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Nicolas Giauque
Nicolas Giauque is a French-educated investment manager who serves as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Farallon Capital, a San Francisco hedge fund managing about $44 billion.
Nicolas Gisin
Nicolas Gisin, born 1952 in Geneva, is a Swiss quantum physicist known for quantum cryptography and teleportation over optical fibers, and winner of the first Bell Prize.
Nicolas Giuseppone
Nicolas Giuseppone is a supramolecular chemist, Distinguished Professor at the University of Strasbourg, who integrates light- and fuel-driven artificial molecular motors into polymer gels, winning the CNRS Silver Medal in 2024.
Nicolás González (footballer, born 1998)
Nicolás Iván González, Argentine forward born 1998 in Belén de Escobar; Argentinos Juniors, Stuttgart, Fiorentina, Juventus, loan at Atlético Madrid; Argentina international, Copa América 2021 and 2024 winner, 2026 World Cup finalist. Distinct from Nico González the Barcelona midfielder born 2002.
Nicolas Gruber
Nicolas Gruber, born 1968, is a Swiss oceanographer and biogeochemist who heads the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich and studies ocean biogeochemistry and climate.
Nicolás Guillén
Nicolás Guillén (1902–1989) was a Cuban poet and journalist regarded as the national poet of Cuba, a central figure of Afro-Cuban poetry whose work fused son rhythms with social protest.
Nicolas Hamilton
Nicolas Hamilton (born 1992, Welwyn Garden City) is a British touring car racer, half-brother of Lewis Hamilton, and the first disabled driver in the BTCC; he races with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy using a hand clutch and two pedals.
Nicolas Hayek
Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010) was a Beirut-born Swiss management consultant who rescued the Swiss watch industry, merging ASUAG and SSIH into the Swatch Group, which he led until his death in 2010.
Nicolás Heredia
Nicolás Heredia (1855–1901) was a Dominican-born novelist and journalist counted among the leading Cuban novelists of the nineteenth century, best known for the novel Leonela.
Nicolas J. Beukes
Nicolas J. Beukes, known as Nic Beukes, was a South African Precambrian sedimentologist at the University of Johannesburg, elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 2022.
Nicolas J. Cerf
Nicolas J. Cerf is a Belgian quantum information scientist and professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, known for negative conditional entropies and Gaussian quantum cloning.
Nicolas Jaar
Nicolas Jaar (Nicolás Jaar), Chilean American electronic producer born 1990 in New York; known for Space Is Only Noise (2011), Darkside's Psychic, the Against All Logic alias, and the Other People label.
Nicolas Jackson
Nicolas Jackson, Senegalese striker born in The Gambia; Casa Sports, Villarreal, Chelsea (2023-2026), Bayern Munich loan, then Aston Villa for £65m in 2026; Conference League and Club World Cup winner.
Nicolas Jarry
Nicolas Jarry (Nicolás Jarry Fillol), Chilean tennis player born 1995, career-high No. 16 in 2024, three ATP titles (Bastad, Santiago, Geneva), Rome Masters finalist, served an 11-month doping ban 2020-21.
Nicolas Kristof
Nicolas Kristof (born 1999, Heidelberg) is an Austrian goalkeeper for SV Elversberg, joined 2021; won Regionalliga Südwest 2021/22 and 3. Liga 2022/23 titles, reached the Bundesliga, won the 2024/25 "Weiße Weste" award, and was first nominated by Austria in 2024/25.
Nicolas le Goff
Nicolas Le Goff, French volleyball middle blocker born 1992 in Paris, two-time Olympic champion with France at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, European champion 2015, Montpellier player nicknamed Losco.
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French military engineer and physicist who founded thermodynamics with his 1824 book Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire.
Nicolás Lindley López
Nicolás Lindley López (1908–1995) was a Peruvian army general who headed the military junta ruling Peru from March to July 1963 before handing power to elected president Fernando Belaúnde Terry.
Nicolas Lopez
Nicolas Lopez (Nicolas Pierre Lopez, born 1980, Tarbes) is a French sabre fencer, 2008 Beijing Olympic team gold and individual silver medalist, who beat Stanislav Pozdnyakov 15-8 and lost the final to Zhong Man.
Nicolas Luco
Nicolas (Nico) Luco is an American research civil engineer at the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado, specializing in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and leading the National Seismic Hazard Model.
Nicolás Maduro
Nicolás Maduro Moros (born 1962), Venezuelan president 2013–2026 and Hugo Chávez's successor, a former Caracas bus driver and union leader whose rule brought economic collapse and disputed 2018 and 2024 elections until US forces captured him on January 3, 2026.
Nicolás Maduro Guerra
Nicolás Maduro Guerra, nicknamed Nicolásito or "the prince", is a Venezuelan politician and businessman, the only son of Nicolás Maduro and a National Assembly member since 2021.
Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player, doubles world No. 1 (6 June 2016), five-time Grand Slam doubles champion with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, and loser of the record 11-hour 2010 Wimbledon match to John Isner; retired October 2025.
Nicolas Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche (1638–1715) was a French Catholic philosopher who taught that God alone is the true cause of everything and that human beings see all things in God.
Nicolas Manel
Nicolas Manel is a French immunologist who leads the Innate Immunity team at Institut Curie in Paris, studying how cells sense viral genetic material, using HIV as a model.
Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Massú is a Chilean former tennis player, born 1979 in Viña del Mar, best known for winning singles and doubles gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Nicolas Maurice Arthus
Nicolas Maurice Arthus (1862–1945) was a French immunologist and physiologist who discovered the Arthus reaction, a localized immune-complex inflammation from repeated serum injections, and demonstrated calcium's essential role in blood coagulation.
Nicolas Medina
Nicolás Rubén Medina, Argentine midfielder born 1982 in Buenos Aires; 2001 FIFA World Youth champion and 2004 Athens Olympic football gold medalist; Sunderland, Leganés, retired 2018.
Nicolás Otamendi
Nicolás Otamendi (born 1988) is an Argentine centre-back for River Plate. World Cup 2022 and Copa América 2021/2024 winner; ex-Vélez, Porto, Valencia, Manchester City, Benfica captain; 139 Argentina caps.
Nicolas Pareja
Nicolas Pareja (Nico), Argentine centre-back born 1984 in Buenos Aires; 2008 Olympic gold with Argentina, three Europa Leagues with Sevilla, clubs included Anderlecht, Espanyol, Spartak Moscow, and Atlas; retired 2020.