Nicolai (surname)
Nicolai is a Frisian (north part of Holland) surname, and may refer to:
In music
- Philipp Nicolai (1556–1608), German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer
- Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (1810 – 1849) German composer, conductor, and founder of the Vienna Philharmonic
- Bruno Nicolai (1926–1991), Italian film music composer, orchestra director, and musical editor
- Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto; born 1965), German sound artist
In literature
- Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811), German writer and bookseller
- Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolai (1737–1820), Russian-German poet, librarian, and president of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
In other fields
- Anton Nicolai (died 1474), Polish Roman Catholic bishop
- Ernst Anton Nicolai (1722–1802), German physician and chemist
- Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846), German astronomer
- Norica Nicolai (born 1958), Romanian lawyer and politician
- William S. Nicolai (born ?), U.S. inventor and entrepreneur
See also
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