theorist * Nikolas Kozloff (born 1969), American author * Nikolas Löbel (born 1986), German politician * Nikolas Ormaetxea (1888–1961), Spanish writer *

Nikolas Papadopoulos Nikolas Papadopoulos (; born 22 April 1973) is a Greek Cypriot lawyer and politician. He has been Member of Parliament for Nicosia since 2006 and leader of centrist DIKO party since 2013. Papadopoulos chairs the parliamentary committee on Finan ...

(born 1973), Cypriot politician *Nikolas Patsaouras (born 1943), American urban planner known as Nick Patsaouras * Nikolas Rose (born 1947), British sociologist * Nikolas Schiller (born 1980), American blogger *

Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus (mentioned 1329–1347) was a Norwegian nobleman who served as the Lawspeaker of Oslo shortly before the Black Death. He is mentioned in written sources in medieval Oslo between 1329 and 1347, and as lawspeaker in 1347, two ...

(mentioned 1329–1347), Norwegian nobleman * Nikolas Tsakos (born 1963), Greek shipowner * Nikolas Vogel (1967–1991), Austrian film actor * Nikolas Weinstein (born 1968), American glass artist

Other

Nikolas Cruz Nikolas Jacob Cruz (born September 24, 1998) is an American mass murderer who perpetrated the Parkland high school shooting, where he shot and killed fourteen students and three staff members while injuring seventeen others on February 14, 2018 ...

(born 1998), American mass murderer serving multiple life sentences

Fictional characters

Nikolas Cassadine Nikolas Cassadine is a fictional character from ''General Hospital'', an American soap opera on the ABC network. Originated by actor Tyler Christopher in 1996, he left the show on July 14, 1999. Due to Nikolas' importance on the soap, he was im ...

, from American soap opera ''General Hospital'

Middle name

* Karl Nikolas Fraas (1810–1875), German botanist and agriculturist * Olaf Nikolas Olsen (1794–1848), Danish military officer

Surname

* Alexa Nikolas (born 1992), American actress