Nicolae (or Niculae) is an Aromanian and Romanian masculine given name or surname, the equivalent of the English Nicholas. In Romanian, its feminine form is Nicoleta.
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 Ceaușescu, communist leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1965 until his execution in 1989 Nicolae Cernăuțeanu, Bessarabian politician, member of Sfatul Țării Nicolae Ciucă, Romanian army general, currently Prime Minister of Romania Nicolae Crețulescu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister Nicolae Cristea (communist) Nicolae Cristea (priest) Nicolae Enescu, Romanian politician Nicolae Golescu, Wallachian Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga, historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and Romanian politician Nicolae Osmochescu, Moldovan academic and politician Nicolae Păiș, Romanian navy officer, served as Minister of the Air Force and the Navy Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen, Romanian diplomat, politician Nicolae Rădescu, Romanian army officer, served as Prime Minister Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu, Romanian politician, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicolae Samsonovici, Romanian army officer, served as Defense Minister Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and President of the League of Nations Nicolae Văcăroiu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister Nicolae Țâu, Moldovan politician who was Foreign Minister of Moldova between 1990 and 1993.
In science
Nicolae Blatt, Romanian ophthalmologist, surgeon, and medical researcher
Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia
Nicolae Hortolomei, Romanian surgeon and academic
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
In other fields
Nicolae Alevra, Romanian general and politician
Nicolae Butacu, Romanian swimmer
Nicolae Cambrea, Romanian general
Nicolae Carandino, Romanian author, pamphleteer, translator, and writer
Nicolae Ciupercă, Romanian general
Nicolae Costescu, Romanian general
Nicolae Cotos, Romanian theologian
Nicolae Dabija (general), Romanian general and politician
Nicolae Dabija (soldier), Romanian officer and anticommunist resistance fighter
Nicolae Dărăscu, Romanian painter
Nicolae Densușianu, Romanian ethnologist
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian football (soccer) player
Nicolae Drăganu, Romanian linguist
Nicolae Filimon, Wallachian Romanian writer
Nicolae Grigorescu, Romanian painter
Nicolae Guță, Romanian manele singers
Nicolae Ianovici, Aromanian linguist
Nicolae Ivan, Romanian freestyle swimmer
Nicolae Kovács, Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach
Nicolae Labiș, Romanian poet
Nicolae Malaxa, Romanian engineer and industrialist
Nicolae Manolescu, Romanian literary critic
Nicolae Mitea, Romanian football (soccer) forward
Nicolae Petala, Romanian general
Nicolae Saramandu, Romanian linguist and philologist
Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist
Nicolae Tătăranu, Romanian general
Nicolae Testemițanu, Moldovan physician and politician
Nicolae Tonitza, Romanian painter
Nicolae Velo, Aromanian poet and diplomat in Romania
Nicolae Vermont, Romanian painter
In fiction
Nicolae Carpathia, fictional character in the Left Behind series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Other uses
Nicolae Dobrin Stadium
Nicolae Romanescu Park
Nicolae Bălcescu, Călărași, a commune in Călărași County, Romania
As a surname
Petre Nicolae, Romanian actor
See also
Neculai (disambiguation) Nicholas (name) Nicușor Nicola (name) Nicolai (given name) Nicolaj Nicolao Nicolas (given name) Nicolau Nicolau (surname) Nicolay