Famous People with Name Nicolaes

Nicolaes Tulp            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nicolaes Tulp: was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Tulp was well known for his upstanding moral character.

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem: was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number allegories and genre pieces.

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy: was a Dutch painter of Flemish origin. Pickenoy was possibly a pupil of Cornelis van der Voort and presumably Bartholomeus van der Helst was his own pupil.

Nicolaes Maes            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nicolaes Maes: was a Dutch Baroque painter of genre and portraits.Maes was the son of Gerrit Maes, a prosperous merchant, and Ida Herman Claesdr. In about 1648 he went to Amsterdam, where he entered Rembrandt's studio.

Nicolaes Borremans            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nicolaes Borremans: became in 1649 a Remonstrant preacher in Nieuwkoop and in Maasland from 1650 till 1679 when, due to a disease, he asked to be dismissed after which he was pensioned off.

Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu: is a Romanian film director, actor and politician. He is best known for his historical movies, such as Mihai Viteazul (1970, released in English both under the equivalent title Michael the Brave and also as The Last Crusade), Dacii (1966, Les Guerriers), Razboiul Independentei (1977, War of Independence), as well as for his series of thrillers that take place in the interwar Kingdom of Romania, such as Un Comisar Acuza (1973, A Police Inspector Calls). He is one of the most popular film directors in Romania.