Nicola
Encyclopedia
Music
- NicolaNicoleta AlexandruNicoleta Alexandru , whose stage name is Nicola, is a Romanian singer, best known for representing her country at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest.-Biography:...
is a singer who represented Romania at the 2003 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest - Nicola ConteNicola ConteNicola Conte is an Italian DJ, producer, guitarist, and bandleader, known initially for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film scores of the 1960s, easy listening themes, and ethnic Indian music...
, Italian DJ and producer - Nicola PiovaniNicola PiovaniNicola Piovani is a light-classical musician, theater and film score composer, and winner of the 1998 Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar for the score of the Roberto Benigni film La Vita è bella, better known to English-speaking audiences as Life Is Beautiful.After high school, Piovani enrolled at...
, classical musician - Nicola RobertsNicola RobertsNicola Maria Roberts is a British recording artist and entrepreneur. In 2002 Roberts auditioned for the reality televisions series and competition Popstars The Rivals which saw her finish in the final line-up of a girl group named Girls Aloud...
, British popstar, member of Girls Aloud
Sports
- Nicola AmorusoNicola AmorusoNicola Amoruso is a former Italian association football player who played as a striker. His nicknames were piede caldo and Dinamite.- Career :...
, Italian soccer player - Nicola BertiNicola BertiNicola Berti is an Italian former footballer whose career spanned three decades.- Biography :In his early years, as a seventeen year old, his debut season was with Parma including the Serie C1 1983–84....
, Italian soccer player - Nicola FairbrotherNicola FairbrotherNicola Kim Fairbrother is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, when she won the silver medal in the women's lightweight division . In the final she was defeated by Spain's Miriam Blasco...
, British judoka - Nicola LariniNicola LariniNicola Larini is a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on September 6, 1987. He finished second in the tragic 1994 San Marino Grand Prix on a substitute outing for Ferrari, but only scored points once more in his career...
, racing driver - Nicola LegrottaglieNicola LegrottaglieNicola Legrottaglie is an Italian footballer who plays for Calcio Catania in Serie A, as a central defender.-Early years:...
, Italian soccer player - Nicola PozziNicola PozziNicola Pozzi is an Italian footballer who currently plays in the Serie B league for Sampdoria. He was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna.-Milan:...
, Italian soccer player - Nicola SmithNicola SmithNicola Smith MBE has been a leading English bridge player for over thirty years, with many successes in international competition to her credit. She was a member of the British teams which won the Venice Cup, the women's world championship, in 1981 and 1985, and which finished second in 1976...
, English bridge player - Nicola Smith (footballer)Nicola Smith (footballer)Nicola "Nicky" Smith is an association football player who represented New Zealand.Smith made her Football Ferns as a substitute in a 1-4 loss to Germany on 26 May 1998, and finished her international career with 23 caps and 24 goals to her credit.-External links:...
, New Zealand international soccer player
Arts
- Nicola PagettNicola PagettNicola Pagett is an English actress. She is best-known for her role as Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs.-Early life:She was educated at St...
, English actress - Nicola PeltzNicola PeltzNicola Peltz is an American actress. Her most notable role to date is Katara in the 2010 film The Last Airbender, directed by M. Night Shyamalan.-Career:...
, American child actress - Nicola PisanoNicola PisanoNicola Pisano was an Italian sculptor whose work is noted for its classical Roman sculptural style. Pisano is sometimes considered to be the founder of modern sculpture.- Early life :His birth date or origins are uncertain...
, Italian sculptor - Nicolà RescignoNicola RescignoNicola Rescigno was an Italian-American conductor, particularly associated with the Italian opera repertory. Opera News said that "Rescigno was a seminal figure in the history of opera in America, a maestro and mentor who shaped the destiny and reputation of two major U.S...
, opera conductor - Nicola TappendenNicola TappendenNicola Tappenden , also known by her modelling name Nicola T, is an English former Page 3 Girl and glamour model....
(born 1982), British glamour model
Other
- Nicola (magazine)Nicola (magazine)is a fashion magazine published in Japan by Shinchosha. This magazine targets young girls ranging from early- to mid-teens. The magazine is known for its models...
, a Japanese magazine
People with Nicola as the full name
- Nicola (chief)Nicola (chief)Nicola , also Nkwala or N'kwala, was an important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of the British Columbia Interior as well as into the colonial period...
, important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of the British Columbia Interior
Notable people with the surname Nicola:
- Lewis NicolaLewis NicolaLewis Nicola was an army officer in the American army during the American Revolutionary War. He was brevetted brigadier general in 1783...
, author of the Newburgh letter - Nicola (people)Nicola (people)The Nicola people are a historic First Nations political and cultural alliance in the Nicola Country region of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia...
, an extinct Athapaskan people of the Nicola Valley in British Columbia, Canada, and a modern alliance now residing there
Notable people with the given name Nicola:
- Nicola De Souza, fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
- Nicola CalipariNicola CalipariNicola Calipari was an Italian SISMI military intelligence officer with the rank of Major General. Calipari was killed by United States soldiers while escorting a recently released Italian hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, to Baghdad International Airport.- Career :Calipari was born in Reggio...
, Italian military intelligence officer with the rank of Major General - Nicola LicataNick Licata (mobster)Nick "Old Man" Licata was an Italian American mobster who was the Boss of the Los Angeles crime family from 1967 until his death in 1974.-Early life:...
, Italian American mobster
See also
- School District 58 Nicola-SimilkameenSchool District 58 Nicola-SimilkameenSchool District 58 Nicola-Similkameen is a school district in British Columbia.This includes the major centres of Merritt and Princeton.-History:...
- Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British ColumbiaThompson-Nicola Regional District, British ColumbiaThe Thompson-Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Canada 2006 Census population was 122,286 and the area covers 45,279 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the main population centre is the city of Kamloops, which...
- Nicola Tribal AssociationNicola Tribal AssociationThe Nicola Tribal Association is the official name of what is also known as the Nicola Tribal Council and the Nicola Valley Tribal Council, is a First Nations Tribal Council composed of bands in the Nicola Valley, Thompson Canyon and Fraser Canyon areas of the Canadian province of British Columbia...
, the formal government of the aforementioned Nicola peoples - Nicola RiverNicola RiverThe Nicola River, originally French Rivière de Nicholas or Rivière de Nicolas, adapted to Nicolas River, Nicola's River in English, , is one of the major tributaries of the Thompson River in the Canadian province of British Columbia, entering the latter at the town of Spences Bridge...
, a river in British Columbia, Canada - Nicola CountryNicola CountryThe Nicola Country, also known as the Nicola Valley and often referred to simply as The Nicola, and originally Nicolas' Country or Nicholas' Country, adapted to Nicola's Country and simplified since, is a region in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada...
, a region of British Columbia around the river of the same name - Nicola LakeNicola LakeNicola Lake is a glacially formed narrow, deep lake located in the South-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada approximately ten kilometres northeast of the city of Merritt...
, a lake near the upper reaches of the river - Lower Nicola, British ColumbiaLower Nicola, British ColumbiaLower Nicola is a rural community and First Nations Indian Reserve in the Nicola Country region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia. The First Nations community there is also known as Shackan, the local band government being the Shackan First Nation of the Nicola Tribal Association. ...
, a community on the Nicola River - Upper Nicola, British Columbia, a community at Nicola Lake
- the Shackan First NationShackan First NationShackan First Nation is a Nlaka'pamux First Nations government located in the Nicola Country of the Southern Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Nicola Tribal Association, which is one of three tribal councils of the Nlaka'pamux people...
, aka the Lower Nicola Indian Band, is a government of the Nicola Tribal Association - Upper Nicola Indian BandUpper Nicola Indian BandThe Upper Nicola Indian Band is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located near the town of Merritt in the Nicola Country at Douglas Lake...
, a government of the Nicola Tribal Association - NiccolòNiccolòNiccolò is an Italian male given name, a variation of Nicola. It may refer to:In literature:* Niccolò Ammaniti, Italian writer* Niccolò Machiavelli, political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright...
- NicolettaNicolettaNicoletta or Nicoleta may refer to:* Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003* Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress* Nicoleta Grasu, Romanian discus thrower* Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast...
- NicholasNicholasNicholas or Nikolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος , a combination of the words for "victory" and "people" . The name can be understood to mean victory of the people or "power of the people"...
- Nicolas (disambiguation)
- NikolaNikolaNikola is a male given name, derived from Greek Nikolaos , common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Czechia and Slovenia...
, a Slavic equivalent - MV NicolaMV NicolaThe MV Nicola is an N class ferry, owned, but not operated by BC Ferries. It is also known as the Spirit of Lax Kw Alaams, a British Columbia First Nations name. The Spirit of Lax Kw Alaams currently runs between Prince Rupert and Port Simpson, a BC First Nations community on British Columbia's...
, a ferryboat located in British Columbia, Canada