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
Mikołaj Ostroróg (1593–1651) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish–Lithuanian szlachcic (nobleman), politician and general.
He was Podstoli of the Crown since 1633, Stolnik of the Crown since 1624, Krajczy of the Crown since 1636 ...
, Polish nobleman
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Mikołaj Potocki
Mikołaj "Bearpaw" Potocki (; 1595 – 20 November 1651) was a Polish nobleman, magnate and Field Crown Hetman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1637 to 1646, Grand Hetman of the Crown from 1646 to 1651, governor of Bracław Voivo ...
, member of the Polish nobility, magnate, and the Field Hetman of the Crown
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Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
* Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown
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, noble of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Palatine of Vilnius, and Grand Chancellor of Lithuania
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Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
* Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown
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, 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
Mikołaj Gomółka (c. 1535 – after 30 April 1591, most probably 5 March 1609) was a Polish Renaissance composer and a member of the royal court of Sigismund II Augustus. At the court, he served as a singer, flutist, and trumpeter.
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, Polish composer
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Mikołaj Radomski Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
* Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown
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, Polish composer
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Mikołaj Zieleński
Mikołaj Zieleński (Zelenscius, fl. 1611) was a Polish composer, organist and ''Kapellmeister'' to the primate Baranowski, Archbishop of Gniezno.
Neither the date of his birth nor of his death are known; documents from Płock Cathedral state he ...
, Polish composer
In Polish literature:
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Mikołaj Hussowski Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:
* Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown
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, 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
Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath who formulated a mathematical model, model of Celestial spheres#Renaissance, the universe that placed heliocentrism, the Sun rather than Earth at its cen ...
, 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
Heliocentrism (also known as the heliocentric model) is a superseded astronomical model in which the Earth and planets orbit around the Sun at the center of the universe. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed t ...
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Mikołaj Kubica
Mikołaj Kubica (27 October 1945 – 19 July 2020) was a Polish gymnast. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Ol ...
(1945–2020), Polish gymnast
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Mikołaj Sieniawski
Mikołaj Sieniawski (c. 1489 – 1569) was a notable Poland, Polish magnate, military commander and a prominent politician of his times. He built stone Brzeżany Castle round which the modern town of Berezhany has developed.
Since 1539 Miko ...
, notable Polish magnate, military commander, and prominent politician
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Mikołaj Trąba
Mikołaj Trąba (; 1358 – 2 December 1422), of Trąby coat of arms, was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, Royal Notary from 1390, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown 1403–12, bishop of Halicz 1410–12, archbishop of Gniezno from 1412, and first p ...
, Polish Roman Catholic priest, Royal Notary, Vice-Chancellor of the Crown, bishop of Halicz, and archbishop of Gniezno
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