Famous People with Name Nikola

Nikola Tesla            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Nikola Tesla: was an inventor and a mechanical and electrical engineer. Born in Smiljan, Croatian Krajina, Austrian Empire, he was an ethnic Serb subject of the Austrian Empire and later became an American citizen.[2] Tesla is often described as the most important scientist and inventor of the modern age, a man who "shed light over the face of Earth".[3] He is best known for many revolutionary contributions in the field of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current electric power (AC) systems, including the polyphase power distribution systems and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.

Nikola Bochev Padevsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Nikola Bochev Padevsky: is a Bulgarian chess Grandmaster.Padevsky played in the World Student Team Championship six times (every year from 1954 through 1959).

Nikola Šubic Zrinski            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Nikola Šubic Zrinski: was a Croatian general in service of Habsburg Monarchy, ban of Croatia (1542-1556), and member of the Zrinski noble family.Nikola was the son of Nikola (III.) Zrinski and Jelena Karlovic (sister of future Croatian ban Ivan Karlovic). He distinguished himself at the siege of Vienna in 1529, and in 1542 saved the imperial army from defeat before Pest by intervening with 400 Croats, for which service he was appointed ban of Croatia. In 1542 he routed an Ottoman force at the Battle of Somlyo. In 1543 he married Catherine (Katarina) Frankopan, a sister of earl Stjepan Frankopan Ozaljski ("Steven Frankopan of Ozalj" in English), who placed the whole of her vast estates at his disposal. She bore him many children, among which was his successor Juraj (IV.) Zrinski.

Nikola Zrinski            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Nikola Zrinski: was a Croatian and Hungarian warrior, statesman and poet, member of the Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi) noble family.Over the next few years, he learned the art of war in defending the Croatian-Hungarian frontier against the Ottoman Empire, and proved himself one of the most important commanders of the age. In 1645, during the closing stages of the Thirty Years' War, he acted against the Swedish troops in Moravia, equipping an army corps at his own expense. At Szkalec he scattered a Swedish division and took 2,000 prisoners. At Eger he saved the Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand III, who had been surprised at night in his camp by the offensive of Carl Gustaf Wrangel. Although not enthusiastic for having to fight against his fellow Hungarians of Transylvania, subsequently he routed the army of George I Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania, on the Upper Tisza. For his services, the emperor appointed him captain of Croatia. On his return from the war he married the wealthy Eusebia Draškovic.

Nikola Rachelle Bedingfield            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Nikola Rachelle Bedingfield: the sister of Daniel Bedingfield and Natasha Bedingfield.[1] She was in the Christian rock band "The DNA Algorithm" with both of them. She performs under the stage name Nikola Rachelle.In August 2006, she announced her debut release, an EP available exclusively on iTunes from 30 October 2006, called Don't Talk About This Love, which includes the song "Don't Talk About This Love".[2] Co written with and produced by Chris Braide.[citation needed]