Famous People with Name Nikolaus

Nikolaus Poda Von Neuhaus            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Nikolaus Poda Von Neuhaus: was an Austrian entomologist born in Vienna.He was the author of Insecta Musei Graecensis (1761), the first purely entomological work to follow the binomial nomenclature of Carolus Linnaeus.

Nikolaus Gerhaert            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nikolaus Gerhaert: was a sculptor of Dutch origin, although aside from his sculptures, few details are known of his life.Gerhaert is considered the most influential northern European sculptor of the 15th century. He was born in Leiden, Holland (present day Netherlands) some

Nikolaus Stanec            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Nikolaus Stanec: is an Austrian chess master.He won the Austrian Chess Championship ten times in the period 1995–2005. He also represented Austria in the Chess Olympiads of 1994 and 1996, and in the European Team Chess Championship at Pula 1997.

Nikolaus Kraft            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Nikolaus Kraft: was a Czech cellist and composer. He played alongside Mozart and Anton Teyber on 12 April 1789 at Dresden on Mozart's Berlin journey and was a friend of Beethoven[1]. He was the son of Antonín Kraft, under whom he first studied. He then trained under Jean-Louis Duport and later wrote four Cello concertos. He also played the cello, and was the soloist for the premiere of Beethoven's Triple Concerto.

Nikolaus Glockendon            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Nikolaus Glockendon: was Nuremberg's master illuminator in the early 16th century. The son of Georg Glockendon the Elder and brother of Albrecht Glockendon, he came from a family of illuminators and printers. His work is known from over thirty extant manuscripts, many of which he signed, usually with his initials "NG." His manuscript illumination The Holy Trinity particularly demonstrates the influence of Albrecht Dürer's Adoration of the Holy Trinity, also known as the Landauer Altarpiece, painted in 1511. Nikolaus Glockendon's career masterpiece is a ceremonial missal, now in the Hofbibliothek Aschaffenburg, known as the Missale Hallense