Mikołaj

Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:

In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility:

• Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown
• Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord
• Mikołaj Mielecki, Polish nobleman and politician
• Mikołaj Ostroróg, Polish nobleman
• Mikołaj Potocki, member of the Polish nobility, magnate, and the Field Hetman of the Crown
• Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, noble of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Palatine of Vilnius, and Grand Chancellor of Lithuania
• Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord, Palatine of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor, and Grand Hetman of Lithuania
• Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian lord, and Lord Grand Chamberlain of Lithuania
• Mikołaj Sienicki, notable member of the landed nobility of the Kingdom of Poland
• Mikołaj Szyszkowski, bishop of Warmia from 1633 until his death in 1643
• Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, Palatine of Lublin, Grand Marshal of the Crown, and Palatine of Kraków

In Polish music:

• Aga Mikolaj (1971–2021), stage name of Agnieszka Beata Mikołajczyk, a Polish operatic soprano
• Mikołaj Gomółka, Polish composer
• Mikołaj Radomski, Polish composer
• Mikołaj Zieleński, Polish composer

In Polish literature:

• Mikołaj Hussowski, Belarusian and Polish Renaissance writer
• Mikołaj Rej, one of the best known Polish poets and writers of the Renaissance

In Cinema:

• Mikołaj Kopeć, Polish director based in France. Co-creator of production house Têtes Parlantes.

In other fields:

• Mikołaj Kopernik, usually translated as Nicolaus Copernicus, Renaissance mathematician and astronomer, known for formulating heliocentrism
• Mikołaj Kubica (1945–2020), Polish gymnast
• Mikołaj Sieniawski, notable Polish magnate, military commander, and prominent politician
• Mikołaj Trąba, Polish Roman Catholic priest, Royal Notary, Vice-Chancellor of the Crown, bishop of Halicz, and archbishop of Gniezno