Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος,

') is a common Greek language, Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη ''nike (goddess), nikē'' 'victory' and λαός
laos
' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English language, English form is Nicholas. In the bible, this is the name of a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem.

People with first name Nikolaos

In sports: * Nikolaos Andreadakis, Greek athlete * Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Greek gymnast * Nikolaos Balanos, Greek architect * Nikolaos Dorakis, Greek shooter * Nikolaos Georgantas (1880-1958), Greek athlete * Nikolaos Georgeas, former Greek football player who last played for AEK Athens FC * Nikolaos Giantsopoulos (born 1994), Canadian soccer player * Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics * Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter * Nikolaos Lyberopoulos (b. 1975), Greek football player * Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek professional football player * Nikolaos Morakis, Greek shooter * Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3-metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics * Nicolaos Trikupis, Greek Shooter, Politician, and Army General * Nikolaos Tsiantakis (b. 1963), retired Greek football midfielder In other fields: * Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (b. 1969) * Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros (1795-1872), Greek composer * Nikolaos Damaskenos, Syrian historian and philosopher in the Augustan age of the Roman Empire * Nikolaos Douvas, (b. 1947), former Chief of Staff of the Hellenic Army * Nikolaos Kavadias (1910–1975), Greek poet and writer * Nikolaos Makarezos (1919-2009), Greek army general * Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795-1872), Greek composer * Nikolaos Mavrogenis (d. 1790), Phanariote Prince of Wallachia * Nikolaos Oikonomides (1934-2000), notable Greek Byzantinist * Nikolaos Plastiras (1883-1953), General of the Greek army * Nikolaos Sifounakis, (b. 1949), Greek politician * Nikolaos Skoufas (1779-1818), member of ''Filiki Eteria'' * Nikolaos Trikoupis, Major General with the Greek Army during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 * Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos (1826-1909), Greek painter * Nikolaos Zachariadis (1903-1973), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece In fiction: * Undead characters of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter#Nikolaos, Nikolaos is the Master Vampire of the City of St. Louis in Laurell K. Hamilton's novel ''Guilty Pleasures''.

People with first name Nikolaos

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