Famous People with Name Nicolaas

Nicolaas Hartsoeker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nicolaas Hartsoeker: was a Dutch mathematician and physicist who invented the screw-barrel simple microscope[1] circa 1694.Nicolaas was the son of Christiaan Hartsoeker (1626-1683), a Remonstrant minister in Moordrecht near Gouda. His father would take the family to Alkmaar in 1661 and finally to Rotterdam in 1669. Nicolaas started to make a living as a lensmaker in Rotterdam, and was instructed in optics by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. In 1674, he and a fellow student, assisted by Van Leeuwenhoek, were the first to observe semen, a situation that would later lead to a priority dispute between Hartsoeker and Leeuwenhoek over the discovery of spermatozoids.

Nicolaas Bidloo            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nicolaas Bidloo: was a Dutch physician who served as the personal physician of Tsar Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great). Bidloo was the director of the first hospital in Russia as well as the first medical school in Russia, and is considered one of the founders of Russian medicine. [1]

Nicolaas "Nick" Wolmarans            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Nicolaas "Nick" Wolmarans: is a South African boxer who competed in the 1938 British Empire Games.

Nicolaas Scholtz            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Nicolaas Scholtz: is a Namibian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. He represented the Namibian cricket team in five Youth One-Day Internationals during the Under-19s World Cup of 2006. Scholtz tends to occupy a mid-range position in the batting

Nicolaas Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Nicolaas Smith: was a Namibian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. He participated in the Under-19 World Cup of 2000 with the Namibian cricket team. He occupied the position of tail-end batsman but was called upon little during the World C