Papanikolaou
Papanikolaou or Papanicolaou is the family name of the following people:
- Christos Papanikolaou (* 1941), Greek pole vaulter
- Dimitris Papanikolaou (* 1977), Greek basketball player and coach
- Ioannis Pavlos Papanikolaou († 2010), Greek entrepreneur and shipowner
- George Papanicolaou (mathematician) (* 1943), Greek-American mathematician
- George N. Papanicolaou (1883–1962), Greek pathologist
- Georgios Papanikolaou (politician) (* 1977), Greek politician
- Kostas Papanikolaou (* 1990), Greek basketball player
- Kostas Papanikolaou (painter) (* 1959), Greek painter
- Nicholas FS Papanicolaou (* 1949), Greek-American entrepreneur
Papanikolaou stands for:
- Papanikolaou stain , a cytodiagnostic special stain of cell smears for the detection of cancer cells