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. Notable people with the name include the following:

Given name

Music

Nikolas Asimos Nikolas Asimos ( el, Νικόλας Άσιμος; 20 August 1949 – 17 March 1988) was a Greek composer, singer and performance artist.Nikolas Caoile Nikolas Caoile is an American conductor, pianist, and percussionist. He was recently appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Lake Union Civic Orchestra. In 2010, he was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony ...

, American conductor *

Nikolas Metaxas Nikolas Metaxas (born February 25, 1988) is a Greek-American singer and songwriter who became famous after coming second in the first season of the Greek version of ''The X Factor''. Nikolas Metaxas participated as the songwriter and composer ...

(born 1988), American singer and songwriter *Nikolas Papamitrou (born 1995), American hip hop record producer known by his stage name

Papamitrou Nikolas Papamitrou, better known mononymously as Papamitrou or by the stage name Nick Papz, is a music producer from Massachusetts. Papamitrou is currently the first signed producer to Meek Mill's record label: Dreamchasers. Career Papamitrou gra ...

Nikolas Schreck Nikolas Schreck is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, film-maker and Tantric Buddhist religious teacher based in Berlin, Germany. Now a solo artist, Schreck founded the musical magical recording and performance collective Radio ...

, 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, 3 December 1936 – 2 January 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 Nikolas "Nik" Berger (born March 18, 1974 in Salzburg) is an Austrian beach volleyball player. Berger began his career in indoor volleyball in 1986. Among his major achievements are the Austrian national championships runner-up with ''PLO/ASV Sa ...

(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 Gelavis (born 15 June 1929) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Johannes "John" Gelavis (1898-1947), and Stavroula Gelavi ...

* Nikolas Ketner (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player *

Nikolas Ledgerwood Nikolas William "Nik" Ledgerwood (born 16 January 1985) is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach with Cavalry FC. Club career Early career Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Ledgerwood played for Calgary Storm in ...

(born 1985), Canadian soccer player *Nikolas Lewis (born 1982), American gridiron football player and coach known as

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 C ...

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 Nikolas Matinpalo (born October 5, 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Ässät of the Liiga. Matinpalo made his Liiga debut with Ilves during the 2018–19 Liiga season The 2018–19 Liiga season w ...

(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. Copen ...

(born 2000), Danish footballer * Nikolas Nicolaou (born 1979), Cypriot football player *

Nikolas Panagiotou Nikolas Panayiotou ( el, Νικόλας Παναγιώτου; born 12 May 2000) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a centre-back for Omonia and the Cyprus national team. Club career Having come through Anorthosis' academy, Panayiotou was pr ...

(born 2000), Cypriot footballer *

Nikolas Petrik Nikolas Petrik (born March 19, 1984) is an Austrian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). Playing career He began his professional career playing exclusively with EC VSV before later joining Dornb ...

(born 1984), Austrian ice hockey player *

Nikolas Proesmans Nikolas Proesmans (born 11 May 1992 in Tongeren) is a Belgian midfielder who plays for A. C. Sangiustese. Career statistics Club Honours Újpest *Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for fo ...

(born 1992), Belgian footballer *

Nikolas Špalek Nikolas Špalek (born 12 February 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serbian club TSC. Club career Špalek was signed by Spartak Trnava in July 2014. He made his league debut for the club against Zlaté Moravce o ...

(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 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 ...

Nikolas Sylvester Nikolas Sylvester (born 20 January 2000) is a Vincentian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he ranked 61st with a time of 25.64 seconds, a national record. He did not advance to the s ...

(born 2000), Vincentian swimmer *

Nikolas Tsattalios Nikolas Constantinos Tsattalios (born 1 March 1990) is an Australian footballer who plays for Sydney Olympic FC. Club career Tsattalios grew up in Sydney playing for his local ''Carss Park Soccer Club,'' alongside former Sydney FC teammate Dean ...

(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 Nikolas Wamsteeker (born October 28, 1996) is a Canadian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Haley Sales, he is the 2020 Bavarian Open bronze medallist and 2018 Lake Placid Ice Dance International bronze medallist. The two placed 9th at the 201 ...

(born 1996), Canadian ice dancer

Other professions

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 In ...

(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 dim ...

(born 1953), Canadian philosopher and political theorist *

Nikolas Kozloff Nikolas Kozloff is an American academic, author and photojournalist. He currently writes for Al-Jazeera and has also been featured on BBC, CNN, National Public Radio, PBS' '' Charlie Rose'' show, ''The Daily Show'' and the pro-Bolivarian Revolu ...

(born 1969), American author * Nikolas Löbel (born 1986), German politician * Nikolas Ormaetxea (1888–1961), Spanish writer *

Nikolas Papadopoulos Nikolas Papadopoulos ( el, Νικόλας Παπαδόπουλος; 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 c ...

(born 1973), Cypriot politician *Nikolas Patsaouras (born 1943), American urban planner known as Nick Patsaouras *

Nikolas Rose Nikolas Rose is a British sociologist and social theorist. He is Distinguished Honorary Professor at the Research School of Social Sciences, in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University and Honorary Profes ...

(born 1947), British sociologist *

Nikolas Schiller Nikolas Schiller (born October 10, 1980) is an American blogger and drug policy reform activist who lives in Washington, DC. He is primarily known for developing ''Geospatial Art'', which is the name he gave to his collection of abstract fantasy ...

(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 Nikolas Vogel (9 March 1967 – 28 June 1991) was an Austrian-German film actor and news camera operator. Nikolas Vogel belonged to a family of famous actors and he also became an actor. Vogel left the acting profession to report the news and wo ...

(1967–1991), Austrian film actor

Other

Nikolas Cruz On February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland, Florida, murdering 17 people and injuring 17 others. Cruz, a former student at th ...

(born 1998), American mass murderer facing a life sentence.

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 imm ...

, from American soap opera ''General Hospital'

Middle name

Karl Nikolas Fraas Karl Nikolas Fraas (8 September 1810 – 9 November 1875), German Botany, botanist and agriculturist, was born at Rattelsdorf, near Bamberg. After receiving his preliminary education at the Gymnasium (Germany), gymnasium of Bamberg, he in 1830 ent ...

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

Surname

Alexa Nikolas Alexa Nikolas (born April 4, 1992) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Nicole Bristow on the Nickelodeon television series ''Zoey 101''. Nikolas has also appeared on various other television series, including '' That's Life'', ...

(born 1992), American actress