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Nikko Jenkins

Nikko Jenkins, Omaha spree killer, murdered four people in August 2013 within weeks of his unsupervised release from Nebraska prison after years in solitary; sentenced to death in 2017, appeals ongoing.

Oct 22, 2026

Nikkō Kaidō

Nikkō Kaidō, officially Nikkō Dōchū, was one of the Five Routes of Edo-period Japan, running 140 km from Nihonbashi in Edo to Nikkō Tōshōgū as the shoguns' pilgrimage road.

Oct 15, 2026

Nikko Toshogu

Nikko Toshogu (日光東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Japan, founded in 1617 as the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu and rebuilt on a grand scale in 1636.

Nikko-Shiranesan

Nikko-Shiranesan (日光白根山) is an active volcano on the border of Gunma and Tochigi prefectures in central Honshu, Japan, rising to 2,578 m at its peak, Shiranesan.

Niklas Adalberth

Niklas Adalberth (full name Gustav Erik Niklas Adalberth) is a Swedish entrepreneur who co-founded Klarna in 2005 and was its deputy CEO until 2015, before founding the Norrsken Foundation in 2016.

Sep 21, 2026

Niklas Boers

Niklas Boers is a German Earth system scientist known for climate tipping-point research, professor at the Technical University of Munich and leader of a Future Lab at the Potsdam Institute.

Niklas Eriksson

Niklas Eriksson (Niklas Urban Eriksson), born 1969 in Västervik, Swedish ice hockey right winger; Leksands IF career man, 338 points in 514 Elitserien games, Olympic gold with Sweden at Lillehammer 1994, later coach of Leksands IF and Lillehammer IK.

Niklas Friman

Niklas Friman (born 1993, Rauma, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey defenseman, 2022 Olympic and world champion with Finland, 2019 Finnish champion with HPK, now captain of TPS Turku in the Liiga.

Oct 22, 2026

Niklas Graf Salm

Niklas Graf Salm (1459–1530) was a Lower Austrian nobleman and soldier who, as supreme field commander of Archduke Ferdinand I, directed Vienna's defense against the Ottoman siege of 1529.

Niklas Hed

Niklas Hed is a Finnish gaming entrepreneur who co-founded Rovio Entertainment, the company behind Angry Birds, in 2003 after winning a Nokia and HP game competition.

Niklas Köhler

Niklas Köhler is a theoretical physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded the Munich defense AI company Helsing in 2021, where he is president and chief product officer.

Niklas Kronwall

Niklas Kronwall, Swedish defenseman born 1981, spent all 15 NHL seasons with Detroit Red Wings, won the 2008 Stanley Cup, 2006 Olympic and World gold, retired 2019, Triple Gold Club member.

Niklas Landin

Niklas Landin (Niklas Landin Jacobsen), born 1988, Danish handball goalkeeper for Aalborg Håndbold; 283 caps for Denmark, Olympic gold 2016 and 2024, world titles 2019, 2021, 2023, IHF World Player of the Year 2019 and 2021.

Niklas Luhmann

Niklas Luhmann (1927–1998) was a German sociologist, the first professor of the University of Bielefeld, known for systems theory describing society as self-reproducing communication and for his controversy with Jürgen Habermas.

Niklas Meinert

Niklas Meinert, German field hockey midfielder and defender (born 1981, Bad Kreuznach), 2006 World Cup and 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medalist with Germany; also 2007 indoor world champion and Champions Trophy winner.

Niklas Östberg

Niklas Östberg is a Swedish technology entrepreneur who co-founded Delivery Hero in Berlin in 2011 and led it as CEO for fifteen years, building it into one of the world's largest food delivery platforms.

Niklas Süle

Niklas Süle, German centre-back for Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich (five Bundesliga titles, 2020 Champions League) and Borussia Dortmund, 49 Germany caps, retired at 30 in 2026 and joined amateur SV Tiefenbach.

Niklas Zennström

Niklas Zennström, born 1966 in Sweden, is an entrepreneur who co-founded KaZaA and Skype, sold to eBay and Microsoft, and founded the London venture firm Atomico in 2006.

Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus "Bucky" Wirth (1934–2024) was a Swiss computer scientist who designed Pascal, Modula-2, and Oberon, won the 1984 Turing Award, and taught at ETH Zurich from 1968 to 1999.

Oct 3, 2026

Niko and the Sword of Light

Niko and the Sword of Light: Amazon Prime Video animated fantasy series (2017–2019), based on a 2013 Imaginism/StudioNX motion comic app; two seasons, 23 episodes, Emmy-winning pilot, showrunner Rob Hoegee.

Sep 21, 2026

Niko Beerenwinkel

Niko Beerenwinkel is a computational biologist and Full Professor at ETH Zurich in Basel who develops mathematical models for HIV drug resistance, cancer evolution, and viral sequencing.

Niko Bellic

Niko Bellic is the Serbian immigrant protagonist of Grand Theft Auto IV (2008), voiced by Michael Hollick and written by Dan Houser; a war veteran chasing revenge and the American Dream in Liberty City, widely ranked among the best GTA leads.

Sep 21, 2026

Niko Geldner

Niko Geldner is a Swiss plant cell and developmental biologist, professor at the University of Lausanne, known for work on the root endodermis and endosomal signaling.

Niko Kovač

Niko Kovač, born 1971 in Berlin, is a Croatian football manager and former midfielder, now Borussia Dortmund head coach. Formerly Croatia, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern Munich (2018/19 double), Monaco, and Wolfsburg; contract extended to 2029.

Niko Kranjčar

Niko Kranjčar, born 1984 in Vienna, Croatian attacking midfielder; Dinamo Zagreb's youngest captain, 2008 FA Cup with Portsmouth, 81 Croatia caps; retired 2018, now Croatia U-21 assistant coach.

NIKO NIKO TAN TAN

NIKO NIKO TAN TAN (ニコニコタンタン) is a three-member Japanese alternative dance unit formed in Osaka in 2019, known for blending music, video, and art; it made its major debut on Victor Entertainment in 2024.

Niko Ojamaki

Niko Ojamäki, full name Niko Juhani Ojamäki, is a Finnish professional ice hockey right wing who won Olympic gold with Finland in 2022 and led the KHL in goals in 2021-22.

Niko Omilana

Niko Omilana (Nikolas Daniel Adegbajumo Omilana), British YouTuber and prankster, NDL founder, Beta Squad member; fifth in 2021 London mayoral race with 49,628 votes, 2024 multi-constituency election stunt.

Niko Ott

Niko Ott (Nikolaus Ott), German rower born 1945 in Konstanz, RV Neptun; won 1968 Olympic eights gold as a substitute for the ill Roland Böse, gave him the medal, and was a 1972 flagbearer.