Nikolaus Joseph Brahm, was a German zoologist (18 May 1754, Mainz – 29 June 1821, Mainz) and author of Insektenkalender für Sammler und Oekonomen. He was an advocat. Brahm named several species of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. There is no information about the fate of his collection, which was never cited in the literature.