Nicanor

Nicanor or Nikanor may refer to:

In ancient history:

• Nicanor (Antipatrid general), 4th century BCE; an officer of Cassandrus
• Nicanor (satrap), 4th century BCE; Macedonian officer, governor of Media under Antigonus
• Nicanor (son of Parmenion), 4th century BCE; a Macedonian officer under Alexander
• Nicanor of Stageira, 4th century BCE; a messenger sent by Alexander to the 324 Olympics
• Nicanor the Elephant, 3rd century BCE; a Macedonian general under Philip V
• Nicanor (Seleucid general), 2nd century BCE; defeated by Judas Maccabaeus
• Nicanor (Ptolemaic general), 4th century BCE
• Nicanor of Syria, 3rd century BCE; assassin of Seleucus III
• Nicanor of Epeirus, 3rd-2nd century BCE; son of Myrton and supporter of Charops of Epeirus
• Nicanor (father of Balacrus), 4th century BCE
• Nicanor, 4th century BCE; a son of Antipater and brother of Cassander, put to death by Olympias in 317 BCE

In modern history:

• Nicanor Duarte, President of Paraguay 2003-2008

In literary history:

• Nicanor Stigmatias, 2nd century CE; the great Homeric grammarian
• Saevius Nicanor, 3rd or 2nd century BCE; Roman grammarian
• Nicanor of Cyrene, date unknown; author of the Metonomasias
• Nicanor, 4th century BCE; adopted son of Aristotle, mentioned only in Aristotle's will
• Nicanor, 3rd century BCE; an heir of Epicurus, mentioned only in Epicurus' will
• In The Autumn of the Patriarch, Gabriel Garcia Marquez writes "Nicanor...is the name by which death knows all of us men at the moment of death..."

In church history:

• Nicanor the Deacon, 1st century CE; one of the Seven Deacons of early Christianity

In the modern world:

• Nicanor, a manager of the Kashiwa Reysol soccer team in Japan in the 1990s

In horse racing:

• Nicanor is the registered name of a bay colt who is full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro