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Nicolay may refer to:
- Nicolay (musician), Dutch musician
- Nicolay de Caveri, Genoese cartographer
- Nicolay (family), an influential French family in the 15th to 18th centuries
People with surname Nicolay:
- Christian Nicolay (born 1976), German javelin thrower
- Franz Nicolay, American musician and composer
- Jean Nicolay (born 1937), former Belgian football goalkeeper
- John George Nicolay (1832—1901), American biographer and secretary of Abraham Lincoln
- William Nicolay (1771—1842), British soldier
The Marquisal, Countal and Baronial House of Nicolay (de Nicolaÿ/Nicolaï, von Nicolay/Nicolai) - refer to Nobility particle) is a European noble family of the Ancien Régime with its roots in the south of France at the early part of the 14th Century. There is however, evidence to suggest that its origins stretch further back to the growth of the city state of Florence at the beginning of the Florentine Renaissance. The Nicolay family was originally associated with the French noble classes of the Nobles of the Robe and the Nobles of the Sword. It is well documented that members of the House of Nicolay became highly influential in the spheres of national government, law, the church, academia, military and diplomatic service, as well as the arts.
de Nicolaÿ
"This most ancient and illustrious Countal and Baronial House belongs to the first nobility of Germany and France and has at different times obtained the highest distinction in the Army, Navy and Diplomatic services".
Written Gorakhpur, India, 4 April 1910.
Nicolay (born Matthijs Rook in 1973) is an electronica, R&B and hip hop record producer from the Netherlands, better known as one half of The Foreign Exchange. Although his sound was once compared to 9th Wonder's, mainly through the association of Phonte and The Justus League, Nicolay tends to use live instruments rather than samples. Due to his work, Nicolay now resides in the United States.
In December 2009, The Foreign Exchange were nominated for a Grammy, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the track "Daykeeper", from their second album, Leave It All Behind. Nicolay is the fourth Dutch person to be nominated.