Nabigha, al- (al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani)  Arab poet _5XX
Nabiyev, Rakhmon Nabiyevich  Tajik Communist polit.; secy-gen. of Tajik Communist Party 1982-1985; pres. of Tajikistan 1991-1992; overthrown _1930-1993
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich  US (Rus.-born) aut. & translator; wrote novels "The Real Life of Sebastian Knight" 1941, "Lolita" 1955, "Pale Fire" 1962, "Ada" 1969 _1899-1977
Nabonassar (also Nabu-nasir)  Assyrian king of Babylon 747b-734b _7XXb-734b
Nabonidus (also Nabu-na'id)  last Assyrian king of Babylonia 556b-539b _5XXb-539b?
Nabopolassar  Chaldean conqueror & king of Babylonia 625b-605b; founder of Chaldean empire; father of Nebuchadnezzar II _6XXb-605b
Nabors, James Thurston (Jim)  US television actor _1932--
Nachbaur, Franz  Ger. opera singer _1835-1902
Nachtigal, Gustav  Ger. explorer of Africa _1834-1885
Naden, Constance Caroline Woodhill  Eng. poet _1858-1889
Nader, Ralph  US consumer advocate & lawyer _1934--
Nadir Shah (the Conqueror; Tahmasp Kuli Khan)  Turkish king of Persia 1736-1747 & conqueror; assassinated _1688-1747
Nadir Shah, Muhammad (orig. Muhammad Nadir Khan)  king of Afghanistan 1929-1933; assassinated _1880-1933
Naevius, Gnaeus  Rom. dram. & poet _2XXb
Nagano, Osami  Japanese adm. in World War II _1888-1947
Nagasena (also Nagarjuna)  Buddhist religious reformer; founder of Mahayana Buddhism _1XX
Nagel, Charles  US lawyer; last Secy. of C&L 1909-1913 _1849-1940
Nageli, Karl Wilhelm von  Swi. botanist _1817-1891
Nagurski, Bronislaw (Bronko)  US football player _1908-1990
Nagy, Imre  Hung. Communist polit.; prime min. of Hungary 1953-1955, 1956; liberalized Hung. Communism; deposed & killed _1896-1958
Nahayan, Sheikh Sultan Zayed bin al- (Zaid ibn Sultan an-Nahayan)  sultan of Abu Dhabi 1966--; pres. of United Arab Emirates 1971-- _1923--
Nahhas Pasha, Mustafa al-  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1928, 1930, 1936-1937, 1942-1944, 1950-1952; helped found Wafd Party; helped found Arab League _1879-1965
Naichev, Mincho  Bulgarian Communist polit.; pres. of Bulgaria 1947-1950 _1897-1956
Naidu, Sarojini (also Sarojini Nayadu)  Indian poet & reformer _1879-1949
Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad, Sir (V. S. Naipaul)  Brit. (Trinidadian-born) aut.; wrote "The Loss of El Dorado" 1969, "In a Free State" 1971, "India: A Wounded Civilization" 1977, "India: A Million Mutinies Now" 1990 _1932--
Naismith, James  US (Can.-born) inventor of game basketball 1891 _1861-1939
Najara, Israel ben Moses  Jewish liturgical poet _1530?-1599?
Najibullah  Afghan Communist polit.; pres. of Afghanistan 1987-1992; overthrown _1947--
Nakajima, Hiroshi  Japanese admin.; director-general of World Health Organization 1988-- (WHO) _1928--
Nakasone, Yasuhiro  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1982-1987 _1918--
Nally, Edward Julian  US radio industrialist; 1st pres. of RCA 1919-1923; CEO of RCA 1919-1923 _1859-1953
Namaliu, Rabbie Langanai  Papua New Guinea polit.; prime min. of Papua New Guinea 1988-1992 _1947--
Namath, Joseph William (Joe, Broadway Joe)  US football player; quarterback for New York Jets 1965-1977; Super Bowl MVP 1969 _1943--
Namier, Lewis Bernstein, Sir  Brit. historian _1888-1960
Namphy, Henri  Haitian gen. & polit.; pres. of Haiti 1986-1988, 1988; deposed _1932--
Nanak  Indian Sikh religious leader; founded Sikhism; 1st Sikh guru _1469-1538
Nano, Fatos Thanas  Albanian Communist polit.; prime min. of Albania 1991 _1952--
Nansen, Fridtjof  Norw. Arctic explorer & polit.; assisted refugees; NP Peace 1922 _1861-1930
Naoroji, Dadabhai  Indian polit. _1825-1917
Napier, Charles James, Sir  Brit. gen. _1782-1853
Napier, Francis (Lord Napier of Merchistoun, Baron of Ettrick)  Brit. colonial admin.; viceroy of India 1872 _1819-1898
Napier, John  Scot. math.; discovered logarithms; studied spherical trigonometry; inventor of computing device Napier's bones _1550-1617
Napier, Robert Cornelis, Sir (Baron Napier of Magdala)  Brit. marshal; acting viceroy of India 1863 _1810-1890
Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte; Napoleone Buonaparte; le Petit Caporal)  Fr. gen. & polit.; Fr. emperor 1804-1815; It. king 1805-1821; won battles of Austerlitz 1805, Borodino 1812; defeated at battle of Waterloo 1815 _1769-1821
Napoleon II (Francois Charles Joseph Bonaparte; l'Aiglon; Duke de Reichstadt)  Fr. son of Napoleon I _1811-1832
Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Bonaparte)  Fr. gen. & polit.; pres. of France 1848-1952; only pres. of 2nd Fr. Rep.; Fr. emperor 1852-1870; nephew of Napoleon I _1808-1873
Narses  Byzantine eunuch & gen. under Justinian I _478?-573?
Naruhito  Japanese prince; son of Akihito _1960--
Narutowicz, Gabriel  Pol. polit.; 1st pres. of Poland 1922 _1865-1922
Narvaez, Panfilo de  Sp. conqueror & soldier in America _1480?-1528
Nash, John  Eng. architect _1752-1835
Nash, John  US math.; helped develop game theory; NP Econ. 1994 _1928--
Nash, Ogden  US humorist & poet _1902-1971
Nash, Walter, Sir  New Zealand polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1957-1960 _1882-1968
Nashe, Thomas (also Thomas Nash; pseud. Pasquil)  Eng. dram. & satirist _1567-1601
Nasim, Muhammad Tawfiq, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1920-1921, 1922-1923, 1934-1936 _1874-1938
Nasir, [al-Amir] Ibrahim  Maldivian polit.; head of government of Maldives 1957-1968; pres. of Maldives 1968-1978 _1926--
Nasmyth, Alexander  Scot. painter _1758-1840
Nasser, Gamal Abdel al-  Egyptian army officer & polit.; formed Free Officers' movement 1948; pres. of Egypt 1954-1970; prime min. of Egypt 1954, 1954-1962, 1967-1970; nationalized Suez Canal 1956 _1918-1970
Nast, Thomas  US (Ger.-born) political cartoonist; attacked machine politics; created Rep. elephant, Dem. donkey, & modern Santa Claus _1840-1902
Natcher, William Huston  US polit.; set record of 18401 consecutive Congressional votes 1954-1994; chairman of House Appropriations Committee 1992-1994 _1909-1994
Nathan, George Jean  US drama critic & editor; co-founded magazine American Mercury 1924 _1882-1958
Nathan, Matthew, Sir  Brit. admin.; gov. of Hong Kong 1904-1907 _1862-1939
Nathan, Theodora Nathalia  US broadcast journalist & polit.; 1st Libertarian vice-pres. cand. 1972 _1923--
Nathans, Daniel  US microbiologist; NP Med. 1978 _1928--
Nathorst, Alfred Gabriel  Swed. Arctic explorer & geologist _1850-1921
Nation, Carry Amelia (nee Moore)  US radical temperance activist _1846-1911
Natta, Giulio  It. chem.; NP Chem. 1963 _1903-1979
Naumann, [Joseph] Friedrich  Ger. socialist polit. & Protestant theol. _1860-1919
Navon, Yitzhak  Israeli polit.; pres. of Israel 1978-1983 _1921--
Navratilova, Martina  US (Czechoslovakian-born) tennis player _1956--
Nazarbayev, Nursultan Abishevich  Kazakh Communist polit.; 1st pres. of Kazakhstan 1991-- _1940--
Nazim ad-Din, al-Hajj Huaja  Pakistani polit.; gov-gen. of Pakistan 1948-1951; prime min. of Pakistan 1951-1953 _1894-1964
Nazrul Islam, Saiyid  Bangladeshi polit.; provisional 1st head of state of Bangladesh 1971-1972 _1925-1975
Ndadaye, Melchior  Burundian Hutu polit.; 1st elected pres. of Burundi 1993; overthrown & killed _1953-1993
Neagle, Anna, Dame (orig. Florence Marjorie Robertson)  Eng. actress & producer _1904-1986
Nebuchadnezzar II (also Nebuchadrezzar II, Nabukudurriusur II)  Chaldean king of Babylon 605b-562b _630b?-562b
Necker, Jacques  Fr. (Swi.-born) financial admin., polit., & reformer; father of Madame de Stael _1732-1804
Neel, Louis Eugene Felix  Fr. phys.; NP Phys. 1970 _1904--
Neergaard, Niels  Danish historian & polit.; prime min. of Denmark 1908-1909, 1920-1924 _1854-1936
Neeson, Liam  N. Irish movie actor _1952--
Nefertiti  Egyptian queen legendary for beauty; wife of Akhenaton _13XXb
Neff, Patrick Morris  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1921-1925 _1871-1952
Negrin, Juan  Sp. Republican polit. _1887-1956
Neguib, Mohammed (also Muhammad Naguib)  Egyptian gen. & polit.; 1st pres. of Egypt 1953-1954; deposed _1901-1984
Neher, Erwin  Ger. biologist; co-developed patch-clamp technique; NP Med. 1991 _1944--
Nehru, Jawaharlal (Pandit Nehru)  Indian polit.; 1st prime min. of India 1947-1964; father of Indira Gandhi _1889-1964
Nehru, Motlial  Indian nationalist polit.; helped found Swaraj Party 1922; father of Jawaharlal Nehru _1861-1931
Neilson, William Allen  US (Scot.-born) educator; pres. of Smith College 1917-1939 _1869-1946
Nekrasov, Nikolai Alexeyevich  Rus. lyric poet _1821-1878
Nelson, [E.] Benjamin (Ben)  US polit.; gov. of Nebraska 1991-- _1941--
Nelson, [John] Byron Jr.  US golfer _1912--
Nelson, Eric Hilliard (Ricky)  US actor & singer; starred in series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" 1952-1966; died in airplane crash _1940-1985
Nelson, Gaylord Anton  US polit.; gov. of Wisconsin 1958-1962; founded Earth Day 1970 _1916--
Nelson, George (Baby Face Nelson)  US gangster with John Dillinger _1908-1934
Nelson, Harriet Hilliard (orig. Peggy Lou Snyder)  US actress; starred in series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" 1952-1966; wife of Ozzie Nelson 1935; mother of Ricky Nelson _1909-1994
Nelson, Horatio (Viscount Nelson)  Brit. adm. & naval hero; victorious but killed at battle of Trafalgar _1758-1805
Nelson, John  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1843-1845 _1794-1860
Nelson, Oswald George (Ozzie)  US bandleader & television actor; starred in series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" 1952-1966; husband of Harriet Nelson 1935; father of Ricky Nelson _1906-1975
Nelson, Samuel  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1845-1872 _1792-1873
Nelson, Willie Hugh  US country musician & singer _1933--
Nemerov, Howard  US poet; US poet laureate 1988-1990; brother of Diane Arbus _1920-1991
Nemeth, Miklos  Hung. Communist polit.; pres. of Hungary 1987-1988; prime min. of Hungary 1989-1990 _1922--
Nemieri, Jaafar Muhammad al- (also Jaafar Nimeiry, Ga'far Muhammad an-Numayri)  Sudanese dictator & polit.; pres. of Sudan 1971-1985; overthrown _1930--
Nepos, Cornelius  Rom. historian _100b?-025b?
Nerette, Joseph  Haitian judge & polit.; pres. of Haiti 1991-1992 _19XX--
Nernst, Walther Hermann  Ger. chem. & phys.; NP Chem. 1920 _1864-1941
Nero (Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus; orig. Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus)  Rom. emperor 054-068; suicide _037-068
Neruda, Pablo (orig. Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, Ricardo Eliecer Neftali Reyes y Basoalto)  Chilean dilpomat & poet; NP Lit. 1971 _1904-1973
Nerva, Marcus Cocceius  Rom. emperor 096-098 _030?-098
Nerval, Gerard de (pseud. of Gerard Labrunie)  Fr. Symbolist poet & translator; suicide _1808-1855
Nervi, Pier Luigi  It. architect & engineer _1891-1979
Nesbit, Edith  Eng. aut. _1858-1924
Nesbit, Evelyn  US nightclub singer; wife of Harry Thaw; onetime friend of Stanford White, arousing husband's jealousy _1885-1967
Ness, Eliot  US lawman & FBI agent _1903-1957
Nesselrode, Karl Robert Vasilyevich, Graf  Ger.-Rus. (Port.-born) diplomat; Rus. foreign minister 1822-1856; Rus. imperial chancellor 1845-1862 _1780-1862
Nessen, Ronald  US journalist; White House press secretary 1974-1977 _1934--
Nestle, Henri  Swi. (Ger.-born) candy manufacturer _1814-1890
Nestorius  Syrian heretic; patriarch of Constantinople 428-431; founded Nestorianism _3XX-451?
Netanyahu, Benjamin  Israeli diplomat & polit.; leader of Likud Party 1993-- _1949--
Netanyahu, Yonatan (Yoni; also Jonathan Netanyahu)  Israeli (US-born) soldier; led commando raid at Entebbe 1976; killed in raid; brother of Benjamin Netanyahu _1946-1976
Neto, Agostinho Antonio  Angolan nationalist, polit., & revolutionary; leader of MPLA rebel group; 1st pres. of Angola 1975-1979 _1922-1979
Neumann, John von (also Johann von Neumann)  US (Hung.-born) computer sci., math., & prodigy; founded game theory _1903-1957
Neurath, Konstantin, Freiherr von  Ger. diplomat; Ger. foreign minister 1932-1938; Ger. gov. of Czechoslovakia 1939-1941 _1873-1956
Neutra, Richard Joseph  US (Aus.-born) architect _1892-1970
Nevelson, Louise Berliawsky  US (Rus.-born) sculptor _1900-1988
Nevers, Ernest (Ernie)  US football player _1903-1976
Neves, Tancredo de Almeida  Brazilian banker & polit.; prime min. of Brazil 1961; pres.-elect of Brazil 1984 _1910-1985
Neville, Wendell Cushing  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1929-1930 _1870-1930
Nevin, Ethelbert Woodbridge  US composer _1862-1901
Nevins, Allan  US biographer, historian, & journalist _1890-1971
Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne  Eng. Futurist & Vorticist painter _1889-1946
New, Harry Stewart  US journalist & polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1907-1908; Postmaster Gen. 1923-1929 _1858-1937
Newall, Cyril Louis Norton, Baron  Brit. (Indian-born) polit.; gov-gen. of New Zealand 1941-1946 _1886-1963
Newberry, John Strong  US geologist _1822-1892
Newberry, Truman Handy  US admin. & polit.; Secy. of Navy 1908-1909 _1864-1945
Newbery, John  Eng. publisher of juvenile books; eponym of Newbery Medal _1713-1767
Newbolt, Henry John, Sir  Eng. aut. _1862-1938
Newcastle, Duke of (Thomas Pelham)  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1754-1756, 1757-1762; brother of Henry Pelham _1694-1768
Newcomb, Simon  US (Can.-born) astronomer _1835-1909
Newcombe, John  Austr. tennis player _1943--
Newcomen, Thomas  Eng. inventor; invented 1st practical steam engine _1663-1729
Newell, Allen  US computer sci. _1927-1992
Newell, Edward Theodore  US numismatist; pres. of American Numismatic Society 1916-1941 _1886-1941
Newhart, [George] Robert (Bob)  US comedian & television actor; starred in series "The Bob Newhart Show" 1961-1962, 1972-1978, "Newhart" 1982-1990 _1929--
Newhouse, Samuel Irving  US broadcasting businessman & magazine & newspaper publisher _1895-1979
Ne Win (orig. Maung Shu Maung)  Burmese dictator, gen., & polit.; provisional prime min. of Burma 1958-1960; dictator of Burma 1958-1988; pres. of Burma 1962-1981; resigned _1911--
Newman, Barnett  US Abstract Expressionist painter _1905-1970
Newman, John Henry (Cardinal Newman)  Eng. Catholic cardinal, theol., & Catholic apologist; led Oxford movement _1801-1890
Newman, Paul  US movie actor & director; starred in movies "The Hustler" 1961, "Hud" 1963, "Cool Hand Luke" 1967, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" 1969, "The Sting" 1973, "The Color of Money" 1986; husband of Joanne Woodward _1925--
Newton, Huey Percy  US activist & black leader; co-founded Black Panther Party 1966; murdered _1942-1989
Newton, Isaac, Sir  Eng. math. & phys.; discovered calculus, law of gravitation, laws of classical dynamics, composition of white light; father of classical physics; wrote "Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis" 1687 _1642-1727
Newton, Wayne  US singer _1942--
Newton-John, Olivia  Eng. actress & singer; starred in movies "Grease" 1978, "Xanadu" 1980; granddaughter of Max Born _1948--
Ney, Michel (Duc d'Elchingen, Prince de la Moskava)  Fr. (Prussian-born) gen. under Napoleon; executed _1769-1815
Ngata, Apirana Turupa, Sir  Maori leader _1874-1950
Nichiren, Dacshonen  Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk; founder & eponym of Nichiren sect _1222-1282
Nicholas I (Nicholas the Great)  It. saint & pope 858-867 _8XX-867
Nicholas II (orig. Gerhard, Gerard of Burgundy)  It. pope 1059-1061 _980?-1061
Nicholas III (orig. Giovanni Gaetano Orsini)  It. pope 1277-1280 _1216?-1280
Nicholas IV (orig. Girolamo Masci)  It. pope 1288-1292; 1st Franciscan pope _12XX-1292
Nicholas V (orig. Tommaso Parentucelli, Tommaso da Saranza)  It. pope 1447-1455 _1397?-1455
Nicholas V (orig. Pietro Rainalducci)  It. antipope 1328-1330 _12XX-1333
Nicholas I (also Nikolai I, Nikolai Pavlovich)  Rus. tsar 1825-1855; brother of Alexander I; son of Paul I _1796-1855
Nicholas II (also Nikolai I, Nikolai Aleksandrovich)  last Rus. tsar 1894-1917; established Duma 1906; abdicated; killed; son of Alexander III _1868-1918
Nicholas I  prince of Montenegro 1860-1910; obtained recgonition of Montenegran independence 1878; king of Montenegro 1910-1918; ruled under Aus. occupation 1916-1918; abdicated; nephew of Danilo II _1841-1921
Nicholas (Nicholas of Myra; Saint Nick)  Anatolian bishop & saint; patron saint of brides, children, pawnbrokers, Greece, & Russia; inspiration for Santa Claus _3XX-350?
Nicholas of Cusa (also Nicolaus Cusanus)  Ger. cardinal, heliocentrist, math., scholar, & sci. _1401?-1446
Nicholas, Samuel  US Marine Corps officer; often unofficially considered 1st commandant of Marine Corps 1775-1781 _1744-1790
Nicholas, Wilson Cary  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1814-1816 _1761-1820
Nichols, Ernest Fox  US educator & phys.; founded Physical Review 1899; pres. of Dartmouth 1909-1916; pres. of MIT 1921-1923 _1869-1924
Nichols, John  Eng. aut. & printer _1745-1826
Nichols, Malcolm  US polit.; mayor of Boston 1926-1930 _1876-1950
Nichols, Michael (Mike; orig. Michael Igor Peschowsky)  US (Ger.-born) movie director; directed movies "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 1966, "The Graduate" 1967, "Catch-22" 1970, "Biloxi Blues" 1988, "Regarding Henry" 1991 _1931--
Nichols, Nichelle  US actress; starred in series "Star Trek" 1966-1969 _1936--
Nicholson, Ben  Brit. painter _1894-1982
Nicholson, Jack  US movie actor; starred in movies "Five Easy Pieces" 1970, "Chinatown" 1974, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" 1975, "Reds" 1981, "The Witches of Eastwick" 1987, "Batman" 1989, "Hoffa" 1992, "A Few Good Men" 1992 _1937--
Nicias  Gk. gen. & polit. in Athens; lost battle of Syracuse 413b; killed _4XXb-413b
Nicklaus, Jack William (the Golden Bear)  US golfer _1940--
Nickles, Donald (Don)  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Oklahoma 1981-- _1948--
Nicola, Enrico de  It. polit.; 1st pres. of Italy 1946-1948 _1877-1959
Nicolai, Karl Otto  Ger. composer _1810-1849
Nicolay, John George  US (Ger.-born) biographer _1832-1910
Nicolet, Jean  Fr. explorer of N. America _1598-1642
Nicolle, Charles Jean Henri  Fr. bacteriologist & physician in Tunisia; studied typhus; NP Med. 1928 _1866-1936
Nicolle, John Fearns, Sir  Brit. colonial admin.; last Brit. gov. of Singapore 1952-1955 _1899-1981
Nicolson, Harold George, Sir  Eng. biographer & diplomat _1886-1968
Nicot, Jean (Jacques Nicot)  Fr. diplomat; introduced tobacco into France; source of word "nicotine" _1530-1600
Niebuhr, Barthold Georg  Ger. historian, philologist, & polit. _1776-1831
Niebuhr, Reinhold  US Protestant theol. _1892-1971
Niederland, William Guglielmo  US (Ger.-born) psychoanalyst; coined phrase "survivor syndrome" 1961 _1904-1993
Niels  king of Denmark 1103-1134; son of Sven II Estridson _10XX-1134
Nielsen, Arthur  US marketing analyst; founder & eponym of Nielsen market research Co. 1923 _1897-1980
Nielsen, Carl August  Danish composer _1865-1931
Nielsen, Leslie  US (Can.-born) comic movie actor; starred in movies "The Naked Gun" 1988, "The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear" 1991, "The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" 1994 _1926--
Niemcewicz, Julian Ursyn  Pol. aut. & patriot _1758-1841
Niemeyer [Soares Filho], Oscar  Brazilian architect _1907--
Niemoller, [Friedrich Gustav Emil] Martin  Ger. Protestant clergyman; opposed Nazi influence on Christian church _1892-1984
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm  Ger. philos.; advanced concept of superman; wrote "The Birth of Tragedy" 1872, "Thus Spake Zarathustra" 1883-1892, "Beyond Good and Evil" 1886, "Nietzsche contra Wagner" 1895, "Ecce Homo" 1908 _1844-1900
Nightingale, Florence  Eng. nurse in Crimean War _1820-1910
Nijinska, Bronislawa  Rus. (Pol.-born) choreographer & dancer; sister of Waslaw Nijinsky _1891-1972
Nijinsky, Waslaw Fomich (also Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky)  Rus. ballet dancer _1890-1950
Nikolai Nikolayevich (also Nicholas Nikolayevich)  Rus. army officer & grand duke _1856-1929
Nikolaus, Wilhelm (Herzog von Wurttemberg; also Herzog von Wuerttemberg)  Aus. admin.; Aus. gov. of Bosnia & Herzegovina 1878-1881 _1828-1896
Niksanen, William Arthur Jr.  US economist; acting chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1984-1985 _1933--
Niles, John Milton  US editor & polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1840-1841 _1787-1856
Nilsson, Birgit (orig. Marta Birgit Svensson)  Swed. soprano singer _1918--
Nimitz, Chester William  US adm.; commander of US naval forces in the Pacific in World War II; chief of naval operations 1945-1947 _1885-1966
Nimoy, Leonard  US actor, director, & producer; starred in series "Star Trek" 1966-1969, starred in & directed movies "Star Trek III: the Search for Spock" 1984, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" 1986 _1931--
Nimzowitsch, Aron  Latvian chess player _1886-1935
Nin, Anais  US (Fr.-born) aut. & diarist _1903-1977
Nirenberg, Marshall Warren  US biochem. & geneticist; NP Med. 1968 _1927--
Nitti, Francesco Saverio  It. economist & polit.; prime min. of Italy 1919-1920 _1868-1953
Nitze, Max  Ger. urologist _1848-1906
Nitze, Paul Henry  US admin. & political sci.; secy. of navy 1963-1967 _1907--
Niven, [James] David [Graham]  US (Scot.-born) aut. & movie actor _1909-1983
Niven, Laurence van Cott (Larry)  US science fiction aut.; wrote Tales of Known Space series (including novel "Ringworld" 1970) _1938--
Nixon, [Thelma Catherine] Patricia (Pat; nee Ryan)  US wife of Richard Nixon 1940 _1912-1993
Nixon, Richard Milhous  US Rep. polit.; vice-pres. of US 1953-1961; Rep. pres. cand. 1960; 37th pres. of US 1969-1974; opened US relations with China; resigned over Watergate scandal _1913-1994
Niyazov, Saparmurad (Turkmenbashi)  Turkmen polit.; 1st pres. of Turkmenistan 1991-- _1940--
Nkrumah, Kwame Francis Nwia Kofi (Osagyefo)  Ghanaian polit.; prime min. of Ghana 1952-1960; 1st pres. of Ghana 1960-1966; overthrown _1909-1972
Nobel, Alfred Bernhard  Swed. philanthropist & inventor of dynamite; established Nobel Prizes _1833-1896
Nobile, Umberto  It. aeronautical engineer & Arctic explorer _1885-1978
Noble, Edward John  US broadcasting & candy industrialist; co-founded Life Savers Corp. 1913; founded ABC, Inc. 1943 _1882-1958
Noble, John Willock  US lawyer; Secy. of Interior 1889-1893 _1831-1912
Noel-Baker, Philip John (orig. Philip John Baker)  Brit. polit. & disarmament advocate; NP Peace 1959 _1889-1982
Noether, [Amalie] Emmy  Ger. math. _1882-1935
Noguchi, Hideyo (orig. Seisaku Noguchi)  US (Japanese-born) bacteriologist; isolated syphilis spirochete _1876-1928
Noguchi, Isamu  US artist, landscapist, & sculptor _1904-1988
Noll, Charles (Chuck)  US football coach; coach of Pittsburgh Steelers 1969-- _1931--
Nolte, Nick  US movie actor _1942--
Noonan, Peggy  US speechwriter for George Bush; coined phrases "a thousand points of light", "read my lips: no new taxes" _1950--
Noone, Peter Blair Dennis Bernard  Eng. singer _1947--
Noorda, Raymond (Ray)  US computer businessman; CEO of Novell Inc. 1982-1994; chairman of Novell Inc. 19XX-1994 _1924?--
Nordau, Max Simon (orig. Max Simon Sudfeld)  Ger. (Hung.-born) aut., physician, & Zionist _1849-1923
Nordenskiold, [Nils] Adolf Erik  Swed. Arctic explorer _1832-1901
Nordhoff, Charles Bernard  US (Eng.-born) nov. & traveler; collaborator with James Hall _1887-1947
Nordraak, Rikard  Norw. composer; composed Norw. national anthem "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" (adopted 1864); friend of Edvard Grieg _1842-1866
Noriega [Morena], Manuel Antonio  Panamanian gen. & polit.; de facto head of government of Panama 1983-1989; extradited & imprisoned in US on drug charges 1990-- _1940--
Norquist, John Olof  US polit.; mayor of Milwaukee 1988-- _1949--
Norrie, Charles Willoughby Moke, Sir (Baron Norrie of Wellington)  Austr.-New Zealand gen. & polit.; gov. of S. Australia 1944-1952; gov-gen. of New Zealand 1952-1957 _1893-1977
Norris, Benjamin Franklin (Frank)  US nov. _1870-1902
Norris, Charles Gilman  US nov.; brother of Frank Norris _1881-1945
Norris, Chuck (orig. Carlos Ray)  US movie actor; starred in movies "A Force of One" 1979, "Missing in Action" 1984, "The Delta Force" 1986 _1940--
Norris, George William  US polit. _1861-1944
Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford  Brit. chem.; NP Chem. 1967 _1897-1978
Norstad, Lauris  US air force gen.; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1956-1963 (SACEUR) _1907-1988
North, Douglass Cecil  US historian; pioneer of cliometrics; wrote "The Economic Growth of the US 1790-1860" 1961, "Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance" 1990; NP Econ. 1993 _1920--
North, Frederick, Lord  Eng. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1770-1782 _1732-1792
North, Oliver Laurence Jr.  US Marine Corps officer & popular hero; acquitted in Irangate scandal _1943--
North, Thomas, Sir  Eng. translator _1535-1603?
Northcote, Geoffry Alexander Stafford, Sir  Brit. admin.; gov. of Hong Kong 1937-1941 _1881-1948
Northcote, Henry Stafford (Baron Northcote of Exeter)  Brit. admin.; crown gov. of Bombay 1900-1903; gov-gen. of Australia 1904-1908 _1846-1911
Northrop, John Howard  US biochem.; NP Chem. 1946 _1891-1987
Northrop, John Knudsen  US aircraft industrialist; co-founded Lockheed Corp. 1927; founder & eponym of Northrop Corp. 1939 _1895-1981
Norton, Andre Alice (orig. Alice Mary Norton)  US fantasy & science fiction aut.; wrote Witch World series (including novel "Witch World" 1963) _1921--
Norton, Charles Eliot  US aut. & educator _1827-1908
Norton, Thomas  Eng. lawyer & poet _1532-1584
Norworth, Jack  US songwriter; wrote song "Take Me Out to the Ball-Game" 1908 _1879-1959
Nosaka, Sanzo  Japanese Communist polit.; secy. of Japanese Communist Party 1955-1958; chairman of Japanese Communist Party 1958-1982 _1892-1993
Noske, Gustav  Ger. admin.; Ger. defense minister 1919-1920; 1st defense minister of Weimar Rep. _1868-1946
Nostradamus (also Michel de Nostradame)  Fr. astrologer, mystic, physician, & soothsayer _1503-1566
Nouira, Hedi Amara  Tunisian polit.; prime min. of Tunisia 1970-1980 _1911-1993
Nourse, Edwin Griswold  US economist; 1st chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1946-1949 _1883-1974
Novalis (pseud. of Baron Friedrich von Hardenberg)  Ger. lyric poet _1772-1801
Novaro, Michele  It. songwriter; composed It. national anthem "Inno di Mameli" (adopted 1946) _1822-1885
Novatian  scholar & antipope 251-258 _2XX-258
Novello, Antonia (nee Coello)  US admin. & physician; Surgeon General 1990-1993 _1944--
Novikov, Sergei Petrovich  Rus. math.; studied cobordism, foliations, & homotopy theory; Fields Medal 1970 _1938--
Novotny, Anton  Czechoslovakian Communist polit.; pres. of Czechoslovakia 1957-1968; resigned _1904-1975
Noworth, Jack  US lyricist & songwriter _1879-1959
Noyce, Robert Norton  US computer engineer, industrialist, & inventor; developed 1st practical microchip; co-founded Intel Corp. 1968; chairman of Intel Corp. 1968-1975 _1927-1989
Noyes, Alfred  Eng. poet _1880-1958
Noyes, Arthur Amos  US chem. & educator; acting pres. of MIT 1907-1909 _1866-1936
Noyes, John Humphrey  US utopian; founded Oneida community 1848 _1811-1886
Ntare V [Ndizeye]  last king of Burundi 1966; overthrown; son of Mwambutsa IV _1947-1972
Ntaryamira, Cyprien  Burundian Hutu polit.; pres. of Burundi 1994; assassinated with Juvenal Habyarimana when airplane shot down _1965?-1994
Ntiybantunganya, Sylvestre  Burundi polit.; interim pres. of Burundi 1994-- _19XX--
Nu, U (Thakin Nu)  Burmese nationalist & polit.; head of government of Burma 1947-1948; 1st prime min. of Burma 1948-1956, 1957-1958, 1960-1962 _1907--
Nubar, Boghos, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1872, 1878-1879, 1884-1888, 1894-1895 _1825-1899
Nuffield, William Richard Morris  Brit. automobile industrialist & philanthropist _1877-1963
Nugent, Maude  US songwriter; wrote & composed song "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" 1896 _1877-1958
Nujoma, Sam Daniel (Sam Shafilshuna Nujoma)  Namibian nationalist & polit.; leader of SWAPO rebel group 1959-1990; pres. of Namibia 1990-- _1929--
Nunez, Rafael  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1880-1882, 1884-1885, 1885-1886, 1888, 1892-1894; wrote Colombian national anthem _1825-1894
Nunn, Samuel Augustus (Sam)  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Georgia 1972--; chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee 1987--; grandnephew of Carl Vinson _1938--
Nuno, Jaime  Mex. songwriter; composed Mex. national anthem _1824-1908
Nuqrasi, Mahmud Fahmi an-, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1945-1946, 1946-1948 _1888-1948
Nureyev, Rudolf Hametovich  Brit. (Rus.-born) ballet dancer; defected to W. 1961 _1939-1993
Nuri al-Said  Iraqi polit.; prime min. of Iraq 1930-1932, 1938-1940, 1941-1947, 1949-1952, 1953-1957, 1958; overthrown & killed _1888-1958
Nurmi, Paavo Johannes  Finnish track athlete _1897-1973
Nutting, Wallace  US antiquarian _1861-1941
Nydgaardsyold, Johan  Norw. polit.; prime min. of Norway 1935-1940 _1879-1952
Nye, Edgar Wilson (Bill)  US humorist _1850-1896
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage  Tanzanian polit.; only prime min. of Tanganyika 1961-1962; pres. of Tanganyika 1962-1964; prime min. of Tanzania 1962-1972; pres. of Tanzania 1964-1985; issued Arusha Declaration 1967; resigned _1922--
Nyquist, Harry  US (Swed.-born) engineer, inventor, math., & communications sci.; discoverer & eponym of Nyquist's theorem _1889-1976
Nzo, Alfred Baphethuxolo  S. African black polit.; secy-gen. of African National Congress 1969-1991 (ANC); S. African foreign minister 1994-- _1925--