Niccolò
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Niccolò is an Italian male given name, a variation of Nicola
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-Music:* Nicola is a singer who represented Romania at the 2003 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest* Nicola Conte, Italian DJ and producer* Nicola Piovani, classical musician* Nicola Roberts, British popstar, member of Girls Aloud-Sports:...
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In literature:
- Niccolò AmmanitiNiccolò AmmanitiNiccolò Ammaniti is an Italian writer. As a young Italian novelist, Ammaniti was part of the cannibalistic group, from the anthology Gioventù Cannibale by Daniele Brolli , for which he wrote a short novel together with Ricardo Shorts.He became noted in 2001 with the publication of Io non ho paura,...
, Italian writer - Niccolò MachiavelliNiccolò MachiavelliNiccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He is one of the main founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic...
, political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright - Niccolò MassaNiccolò MassaNiccolò Massa was an Italian anatomist who wrote an early anatomy text Anatomiae Libri Introductorius in 1536.- References :Introduction to Northwestern University translation of book one of Andreas Vesalius' De Humani Corporis Fabrica, 2003. Introduction by Vivian Nutton. In 1536 Niccolo Massa...
, Italian anatomist who wrote an early anatomy text Anatomiae Libri Introductorius in 1536
In music:
- Niccolò Antonio ZingarelliNiccolò Antonio ZingarelliNiccolò Antonio Zingarelli was an Italian composer, chiefly of opera.-Early career:Zingarelli was born in Naples, where he studied at the Santa Maria di Loreto Conservatory under Fenaroli and Speranza....
, composer - Niccolò CastiglioniNiccolò CastiglioniNiccolò Castiglioni was an Italian composer, pianist, and writer on music.Castiglioni was born and raised in Milan, where he began studying piano at the age of 7. He received his performer's diploma from the Milan Conservatory in 1952, and graduated there in composition in 1953...
, Italian composer and pianist - Niccolò da PerugiaNiccolò da PerugiaNiccolò da Perugia was an Italian composer of the Trecento, the musical period also known as the "Italian ars nova". He was a contemporary of Francesco Landini, and apparently was most active in Florence.Little is known for certain about his life; only a few biographical details are verifiable...
, Italian composer of the trecento - Niccolò JommelliNiccolò JommelliNiccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer. He was born in Aversa and died in Naples. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he made important changes to opera and reduced the importance of star singers.-Early life:Jommelli was born to Francesco Antonio Jommelli and...
, Italian composer - Niccolò PaganiniNiccolò PaganiniNiccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...
, Italian violinist, violist, guitarist and composer - Niccolò PiccinniNiccolò PiccinniNiccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure, even to music lovers today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitan opera buffa—of his day...
, Italian composer of classical music and opera
In Mannerism:
- Niccolò dell'AbbateNiccolò dell'AbbateNicolò dell' Abate, sometimes Niccolò, was an Italian painter and decorator. He was of the Emilian school, and was part of the staff of artists called the School of Fontainebleau that introduced the Italianate Renaissance to France.-Biography:Niccolò dell'Abbate was born in Modena, the son of a...
, Italian Mannerist painter and decorator - Niccolò TriboloNiccolò TriboloNiccolò di Raffaello di Niccolò dei Pericoli, called "Il Tribolo" was an Italian Mannerist artist in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici in his natal city of Florence.-Life:...
, Florentine Mannerist artist in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici
In other fields:
- Niccolò AlamanniNiccolò AlamanniNiccolò Alamanni was a Roman antiquarian of Greek origin. He was educated in Rome at the Greek College, founded by Gregory XIII, but was ordained deacon and priest according to the Latin rite....
, Roman antiquary of Greek origin - Niccolò CacciatoreNiccolò CacciatoreNiccolò Cacciatore was an Italian astronomer.Cacciatore was born at Casteltermini, in Sicily. While studying mathematics and physics in Palermo, he became acquainted with Giuseppe Piazzi, head of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory, and became a graduate student assistant at the observatory in...
, Italian astronomer - Niccolò Da ContiNiccolò Da ContiNiccolò de' Conti was an Italian merchant and explorer of the Republic of Venice, born in Chioggia, who traveled to India and Southeast Asia, and possibly to Southern China, during the early 15th century...
, Venetian merchant and explorer - Niccolò de' NiccoliNiccolò de' NiccoliNiccolò de' Niccoli was an Italian Renaissance humanist.He was born and died in Florence, and was one of the chief figures in the company of learned men which gathered around the patronage of Cosimo de' Medici...
, Italian Renaissance humanist - Niccolò Fontana TartagliaNiccolò Fontana TartagliaNiccolò Fontana Tartaglia was a mathematician, an engineer , a surveyor and a bookkeeper from the then-Republic of Venice...
, mathematician - Niccolò PiccininoNiccolò PiccininoNiccolò Piccinino was an Italian condottiero.-Biography:He was born at Perugia, was the son of a butcher.He began his military career in the service of Braccio da Montone, who at that time was waging war against Perugia on his own account, and at the death of his chief, shortly followed by that of...
, Italian condottiero - Niccolò IINiccolò II d'EsteNiccolò II d'Este was lord of Ferrara, Modena and Parma from 1361 until his death.He was the son of Obizzo III, who had ruled in Ferrara from 1317 to 1352...
and Niccolò III d'EsteNiccolò III d'EsteNiccolò III d'Este was Marquess of Ferrara from 1393 until his death. He was also a condottiero.-Biography:...
, rulers of FerraraFerraraFerrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north... - Nicholas de Fleury, central character in The House of NiccolòThe House of NiccolòThe House of Niccolò is a series of eight historical novels by Dorothy Dunnett set in the mid-fifteenth century European Renaissance. The protagonist of the series is Nicholas de Fleury , a boy of uncertain birth who rises to the heights of European merchant banking and international political...
series of books by Dorothy DunnettDorothy DunnettDorothy Dunnett OBE was a Scottish historical novelist. She is best known for her six-part series about Francis Crawford of Lymond, The Lymond Chronicles, which she followed with the eight-part prequel The House of Niccolò... - Niccolò CanepaNiccolò CanepaNiccolò Canepa is an Italian motorcycle road racer competing in Moto2 for RSM Team Scot.He won the 2007 Superstock 1000 F.I.M. Cup championship on a Ducati, and spent 2008 as a tester of their MotoGP and World Superbike machines...
, Genovese motorcycle racer, competing in MotoGP with Ducati, 2007 Superstock 1000 F.I.M. Cup world champion