Nikanor
Nikanor (Νικάνωρ, "the winner", Latin Nicanor ) is the name of various people from ancient Greece:
- Military personnel under Alexander the Great and the Diadochi:
- Other Greeks:
- a brother of Cassander, killed by Olympias of Epirus
- Banker from Oxyrhynchos, whose archive from around 250/40 BC Is preserved
- Entrepreneurs from Koptos, see Nikanor archive
- a disciple of Epicurus, see Nikanor (disciple of Epicurus)
- Seleucid functionaries during the Maccabees uprising:
- Nikanor was a tax official who was responsible for the royal income in Samaria ( Flavius Josephus ant. Iud. 12,261).
- a leader of Cypriot rebels ( 2nd Maccabees 12: 2)
- Nikanor (son of Patroclus)
- Nikanor (friend of Demetrios)
- Artists and craftsmen:
- Nikanor from Paros , Greek painter of the 5th century BC. Chr.
- Nikanor from Magnesia , Greek sculptor
- People from Roman times
- one of the seven deacons who were selected by the disciples of the early Jerusalem community at the suggestion of the apostles to support them, see Nikanor (deacon)
- a friend of Augustus, see Gaius Iulius Nicanor
- Military Tribune Vespasians in Judea, see Nicanor (Military Tribune)
Modern people named Nikanor / Nicanor are:
- Bishop of Athens (1574–1592), see Nicanor (Bishop)
- 1866–1869 Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, see Nikanor (Patriarch)
- Aleksandr Ivanovič Brovkovič, Archbishop of Odessa (1827–1890), see Nikanor (Bishop)
- Nikanor Abramowitsch , Ukrainian Archbishop (1883–1969)
- Nicanor Abelardo , composer (1893–1934)
- Nicanor Perlas , Filipino sociologist and environmental activist
- Nicanor Duarte Frutos , Paraguayan politician
- Nicanor Parra , Chilean poet and musician, brother of Violeta Parra
- Nicanor McPartland, real name of Julio Antonio Mella
- Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita , Bishop of Tarazona
- Nicanor Zabaleta , Spanish harpist
