Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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Nikolai Brashman

Russian mathematician (1796–1866)

Nikolai Bugaev

Russian mathematician (1837–1903)

Nikolai Bulganin

b. 1895

Soviet politician (1895–1975)

Nikolai Chebotaryov

b. 1894

Soviet mathematician (1894–1947)

Nikolai Chernykh

Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer (1931–2004)

Nikolai Kardashev

b. 1932

Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (1932–2019)

Nikolai Reek

Estonian military commander

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer (1844–1908)

Nikolai Tsonev

b. 1956

Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin

Russian statesman and general (1734–1801)

Nikolai Vekšin

b. 1887

Estonian sailor

Nikolai von Meck

b. 1863

Russian engineer and entrepreneur (1863–1929)

Nikolai Yezhov

b. 1895

NKVD director under Joseph Stalin (1895–1940)

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

b. 1973

Danish actor (born 1973)

Nikolaos Roussen

b. 1913

Nikolaus Nilles

b. 1828

Author of the Kalendarium; a medieval manuscripts manual

Nikolay Bobrikov

Governor-General of Finland from 1898 to 1904

Nikolay Bodurov

b. 1986

Bulgarian footballer

Nikolay Davydenko

b. 1981

Russian tennis player

Nikolay Kamensky

Russian military commander (1776–1811)

Nikolay Karamzin

Russian writer, historian, poet and critic (1766–1826)

Nikolay Khrenkov

Russian bobsledder (1984–2014)

Nikolay Zabolotsky

b. 1903

Soviet and Russian poet and translator

Nikos Chatzivrettas

b. 1977

Greek basketball player (born 1977)