Niklaus
Niklaus is a masculine first name and family name.
Origin and Meaning
The name is a variant of the name Nicholas.
Well-known bearers of the name
First name
- Niklaus Franz von Bachmann (1740-1831), Swiss military leader
- Niklaus Bernoulli (1623-1708), Swiss businessman and politician
- Niklaus Blauner (1713-1791), Swiss physicist, professor of physics and geography
- Niklaus Bleiker ( born 1953 ), Swiss politician
- Niklaus Bolt (1864-1947), Swiss pastor and youth writers
- Brantschen ( b. 1937 ), Swiss Jesuit philosopher of religion
- Niklaus Bütler (1786-1864), Swiss painter
- Niklaus Geisler (1585-1665), sculptor and architect of the late German Renaissance
- Niklaus Gerber (1850-1914), Swiss chemist, inventor of the Acidbutyrometrie
- Niklaus Anton Kirchberger (1739-1799), Swiss magistrate and economist
- Niklaus Leuenberger (1615-1653), Swiss peasant leader
- Niklaus Manuel (1484-1530), playwright, painter, graphic artist and statesman
- Niklaus Meienberg (1940-1993), Swiss writer and investigative journalist
- Niklaus von Flue (1417-1487), Swiss hermit, ascetic and mystic
- Niklaus von Haguenau (1450-1538), Alsatian sculptor of the late Gothic
- Niklaus Pfluger ( b. 1958 ), Swiss Roman Catholic priest
- Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), a Swiss engineer, inventor of the cog railway
- Niklaus Scherr (1944 ), Swiss politician
- Niklaus Schilling ( born 1944 ), Swiss film director, cameraman and author
- Niklaus Schlienger ( born 1950 ), screenwriter and producer
- Niklaus Schmid ( right scientist ) ( b. 1936 ), Swiss legal scholars
- Niklaus Schmid ( writer ) ( born 1942 ), German writer
- Niklaus Schurtenberger ( b. 1968 ), Swiss show jumper
- Niklaus Senn (1894-1966), Swiss bank managers and politicians
- Niklaus Sprüngli (1725-1802), Swiss architect, City Architect of Bern
- Niklaus Starck ( born 1956 ), Swiss author
- Niklaus Stoecklin (1896-1982), Swiss painter and graphic artist
- Niklaus Troxler ( b. 1947 ), Swiss graphic
- Niklaus Emanuel Tscharner (1727-1794), Swiss magistrate and economist
- Niklaus Vintler (1345-1413), member of the early Vintler
- Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (1760-1832), Swiss Military, General
- Niklaus Weckmann (1481-1526), German sculptor
- Niklaus von Wengi (1485-1549), Swiss politician
- Niklaus Wenk (1913-2013), Swiss painter of peasants
- Niklaus Wirth ( born 1934 ), Swiss Informatics
- Niklaus Wolf Rippert Schwandstrasse (1756-1832), Swiss farmer and healer
Between Name
- Joseph Niklaus Bütler (1822-1885), Swiss painter
- Franz Niklaus König (1765-1832), Swiss genre and portrait painter
Family name
- André Niklaus ( * 1981 ), German decathlete
- Dietlef Niklaus ( * 1928), German educator and high school teachers
- Mandy Nicholas (* 1956), German foil fencer
- Michael Nicholas (* 1966), German football player
- Sebastian Niklaus ( * 1982 ), German pop songwriter, songwriter, singer and guitarist
- Niklaus Stephan (born 1958 ), Swiss Athlete
- Thomas Niklaus ( * 1965), German football player
- Walter Niklaus ( * 1925), German actor and director