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Nickelodeon SLAM! Nickelodeon SLAM! was a block of programming aimed at boys aged 7-12 that aired on Nickelodeon Sunday afternoons from 4 to 6 featuring animated shows such as Men In Black: The Series, Invader ZIM, Speed Racer, a reduced-violence version of Robot Wars, and later on Super Duper Sumos.
Nickelodeon Splat City Nickelodeon Splat City was a land inside of Paramount's Great America (1995-2002), Paramount's Kings Island (1995-2000), and Paramount's Kings Dominion (1995-1999). It was based off of many Nickelodeon Game shows, such as Double Dare, had attractions which usually involved getting wet.
Nickelodeon Sunday Movie Toons Nickelodeon Sunday Movie Toons are a series of animated films, which lasted for just one season (2002-2003) on Nickelodeon, with over 39 made-for-TV films (based on Inspector Gadget, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Dennis the Menace, etc.), all being produced by DiC Entertainment.
Nickelodeon Tickle Short In 1995 at Nickelodeon Studios, A camera crew went around asking children visiting Nickelodeon Studios to tickle their siblings bare feet. They filmed the tickling and an introduction and aired it on television.
Nickelodeon UK Nickelodeon UK (normally referred to as Nickelodeon or Nick within the UK) is a satellite/cable TV station for children. Although one of the oldest children's stations in the UK, it was not the first (the oldest, The Children's Channel, which started in 1984, is now defunct).
Nickels Grill & Bar Nickels Grill & Bar is a Canadian restaurant chain. The restaurant has an extensive menu ranging from complete breakfasts to hamburgers, milkshakes, pizza, chicken, ribs, salads and a number of sandwiches, including Montreal-style smoked meat.
Nickerson Field Nickerson Field is a stadium on the site of Braves Field, in Boston, Massachusetts the former home of the National League Boston Braves baseball team, now located in Atlanta, Georgia. Parts of Braves Field, such as the entry gate and right-field grandstand, remain as portions of the stadium.
Nicki French Nicki French is a female singer and dancer who was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, but raised from the age of four in Tenterden, Kent, England. She is best known for her 1995 dance cover version of Total Eclipse of the Heart.
Nicki Scully Nicki Scully is an author and teacher in the fields of metaphysics, shamanism and healing. Her work combines energetic healing techniques with shamanic principles with the aim of providing integrated and balanced healing and growth processes.
Nicklas Bergfors Nicklas Bergfors (Born March 7, 1987) is a Swedish ice hockey player. Bergfors was drafted as 23rd overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft and is currently playing for the New Jersey Devils' American Hockey League farm team, the Lowell Devils.
Nicklas Grossman Nicklas Grossman (born January 22, 1985, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey defenseman, currently a prospect under contact with the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. He spent the entire 2005-06 season with the Iowa Stars, the American Hockey League affiliate of Dallas.
Nicklas Lidström Nicklas Erik Lidstrom (born April 28, 1970, in Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League playing for the Detroit Red Wings. He succeeded Steve Yzerman as the Red Wings` captain at the start of the 2006-2007 NHL season.
Nickname A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or thing's real name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Robi, Robin, Bobby, Rab, Rabbie, Bert, Bertie, Butch, Bobbers, Bobert, Beto, Bobadito, and Robban (in Sweden), are all nicknames for Robert). As a concept, it is distinct from both pseudonym and stage name, and also from title (for example, City of Fountains), although there may be overlap in these concepts.
Nicknames of politicians and personalities in Quebec A custom of Quebecers is to give nicknames to their politicians (and some personalities), quite especially their Premiers. Many of those given to Premiers are affectionate or even express admiration, while others are insulting.
Nicko McBrain Michael Henry McBrain (born June 5, 1954 in Hackney, London, England) is the drummer for heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The nickname 'Nicko' is from Michael’s childhood, where his favourite stuffed animal was named ‘Nicholas the bear’.
Nicktoons Caught on Tape Nicktoons Caught on Tape were shorts that were aired in the early 2000s as a joke of some of the favorite Nicktoon shows such as Rugrats, Matthew's World, CatDog, Spongebob Squarepants, Angry Beavers, and Fairly Odd Parents. These shorts usually were about 30-45 seconds long, and sometimes black and white.
Nicktoons Sports Nicktoons Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. It was based on characters from many Nickelodeon animated series, which has no relation to the Backyard Sports series.
Nicktoons Unite! Nicktoons Unite! is a video game featuring Danny Phantom (the titular character from the TV series) , SpongeBob SquarePants (the titular character from the TV series) , Timmy Turner (from The Fairly OddParents), and Jimmy Neutron (from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) along with their perspective arch-enemies like Vlad Plasmius, Sheldon J.
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island is the sequel to the 2005 video game Nicktoons Unite!. This game entails that "the most popular Nickelodeon characters combine their unique weapons and powers to battle the newest enemies as they threaten to destroy a mysterious Nicktoons paradise island.
Nicky Blair Nicholas John Blair (born December 6, 1985) is the second son of British Prime Minister, Tony Blair and his wife Cherie Blair. His siblings include his two brothers, Euan Anthony Blair and Leo Blair (named after the Prime Minister's own father), and one sister, Kathryn Hazel Blair.
Nicky Boje Nico "Nicky" Boje (born 20 March, 1973, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State) and attended the prestigious Grey College in Bloemfontein was a South African cricketer who played in 41 Tests and 115 one-day internationals for South Africa. Boje's international career began in 1995 against Zimbabwe, and although he was in and out of the team due to injuries he established himself as South Africa's first choice spin bowler.
Nicky Crane Nicola Vincenzio "Nicky" Crane (May 21, 1958]] – 1993) was a notorious British far-right racist skinhead and street activist, with multiple convictions for criminal violence, who came out as gay towards the end of his life.
Nicky Eaden Nicky Eaden (born December 12 1972) is a football defender currently on loan to Lincoln City from Nottingham Forest. He joined Forest in the summer of 2005, signed by the now-departed Gary Megson as a replacement for Mattieu Louis-Jean - a summer signing by Norwich City.
Nicky Gavron Felicia Nicolette (Nicky) Gavron, born Coates (born c. 1945, Worcester) is a British politician, Deputy Mayor of London, a member of the London Assembly and the former Labour candidate for the 2004 Mayor of London elections.
Nicky Hambleton-Jones Nicky Hambleton-Jones is a South African television presenter who currently hosts 10 Years Younger on Channel 4 in the UK. Born in 1971 Nicky began her career at the age of 11 hosting live shows in her home town of Cape Town.
Nicky Hopkins Nicholas 'Nicky' Hopkins (February 24, 1944 in Ealing, West London – September 6, 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA) was an English musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. He is regarded as one of the most important session musicians in rock history, playing on countless hit recordings by leading British and American acts.
Nicky Chinn Nicky Chinn (born May 16, 1945 in London, England) is an English songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK in the 1970s, including several #1 records.
Nicky Jam Nick Rivera Caminero (also known as Nicky Jam) was born to a Puerto Rican father and a Dominican mother on February 25, 1980 in the Dominican Republic. When he was six years old he moved to Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico.
Nicky Kelly Nicky Kelly is an Irish Labour party politician from Arklow in County Wicklow. In the 1980s he achieved fame throughout Ireland after he had been sentenced, in 1978, to 12 years in prison for his alleged part in the Sallins train robbery.
Nicky Line [Nicky Line (also sometimes spelled Nickey Line) is the local nickname for the railway that once linked the English] towns of [[Hemel Hempstead and Harpenden via Redbourn. It was officially known as the Harpenden and Hemel Hempstead Railway.
Nicky Rackard Cup The Nicky Rackard Cup is in effect a competition for the "Division 3" hurling teams, the counties in Ireland that would not be considered "traditional" hurling teams. It is an extension of the Guinness All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the premier knock-out hurling competition.
Nicky Robinson (game programmer) Nicky Robinson is a computer game programmer, one of the earliest women to enter the field. Her career spans over twenty years, and extends back into the classic gaming era with such recognized titles as Star Control and Mail Order Monsters, on which she worked with Evan Robinson and renowned game designer Paul Reiche III.
Nicky Silver Nicky Silver is an American playwright whose work has been described as "edgy" and "hilariously insane." His plays (largely dark comedy/farce) include Pterodactyls, The Food Chain, Fat Men in Skirts, The Maiden's Prayer, Raised in Captivity, The Altruists and Beautiful Child.
Nicky Virachkul Nicky Virachkul (June 3, 1948 - 17 April, 1999) was a professional darts player who competed in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He competed in the third WDF World Cup darts tournament in 1979 and won the singles title.
Niclas Wallin Niclas Wallin born February 20, 1975 in Boden, Sweden, is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes. After spending a number of years with Brynas IF Gavle in Sweden, Wallin was drafted in the 4th round, 97th overall by the Hurricanes at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and has remained at the team to this day.
Nico Christa Päffgen (October 16,1938 – July 18, 1988) was a singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress, keyboard player and Warhol superstar, best known by her pseudonym Nico. She is best remembered for a collaboration with The Velvet Underground in 1967.
Nico (TV series) Nico (known as Nicholas in most non-spanish-speaking countries) was a 2001 Spanish animated television series produced by BRB Internacional and the National Organization of the Spanish Blind about the title character, Nico; a boy that is blind. Blind people in the cartoon are usually refered to by the more politically correct term "visually impaired" (invidente) regardless of how severe, or otherwise, their blindness is.
Nico Collard Nicole "Nico" Collard is a fictional character in the Broken Sword series of computer games. She is the on-again-off-again girlfriend of the protagonist, George Stobbart, appearing in all four games, and as a playable character in Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror, Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon, and Broken Sword: The Angel of Death.
Nico Didonna Nico Didonna (born on 5 August 1964 in Noicattaro) is an Italian fashion designer who moved to London during the '80s, graduated from London College of Fashion with a degree in tailoring and went on to exhibit his first collection at the Islington Design Centre. Since then he has created his own label and opened a men's fashion boutique in the heart of Soho, London, called NICO-d.
Nico Landeweerd Nicolaas ("Nico") Albertus Adrianus Landeweerd (born April 3, 1954 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who participated in three Summer Olympics. At his debut, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he won the bronze medal with the Dutch team.
Nico Lathouris Nico Lathouris is an Australian actor of Greek descent. He played the role of George Poulos in Heartbreak High as well as being the series drama coach responsible for developing the skills of the younger actors and actresses who star in the series.
Nico Minardos Nico Minardos (born February 15, 1930), is an American actor. He made his first appearance in front of the Hollywood cameras as an extra in the 1952 film Monkey Business, starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and Marilyn Monroe.
Nico Roozen Nico Roozen (1953-) is a Dutch economist who, in collaboration with Frans van der Hoff and ecumenical development agency Solidaridad, launched Max Havelaar, the first Fairtrade certification initiative in 1988. Roozen played a key role in convincing several major Dutch retailers to offer Fairtrade goods, which later led to the commercial success of Fairtrade certification.
Nico van der Voet Nicolaas ("Nico") Marcus van der Voet (born March 13, 1944 in Wassenaar) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country. In 1964 he finished in eighth position with the Dutch Men's Team.
Nico Vaesen Nico Vaesen (born September 28, 1969, in Hasselt, Belgium) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Lierse, whom he joined in the summer of 2006 having been released by Birmingham City.
Nicobar district Nicobar district is a district of India, one of two districts in the Indian Union Territory (UT) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Nicobar Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal, bordering with the Andaman Sea).
Nicobar Parakeet The Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps, also known as Blyth's Parakeet, is a parrot confined to the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean. At 60 cm, it is the largest of the "true parakeets" in terms of length.
Nicobarese languages The Nicobarese languages form an isolated group of six closely-related Mon-Khmer languages from the Austro-Asiatic language family, which are spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of the Nicobar Islands of India. They have a total of about 30,000 speakers (22,100 native).
Nicocles Nicocles (in Greek Nικoκλης; ruled 251 BC) was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city-state of Sicyon in the 3rd century BC; to which position he raised himself in 251 BC by the murder of Paseas, who had succeeded his son Abantidas in the sovereign power. He had reigned only four months, during which period he had already driven into exile eighty of the citizens, when the citadel of Sicyon (which had narrowly escaped falling into the hands of the Aetolians shortly before) was surprised in the night by a party of Sicyonian exiles, headed by young Aratus.
Nicocreon Nicocreon (in Greek Nικoκρεων; lived 4th century BC) was king of Salamis in Cyprus, at the time of Alexander the Great's (336–323 BC) expedition against Persia. He submitted to the conqueror in common with the other princes of Cyprus, without opposition; and in 331 BC, after the return of Alexander from Egypt, repaired to Tyre (Lebanon) to pay homage to that monarch, where he distinguished himself by the magnificence which he displayed in furnishing the theatrical exhibitions.
Nicodemus Nicodemus (Greek: Νικόδημος) was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who, according to the Gospel of John, showed favour to Jesus. He appears three times in the Gospel: the first is when he visits Jesus one night to listen to his teachings (3:1-21); the second is when he states the law concerning the arrest of Jesus during the Feast of Tabernacles (7:45-51); and the last follows the Crucifixion, when he assists Joseph of Arimathea in preparing the corpse of Jesus for burial (19:39-42).
Nicodemus National Historic Site Nicodemus National Historic Site in Nicodemus, Kansas preserves, protects and interprets the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the American Civil War. The town of Nicodemus is symbolic of the pioneer spirit of African Americans who dared to leave the only region they had been familiar with to seek personal freedom and the opportunity to develop their talents and capabilities.
Nicodemus Wilderness Project Founded in 2000, the Nicodemus Wilderness Project provides global volunteer and service-learning opportunities that empower youth to help save the natural environment while developing their own leadership skills.
Nicoderm NicoDerm, also known as NicoDerm CQ (short for Committed Quit or Committed Quitter) is a branded over the counter palliative nicotine replacement therapy which is used to ameliorate the withdrawal effects involved in quitting smoking.
Nicol Amarfi Nicol Amalfi is a fictional character in the Gundam universe, or more specifically, Gundam Seed. He is portrayed by Mami Matsui and Paku Romi (special edition and in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3) in Japanese and Gabe Khouth in English.
Nicol David Nicol Ann David (born August 26, 1983 in Penang) is a Malaysian squash player and was said to be the Malaysian sport 'superstar'. She is officially the World Number 1 in women's squash, and is the current (as of 2006) British Open and World Open champion.
Nicol Williamson Nicol Williamson (born September 14 1938 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire), is a Scottish actor who was described by English playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". Willliamson was born to a struggling working-class family, but managed to attend the Birmingham School of Speech & Drama.
Nicola (chief) Nicola (1780/1785 — ~1865) (Spokane Hwistesmetxe'qen, Walking Grizzly Bear), was an important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of the British Columbia Interior (early 1800s to 1858) as well as into the colonial period (1858-1871). He was grand chief of the Okanagan people and chief of the Nicola Valley Band, and also of the Kamloops Band of the Shuswap people.
Nicola (name) Ancient Italian male personal name Nicola (from the Greek and Byzantine Nikolaos) of Nichos meaning "victory," and of laos meaning "people," therefore the Greek "winner of the people." Directly related to the English male form Nicholas.
Nicola (people) The Nicola people are a historic First Nations political and cultural area in the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are mostly located in the Nicola River valley around the area of Merritt and are an alliance of Scw'exmx, the local branch of the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) people, and the Spaxomin, the local branch of the Syilx or Okanagan people.
Nicola Antonio Stigliola Nicola Antonio Stigliola (Also: Colantonio Stelliola) (1546 Nola – 1623 Naples) was an Italian philosopher, printer, architect, and medical doctor. He was a friend to Tommaso Campanella and Giordano Bruno and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
Nicola Bryant Nicola Bryant born 11 October 1962 in Guildford, Surrey is a British actress known for her role as Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown, a companion of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Nicola Cabibbo Nicola Cabibbo is an Italian physicist, best known for work on the weak nuclear interaction. He was also the president of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics from 1983 to 1992, and since 1993 he has been the president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Nicola Calipari Nicola Calipari (June 23 1953, Reggio Calabria - March 4 2005, Iraq) was an Italian military intelligence officer with the rank of Major General. Calipari was killed by United States soldiers while escorting a recently released Italian hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, to Baghdad International Airport.
Nicola Conte Nicola Conte is an Italian DJ and producer known for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film scores of the 1960's, easy listening themes, and ethnic Indian music.
Nicola Gentile Nicola Gentile (Siculiana, June 12, 1885 - unknown) was a Sicilian mafioso and an organized crime figure in New York City. He was born in Siculiana, a small village on the south coast of Sicily in the province of Agrigento.
Nicola Griffith Nicola Griffith (born 30 September, 1960 in Yorkshire, England) is a British science fiction author, editor and essayist. Griffith is a 1988 alum of the Michigan State University Clarion science fiction writing workshop and has won a Nebula Award, the James Tiptree, Jr.
Nicola Lake Nicola Lake is a glacially formed narrow, deep lake located in the south-central Interior of British Columbia approximately ten kilometres northeast of the city of Merritt. It was a centrepoint of the first settlements in the grasslands laying south of Kamloops, and today is used for recreation and as a water storage site to provide irrigation and water flows to fisheries downstream in the Nicola River.
Nicola Luisotti Nicola Luisotti has been appointed music director of San Francisco Opera effective at the start of the 2009-10 season. The appointment was announced on January 9 by San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley and Chairman Franklin P.
Nicola Martinucci Nicola Martinucci (born on 28 March 1941) inTaranto, Italy, is an Italian tenor who made his operatic debut in 1966 as Manrico in Il Trovatore at Milan's Teatro Nuovo. He won the Viotti Competition as Calaf and with the encouragement of Mario del Monaco, soon appeared in theatres all over Italy.
Nicola Monaghan Nicola Monaghan is a young English novelist and author of the critically acclaimed The Killing Jar (novel). She was born in Radford, Nottingham, the eldest of six children and lived on Nottingham Council estates until age 18.
Nicola people The Nicola people is a name used to describe an Athabaskan speaking group who inhabited the Nicola Valley near Merritt, British Columbia; they are sometimes known as the Nicola Athapaskans. Very little is known of them as by the mid-19th Century they were nearly extinct due to constant raiding by Thompson and Shuswap from outside the valley, and their surviving members were largely absorbed by the surrounding Scw'exmx, a branch of the Thompson people by the time of European contact, and also partly by the Spaxomin, a branch of the Okanagan people also in the valley who are also known as the Spahomin Band.
Nicola Pellow Nicola Pellow was a member of the WWW Project at CERN, working with Tim Berners-Lee. She joined the project in November 1990, while an undergraduate maths student at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University).
Nicola River The Nicola River is an important tributary of the Thompson River in the Canadian province of British Columbia, entering the latter at the town of Spences Bridge. It drains most of the northern Thompson Plateau, beginning near the very eastern edge of the plateau only 30 kilometres northwest of Kelowna, and flows from there more or less westward to feed Douglas and Nicola Lakes, with about 15 kilometres of the river's length between tose two lakes.
Nicola Sabbatini Nicola Sabbatini (1574-1654) (var. Niccolò Sabbatini, Nicola Sabbattini) was an Italian architect of the Baroque, born in Pesaro, and extremely influential at the time for his pioneering and inventive designs of theaters, stage sets, lighting and stage machinery.
Nicola Sanders Nicola Sanders (born June 23, 1982) is a British hurdler. Together with Lee McConnell, Donna Fraser and Christine Ohuruogu she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.
Nicola Sirkis Nicola Sirkis (born Nicolas Sirchis on June 22, 1959) is the singer, guitarist and principal lyricist with the French band Indochine. He is the only surviving member of the original line-up of the band which he formed in 1981 with a friend, Dominique Nicolas, soon to be joined by his twin brother Stéphane and Dimitri Bodianski.
Nicola Slater Nicola Slater is a British children's illustrator. She has illustrated the UK editions of The Princess Diaries, as well as the Nina Fairy Ballerina series with Anna Wilson, and the Elvis picture books with Andrew Murray.
Nicola Stephenson Nicola Stephenson (born July 5, 1971 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English actress. She is known mainly for her roles in television, which include Margaret Clemence in Brookside, Julie Fitzjohn/Bradford in Holby City, Suzie Davidson in Clocking Off, Jackie in ITV's Northern Lights, and Sarah Jones in BBC's The Chase.
Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Sturgeon (born on 19 July, 1970 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish politician and current Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). she was active in the SNP student wing through Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association whilst studying law at the University of Glasgow.
Nicola Tribal Association The Nicola Tribal Association is the official name of what is also known as the Nicola Tribal Council and the Nicola Valley Tribal Council, is a First Nations government comprised of bands in the Nicola Valley, Thompson Canyon and Fraser Canyon areas of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of three tribal councils of the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) people, the other two being the Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council and the Fraser Canyon Indian Administration.
Nicola Vicentino Nicola Vicentino (Vicenza, 1511 – Milan, 1575 or 1576) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most visionary musicians of the age, inventing, among other things, a microtonal keyboard, and devising a practical system of chromatic writing two hundred years before the rise of equal temperament.
Nicola Walker Nicola Walker (born in Stepney, London, United Kingdom) is a British actress, best known for her starring roles in various British television programmes from the 1990s onwards. Beginning her acting career with the Cambridge Footlights while at university, her big break came with the leading part of DI Susan Taylor in the ITV thriller serial Touching Evil in 1997, co-starring opposite Robson Green.
Nicola Zingaretti Nicola Zingaretti (born on October 11, 1965, in Rome) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Centre with the Democrats of the Left (DS), part of the Socialist Group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.
Nicolaas Gerard Pierson Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (February 7, 1839 - December 24, 1909) was born in the city of Amsterdam and was a Dutch Liberal financial and economic expert, and statesman. He was a professor and director of the De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch natioanl bank.
Nicolae Bretan Nicolae Bretan (25 March, 1887 – 1 December, 1968) was an Romanian opera composer, also baritone, conductor and critic. He studied in Cluj, Vienna and Budapest before becoming one of the pioneers of Romanian opera.
Nicolae Cajal Nicolae Cajal (October 1, 1919, Bucharest- April 8, 2004) was a Romanian Jewish physician, academic, politician, and philanthropist. He was President of the Jewish Communities' Federation of Romania from 1994 to his death.
Nicolae CreĹŁulescu Nicolae CreĹŁulescu or Kretzulescu (1812-1900) was a Wallachian-born Romanian politician and physician. He served three terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, again from 1865 to 1866, and finally in 1867.
Nicolae Densuşianu Nicolae Densuşianu (1846–1911) was a Romanian ethnologist and collector of Romanian folklore (Vechi cîntece şi tradiţii populare româneşti: texte poetice din răspunsurile la "Chestionarul istoric", 1893-97). His main work, for which he is chiefly remembered, was the posthumously printed Dacia Preistorică (1913), with a preface contributed by C.
Nicolae Filimon Nicolae Filimon (September 6, 1819—March 19, 1865) was a Wallachian Romanian novelist and short-story writer, remembered as the author of the very first Realist novel in Romanian literature, Ciocoii vechi şi noi ("The Old and the New Boyars"), which was centered on the self-seeking figure of Dinu Păturică (who drew comparisons with Stendhal's Julien Sorel). He was also a noted travel writer, folklorist, musician, and the very first musical critic in his country.
Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga (his name may also be rendered as Nicolas Jorga in foreign works; January 17, 1871, BotoĹźani - November 27, 1940, Strejnic, Prahova County), was a historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and Romanian politician. He served as a member of Parliament, as President of the post-World-War-I National Assembly, as minister, and (1931-32) as Prime Minister.
Nicolae Juravschi Nicolae Juravschi (or Nikolai Juravski} (born August 8, 1964) is a Moldovan canoer, who won three Olympic medals in the C-2 event with his teammate Viktor Reneysky. In Soviet time Juravschi trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kishinev.
Nicolae Manolescu Nicolae Manolescu (born November 27 1939, Râmnicu Vâlcea) is a Romanian literary critic, and, as editor of România Literară literary magazine, he has reached a record in reviewing books for almost 30 years. He has been a Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy since 1997.
Nicolae Massim Nicolae Massim (1909-1981) was a graduate of the School of Liberal Arts and Philosophy of the University of Cluj, Romania, and of the Institute of Dramatic Arts and Cinematography (IATC) of Bucharest. He made his directorial debut staging historical plays by the world renowned Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga at the Cultural League Theatre of the People's University that professor Iorga founded in the town of Valenii de Munte.
Nicolae Milescu Nicolae Milescu (1636—1708), also known as Spătarul Milescu-Cârnu - Chancellor Milescu the Snub-nosed (in Russian: Николай Гаврилович Спафарий - Nikolai Gavrilovich Spafariy or Николае Гаврилович Милеску - Nikolaye Gavrilovich Milescu), was a Moldavian writer, traveler, geographer, and diplomat. Milescu spoke Romanian, Latin, Greek, and Russian.
Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen (Gallicized as Petrescu-Comnène or Petresco-Comnène, born Nicolae Petrescu; 1881-December 8, 1958) was a Romanian diplomat, politician, and humanitarian, noted for his role in interwar European politics and his support for the League of Nations (to which he was Romania's representative between 1923 and 1927). The author of several books on political history, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between March 30, 1938 and January 31, 1939 (in the Octavian Goga and Miron Cristea cabinets).
Nicolae Rădescu Nicolae Rădescu (March 30, 1874, Călimăneşti — May 16, 1953, New York City) was a Romanian army officer and political figure. He was the last pre-communist rule Prime Minister of Romania, serving from December 7, 1944 to March 1, 1945.
Nicolae Teclu Nicolae Teclu (11 October, 1839, Braşov, Romania – 13 July, 1916, Vienna, Austria) was a Romanian chemist, who gave his name to the worldwide-used "Teclu burner". He studied engineering and architecture, and then chemistry, continuing his career by becoming professor for general and analytical chemistry in Vienna.
Nicolae Titulescu Nicolae Titulescu (March 4, 1882, Craiova - March 17, 1941, Cannes) was a well-known Romanian diplomat, at various times government minister, and President of the League of Nations. He served as president of the League of Nations for two terms.
Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen (1870, Craiova-1964) was a Romanian engineer who pioneered the field of telegraphy and telephony; other fields in which he had great achievements were mechanical, elasticity, thermodynamics, long distance telephony, electrochemistry , civil engineering.

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