Nicolai (surname)

Nicolai is a Frisian (northern part of The Netherlands) 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

In other fields

• Anton Nicolai (died 1474), Polish Roman Catholic bishop
• Dorothea Nicolai (born 1962), German costume designer, stage designer
• Ernst Anton Nicolai (1722–1802), German physician and chemist
• Ernst August Nicolai (1800–1875), German physician and naturalist
• Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846), German astronomer
• Hermann Nicolai (born 1952), German theoretical physicist
• Norica Nicolai (born 1958), Romanian lawyer and politician
• Ruben Nicolai (born 1975), Dutch television presenter and comedian
• William S. Nicolai (born ?), U.S. inventor and entrepreneur

See also

• Luigi Nicolais (1942–2026), Italian politician and academic