Nicolaes is a given name that is spelled Nicolaas in modern Dutch. Notable people with this name include the following:Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch Golden Age painter Nicolaes Boddingius, Dutch schoolmaster, writer and minister Nicolaes Borremans, Dutch preacher Nicolaes Cave, Flemish painter Nicolaes Hals, Dutch painter Nicolaes Couckebacker (1600s), Dutch factory chief Nicolaes Geelvinck, Dutch politician Nicolaes Gillis, Dutch painter Nicolaes Grisz Grauwert, Dutch civic guard Nicolaes Hals, Dutch painter Nicolaes Hasselaer, Dutch brewer and civic guard Nicolaes Jonghelinck (1517-1570), Flemish merchant banker and art collector Nicolaes Lachtropius, Dutch painter Nicolaes Lastman, Dutch painter Nicolaes Latombe, Dutch painter Nicolaes Lauwers, Flemish engraver Nicolaes Maes, Dutch painter Nicolaes Millich (1629-1699), Dutch sculptor Nicolaes Molenaer (1630–1676), Dutch painter Nicolaes Olycan, Dutch businessperson Nicolaes Pickenoy, Dutch painter Nicolaes Ruts (1573-1638, German merchant Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch surgeon and politician Nicolaes Verbeek, Dutch brewer Nicolaes Visscher I, Dutch engraver and cartographer Nicolaes Visscher II, Dutch engraver and cartographer Nicolaes Willingh, Dutch painter Nicolaes Witsen, Dutch politician Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer, Dutch politician Nicolaes de Bruyn, Flemish engraver Nicolaes de Giselaer, Dutch painter Nicolaes de Helt Stockade, Dutch painter Nicolaes de Kemp, Dutch painter Nicolaes de Vree, Dutch painter Nicolaes le Febure, Dutch politician Nicolaes van Gelder, Dutch painter Nicolaes van Loo, Dutch brewer Nicolaes van Verendael, Flemish painter
