Nikos ( el, Νίκος, ''Níkos'') is a

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 ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It originates from

''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of the original

Nikolaos Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English ...

(Greek) or

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 ...

(English).

People

Nikos Alefantos Nikos Alefantos ( el, Νίκος Αλέφαντος, 3 January 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a Greek professional footballer and football coach. Career Alefantos managed several clubs in the Greek Super League, including Olympiacos during 2004. He ...

, Greek football coach *

Nikos Aliagas Nikos Aliagas ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αλιάγας, ''Nikólaos "Níkos" Aliágas''; born 13 May 1969) is a Greek-French journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program ''Star Academy''. Biograph ...

, Greek TV host *

Nikos Anastopoulos Nikos Anastopoulos ( el, Νίκος Αναστόπουλος; born 22 January 1958) is a Greek former footballer who was one the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the 1980s and widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer * Nikos Argiropoulos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Babaniotis, Greek footballer * Nikos Barboudis, Greek footballer * Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Beloyannis Nikos Beloyannis ( el, Νίκος Μπελογιάννης; 1915 – 30 March 1952) was a Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party. Biography Beloyannis was born in Amaliada (Peloponnese, Greece) in 1915. He cam ...

, Greek communist and resistance leader *

Nikos Boudouris Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris (alternate spellings: Bountouris, Mpoudouris, Mpountouris) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μπουντούρης; born 25 September 1971 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Early ca ...

, Greek basketball player * Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer *

Nikos Christodoulou Nikos Christodoulou (born 1959) is a Greek conductor and composer, and the music director of the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and Choir. He is also the founder of the New Symphony Orchestra of Athens and the Euro Youth Philharmonic. Biogr ...

, Greek conductor and composer *

Nikos Christodoulides Nikos Christodoulides (born 6 December 1973) is a Cypriot politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and Spokesperson of the Government from 2014 to 2018. Prior to entering politics, he was an academic and career dipl ...

, Greek Cypriot politician *

Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas ( el, Νίκος Νταμπίζας, born 3 August 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender for Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and AEL. He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Dimitrakos, American ice-hockey player *

Nikos Dimou Nikos Dimou ( el, Νίκος Δήμου), born in 1935 in Athens, is a Greek writer and columnist. He started out as a copywriter and went on to become one of the best-known Greek intellectuals. Biography He graduated from Athens College an ...

, Greek writer *

Nikos Ekonomou Nikolaos "Nikos" Oikonomou (alternate spellings: Ikonomou, Ekonomou) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Οικονόμου; born February 19, 1973) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach. ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Engonopoulos Nikos Egonopoulos ( el, Νίκος Εγγονόπουλος; October 21, 1907 – October 31, 1985) was a Greek painter and poet. He is one of the most important members of "Generation of the '30s",Eleni Kefala''Peripheral (Post) Modernity'' ...

, Greek painter and poet *

Nikos Filippou Nikolaos "Nikos" Filippou (alternate spelling: Filipou) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Φιλίππου; born July 15, 1962, Ioannina, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in.), he p ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nick Galis Nikolaos Georgalis ( el, Νικόλαος Γεωργαλής; born July 23, 1957), commonly known as either Nikos Galis ( el, Νίκος Γκάλης), or Nick Galis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Galis, who during his playin ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Gatsos Nikos Gatsos ( el, Νίκος Γκάτσος; 8 December 1911 – 12 May 1992) was a Greek poet, translator and lyricist. Biography Nikos Gatsos was born in 1911 in Asea in Arcadia, a district of the Peloponnese, where he finished primary school ...

, Greek poet *

Nikos Ghalas Nikos ( el, Νίκος, ''Níkos'') is a Greek given name. It originates from Greek ''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of t ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Gounaris Nikos Gounaris ( el, Νίκος Γούναρης; Zagora, 1915 – 5 May 1965 in Athens) was a Greek tenor who was enormously popular as a "pop" singer in the 1950s. Biography Gounaris began playing the mandolin at the age of four. He attende ...

, Greek singer and songwriter *

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (; February 26, 1906 – September 3, 1994), also known as Niko Ghika, was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, writer and academic. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics, AICA-Hellas, ...

, Greek artist, writer and academic *

Nikos Hadjinikolaou Nikos Chatzinikolaou ( el, Νίκος Χατζηνικολάου) also spelled as Hatzinikolaou, Hatzinicolaou or Chatzinikolaou (born 1962 in Alexandroupoli) is a Greek journalist and media entrepreneur. Biography Hadjinikolaou studied at Pan ...

, Greek journalist *

Nikos Hatzis Nikolaos "Nikos" Chatzis (alternative spelling: Hatzis) ( el, Νίκος Χατζής; born 3 June 1976) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall, he played at the shooting guard posit ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Hatzivrettas Nikolaos (Nikos) Chatzivrettas (alternate spelling: Hatzivrettas) (Greek: Νικόλαος (Νίκος) Χατζηβρέττας; born May 26, 1977) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Chatzivrettas is 1.97 m (6 ft 5 in) tall ...

, Greek basketball player * Nikos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer and sailor *

Nikos Kaklamanos Nikos Kaklamanos (born July 12, 1981 in Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) in height. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career In his pro career, Kaklama ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Kalafatis Nikos Kalafatis ( el, Νίκος Καλαφάτης, born 15 March 1982) is a Greek football player who played for Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C. in the Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγο� ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Kalokairis Nikos Kalokeris ( el, Νίκος Καλοκαίρης; born 2 May 1986) is a Greek professional football defender who is currently playing for Aris Etoliko. Kalokairis previously played for Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Karageorgiou Nikos Karageorgiou ( gr, Νίκος Καραγεωργίου; born 8 December 1962) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Club career Karageorgiou began his football career at his local village football club Aetos Eratino ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Karouzos Nikos Karouzos ( el, Νίκος Καρούζος) was a Greek modernist poet. He was born in Nafplion on 17 July 1926 and died in Athens on 28 September 1990. He published his first poems in 1949. He also wrote literary criticism and essays on the ...

, Greek poet *

Nikos Karvelas Nikos Karvelas ( el, Νίκος Καρβέλας; born Nikos Leonardos on 8 September 1951) is a Greek songwriter, producer and singer. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his three-decade-long collaborat ...

, Greek songwriter and singer * Nikos Katsavakis, Greek footballer *

Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis ( el, ; 2 March ( OS 18 February) 188326 October 1957) was a Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years. Kazantzakis's no ...

, Greek writer and philosopher *

Nikos Kavvadias Nikos Kavvadias ( el, Νίκος Καββαδίας; 11 January 1910 in Nikolsk-Ussuriysky – 10 February 1975 in Athens) was a Greek poet, writer and a sailor by profession. He used his travels around the world, the life at sea and its adventures, ...

, Greek poet and writer *

Nikos Konstantopoulos Nikos Konstantopoulos (; born 8 June 1942 in Krestena, Elis) is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament and former president of the left-wing Synaspismos. His daughter, Zoi, was until September 2015 the Speaker of the Hellenic Par ...

, Greek politician *

Nikos Kostakis Nikos Kostakis ( el, Νίκος Κωστάκης, born 16 February 1973) is a Greek professional football (soccer) goalkeeper, currently playing for Thrasivoulos Filis F.C. in the Greek second division. Before Kostakis joined the club, he playe ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Kostenoglou, Greek footballer *

Nikos Koundouros Nikos Koundouros ( el, Νίκος Κούνδουρος; 15 December 1926 – 22 February 2017) was a Greek film director. Biography Koundouros was born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, in 1926. He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of F ...

, Greek film director *

Nikos Kourkoulos Nikos Kourkoulos ( el, Νίκος Κούρκουλος; December 5, 1934 in Athens, Greece – January 30, 2007) was a highly respected Greek theatrical and film performer, one of the most talented and recognizable actors in Greece of modern tim ...

, Greek actor *

Nikos Krotsidhas Nikos Krotsidhas (born 24 March 1986) is a Greece, Greek soccer, football player who plays for Aiolikos F.C., Aiolikos. He previously played for Aiolikos in the Gamma Ethniki. References

1986 births Living people Greek men's footballer ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Liberopoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Liberopoulos ( el, Νίκος Λυμπερόπουλος; born on 4 August 1975) is a retired Greek former professional international footballer who played as a forward. He is famous for his aim-to-goal shot, his innate in-pla ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Lorentzos Nikos Lorentzos is a Greek professor of Informatics. He is a specialist on the Relational Model of Database Management, having made contributions in the field of temporal databases, where he has co-authored a book with Hugh Darwen Hugh Darwe ...

, Greek informatics professor *

Nikos Machlas Nikos Machlas ( el, Νίκος Μαχλάς, born 16 June 1973) is a retired Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career OFI Crete Machlas began his career with OFI Crete, where he made his debut in February 1991 ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Mastorakis Nico Mastorakis ( el, Νίκος Μαστοράκης; born 28 April 1941 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek filmmaker and radio producer. He is probably best known for his 1973 live interview of 17 arrested Greek students, which happened without thei ...

, Greek filmmaker and radio producer * Nikos Mihas, Greek singer and songwriter * Nikos Nicolaides, Greek painter and writer *

Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1973) Nicos Nicolaou (born August 5, 1973 in Limassol, Cyprus) is a Cypriot manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and sci ...

, Cypriot midfielder * Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1978), Cypriot defender *

Nikos Nikolaidis Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis ( el, Νίκος Γεωργίου Νικολαΐδης; 25 October 1939 – 5 September 2007) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, televi ...

, Greek director and a writer *

Nikos Nikolaou Nikos Nikolaou ( el, Νίκος Νικολάου) (1909–1986) was a major figure in Greek art during the 20th century. In 1929 Nikolaou was admitted into the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he studied under Konstantinos Parthenis and Umberto ...

, Greek artist *

Nikos Nioplias Nikos Nioplias ( el, Νίκος Νιόπλιας; born 17 January 1965) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club His career began with OFI Crete in 1983, winning the Greek Cup in 1987, and he remained fo ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Nisiotis Nikolaos "Nikos" A. Nissiotis (alternate spelling: Nisiotis) ( Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" A. Νησιώτης; 21 May 1924 – 18 August 1986) was a Greek theologian, philosopher, university professor, and basketball coach. Basketball ...

, Greek basketball coach * Nikos Pantidos, Greek footballer * Nikos Papadopoulos, several people of that name *

Nikos Papanikolaou Nikolaos Papanikolaou (Greek language, Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παπανικολάου; born June 1, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Psychiko B.C., Psychiko of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 10 i ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Papatakis Nico Papatakis ( el, Νίκος Παπατάκης; 5 July 1918 – 17 December 2010)Death certificate registered by the Paris's City Hall (France) was an Ethiopian-born Greek filmmaker, who lived in France. Biography Papatakis was born in Addi ...

, Greek film director *

Nikos Pateras Nikos Pateras is a Greek major shipowner, president (from 2008 to 2010) and shareholder of Panathinaikos FC. He is member of the Pateras family, a historic shipping family from Chios island. He is president of Pacific & ...

, Greek ship magnate *

Nikos Perakis Nikos Perakis ( el, Νίκος Περάκης; born 11 September 1944) is a Greek writer and film director. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Munich. At that time he worked as a set and costume designer. His 1984 film ''Loafing and Camouflag ...

, Greek writer and film director *

Nikos Ploumpidis Nikos Ploumpidis (also Ploumbidis) () (31 December 1902 – 14 August 1954) was in the leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party during the Second World War and a famous member of the wartime anti-Nazi resistance. The son of a poor farming famil ...

, Greek communist and resistance fighter * Nikos Poulantzas, Greco-French political sociologist *

Nikos Rizos Nikos Rizos ( el, Νίκος Ρίζος; 30 September 1924, in Peta – 20 April 1999, in Athens) was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He and his wife Elsa had one son. Career Rizos began his career with ''Anthropo ...

, Greek actor *

Nikos Sampson Nikos Sampson (born Nikos Georgiadis, el, Νίκος Γεωργιάδης; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was the ''de facto'' president of Cyprus who succeeded Archbishop Makarios, appointed as the president of Cyprus by the Greek military ...

, Cypriot coup d'état president *

Nikos Sarganis Nikos Sarganis (Greek language, Greek: Νίκος Σαργκάνης; born 13 January 1954) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Career Born in Rafina, Att ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Sergianopoulos Nikos Sergianopoulos ( el, Νίκος Σεργιανόπουλος; 29 January 1958 – 4 June 2008), surname also spelled as Seryanopoulos or Seryiannopoulos, was a Greek actor. Early life and career Born in Drama, Greece, he graduated from ...

, Greek actor *

Nikos Skalkottas Nikos Skalkottas ( el, Νίκος Σκαλκώτας; 21 March 1904 – 19 September 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repert ...

, Greek composer * Nikos Skarmoutsos, Greek footballer * Nikos Spiropoulos, Greek footballer *

Nikos Stavropoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Stavropoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Σταυρόπουλος; born June 17, 1959), Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. During his club playing career ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Tselios Nikos Tselios ( gr, Νίκος Τσέλιος; born January 20, 1979) is a Greek-American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Tselios became the first draft pick in the history of the Carolina Hurricanes when he was selected 22nd overall i ...

, Irish-American ice hockey player *

Nikos Tsiantakis Nikos Tsiantakis ( el, Νίκος Τσιαντάκης, born 20 October 1963) is a Greek former football midfielder. Career He most prominently played for Panionios NFC and Olympiacos. His appearance at the 1994 World Cup rounded off his nation ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Tsiforos Nikos Tsiforos ( el, Νίκος Τσιφόρος; 27 August 1912 – 6 August 1970) was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director. He had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970. He further directed 17 films be ...

, Greek writer and film director * Nikos Tzogias, Greek actor * Nikos Vakalis, Greek politician *

Nikos Vertis Nikolaos Arvanitidis (Greek: Νικόλαος Αρβανιτίδης; 21 August 1976), better known by his stage name Nikos Vertis (Greek: Νίκος Βέρτης) is a popular Greek singer. He was born in Gorinchem, Netherlands and his origin is ...

, Greek singer *

Nikos Voutsis Nikos Voutsis ( el, Νίκος Βούτσης; born 4 March 1951) is a Greek politician and MP who served as the Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction from January 2015 to August 2015, and as President of the Hellenic Parlia ...

, Greek politician *

Nikos Xanthopoulos Nikos Xanthopoulos ( el, Nίκος Ξανθόπουλος; 14 March 1934 – 22 January 2023) was a Greek actor, known for his roles in the 1960s era Greek Drama Cinema. He was also a singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums an ...

, Greek actor *

Nikos Xanthoulis Nikos Xanthoulis ( el, Νίκος Ξανθούλης, born Νικόλαος Γεωργίου Ξανθούλης; 1962) is a Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an eth ...

, Greek musician and composer *

Nikos Xilouris Nikos Xylouris ( el, Νίκος Ξυλούρης, 7 July 1936 – 8 February 1980), Cretan nickname: Psaronikos ( el, Ψαρονίκος), was a Greek singer, Cretan Lyra player and composer, who was and remains to this day among the most renow ...

, Greek singer and songwriter *

Nikos Xydakis (journalist) Nikos Xydakis ( el, Νίκος Ξυδάκης; born 1958) is a Greek journalist, art critic, and left-wing politician. From 27 January to 28 August 2015, he served as the Alternate Minister for Culture in the cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. From 23 S ...

, Greek journalist and politician *

Nikos Xydakis (musician) Nikos Xydakis, (in Greek Νίκος Ξυδάκης) (born 17 March 1952) is Greek composer, pianist, and singer. Born in Cairo, Egypt, he immigrated with his family to Greece in 1963. Much of his music has its root in theatrical music. Xydakis h ...

, Greek songwriter, pianist and singer *

Nikos Zachariadis Nikos Zachariadis ( el, Νίκος Ζαχαριάδης; 27 April 1903 – 1 August 1973) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) from 1931 to 1956, and one of the most important personalities in the Greek Civil War. E ...

, Greek politician * Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player

Fictional characters

Nikos Nikos ( el, Νίκος, ''Níkos'') is a Greek given name. It originates from Greek ''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of t ...

, a fictional character on ''EastEnders'' *Pyrrha Nikos, a fictional character from the American web series ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, anime-influenced Computer animation, computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people tr ...

Other

*Nikos, international underwear and accessories compan

* ''

Nikos the Impaler ''Nikos the Impaler'' is a 2003 z-grade splatter film directed by and starring German arteur Andreas Schnaas. It follows a reincarnated Romanian barbarian ( Schnaas) as he wreaks havoc on modern day New York City. It was released in some territ ...

'', a b-grade splatter film (2003) *, a Panamanian cargo ship in service under this name in 1970

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