Nicolas
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Nicolas is an alternative spelling of Nicholas in English, and is also the standard French spelling of that name. It is also a surname in France.
Nicolas may also refer to:
In literature:
- Le petit Nicolas, series of children's books by René Goscinny
- Nicolas Bentley, British author and illustrator famous for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s
- Nicolas Chamfort, French writer
- Nicolas Flamel, fictional character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
In French artistry:
- Nicolas Bourriaud, French curator and art critic who coined the term Relational Aesthetics
- Nicolas Mahler, Austrian cartoonist
- Nicolas Poussin, French painter
In film:
- Nicolas Cage, award-winning American actor
- Nicolas Roeg, internationally-known cinematographer and film director
In philosophy:
- Nicolas Malebranche, rationalist French philosopher
- Nicolas Oresme, one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the later Middle Ages
In other fields:
- Nicolas (musician), English pop singer
- Nicolas (wine retailer), French chain of wine retailers
- Nicolas Sarkozy, French politician
- Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French inventor who built what may have been the world's first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile
- Prince Nicolas of Belgium, grandson of King Albert II
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