Nicolaas

Nicolaas is the Dutch equivalent of the masculine given name Nicholas. Before the 19th century the name was also written Nicolaes, while Nikolaas is an uncommon variant spelling. Most people with the name use a short form in daily life, like Claas, Claes, Klaas, Nico, and Niek.

People with the name Nicolaas include:

Academics

• Nicolaas Bidloo (1673–1735), Dutch personal physician to Tsar Peter the Great
• Nicolaas Bloembergen (born 1920), Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate
• Nicolaas H. J. van den Boogaard (1938–1982), Dutch medievalist scholar
• Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918–2012), Dutch mathematician
• Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734–1793), Dutch botanist
• Nicolaas Everaerts (1461–1532), Dutch jurist
• Nicolaas Hartsoeker (1656–1725), Dutch mathematician, physicist, and microscopist
• Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder (1620–1681), Dutch classical scholar and poet
• Nicolaas Heinsius the Younger (1656–1718), Dutch physician and writer
• Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen (1921–2013), Dutch theoretical physicist
• Nicolaas Kruik (1678–1754), Dutch land surveyor, cartographer, astronomer and weatherman
• Nicolaas Kuiper (1920–1994), Dutch mathematician
• Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus (1880–1960), Dutch economic historian and political scientist
• Nicolaas Adrianus Rupke (born 1944), Dutch historian of science
• Nicolaas Stenius (1605–1670), Dutch theologian portrayed by Frans Hals
• Nicolaas Jan van Strien (1946–2008), Dutch zoologist and conservationist
• Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907–1988), Dutch biologist and ornithologist and Nobel Laureate
• Nicolaes Tulp (1593–1674), Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam portrayed by Rembrandt
• Nicolaes Visscher I (1618–1679), Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher
• Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher

Arts

• Nicolaas Bastert (1854–1939), Dutch landscape painter
• Nicolaas Baur (1767–1820), Dutch marine painter
• Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620–1683), Dutch landscape painter
• Nicolaes van Beresteyn (1627–1684), Dutch landscape painter
• Nicolaes de Bruyn (1571–1656), Flemish-born Dutch engraver
• Nicolaes Cave (c.1600–1651), Flemish still-life painter
• Nicolaas Eekman (1889–1973), Flemish figurative painter
• Nicolaas van Eyck (1617–1679), Flemish painter
• Nicolaes van Gelder (1636–1676), Dutch still life painter
• Nicolaes Gillis (1595–1632), Dutch still life painter
• Nicolaes de Giselaer (1583–c.1654), Dutch painter and draughtsman
• Nicolaes Hals (1628–1686), Dutch painter
• Nicolaes van Helt Stockade (1614–1669), Dutch painter
• Nicolaes de Kemp (1574–1647), Dutch painter
• Nicolaes Knüpfer (1609–1655), German-born Dutch painter
• Nicolaes Lachtropius (1640–1700), Dutch flower painter
• Nicolaes Lastman (1585–1625), Dutch portrait and landscsape painter
• Nicolaes Latombe (1616–1676), Dutch painter
• Nicolaes Lauwers (1600–1652), Flemish engraver
• Nicolaas de Liemaecker (1601–1646), Flemish historical painter
• Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693), Dutch genre and portrait painter
• Nicolaes Millich (1629–1699), Dutch sculptor
• Nicolaes Moeyaert (1592–1655), Dutch painter
• Nicolaes Molenaer (1630–1676), Dutch painter
• Nicolaes Pickenoy (1588–1656), Dutch portrait painter
• Nicolaas Piemont (1644–1709), Dutch landscape painter
• Nicolaas Pieneman (1809–1860), Dutch painter, art collector, lithographer, and sculptor
• Nicolaas Regnier (1591–1667), Flemish painter and art collector
• Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom (1843–1896), Dutch landscape painter
• Nicolaas Roosendael (1634–1686), Dutch painter
• Nicolaes van Verendael (1640–1691), Flemish still life and flower painter
• Nicolaas Verkolje (1673–1746), Dutch painter and mezzotint maker
• Nicolaes de Vree (1645–1702), Dutch painter
• Nicolaas van der Waay (1855–1936), Dutch decorative artist, watercolorist and lithographer
• Nicolaes Willingh (1640–1678), Dutch court painter

Politics

• Nicolaes Coeckebacker (fl.1633–1639), Chief of the Dutch trading factory at Hirado, Japan
• Nicolaas Debrot (1902–1981), Dutch writer and Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
• Nicolaas Diederichs (1903–1978), State President and Finance Minister of South Africa
• Nicolaes Geelvinck (1706–1764), Dutch landowner and mayor of Amsterdam
• Nicolaas Geelvinck (1732–1787), President of the Dutch West India Company
• Nicolaas Havenga (1882–1957), South African Finance Minister
• Nicolaas Jouwe (born 1924), Papuan leader, first president of West New Guinea
• Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909), Dutch economist and Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Nicolaas II Rockox (1560–1640), Flemish knight, mayor of Antwerp
• Nicolaas Smit (1837–1896), South African Boer general and politician
• Nicolaas Steelink (1890–1989), Dutch American labor activist
• Nicolaas Verburg (c.1620–1676), Dutch Governor of Formosa and Director General of the VOC council in Batavia
• Nicolaas Waterboer (1819–1896), South African leader of the Griqua people
• Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1873–1960), South African Chief Justice and Governor-General
• Nicolaes Witsen (1641–1717), Dutch statesman, ambassador, cartographer and writer on shipbuilding

Religion

• Nicolaas Grevinckhoven (died 1632), Dutch Protestant (Remonstrant) minister
• Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen (1776–1839), Dutch Mennonite author and deacon
• Nicolaas van Nieuwland (1510–1580), Dutch bishop of Haarlem and abbot of Egmond Abbey
• Nicolaas Pieck (1534–1572), Dutch Franciscan friar

Sports

• Nicolaas Jan Jerôme Bouvy (1892–1957), Dutch footballer
• Nicolaas Broekhuijsen (1876–1958), Dutch teacher, inventor of korfball
• Nicolaas Buchly (1910–1965), Dutch track cyclist
• Nicolaas Pieter Claesen (born 1962), Belgian footballer
• Nicolaas Cortlever (1915–1995), Dutch chess master
• Nicolaas Driebergen (born 1987), Dutch swimmer
• Nicolaas van Hoorn (1904–1946), Dutch fencer
• Nicolaas de Jong (1887–1966), Dutch cyclist
• Nicolaas Pieter de Jong (born 1942), Dutch sailor
• Nicolaas Landeweerd (born 1954), Dutch water polo player
• Nicolaas Meiring (born 1933), South African swimmer
• Nicolaas Johannes Michel (1912–1971), Dutch footballer
• Nicolaas Moerloos (1900–1944), Belgian gymnast and weightlifter
• Nicolaas Nederpeld (1886–1969), Dutch fencer
• Nicolaas Oosthuizen (born 1996), South African rugby player
• Nicolaas Hessel Rienks (born 1962), Dutch rower
• Nicolaas Scholtz (born 1986), Namibian cricketer
• Nicolaas Scholtz (born 1991), South African tennis player
• Nicolaas Tates (1915–1990), Dutch canoeist
• Nicolaas Theunissen (1867–1929), South African cricketer
• Nicolaas Peter Vanos (1963–1987), American basketball player
• Nicolaas de Wolf (1887–1967), Dutch footballer

Writers

• Nicolaas Beets (1814–1903), Dutch theologian, writer and poet
• Nicolaes Boddingius (1605–1669), Dutch writer and calligrapher
• Nicolaes Borremans (c.1614–1679), Dutch poet and writer
• Nicolaas Matsier (born 1945), Dutch novelist
• Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), Austrian novelist, playwright and poet
• Nicolaas Vergunst (born 1958), South African novelist
• Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw (1906–1970), Afrikaans-language poet, playwright and scholar

Other

• Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens (1926–2016), South African accordionist and songwriter
• Nicolaes le Febure (1589–1641), Dutch mayor of Haarlem portrayed by Frans Hals
• Nicolaes Grisz Grauwert (1582–1658), Dutch guard portrayed by Frans Hals
• Nicolaes Hasselaer (1593–1635), Dutch brewer portrayed by Frans Hals
• Nicolaes Jonghelinck (1517–1570), Flemish merchant banker and art collector
• Nicolaes van Loo (1607–1641), Dutch brewer portrayed by Frans Hals
• Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer (1575–1666), Dutch brewer and mayor of Haarlem, portrayed by Frans Hals
• Nicolaas Nieuwoudt (1929–1989), South African military commander
• Nicolaes Olycan (1599–1639), Dutch brewer portrayed by Frans Hals
• Nicolaas van Rensburg (1864–1926), South African Boer and prophet
• Nicolaas Rubens, Lord of Rameyen (1618–1655), Flemish son of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
• Nicolaas van Staphorst (1742–1801), Dutch banker
• Nicolaes Verbeek (1582–1637), Dutch brewer portrayed by Frans Hals
• Nicolaas Zannekin (died 1328), Flemish peasant revolutionary leader

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