Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...
, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
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Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown
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Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord
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Mikołaj Mielecki, Polish nobleman and politician
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Mikołaj Ostroróg, Polish nobleman
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Mikołaj Potocki, member of the Polish nobility, magnate, and the Field Hetman of the Crown
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Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, noble of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Palatine of Vilnius, and Grand Chancellor of Lithuania
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Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord, Palatine of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor, and Grand Hetman of Lithuania
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Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord, and Lord Grand Chamberlain of Lithuania
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Mikołaj Sienicki, notable member of the landed nobility of the Kingdom of Poland
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Mikołaj Szyszkowski, bishop of Warmia from 1633 until his death in 1643
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Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, Palatine of Lublin, Grand Marshal of the Crown, and Palatine of Kraków
In Polish music:
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Aga Mikolaj (1971–2021), stage name of Agnieszka Beata Mikołajczyk, a Polish operatic soprano
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Mikołaj Gomółka, Polish composer
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Mikołaj Radomski, Polish composer
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Mikołaj Zieleński, Polish composer
In Polish literature:
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Mikołaj Hussowski, Belarusian and Polish Renaissance writer
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Mikołaj Rej
Mikołaj Rej or Mikołaj Rey of Nagłowice (4 February 1505 – between 8 September/5 October 1569) was a Polish poet and prose writer of the emerging Renaissance in Poland as it succeeded the Middle Ages in Poland, Middle Ages, as well as a po ...
, one of the best known Polish poets and writers of the Renaissance
In Cinema:
* Mikołaj Kopeć, Polish director based in France. Co-creator of production house Têtes Parlantes.
In other fields:
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Mikołaj Kopernik, usually translated as Nicolaus Copernicus,
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...
mathematician and astronomer, known for formulating
heliocentrism
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Mikołaj Kubica (1945–2020), Polish gymnast
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Mikołaj Sieniawski, notable Polish magnate, military commander, and prominent politician
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Mikołaj Trąba, Polish Roman Catholic priest, Royal Notary, Vice-Chancellor of the Crown, bishop of Halicz, and archbishop of Gniezno
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