Nicanor or Nikanor is the name of:

People

Ancient history

Nicanor (father of Balacrus) Nicanor (; ''Nīkā́nōr''; lived 4th century BC) was the father of Balacrus, the Macedonian satrap of Cilicia. It is probably this Nicanor who is alluded to in an anecdote related by Plutarch of Philip II of Macedon, as a person of some distinct ...

, 4th century BC *

Nicanor (son of Parmenion) Nicanor (; ''Nīkā́nōr''; died 330 BC), son of Parmenion, was a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great. He is first mentioned at the passage of the Danube river, in the expedition of Alexander against the Getae, 335, when h ...

(4th-century–330 BC), 4th century BC; a Macedonian officer under Alexander *

Nicanor of Stageira Nicanor (; ''Nīkā́nōr'') of Stageira in Macedonia, was despatched by Alexander the Great to proclaim at the Olympic Games of 324 BCE the decree for the recall of the exiles throughout the Greek cities. It is perhaps the same person whom we fin ...

, 4th century BC; a messenger sent by Alexander to the 324 Olympics *

Nicanor (satrap) Nicanor (; ''Nīkā́nōr'') was a Macedonian officer of distinction who served as satrap of Media under Antigonus (possibly Nicanor of Stageira, who served under Alexander the Great). In 321 BCE, at the division of the provinces, after the d ...

, 4th century BC; Macedonian officer, governor of Media under Antigonus *

Nicanor (Antipatrid general) Nicanor (; ''Nīkā́nōr''; executed 317 BC) was a Macedonian officer who served the Diadochus Cassander and the son in law of Aristotle. He campaigned on Cassander's behalf in Attica and Hellespont during the early Wars of the Diadochi, but was e ...

(died 318 BC), 4th century BC; an officer of Cassandrus * Nicanor (Ptolemaic general), 4th century BC * Nicanor of Syria (died 222 BC), 3rd century BC; assassin of Seleucus III * Nicanor (Macedonian general), 3rd century BC; a Macedonian general under Philip V *

Nicanor of Epirus Nicanor (; ''Nīkā́nōr'') of Epirus was a son of Myrton of Epirus, and lived in the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE. Along with his father, he supported the oppressive and rapacious proceedings of Charops of Epirus in the government of their native co ...

, 3rd–2nd century BC; son of Myrton and supporter of Charops of Epirus *

Saevius Nicanor Saevius Nicanor () is mentioned by Suetonius as the first grammarian who acquired fame and honour as a teacher among the Romans. He probably lived in the 3rd or 2nd century BC. He was the author of commentaries, the greater portion of which was sa ...

, 3rd or 2nd century BC; Roman grammarian *

Nicanor (Seleucid general) Nicanor (; ; died 161 BCE) was a Syrian-Greek general (strategos) who served the Seleucid Empire during the reigns of kings Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Demetrius I Soter. He served during the Maccabean Revolt in Judea, then part of the Seleucid Empi ...

(died 161 BC), 2nd century BC; defeated by Judas Maccabaeus * Nicanor of Cyrene, date unknown; author of the ''Metonomasias'' * Nicanor the Deacon (died 76 AD), 1st century AD; one of the Seven Deacons of early Christianity *

Nicanor Stigmatias Nicanor Stigmatias (; ''Nīkā́nōr Stigmatíās'') was a celebrated grammarian, who lived during the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd century AD. According to the ''Suda'' he came from Alexandria; according to Stephanus of ...

, 2nd century AD; the great Homeric grammarian

Modern period

Nicanor Abelardo Nicanor Santa Ana Abelardo (February 7, 1893 – March 21, 1934) was a Filipino composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by ...

(1893–1934), Filipino composer who composed over a hundred of Kundiman songs, especially before the Second World War *

Nicanor Carmona Nicanor Carmona (1842–1940) was a Peruvian politician. He was Minister of Finance of Peru, Minister of Finance in 1894. He was twice the mayor of Lima, first from 1910 to 1913, and second from 1915 to 1916. He was president of the President of t ...

(1842–1940), Peruvian politician in the early 20th century * Nicanor de Carvalho (1947–2018), a manager of the Kashiwa Reysol soccer team in Japan in the 1990s *

Nicanor Duarte Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 11 October 1956) is a Paraguayan lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the 47th President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008. A member of the Colorado Party, he became the central figure of Paraguayan pol ...

(born 1956), President of Paraguay 2003–2008 *

Nicanor Faeldon Nicanor Escalona Faeldon (; born July 29, 1965) is a Filipino former Marine who served as the director-general of the Bureau of Corrections under the Duterte administration from November 21, 2018, until he was fired in September 2019. He s ...

(born 1965), Captain in the Philippine Marines and an alleged leader of the Oakwood Mutiny in 2003 *

Nikanor Grujić Nikanor Grujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никанор Грујић; December 12, 1810 – April 20, 1887) was the Serbian Orthodox bishop of Pakrac, the ''locum, locum tenens'' List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Patriarch, the Austro ...

(1810–1887), Orthodox bishop, Serbian patriarch, writer, poet, orator and translator * Nikanor Hoveka (c. 1875–1951), Chief of the Ovambanderu in South-West Africa * Nikanor Longinov, Governor of

Yekaterinoslav Governorate Yekaterinoslav Governorate} was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yekaterinoslav. Covering an area of , and being composed of a inhabitant of 2,113,674 by the census of 1897, it bordere ...

(1832–1836) *

Nicanor Costa Méndez Nicanor Costa Méndez (October 30, 1922 – August 3, 1992) was an Argentine diplomat. Costa Méndez was born into a privileged background in Buenos Aires, in 1922. He attended the University of Buenos Aires, graduating with a Law Degree in 1943. ...

(1922–1992), Foreign Minister of Argentina under Presidents Juan Carlos Onganía and Leopoldo Galtieri, and ambassador to Chile from 1962 to 1964 *

Nicanor Perlas Nicanor Jesús "Nick/Nicky" Pineda Perlas III (born January 10, 1950, in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino activist and awardee of the Right Livelihood Award in 2003, which is often referred as an alternative Nobel Prize. He serves at present a ...

(born 1950), Filipino activist and a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award in 2003 *

Nicanor Parra Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean physicist and poet. He has been considered one of the most influential Spanish-language Chilean poets of the 20th century. Parra described himself as an " an ...

(1914–2018), Chilean antipoet *

Nicanor Tiongson Nicanor G. Tiongson is a critic, creative writer and academic from the Philippines. He holds a Bachelor of Humanities degree from the Ateneo de Manila University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines. A ...

, Filipino critic, creative writer and academic *

Nicanor Yñiguez Nicanor Espina Yñiguez (November 6, 1915 – April 13, 2007) was a Filipino politician and speaker of the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986. Considered the "Father of Southern Leyte", he authored the law that created the provinc ...

(1915–2007), Filipino politician *

Nicanor Zabaleta Nicanor Zabaleta (January 7, 1907 – April 1, 1993) was a Spanish harpist. Zabaleta was born in San Sebastián, Spain, on January 7, 1907. In 1914 his father, an amateur musician, bought him a harp in an antique shop. He soon began taking ...

(1907–1993), Basque-Spanish virtuoso and popularizer of the harp *

Nikanor Teratologen Nikanor Teratologen ("Nikanor the teratologist"), real name Niclas Lundkvist, born 27 October 1964 in Kåge, Västerbotten, is a Swedish novelist, essayist, translator and literary critic. His 1992 debut novel ''Assisted Living'' received consid ...

, author *

Patriarch Nicanor of Alexandria Nicanor ( – 25 December 1869) served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria has the title Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa. The term "Greek" is a religious identifier and not an ethnic one; ...

from 1866 and 1869

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Nikanor plc Nikanor plc was a publicly quoted holding company for Global Enterprises Corporate (GEC) with assets in the rich Copperbelt region in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Nikanor plc was incorporated in 2006 with its regi ...

, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, former holding company merged into Katanga Mining which is now owned by Glencore

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