Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...
, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
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Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526)
Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic), hetman, diplomat, and expert of southeast Europe.
Mikołaj became voivode of the Lublin Voivodeship in 1507, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1514, Great Hetman of the Crown in 1 ...
, Polish nobleman, Hetman, diplomat, and expert of south-east Europe
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Mikołaj Kamieniecki
Mikołaj Kamieniecki h. Pilawa (1460 – 15 April 1515) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic) and the first Great Hetman of the Crown.
Mikołaj was the oldest son of castellan of Sanok Henryk Kamieniecki and Katarzyna Pieniążkówna. He was owner o ...
, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown
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Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord
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Mikołaj Mielecki 150px, right
Mikołaj Mielecki h. Gryf (ca. 1540 – 11 May 1585 in Kraków) was a Polish nobleman and politician. Since 1569 Mielecki was the voivod of Podolian Voivodship, between 1578 and 1580 he also served in the Polish Army as the Grand ...
, Polish nobleman and politician
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Mikołaj Ostroróg, Polish nobleman
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Mikołaj Potocki
Mikołaj "Bearpaw" Potocki (; 1595 – 20 November 1651) was a Polish nobleman, magnate and Field Crown Hetman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1637 to 1646, Grand Hetman of the Crown from 1646 to 1651, governor of Bracław Voivodes ...
, member of the Polish nobility, magnate, and the Field Hetman of the Crown
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Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł
Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł (4 February 1515 – 28 May 1565), nicknamed ''The Black'' (Polish: ''Czarny''), was a Polish-Lithuanian noble who held several administrative positions within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Voivode of Vilnius, Gr ...
, noble of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Palatine of Vilnius, and Grand Chancellor of Lithuania
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Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord, Palatine of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor, and Grand Hetman of Lithuania
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Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł
Mikołaj Radziwiłł, also known as ''Mikołaj Radziwiłł The Seventh'' (1546–1589) was Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and a Polish–Lithuanian noble ( szlachcic), Great Chamberlain of Lithuania in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
, Polish-Lithuanian lord, and Lord Grand Chamberlain of Lithuania
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Mikołaj Sienicki
Mikołaj Sienicki of Bończa (c. 1521-1582) was a member of the landed gentry of the Kingdom of Poland. He held the office of chamberlain of the land of Chełm and was a notable politician of his period. Considered one of the best Polish political ...
, notable member of the landed nobility of the Kingdom of Poland
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Mikołaj Szyszkowski, bishop of Warmia from 1633 until his death in 1643
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Mikołaj Zebrzydowski
Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620) of Radwan coat of arms, voivode of Lublin from 1589, Grand Crown Marshal between 1596–1600, voivode of Kraków from 1601. He is famous for an armed rebellion against King Sigismund III Vasa, the Zebrzydowsk ...
, Palatine of Lublin, Grand Marshal of the Crown, and Palatine of Kraków
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Aga Mikolaj (1971–2021), stage name of Agnieszka Beata Mikołajczyk, a Polish operatic soprano
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Mikołaj Gomółka
Mikołaj Gomółka (c. 1535 – after 30 April 1591, most probably 5 March 1609) was a Polish Renaissance composer, and member of the royal court of Sigismund II Augustus, where he was a singer, flutist and trumpeter.
Gomółka was born in Sando ...
, Polish composer
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Mikołaj Radomski
Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
* Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), Polish nobleman, Hetman, diplomat, and expert of so ...
, Polish composer
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Mikołaj Zieleński
Mikołaj Zieleński (Zelenscius, fl. 1611) was a Polish composer, organist and '' Kapellmeister'' to the primate Baranowski, Archbishop of Gniezno.
Neither the date of his birth nor of his death are known; documents from Płock Cathedral state h ...
, Polish composer
In Polish literature:
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Mikołaj Hussowski
Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
* Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), Polish nobleman, Hetman, diplomat, and expert of so ...
, Belarusian and Polish Renaissance writer
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Mikołaj Rej, one of the best known Polish poets and writers of the Renaissance
In Cinema :
* Mikołaj Kopeć, Polish director based in France. Co-creator of production house Têtes Parlantes.
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Mikołaj Kopernik
Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated ...
, usually translated as Nicolaus Copernicus,
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
mathematician and astronomer, known for formulating
heliocentrism
Heliocentrism (also known as the Heliocentric model) is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at ...
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Mikołaj Kubica
Mikołaj Kubica (27 October 1945 – 19 July 2020) was a Polish gymnast. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX ...
(1945–2020), Polish gymnast
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Mikołaj Sieniawski, notable Polish magnate, military commander, and prominent politician
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Mikołaj Trąba
Mikołaj Trąba (; 1358 – 2 December 1422), of Trąby coat of arms, was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, Royal Notary from 1390, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown 1403–12, bishop of Halicz 1410–12, archbishop of Gniezno from 1412, and first prim ...
, Polish Roman Catholic priest, Royal Notary, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown, bishop of Halicz, and archbishop of Gniezno
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