Nicanor

Nicanor or Nikanor is the name of:

People

Nicanor (Antipatrid general) (died 318 BC), 4th century BCE; an officer of Cassandrus
Nicanor (satrap), 4th century BCE; Macedonian officer, governor of Media under Antigonus
Nicanor (son of Parmenion) (4th-century–330 BC), 4th century BCE; a Macedonian officer under Alexander
Nicanor of Stageira, 4th century BCE; a messenger sent by Alexander to the 324 Olympics
Nicanor the Elephant, 3rd century BCE; a Macedonian general under Philip V
Nicanor (Seleucid general) (died 161 BC), 2nd century BCE; defeated by Judas Maccabaeus
Nicanor (Ptolemaic general), 4th century BCE
Nicanor of Syria (died 222 BC), 3rd century BCE; assassin of Seleucus III
Nicanor of Epeirus, 3rd–2nd century BCE; son of Myrton and supporter of Charops of Epeirus
Nicanor (father of Balacrus), 4th century BCE
Nicanor of Cyrene, date unknown; author of the Metonomasias
Nicanor the Deacon (died 76 AD), 1st century CE; one of the Seven Deacons of early Christianity
Saevius Nicanor, 3rd or 2nd century BCE; Roman grammarian
Nicanor Stigmatias, 2nd century CE; the great Homeric grammarian
Nicanor of Alexandria (Mishnah), who gifted doors for the eastern gate of the Second Temple, whose family remains were found in Nicanor Cave, an ancient tomb in Mount Scopus, Jerusalem

Nicanor Abelardo (1893–1934), Filipino composer who composed over a hundred of Kundiman songs, especially before the Second World War
Nicanor Carmona (1842–1940), Peruvian politician in the early 20th century
Nicanor de Carvalho (born 1947), a manager of the Kashiwa Reysol soccer team in Japan in the 1990s
Nicanor Duarte (born 1956), President of Paraguay 2003–2008
Nicanor Faeldon (born 1965), Captain in the Philippine Marines and an alleged leader of the Oakwood Mutiny in 2003
Nikanor Grujić (1810–1887), Orthodox bishop, Serbian patriarch, writer, poet, orator and translator
Nikanor Hoveka (c. 1875–1951), Chief of the Ovambanderu in South-West Africa
Nikanor Longinov, Governor of Yekaterinoslav Governorate (1832–1836)
Nicanor Costa Méndez (1922–1992), Foreign Minister of Argentina under Presidents Juan Carlos Onganía and Leopoldo Galtieri, and ambassador to Chile from 1962 to 1964
Nicanor Perlas (born 1950), Filipino activist and a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award in 2003
Nicanor Parra (1914–2018), Chilean antipoet
Nicanor Tiongson, leading critic, creative writer and academic from the Philippines
Nicanor Yñiguez (1915–2007), Filipino politician
Nicanor Zabaleta (1907–1993), Basque-Spanish virtuoso and popularizer of the harp
Nikanor Teratologen, author
Patriarch Nicanor of Alexandria from 1866 and 1869

Nikanor plc, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, merged into Katanga Mining which is now owned by Glencore

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