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| Alfred Noble | 1844–1914 | 1 |
| António Pereira Nobre | 1867–1900 | 1 |
| Norman Nodel | 1922–2000 | 1 |
| Charles Nodier | 1780–1844 | 3 |
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| Max Simon Nordau | 1849–1923 | 3 |
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| Conrad Hjalmar Nordby | 1867–1900 | 1 |
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| Charles Nordhoff | 1830–1901 | 2 |
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| W. E. (William Edward) Norris | 1847–1925 | 1 |
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| George Tyler Northup | 1874–1964 | 1 |
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| Charles Eliot Norton | 1827–1908 | 5 |
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| William Harmon Norton | 1856–1944 | 1 |
| Vladimir Nosek | 1895–1964 | 1 |
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| William Noyes | 1862–1928 | 1 |
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| Severi Nuormaa | 1865–1924 | 1 |
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| Josef Pierre Nuyttens | 1885–1960 | 1 |
| Branislav Nušić | 1864–1938 | 1 |
| Bill Nye | 1850–1896 | 3 |