Nicolae (name)

For other uses, see Nicolae.

Nicolae (or Niculae) is a Romanian male given name or surname, the equivalent of the English Nicholas. Its female form is Nicoleta. The name means Victory of the People.

In politics

• Nicolae Alexandru of Wallachia, Prince of Wallachia between 1352 and November 1364
• Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution
• Nicolae Ceauşescu, the leader of Communist Romania from 1965 until shortly before his execution in 1989
• Nicolae Creţulescu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
• Nicolae Cristea, Romanian communist
• Nicolae Golescu, Wallachian Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
• Nicolae Iorga, historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and Romanian politician
• Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen, Romanian diplomat, politician
• Nicolae Rădescu, Romanian army officer, served as Prime Minister
• Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and President of the League of Nations
• Nicolae Văcăroiu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister

In science

• Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia
• Nicolae Leon, Romanian biologist
• Nicolae Paulescu, Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine and the discoverer of insulin
• Nicolae Popescu, Romanian mathematician
• Nicolae Teclu, Romanian chemist, inventor of the "Teclu burner"
• Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, Romanian engineer and physicist, who did pioneering work in the field of telegraphy and telephony

In other fields

• Nicolae Butacu, Romanian swimmer
• Nicolae Carandino, Romanian author, pamphleteer, translator, and writer
• Nicolae Dărăscu, Romanian painter
• Nicolae Densuşianu, Romanian ethnologist
• Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian football (soccer) player
• Nicolae Filimon, Wallachian Romanian writer
• Nicolae Grigorescu, Romanian painter
• Nicolae Guţă, Romanian manele singers
• Nicolae Ivan, Romanian freestyle swimmer
• Nicolae Labiş, Romanian poet
• Nicolae Malaxa, Romanian engineer and industrialist
• Nicolae Manolescu, Romanian literary critic
• Nicolae Mitea, Romanian football (soccer) forward
• Nicolae Testemiţanu, Moldovan physician and politician
• Nicolae Tonitza, Romanian painter
• Nicolae Vermont, Romanian painter

In fiction

• Nicolae Carpathia, fictional character in the Left Behind series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
• Nicolae, a recently added NPC on the site Gaia Online. His good looks and quick wits have made him very popular among female members.

Other uses

• Nicolae Dobrin Stadium
• Nicolae Romanescu Park
• Nicolae Bălcescu, Călăraşi, a commune in Călăraşi County

As a surname

• Petre Nicolae, Romanian actor

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