Niklaus

Niklaus is a male first name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is a variant of the name Nikolaus .

Well-known namesake

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 (* 1953), Swiss politician
• Niklaus Bolt (1864–1947), Swiss pastor and writer for young people
• Niklaus Brantschen (* 1937), Swiss Jesuit and religious philosopher
• Niklaus Bütler (1786–1864), Swiss painter
• Niklaus Geisler (1585–1665), sculptor and architect of the German late Renaissance
• Niklaus Gerber (1850–1914), Swiss chemist, inventor of acid butyrometry
• 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 Meran (* around 1440; † 1493), merchant, small councilor, bailiff and delegate of the Diet
• Niklaus von Flüe (also Brother Klaus ; 1417–1487), Swiss hermit, ascetic and mystic
• Niklaus von Flüe (1504–1597) , grandson of brother Klaus, Obwalden Landammann
• Niklaus von Flüe (around 1531–1611) , son of the previous one, Obwalden Landammann
• Niklaus von Flüe (theologian) (1598–1649), Swiss theologian, abbot of the Wettingen monastery
• Nikolaus von Flüe (1763–1839) , Swiss officer in the French service and Obwalden governor
• Nikolaus von Flüe (1788–1851) , Swiss officer in the Spanish service and governor of Obwalden
• Niklaus von Flüe (historian) (1934–2013), Swiss historian, author and teacher
• Niklaus von Hagenau (1450–1538), Alsatian carver of the late Gothic period
• Niklaus Pfluger (politician) (1799–1854), Swiss politician
• Niklaus Riggenbach (1817–1899), Swiss engineer, inventor of the rack railway
• Niklaus Scheibli (* 1962), Swiss actor
• Niklaus Scherr (* 1944), Swiss politician
• Niklaus Schilling (1944–2016), Swiss film director, cameraman and author
• Niklaus Schlienger (* 1950), screenwriter and producer
• Niklaus Schmid (legal scholar) (* 1936), Swiss legal scholar
• Niklaus Schmid (writer) (* 1942), German writer
• Niklaus Schurtenberger (* 1968), Swiss show jumper
• Niklaus Senn (1894–1966), Swiss bank manager and politician
• Niklaus Sprüngli (1725–1802), Swiss architect, city architect of Bern
• Niklaus Starck (* 1956), Swiss author
• Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger (1729–1799), last mayor of old Bern
• Niklaus Stoecklin (1896–1982), Swiss painter and graphic artist
• Niklaus Thut († 1386), mayor of the Habsburg city of Zofingen
• Niklaus Troxler (* 1947), Swiss graphic artist
• Niklaus Emanuel Tscharner (1727–1794), Swiss magistrate and economist
• Niklaus Vintler (1345–1413), member of the early Vintler family
• 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 peasant painter
• Niklaus Wirth (* 1934), Swiss computer scientist
• Niklaus Wolf von Rippertschwand (1756–1832), Swiss farmer and healer

Intermediate 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 (1928–2016), German educator and university lecturer
• Mandy Niklaus (* 1956), German foil fencer
• Michael Niklaus (* 1966), German soccer player
• Sebastian Niklaus (* 1982), German pop songwriter, songwriter, singer and guitarist
• Stephan Niklaus (* 1958), Swiss athlete
• Thomas Niklaus (* 1965), German soccer player
• Walter Niklaus (* 1925), German actor and director

See also

• St. Niklaus and St. Niklausen , names of several places in Switzerland
• Nicklas