Famous People with Name Nicholai

Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai: was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist of Ukrainian descent.

Nicholai Miklukho Maklai            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Nicholai Miklukho Maklai: was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist of Ukrainian, German and Polish descent. Miklukho-Maklai was born in a temporary workers camp near Novgorod, a son of a civil engineer working on the construction of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway. He attended a grammar school in Saint Petersburg, then went on to study at St. Petersburg University.

Nicholai Nicholaevich Miklukho-Maklai            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Nicholai Nicholaevich Miklukho-Maklai: was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist of Ukrainian, German and Polish descent.He travelled and studied widely in Europe, and became a close friend of the biologist Anton Dohrn, with whom he helped conceive the idea of research stations while staying with him at Messina, Italy.Miklukho-Maklai left St Petersburg for Australia on the schooner Vityaz. He arrived in Sydney on 18 July, 1878. A few days after arriving, he approached the Linnean Society and offered to organise a zoological centre. In September 1878 his offer was approved. The centre, known as the Marine Biological Station, was constructed by prominent Sydney architect, John Kirkpatrick. This facility, located in Watsons Bay on the east side of the Greater Sydney, was the first marine biological research institute in Australia

Nicholai "Nicky" Olivia Hilton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicholai "Nicky" Olivia Hilton: an American fashion model, socialite, and fashion designer. She shares her nickname with her grandfather's brother, Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, who died 14 years before she was born.She launched her own clothing line, Chick by Nicky Hilton in 2004 and has also designed a line of handbags for Japanese company Samantha Thavasa from 2002–2005.Hilton began her career as a fashion model. She has done several runway shows for major designers and is a regular model for Heatherette, along with her sister Paris; they usually open and close the runway shows.In 2005, Hilton, along with Kimberly Stewart, was the face of Australian underwear line Antz Pantz.[2] Stewart remains contracted, however Hilton has since been replaced by Australian up-and-coming model Megan Maitland. Around this time, Hilton modeled for the cover of Lucire magazine for its New Zealand and Romanian editions.