Niklaus (name)
Niklaus is a masculine Slavic given name and surname. Niklaus comes from the Greek word nikolaos (νικόλαος), meaning victory of the people. It’s a variant of the likewise Greek-origin given name Nicholas.
The traditional short forms of this name are Nik and Klaus, being primarily used in Switzerland and Germany.
Notable people with the name include the following:
Given name
- Niklaus Aeschbacher (1917 – 1995), Swiss composer and conductor
- Niklaus Bütler (1786–1854), Swiss painter
- Niklaus Dachselhofer (1595 – 1670), Swiss politician
- Niklaus Franz von Bachmann (1740 – 1831), Swiss general
- Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger (1729 – 1799), Swiss politician
- Niklaus Gerber (1850 – 1914), Swiss dairy chemist
- Niklaus Grunwald, American biologist and plant pathologist
- Niklaus Brantschen (born 1937), Swiss Jesuit, Zen master
- Niklaus Leuenberger (1615 – 1653), Swiss peasant
- Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (c. 1484 – 1530), Swiss artist
- Niklaus Meienberg (1940 – 1993), Swiss writer and investigative journalist
- Niklaus Niggeler (1817 – 1872), Swiss politician
- Niklaus Pfluger (born 1958), Swiss Catholic priest
- Niklaus Riggenbach (1817 – 1899), Swiss inventor, engineer and locomotive builder
- Niklaus Schilling (1944 – 2016), Swiss film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
- Niklaus Schurtenberger (born 1968), Swiss equestrian
- Niklaus Stump (1920 – 2005), Swiss cross-country and Nordic combined skier
- Niklaus Troxler (born 1947), Swiss graphic designer
- Niklaus Weckmann (c. 1481-1526), German sculptor
- Niklaus Wirth (born 1934), Swiss computer scientist
Middle name
- Franz Niklaus König (1765–1832), Swiss painter
Surname
- André Niklaus (born 1981), German decathlete
- Stephan Niklaus (born 1958), Swiss decathlete
- Mandy Niklaus (born 1956), East German fencer
Fictional characters
- Brad Niklaus from Sunset Beach
- Niklaus “Klaus” Mikaelson from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Niklaus
- All pages with titles containing Niklaus
- Niklaus (disambiguation)
- Hans Niclaus
- Nicklaus (name)
- Nikolaus (given name)
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