List of Famous people named Nikolai

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov was a Russian painter and art professor at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts. His work consists primarily of portraits and genre scenes.

Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station. He has also performed eight career spacewalks with a total time of 44 hours.

Nikolai Arkadievich Dudin (born December 22, 1973 in Mikhalkovo, Ivanovo Oblast), known as the "Grim Maniac", is a Soviet-Russian serial killer who killed 13 people in the town of Furmanov between 1987 and 2002.

Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer, known as the "King of Fighters". He designed the I-15 series of fighters, and the I-16 Ishak "Little Donkey" fighter.

Nikolai Buinov is a Russia businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Irkutsk Oil Company (INK), the largest private oil company in Russia. Buinov has been president of INK since 2011 and he currently serves as chairman of the board. In 2018, his net worth was estimated at $2.3 billion.

Nikolai Grigorievich Chebotaryov was a Russian and Soviet mathematician. He is best known for the Chebotaryov density theorem.

Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky, was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Soviet Symphony". Myaskovsky was awarded the Stalin Prize five times, more than any other composer.

Nikolai Semenovich Tikhonov was a Soviet writer and member of the Serapion Brothers literary group.