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| Vincent Napoli | 1907–1981 | 4 |
| G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro) Nariman | 1873–1933 | 1 |
| Thomas Nash | 1567–1601 | 2 |
| George Gallie Nasmith | 1877–1965 | 1 |
| James Nasmyth | 1808–1890 | 1 |
| Thomas Nast | 1840–1902 | 1 |
| George Jean Nathan | 1882–1958 | 2 |
| Robert Nathan | 1894–1985 | 1 |
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| Soseki Natsume | 1867–1916 | 1 |
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| Ernest Naville | 1816–1909 | 1 |
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| Zofia Nałkowska | 1884–1954 | 1 |
| Scott Nearing | 1883–1983 | 3 |
| G. H. (George Henry) Needler | 1866–1962 | 1 |
| Neera | 1846–1918 | 3 |
| John G. Neihardt | 1881–1973 | 1 |
| Lewis Irving Neikirk | born 1873 | 1 |
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| John R. (John Rea) Neill | 1877–1943 | 8 |
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| Emil Fredrik Nervander | 1840–1914 | 4 |
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| Charles Neufeld | 1856–1918 | 1 |
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| Alphonse Marie de Neuville | 1835–1885 | 8 |
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| Henry Neville | 1620–1694 | 1 |
| Kris Neville | 1925–1980 | 1 |
| Henry Woodd Nevinson | 1856–1941 | 2 |
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| Fannie E. (Fannie Ellsworth) Newberry | 1848–1942 | 3 |
| Newbolt, Henry John, Sir | 1862–1938 | 2 |
| Arthur Newcomb | born 1873 | 1 |
| Harvey Newcomb | 1803–1863 | 2 |
| Simon Newcomb | 1835–1909 | 2 |
| Peter Newell | 1862–1924 | 5 |
| William Wells Newell | 1839–1907 | 1 |
| Francis William Newman | 1805–1897 | 3 |
| John Henry Newman | 1801–1890 | 8 |
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| George Newnes | 1851–1910 | 3 |
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| Joseph Fort Newton | 1876–1950 | 1 |
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| Robert Nichols | 1893–1944 | — |
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| Meredith Nicholson | 1866–1947 | 7 |
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| Helen Nicolay | 1866–1954 | 1 |
| John G. (John George) Nicolay | 1832–1901 | 3 |
| Maurice Nicoll | 1884–1953 | 1 |
| Marjorie Hope Nicolson | 1894–1981 | 1 |
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| Frederick Niecks | 1845–1924 | 3 |
| Jonathan Nield | born 1863 | 1 |
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| August Niemann | 1839–1919 | 1 |
| Charlotte Niese | 1854–1935 | 1 |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche | 1844–1900 | 15 |
| Anton W. (Anton Willem) Nieuwenhuis | 1864–1953 | 2 |