Nik is a unisex given name and a short form of most names starting with ''Nik'', derived from Ancient Greek νικη (nike) meaning "victory".
It may refer to:
People:
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Nik Bärtsch
Nik Bärtsch (born 3 August 1971) is a Swiss pianist, composer, bandleader, record producerNastos, Michael GAllmusic: Nik Bärtsch Biography accessed May 25, 2018 and author from Zürich.
Career
Bärtsch studied piano and percussion before ...
(born 1971), Swiss pianist, composer and producer
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Nik Bonitto
Nikolas Bonitto (born September 26, 1999) is an American football outside linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma.
Early life and high school career
Bonitto grew up in Fo ...
(born 1999), American football player
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Nik Caner-Medley
Nik Caner-Medley (born October 20, 1983) is an Azerbaijani-American former professional basketball player. Caner-Medley played four seasons of college basketball at the University of Maryland.
High school career
Nik graduated from Deering High S ...
(born 1983), American basketball player
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Nik Cohn
Nik Cohn, also written Nick Cohn (born 1946), is a British writer.
Life and career
Cohn was born in London, England and brought up in Derry in Northern Ireland, the son of historian Norman Cohn and Russian writer Vera Broido. An incomer to th ...
(born 1946), British rock journalist
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Nik Kershaw
Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released eight singles that entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the ...
(born 1958), English singer-songwriter, composer, musician and record producer
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Nik Lewis
Nikolas "Nik" Lewis (born June 3, 1982) is the 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 two-time Grey ...
(born June 3, 1982), American gridiron football player and coach
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Nik Needham
Nikolas James Needham (born November 4, 1996) is an American football cornerback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UTEP.
College career
Needham was a member of the UTEP Miners for five s ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Nik Omladič (born 1989), Slovenian footballer
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Nik Richie
Nik Lamas-Richie (born Hooman Abedi Karamian, February 12, 1979), is an American blogger, author, and Internet personality. Richie is best known as the founder of controversial gossip website TheDirty.com.
Early life
Richie was born in Hackensack ...
(born Hooman Karamian in 1979), American blogger, author and Internet personality
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Nik Stauskas
Nikolas Tomas Stauskas (born October 7, 1993) is a Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, Stauskas played two seasons of college basketball f ...
(born 1993), Canadian National Basketball Association player
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Nik Turner
Nicholas Robert Turner (26 August 1940 – 10 November 2022) was an English musician, best known as a member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner played saxophone and flute, as well as being a vocalist and composer. While with Hawkwind, T ...
(born 1940), English musician
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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 ...
(born 1979), American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist and author
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Nik Welter
Nikolaus “Nik” Welter (2 January 1871, Mersch – 13 July 1951, Luxembourg City) was a Luxembourgish writer, playwright, poet, professor, literary critic (Germanic and Romance languages), and statesman. He wrote predominantly in German langu ...
(1871 – 1951), Luxembourgish writer and politician
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Nik Xhelilaj
Kreshnik Xhelilaj (born 5 March 1983) known professionally as Nik Xhelilaj, is an Albanian actor.
He began his international career with the movie The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider, directed by Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani and was the leading actor ...
(born 1983), Albanian film and stage actor
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Nik Zagranitchni
Nik Zagranitchni (ניק זגרניצ'ני; born November 21, 1969) is an Israeli Olympic wrestler.
He is Jewish, and made '' aliyah'' (emigrated to Israel) from Ukraine in early 1991.
Wrestling career
His sports club was Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Te ...
(born 1969), Israeli Olympic wrestler
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Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat ( Jawi: ; 10 January 1931 – 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the ''Mursyidul Am'' or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian I ...
(1931-2015), Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric
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Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh
Nik Ahmad Fadly bin Nik Leh (born 28 May 1977) is a Malaysian former professional football (soccer), footballer who currently serves as Kelantan FA U19 assistant coach.
Career
Coaching
In 2013, Nik Fadly has been appointed as an assistant ...
(born 1977), Malaysian former footballer
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Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Nik Nazmi bin Nik Ahmad ( Jawi: ; born 12 January 1982) is a Malaysian politician from the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of presently the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition who has served as Mi ...
(born 1982), Malaysian politician
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Nik Shahrul Azim Abdul Halim
Nik Mohd Shahrul Azim bin Abdul Halim (born 30 December 1990) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for Kuala Lumpur City in the Malaysia Super League. He is a versatile defender who mainly operate as a right-back and sometimes as ...
(born 1990), Malaysian footballer
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Cristian Dzwonik
Cristian Dzwonik (born 18 March 1971 in Buenos Aires), better known as Nik, is a cartoonist from Argentina, creator of Gaturro, and current cartoonist in the paper La Nación. He received the 2002 Konex Platinum Award for Best cartoonist, and f ...
(born 1971), Argentinean cartoonist better known as Nik, creator of ''Gaturro''
* one half of the Danish R&B/hip-hop/pop duo
Nik & Jay
Nik & Jay is a Danish hip-hop/pop duo made of Niclas Genckel Petersen (born 8 November 1980 in Herlev) and Jannik Brandt Thomsen (born 16 June 1981).
Their #2 single ''Hot!'' won them Hit of the Year and Best New Artist at the Danish Music ...
, real name Niclas Genckel Petersen
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Nik P.
Nikolaus Presnik (born 6 April 1962), better known as Nik P., is an Austrian schlager singer.
Biography
Born in Friesach, Nik P. moved to Straßburg, Austria with his family after the death of his mother. He learned to play the guitar at a ...
, Austrian schlager singer Nikolaus Presnik (born 1962)
Other:
* One of the three 2002
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* ''Nomor Induk Kependudukan'', the national single identity number of
Indonesian identity card
The Indonesian identity card, known in Indonesian as the ''Kartu Tanda Penduduk'' () or KTP, is an identity card issued in Indonesia. Separate versions exist for Indonesian citizens and non-Indonesian residents. The card is issued upon reachi ...
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Nick (given name)
Nick is a masculine given name. It is also often encountered as a short form (hypocorism) of the given names Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas, Nikola, Nicolai or Nicodemus. It may refer to:
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