Nicolau is a surname that occurs in multiple cultures and languages, including

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

, and

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

, and which is derived from the given name

Nicolau Nicolau is a Portuguese and Catalan given name, a variant of Nicholas. People known by this name include: *Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer *Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East-Timorese politician and national hero *Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, the f ...

, a variant of

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 ...

, or is a variant spelling of Nicolaou.''Dictionary of American Family Names''
"Nicolau Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 18 January 2016. The name may refer to: *

Alexandru Nicolau Alexandru Nicolau (russian: Александр Александрович Николау, translit=Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Nikolau; January 1889 – September 27, 1937) was a Romanian lawyer, socialist and later communist activist. Active in the R ...

(1889–1937), Romanian political activist *

Antoni Nicolau Antoni Nicolau i Parera (8 June 1858 — 26 February 1933) was a Spanish composer from Catalonia. Life Nicolau was born and died in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city ...

(1858–1933), Spanish composer * Christian Nicolau (born 1947), French athlete * Cristina Nicolau (born 1977), Romanian athlete *

Dimitri Nicolau Dimitri Nicolau (21 October 1946 in Keratea, Greece - 29 March 2008 in Rome, Italy) was a composer, stage director, conductor, musicologist, writer and professor. He was born in Keratea, Greece and became a naturalized citizen of Italy. Starting ...

(1946–2008), Italian musician of Greek origin * Enric Mas Nicolau (born 1995), Spanish cyclist * George Nicolau (1925–2020), American arbitrator of Greek origin * Ivo Nicolau (born 1983), Portuguese footballer *

Jackson Nicolau Jackson Nicolau (born 19 July 1987) was an Australian Rugby league footballer who played for the Gold Coast Titans and North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. He was born in the North Queensland town of Innisfail. He primarily plays in the five ...

(born 1987), Australian footballer of Greek origin *

Melisa Nicolau Melisa Nicolau Martín (born 20 June 1984), commonly known as Melisa or Mely, is a Spanish former footballer, who played as a defender for Primera División clubs Rayo Vallecano and FC Barcelona, as well as the Spain women's national football t ...

(born 1984), Spanish footballer *

Nick Nicolau Anthero "Nick" Nicolau (May 5, 1933 – December 6, 2014) was a longtime NFL and college football assistant coach. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University. He spent most of the 1960s -'70s coaching at college programs such as ...

(1933–2014), American football coach *

Nicky Nicolau Nicky George Nicolau (born 12 October 1983) is an English footballer of Greek Cypriot origin who plays as a midfielder. He last played for Bishops Stortford in 2015. Early career Born in St Pancras, London, Nicolau started his career with Ar ...

(born 1983), English footballer of Greek Cypriot origin *

Serghei Nicolau Serghei Nicolau (born Sergey Nikonov; 1905–1999) was a Romanian communist espionage chief and a Securitate general. Biography An ethnic Russian, Nicolau was born in Cacica, Suceava County in to an ethnic Russian family. He also called himsel ...

(1905–1999), Romanian espionage chief * Ștefan Gh. Nicolau (1874–1970), Romanian physician, dermato-venerologist * Ștefan S. Nicolau (1896–1967), Romanian physician, inframicrobiologist

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