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Nathan Phelps

Nathan Phelps, known as Nate Phelps, is a Canadian-based American writer, LGBTQ and atheist activist, and an estranged son of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps.

Nathan Phillips (actor)

Nathan Phillips (Nathan Scott Phillips), Australian actor born 1980 in Sunbury, Victoria, known for Ben Mitchell in Wolf Creek (2005), Sean Jones in Snakes on a Plane (2006), Australian Rules (2002), and the lead role in Syfy's Hunters (2016).

Nathan Redmond

Nathan Redmond (Nathan Daniel Jerome Redmond), English winger born 1994 in Birmingham; Birmingham City, Norwich, Southampton, Beşiktaş, Burnley, Blackburn Rovers; one England cap in 2017.

Nathan Riggs

Nathan Riggs is a fictional attending cardiothoracic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by Martin Henderson in seasons 12–14 (45 episodes). Known for his feud with Owen Hunt, his romance with Meredith Grey, and his exit to Los Angeles with Megan Hunt.

Nathan Rosen

Nathan Rosen (1909–1995) was an American-Israeli theoretical physicist who co-authored the 1935 EPR paper with Einstein and Podolsky, introduced the Einstein–Rosen bridge, and founded Technion's physics department in Haifa.

Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840–1915) was an English merchant banker who headed N M Rothschild & Sons and became the first Jewish peer in 1885.

Nathan S. Lewis

Nathan S. Lewis is a chemist at the California Institute of Technology known for artificial photosynthesis, who led the Department of Energy's Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis and founded Energy & Environmental Science.

Nathan Scott

Nathan Scott (Nathan Royal Scott) is the fictional basketball-star character played by James Lafferty on One Tree Hill (2003–2012), half-brother of Lucas Scott, husband of Haley, later an NBA player turned sports agent.

Nathan Seiberg

Nathan Seiberg, born in Israel in 1956, is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, known for Seiberg–Witten theory, Seiberg duality, and generalized global symmetries.

Nathan Sharon

Nathan Sharon (Hebrew: נתן שרון) was an Israeli biochemist at the Weizmann Institute of Science whose lectin research showed how cells recognize one another, and who named the field glycobiology.

Nathan Smith (astronomer)

Nathan Smith is an astronomer and Professor at Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, who studies the evolution and death of massive stars, supernovae, and eruptive transients like Eta Carinae.

Nathan Söderblom

Nathan Söderblom was a Swedish clergyman and scholar of religion who served as Archbishop of Uppsala from 1914 to 1931 and in 1930 became the first clergyman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Nathan Lloyd Stewart-Jarrett (born 1985, Wandsworth) is a British actor; Curtis Donovan in Misfits, Ian in Utopia, Belize in Angels in America, and Candyman, Femme, and Culprits star.

Nathan Straus

Nathan Straus (1848–1931) was a German-born American merchant who co-owned Macy's and Abraham & Straus, then gave away most of his fortune funding pasteurized-milk stations, depression relief, and public-health work in Palestine.

Nathan Sykes

Nathan James Sykes, English singer-songwriter born 1993 in Gloucester, former youngest member of boy band The Wanted; solo debut single "Kiss Me Quick" and album Unfinished Business (2016), duets with Ariana Grande.

Nathan Tella

Nathan Tella (Nathan Adewale Temitayo Tella, born 1999) is an English-born Nigerian forward at Bayer Leverkusen; ex-Arsenal and Southampton, Burnley loan standout, 2024 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winner, Nigeria international since 2023.

Nathan the Wise

Nathan the Wise (Nathan der Weise) is a 1779 dramatic poem by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing about a Jewish merchant, a Muslim sultan, and a Christian Templar.

Nathan West

Nathan Luke West (born 1978, Anchorage, Alaska) is an American actor, musician, and singer; former Detroit Whalers hockey player known for Bring It On, Miracle, and Not Another Teen Movie, married to Chyler Leigh; distinct from the General Hospital character Nathan West played by Ryan Paevey.

Nathan Wilmot

Nathan James Wilmot (born 1979, Sydney) is an Australian 470-class sailor who won Olympic gold with Malcolm Page at Beijing 2008 after finishing 12th at Athens 2004, and took three 470 World Championships (2004, 2005, 2007).

Nathan Wolfe

Nathan Wolfe is a Harvard-trained virus hunter who sampled bush-meat hunters in Central Africa from 2000, founded Global Viral and Metabiota, and wrote The Viral Storm.

Nathan Young

Nathan Young is the fictional Misfits (E4, 2009–2013) character played by Robert Sheehan; a young offender whose immortality power is revealed in series 1, who later gains mediumship, sells his power, and vanishes to Las Vegas.

Nathan Zach

Nathan Zach (נתן זך; born Harry Seitelbach, 1930 to 2020) was an Israeli poet, critic, and translator who led the poets that changed Hebrew poetry in the 1950s and 1960s.

Nathan Zuntz

Nathan Zuntz (1847–1920) was a German physiologist at the Royal Agricultural College in Berlin who pioneered high-altitude research, co-founded aviation medicine, and built the first treadmill.

Nathan-melech

Nathan-melech was a royal official at the court of King Josiah of Judah, named in 2 Kings 23:11, whose seal impression was found in Jerusalem in 2019.

Nathan's Famous

Nathan's Famous, founded 1916 by Nathan Handwerker on Coney Island, is an American hot dog brand and Nasdaq-listed company (NATH) known for its July 4 eating contest and its pending $450 million acquisition by Smithfield Foods.

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, is a 10-minute competitive eating event at Coney Island, NY, sanctioned by Major League Eating; Joey Chestnut holds 18 titles and the 76-dog record.

Nathanael (נתנאל) (follower of Jesus)

Nathanael (נתנאל) is a disciple of Jesus from Cana in Galilee who appears in the Gospel of John and is traditionally identified with the apostle Bartholomew.

Nathanael Emmons

Nathanael Emmons (1745–1840) was a Congregational minister of Franklin, Massachusetts, for fifty-four years and a leading figure of the New England Theology, elaborating a system called Consistent Calvinism.

Nathanael Greene

Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) was a major general of the Continental Army, quartermaster general, and commander of the Southern Department 1780-82, whose Carolinas campaign regained Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina from the British.

Nathanaël Mbuku

Nathanaël Mbuku (born 2002, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) is a DR Congo international left-footed winger from Reims, later Augsburg, Saint-Étienne, Dinamo Zagreb, Montpellier, and Sint-Truiden; ex-France youth Olympic player.