Nicolae (name)
Nicolae is a Romanian masculine given name or surname, the equivalent of the English Nicholas. 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 Ceauşescu, the totalitarian dictator of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1965 until his execution in 1989
- Nicolae Creţulescu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
- Nicolae Cristea
- Nicolae Cristea
- 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 Rosetti-Bălănescu, Romanian politician, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 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 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 Butacu, Romanian swimmer
- Nicolae Carandino, Romanian author, pamphleteer, translator, and writer
- Nicolae Cotos, Romanian theologian
- Nicolae Dabija, Romanian general and politician
- Nicolae Dabija, Romanian officer and anticommunist resistance fighter
- Nicolae Dărăscu, Romanian painter
- Nicolae Densuşianu, Romanian ethnologist
- Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian football player
- Nicolae Drăganu, Romanian linguist
- Nicolae Filimon, Wallachian Romanian writer
- Nicolae Grigorescu, Romanian painter
- Nicolae Guţă, Romanian manele singers
- Nicolae Ivan, Romanian freestyle swimmer
- Nicolae Labiș, 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
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 Călăraşi County
As a surname
- Petre Nicolae, Romanian actor
