Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas.MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Nicolaus Nicolaus may refer to:
In science:
Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the Solar System Nicolaus Otto (1832–1891), a German engineer
In mathematics:
Nicolaus I Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician Nicolaus II Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician Nicolaus Rohlfs, an 18th-century German mathematics teacher who wrote astronomical calendars
In literature:
Nicolaus Becker, a German lawyer and writer, the author of the Rheinlied Nicolaus of Damascus, a Greek historical and philosophical writer who lived in the Augustan age
In music:
Nicolaus Bruhns, a German composer Nicolaus Zacharie, an Italian composer of the early Renaissance
In Christianity:
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, a German religious and social reformer and bishop of the Moravian Church Nicolaus Taurellus, a 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, a 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)
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