Nicolai (surname)

Nicolai is a surname, and may refer to:

In music:

• Mark R. Nicolai, American blues guitarist, inspired by Joe Bonamassa
• Bruno Nicolai, Italian film music composer, orchestra director, and musical editor
• Carl Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor
• Carsten Nicolai, German artist who is very active as a musician in the field of glitch music
• Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608), German author of cantatas, chorales and hymns

In literature:

• Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German writer and bookseller
• John George Nicolai, biographer of Abraham Lincoln
• Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolai, a poet of the Enlightenment and the President of Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

Other:

• Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai, German astronomer
• Norica Nicolai, Romanian politician and prosecutor
• William S. Nicolai, American inventor and entrepreneur

See also

• Nicolay
• Nikolai
• Nikolay

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