What is "nicolaus"

Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas. Nicolaus may refer to:

In science:

• Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the solar system

In mathematics:

• Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician
• Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician
• Nicolaus Rohlfs, 18th-century German mathematics teacher who wrote astronomical calendars

In literature:

• Nicolaus Becker, German lawyer and writer, the author of the Rheinlied
• Nicolaus of Damascus, Greek historical and philosophical writer who lived in the Augustan age

In music:

• Nicolaus Bruhns, German composer
• Nicolaus Zacharie, Italian composer of the early Renaissance

In Christianity:

• Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer and bishop of the Moravian Church
• Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and theologian
• Nicolaus of Antioch, one of the seven deacons listed in The Acts of the Apostles, chapter 6, verse 5

In other fields:

• Nicolaus Delius, German philologist