Nicolai (surname)
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Nicolai is a surname, and may refer to:
In music:
In literature:
Other:
In music:
- Mark R. Nicolai, American blues guitarist, inspired by Joe BonamassaJoe BonamassaJoe Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist and singer.-Early life:Bonamassa was born and raised in New Hartford, United States. His parents owned and ran a guitar shop. He is a fourth-generation musician...
- Bruno NicolaiBruno NicolaiBruno Nicolai was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s...
, Italian film music composer, orchestra director, and musical editor - Carl Otto NicolaiCarl Otto NicolaiCarl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai was a German composer, conductor, and founder of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor...
, German composer and conductor - Carsten Nicolai, German artist who is very active as a musician in the field of glitch music
- Philipp NicolaiPhilipp NicolaiPhilipp Nicolai was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer, author of two famous hymns: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme and Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern...
(1556-1608), German author of cantatas, chorales and hymns
In literature:
- Christoph Friedrich NicolaiChristoph Friedrich NicolaiChristoph Friedrich Nicolai was a German writer and bookseller.Nicolai was born in Berlin, where his father, Christoph Gottlieb Nicolai , was the founder of the famous Nicolaische Buchhandlung...
, German writer and bookseller - John George Nicolai, biographer of Abraham Lincoln
- Ludwig Heinrich von NicolaiLudwig Heinrich von NicolaiLudwig Heinrich von Nicolai was a poet of the Enlightenment, librarian, secretary, academician and the President of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.- Biography :...
, a poet of the EnlightenmentAge of EnlightenmentThe Age of Enlightenment was an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge. It promoted intellectual interchange and opposed intolerance and abuses in church and state...
and the President of Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Other:
- Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried NicolaiFriedrich Bernhard Gottfried NicolaiFriedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai was a German astronomer.Born in Braunschweig, Nicolai was educated at Göttingen. In 1812, he calculated the Euler–Mascheroni constant to 40 decimal places. In 1816, he joined the Mannheim observatory where he became the director.The crater Nicolai on the Moon...
, German astronomer - Norica NicolaiNorica NicolaiNorica Nicolai is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party , she was a member of the Romanian Senate for Cluj County from 2000 to 2008, and has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009...
, Romanian politician and prosecutor - William S. NicolaiWilliam S. NicolaiWilliam S. "Bill" Nicolai is an American businessman. He was the founder of Early Winters, an outdoor equipment manufacturer and catalog retailer....
, American inventor and entrepreneur