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'''Nicanor''' ({{lang-el|Νικάνωρ}} ''Nikanōr'') or '''Nikanor''' is the name of several historical figures.
'''Nicanor''' or '''Nikanor''' may refer to:
In '''ancient history''':
* [[Nicanor (Antipatrid general)]], 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 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)]], 2nd century BCE; defeated by Judas Maccabaeus
* [[Nicanor (Ptolemaic general)]], 4th century BCE
* [[Nicanor of Syria]], 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, son of Balacrus, 4th century BCE; mentioned only as grandson of the preceding<ref>[[Harpocration]] 214.3-5 (s.v. Νικάνωρ).</ref>
* Nicanor, 4th century BCE; a son of Antipater and brother of [[Cassander]], put to death by Olympias in 317 BCE<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]] 19.11.</ref>
In '''modern history''':
*[[Nicanor Duarte]], [[President of Paraguay]] since 2003
In '''literary history''':
* [[Nicanor Stigmatias]], 2nd century CE; the great Homeric grammarian
* [[Saevius Nicanor]], 3rd or 2nd century BCE; Roman grammarian
* [[Nicanor of Cyrene]], date unknown; author of the ''Metonomasias''
* Nicanor, 4th century BCE; adopted son of [[Aristotle]], mentioned only in Aristotle's will<ref>[[Diogenes Laertius]] 5.12.</ref>
* Nicanor, 3rd century BCE; an heir of [[Epicurus]], mentioned only in Epicurus' will<ref>[[Diogenes Laertius]] 10.20.</ref>
* Nicanor of Cos, date unknown; author of a lost commentary on [[Theocritus]]<ref>[[Scholia]] on Theocritus ''Idyll'' 7.6.</ref>
* In [[The Autumn of the Patriarch]], [[Gabriel Garcia Marquez]] writes "Nicanor...is the name by which death knows all of us men at the moment of death..." <ref>{{cite book |title=The Autumn of the Patriarch |last=Garcia Marquez |first=Gabriel |authorlink=Gabriel Garcia Marquez |others=Gregory Rabassa |year=2006 |publisher=Harper Perennial Modern Classics |location=New York |isbn=006088286 |pages=255 }} p. 253.</ref>
In '''church history''':
* Nicanor the Deacon, 1st century CE; one of the [[Seven Deacons]] of early Christianity
In the '''modern world''':
* Nicanor, a manager of the [[Kashiwa Reysol]] soccer team in Japan in the 1990s
In '''horse racing''':
* Nicanor is the registered name of a bay colt who is full brother to Kentucky Derby winner [[Barbaro]]
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