Nikos (, ''Níkos'') is a

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. 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 (, ') 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 form is Nicholas. I ...

(Greek) or

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 ...

(English).

People

Nikos Alefantos Nikos Alefantos (, 3 January 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a Greek professional footballer and football coach. He is regarded as one of the most innovative football managers of the 20th century, known in Greece for his phlegmatic personality, sho ...

, Greek football coach *

Nikos Aliagas Nikos Aliagas (, ''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'' and ''The Voice – La plus belle voix''. Biography Both o ...

, Greek TV host *

Nikos Anastopoulos Nikos Anastopoulos (; born 22 January 1958) is a Greek former footballer and manager. He was one the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the 1980s and is widely regarded as one of the best players in the history of Greek footb ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Arabatzis Nikos Arabatzis (Greek: Νίκος Αραμπατζής; born 10 March 1984) is a Greek footballer currently playing for AEG Dachau. He usually plays as a right defender but past coaches have also used him as a right midfielder, making him a mo ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Argiropoulos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Babaniotis, Greek footballer *

Nikos Barboudis Nikos Barboudis (; born 6 March 1989) is a Romanian-born Greek football player who last played as a right back for Ayia Napa. His uncle, Mihai Neşu, was also a football player, who represented Romania at international level. His grandfather, M ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Barlos Nikolaos "Nikos" Barlos (alternate spelling: Mparlos) (; born July 12, 1979) is a Greek retired professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward posi ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Beloyannis Nikos Beloyannis (; 1915 – 30 March 1952) was a Greece, Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party. Biography Beloyannis was born in Amaliada (Peloponnese, Greece) in 1915. He came from a relatively prosperous fa ...

, Greek communist and resistance leader * Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Boutzikos Nikos Boutzikos (, born 6 September 1989) is a Greek professional footballer. Career Boutzikos is a product of Panathinaikos' youth team, and before being scouted by the club he played amateur football for clubs in Chalkidiki Chalkidiki (; ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Christodoulou, Greek conductor and composer *

Nikos Christodoulides Nikos Christodoulides (; born 6 December 1973) is a Cypriot politician, diplomat, and academic who has served as the 8th President of Cyprus since 2023. He previously served as Government Spokesman from 2014 to 2018 and List of Ministers of Fore ...

, Greek Cypriot politician *

Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas (, 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 Championship winning squad. Ca ...

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

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

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Engonopoulos Nikos Engonopoulos (; 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", as well as a major representative of the surrealist movement in Greece. His work a ...

, Greek painter and poet *

Nikos Filippou Nikolaos "Nikos" Filippou (alternate spelling: Philippou) (; 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 played at the power forward position.. Profession ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nick Galis Nikolaos Georgalis (; born July 23, 1957), commonly known as either Nikos Galis (), or Nick Galis, is a Greek-American former professional basketball player. Galis, who during his playing days was nicknamed, "Nick The Greek", "The Gangster", and ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Gatsos Nikos Gatsos (; 8 December 1911 – 12 May 1992) was a Greek poet, translator and lyricist. Biography According to Harvard University, he "had a profound influence on the post-war generation of Greek poets. Writing of both loss and hope, Gatsos� ...

, Greek poet *

Nikos Ghalas Nikos Galas (; born 7 March 1986) is a Greek football player who plays as a midfielder. Club career He has played in A.E.L. Kalloni, in 2002. In 2004 Nikos Galas moved to Panionios in 2004 for two years. In 2006, Galas was on trial at Maccles ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Gkonis Nikos (, ''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 the original Nik ...

, Greek upcoming doctor *

Nikos Gounaris Nikos Gounaris (; 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 attended the musical Conservatory of Mu ...

, Greek singer and songwriter *

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (; February 26, 1906 – September 3, 1994), also known as Nikos 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 () also spelled as Hatzinikolaou, Hatzinicolaou,Chatzinikolaou or Hadjinikolaou (born 1962 in Alexandroupoli) is a Greek journalist and media entrepreneur. Biography Chatzinikolaou studied at Panteion University without r ...

, Greek journalist * Nikos Hatzis, Greek basketball player * Nikos Hatzivrettas, Greek basketball player * Nikos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer and sailor *

Nikos Kaklamanos Nikos Kaklamanos (, born 12 July 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, Kaklam ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Kalafatis Nikos Kalafatis (, born 15 March 1982) is a Greece, Greek association football, football player who played for Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C. in the Gamma Ethniki. He is the current coach of National Premier Leagues Victoria club Malvern city. Refer ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Kalokairis, Greek footballer *

Nikos Karageorgiou Nikos Karageorgiou (; 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, before he was transferred to the region ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Karouzos Nikos Karouzos () 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 theatre Theatre or ...

, Greek poet *

Nikos Karvelas Nikos Karvelas (; born 8 September 1951) is a Greek musician, composer, singer, songwriter, record producer and author. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his four-decade-long collaboration with Anna Vi ...

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

Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis (; ; 2 March (Old Style and New Style dates, OS 18 February) 188326 October 1957) was a Greeks, Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominate ...

, Greek writer and philosopher *

Nikos Kavvadias Nikos Kavvadias (; ; 11 January 1910 – 10 February 1975) was a Greek poet, writer and a sailor by profession. He used his travels around the world, the life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people, ou ...

, Greek poet and writer * Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician * Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer * Nikos Kostenoglou, Greek footballer *

Nikos Koundouros Nikos Koundouros ( ; 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 Fine Arts. During the war he was a ...

, Greek film director *

Nikos Kourkoulos Nikos Kourkoulos (; December 5, 1934 – January 30, 2007) was a Greek theatrical and film actor. Kourkoulos is best known to Greek audiences for playing "Angelos Kreouzis" in '' Oratotis miden'', but he also appeared in other movies such as ''To ...

, 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 (; 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-play instincts, and his technical attacking sk ...

, 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 and Christopher ...

, Greek informatics professor *

Nikos Machlas Nikos Machlas (, 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, where he made his debut in February 1991 against Panionios. He stayed at th ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Mastorakis Nico Mastorakis (; born 28 April 1941) 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 their consent, in favor of the Greek military junta. The st ...

, Greek filmmaker and radio producer *

Nikos Mihas Nikos Mihas (; born 20 November 1979, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek singer-songwriter of the new age of Greek rock stars. Early life From an early age he showed an interest in music. He started by playing the piano at the age of 10 and a few y ...

, 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 organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administrati ...

, Cypriot midfielder *

Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1978) Nikos Nicolaou (, born 28 June 1978 in Cyprus), is a Cypriot football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, foo ...

, Cypriot defender *

Nikos Nikolaidis Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis (; 25 October 1939 – 5 September 2007) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, television director, and commercial director. He is usually ...

, Greek director and a writer *

Nikos Nikolaou Nikos Nikolaou () (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 Umbertos Argyros. In 1932, he had his ...

, Greek artist *

Nikos Nioplias Nikos Nioplias (; born 17 January 1965) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club His career began with OFI in 1983, winning the Greek Cup in 1987, and he remained for a decade before moving to Panathin ...

, Greek footballer *

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

, Greek basketball coach *

Nikos Pantidos Nikos Pantidos (; born 19 April 1991) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Pantidos started playing football at Ethnikos academy in Pallini. In 2004, he joined Panathinaikos FC football academy and became an im ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Papadopoulos, several people of that name *

Nikos Papanikolaou Nikolaos Papanikolaou (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παπανικολάου; born June 1, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Psychiko of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 10 in (2.09 m) tall power forward-c ...

, Greek basketball player * Nikos Papatakis, Greek film director *

Nikos Pateras Nikolas D. Pateras is a seventh-generation Greek shipowner and founder of Contships Management Inc. He was born on August 26, 1963, in Athens, Greece, and is originally from the island of Oinousses. He has 3 children, Anastasia, Diamantis and Joh ...

, Greek ship magnate * Nikos Perakis, Greek writer and film director * Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek communist and resistance fighter * Nikos Poulantzas, Greco-French political sociologist *

Nikos Rizos Nikos Rizos (; 30 September 1924, in Peta, Arta, Peta – 20 April 1999, in Athens) was a Greece, Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. Career Rizos began his career with ''Anthropoi, anthropoi'' in 1948 at the Metropoli ...

, Greek actor *

Nikos Sampson Nikos Sampson (; born Nikolaos (Nikos) Georgiadis, ; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was a Greek-Cypriot journalist, militant and politician, who was installed as acting President of Cyprus during the 1974 coup. A former journalist and EOK ...

, Cypriot coup d'état president * Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer * Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor *

Nikos Skalkottas Nikos Skalkottas (; 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 repertoire and the Greek tradition. He a ...

, Greek composer * Nikos Skarmoutsos, Greek footballer * Nikos Spiropoulos, Greek footballer * Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Tselios Nikos Tselios (; 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 in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. ...

, Irish-American ice hockey player *

Nikos Tsiantakis Nikos Tsiantakis (, born 20 October 1963) is a Greek former football midfielder. Club career Tsiantakis most prominently played for Panionios and Olympiacos. In the summer of 1994 he moved to Aris, playing for various Greek teams before reti ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Tsiforos Nikos Tsiforos (; 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 between 1948 and 1961. Biography ...

, Greek writer and film director *

Nikos Tzogias Nikos Tzogias (, 1921 – 1 March 1996) was a Greek film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1949 and 1987. Selected filmography * ''Anthropos yia oles tis doulies'' (1966) .... Stefanos * ''Phaedra (film), Phaedra'' (1962) .... Felere ...

, Greek actor *

Nikos Vakalis Nikos Vakalis (, December 1939 – 23 March 2017) was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009. Biography He studied Physics with a scholarship at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He served as a reservist officer (head ...

, Greek politician * Nikos Vertis, Greek singer *

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

, Greek politician *

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

, Greek actor *

Nikos Xanthoulis Dr. Nikos Xanthoulis (, born Νικόλαος Γεωργίου Ξανθούλης; 1962) is a Greece, Greek composer, lyrist and author. He served as principal trumpet player of the Greek National Opera for 25 years (1983-2009), lead the Educatio ...

, Greek musician and composer *

Nikos Xilouris Nikos Xylouris (; 7 July 1936 – 8 February 1980), also known by the Cretan nickname Psaronikos (), was a Greek singer, Cretan Lyra player, and composer, known for performing both rural traditional and urban orchestral music. Origins and b ...

, Greek singer and songwriter *

Nikos Xydakis (journalist) Nikos Xydakis (; 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 September 2015 to 5 November 20 ...

, Greek journalist and politician *

Nikos Xydakis (musician) Nikos Xydakis (; born 17 March 1952) is a 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 has collaborated with many of the m ...

, Greek songwriter, pianist and singer * Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician * Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player

Fictional characters

Nikos Nikos (, ''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 the original ...

, 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, animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntres ...

Other

*Nikos, international underwear and accessories company. * '' Nikos the Impaler'', a b-grade splatter film (2003) *, a Panamanian cargo ship in service under this name in 1970

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