Top Celebrity Names Starting With Nikolaus

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   Nikolaus Harnoncourt

   Age 82 Male
   

   Conductor, Cellist, Instrument

   
   

   Nikolaus Harnoncourt (born 6 December 1929) is an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music from the Classical era and earlier. Starting out as a classical cellist, he founded his own period instrument ensemble in the 1950s, and became a pioneer of the Early Music movement.… read more

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   Nikolaus Riehl

   1901 - 1990 Male
   

   Nuclear Chemist, End, Scientist

   
   

   Nikolaus Riehl was a German industrial nuclear chemist. He was head of the scientific headquarters of Auergesellschaft. When the Russians entered Berlin near the end of World War II, he was invited to the Soviet Union, where he stayed for 10 years. For his work on the Soviet atomic bomb project, he was awarded a Stalin Prize, Lenin Prize, and Order of the Red Banner of Labor.… read more