Nicolae (name)
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Nicolae (or Niculae) is a Romanian male given name or surname, the equivalent of the English Nicholas. Its female form is Nicoleta. The name means Victory of the People.
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[edit] In politics
- Nicolae Alexandru of Wallachia, Prince of Wallachia between 1352 and November 1364
- Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution
- Nicolae Ceauşescu, the leader of Communist Romania from 1965 until shortly before his execution in 1989
- Nicolae Creţulescu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
- Nicolae Cristea, Romanian communist
- Nicolae Golescu, Wallachian Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
- Nicolae Iorga, historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and Romanian politician
- Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen, Romanian diplomat, politician
- Nicolae Rădescu, Romanian army officer, served as Prime Minister
- Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and President of the League of Nations
- Nicolae Văcăroiu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
[edit] In science
- Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia
- Nicolae Leon, Romanian biologist
- Nicolae Paulescu, Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine and the discoverer of insulin
- Nicolae Popescu, Romanian mathematician
- Nicolae Teclu, Romanian chemist, inventor of the "Teclu burner"
- Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, Romanian engineer and physicist, who did pioneering work in the field of telegraphy and telephony
[edit] In other fields
- Nicolae Carandino, Romanian author, pamphleteer, translator, and writer of historical plays
- Nicolae Dărăscu, Romanian painter
- Nicolae Densuşianu, Romanian ethnologist
- Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian soccer player
- Nicolae Filimon, Wallachian Romanian writer
- Nicolae Grigorescu, Romanian painter
- Nicolae Guţă, one of the most famous Romanian manele singers
- Nicolae Labiş, Romanian poet
- Nicolae Malaxa, Romanian engineer and industrialist
- Nicolae Manolescu, Romanian literary critic
- Nicolae Mitea, Romanian football forward
- Nicolae Testemiţanu, Moldovan physician and politician
- Nicolae Tonitza, Romanian painter
- Nicolae Vermont, Romanian painter
[edit] In fiction
- Nicolae Carpathia, fictional character in the Left Behind series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
[edit] Other uses
- Nicolae Dobrin Stadium
- Nicolae Romanescu Park
- Nicolae Bălcescu, Călăraşi, a commune in Călăraşi County
[edit] As a surname
- Petre Nicolae, Romanian actor
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