Famous People with Name Nikoloz

Nikoloz Tskitishvili            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Tskitishvili: is a Georgian professional basketball player who currently plays for Siviglia Wear Teramo in the Serie A. A 7'0", 245 lbs. power forward from Georgia, Tskitishvili was selected 5th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2002 NBA Draft.

Nikoloz Gelashvili            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Gelashvili: is a Georgian association footballer who plays for Zestaponi.Gelashvili joined Zestaponi in January 2008. Gelashvili made his national team debut on 16 November 2007 against Qatar.

Nikoloz Phirtskhalava            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Phirtskhalava: is Georgian football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia.

Nikoloz Izoria            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Izoria: is a boxer from Georgia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Azerbaijan's eventual bronze medalist Fuad Aslanov.

Nikoloz Cholokashvili            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Cholokashvili: was a Georgian Orthodox priest, politician and diplomat.During the invasion by Shah Abbas I in 1614, he left for Jerusalem. In 1625, Teimuraz assigned him to lead an embassy to Europe in order to get support against the Persian aggression. The mission, however, went in vain; the Europeans at that time were too involved in the Thirty-Years War to be concerned about the fate of a small Christian kingdom in the Caucasus. While visiting Rome, he helped to publish a Georgian dictionary, the first printed book in Georgian, in 1629. Upon returning in Georgia, he was ordained as a senior priest at Metekhi Church, Tbilisi, 1629-1632