List of Famous people named Nikolai

Nikolai Erastovich Berzarin was a Soviet officer in the Red Army during the Stalinist era and the Second World War. In 1945 he became the first town mayor of the Soviet occupying forces in Berlin.

Nikolai Nikolayevich Ozerov was a Soviet tennis player and actor, who was best known as a leading sports commentator of the Soviet Union in the 1950s–80s. He was awarded the Olympic Order in 1992, and received the Paul Loicq Award in 2016.

Nikolai Goc is a German professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with the Bietigheim Steelers in the DEL2. He previously played with Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the German National men's ice hockey team.

Nikolai Lvovich Lugansky is a Russian pianist.

Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin was a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist. He played with early Soviet jazz bands such as the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra. In his compositions, mostly for piano, he used a fusion of jazz and classical forms. He and other pianists recorded his works.

Nikolai Petrovich Linevich, also Lenevich and Linevitch was a career military officer, General of Infantry (1903) and Adjutant general in the Imperial Russian Army in the Far East during the latter part of the Russo-Japanese War.

Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko was a Russian Imperial painter of Ukrainian origin.

Nikolai Isaakovich Pastukhov was a Soviet and Russian actor.

Nikolai Nikolayevich Pisarev is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Russia national football team.

Nikolai Petrovich Arkharov was a Russian police chief best known for having given his name to the Russian term "arkharovtsy", an ironic appellation of policemen.