Nicolai (surname)

Nicolai is a Frisian (north part of Holland) surname, and may refer to:

In music

• Philipp Nicolai (1556–1608), German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer
• Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (1810 – 1849) German composer, conductor, and founder of the Vienna Philharmonic
• Bruno Nicolai (1926–1991), Italian film music composer, orchestra director, and musical editor
• Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto; born 1965), German sound artist

In literature

• Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811), German writer and bookseller
• Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolai (1737–1820), Russian-German poet, librarian, and president of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences

In other fields

• Ernst Anton Nicolai (1722–1802), German physician and chemist
• Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846), German astronomer
• Norica Nicolai (born 1958), Romanian lawyer and politician
• William S. Nicolai (born ?), U.S. inventor and entrepreneur

See also

• Nicolay (disambiguation)
• Nikolay (disambiguation)