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Nathaniel Ledbetter
Nathaniel Ledbetter is an American Republican politician who has served as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives since 2023, representing District 24 since 2014.
Nathaniel Lees
Nathaniel Lees (born 1952) is a New Zealand actor and theatre director of Samoan descent; he played Uglúk in The Two Towers and Mifune in the Matrix sequels, directed award-winning New Zealand stage productions, and teaches acting.
Nathaniel Logan McIntyre
Nathaniel Logan McIntyre (born 2003) is an American actor known as Seren in David Makes Man, KJ in All American, Young Simba in The Lion King on Broadway, and Young Jackie Jackson in the 2026 film Michael.
Nathaniel Lord Britton
Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934) was an American botanist and Columbia University professor who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden and led it from 1896 to 1929.
Nathaniel Lyon
Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), Union brigadier general in the Civil War, seized Camp Jackson in St. Louis, drove Missouri's pro-Confederate governor from Jefferson City, and was the first Union general killed in battle, at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861.
Nathaniel M. Gorton
Nathaniel M. Gorton, born in 1938, is an American jurist serving as a senior U.S. district judge for the District of Massachusetts, appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Nathaniel Marston
Nathaniel Marston (1975–2015), American actor known for Eddie Silva on As the World Turns and the dual roles Al Holden and Dr. Michael McBain on One Life to Live, plus The Craft (1996); died at 40 after a Nevada car crash.
Nathaniel Moran
Nathaniel Moran, born 1974, is an American politician and Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 1st congressional district since 2023, previously Smith County Judge and a Tyler City Council member.
Nathaniel Parker
Nathaniel Parker, English stage and screen actor born 1962 in London, brother of director Oliver Parker. Known as Inspector Lynley (2001-2007), Olivier-winning Henry VIII in Wolf Hall, and 2026 Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady.
Nathaniel R. Landau
Nathaniel R. Landau, known as Ned Landau, is an American virologist and professor of microbiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine whose lab identified CCR5 as HIV's coreceptor.
Nathaniel Rateliff
Nathaniel Rateliff, born 1978 in St. Louis and based in Denver, is a folk and soul singer-songwriter, frontman of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, known for the 2015 debut, the platinum single S.O.B., and the 2024 album South of Here.
Nathaniel Richards (Marvel Comics)
Nathaniel Richards (Marvel Comics): the name of Reed Richards' time-traveling father and of his descendant who becomes Kang the Conqueror, Rama-Tut, Immortus, and Iron Lad, debuting 1963 via Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Nathaniel Szymczak
Nathaniel Szymczak is an Australian-born inorganic and coordination chemist, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan since 2021, known for secondary-sphere control of small-molecule activation.
Nathaniel Taylor (actor)
Nathaniel Taylor, also known as Jita Hadi, was an American actor who appeared in Sanford and Son and Larry Clark's L.A. Rebellion films. He died in 2019.
Nathar Wali
Nathar Wali (நாதர் வலி), also known as Tabl-e-Aalam Badshah, is a Sufi saint of the Tamil country whose dargah at Tiruchirappalli is among India's oldest.
NatHERS
NatHERS is the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme, an Australian government program giving homes a 0-to-10-star thermal rating used to meet National Construction Code efficiency requirements.
Nathpa Jhakri hydroelectric plant
Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Station is a 1,500 MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant in northern India. Located on the Sutlej River in Shimla district, it is operated by SJVN Limited.
Nathpanth
Nathpanth (नाथ संप्रदाय), or Nath Sampradaya, is a Hindu Shaiva ascetic order of yogis traced to Matsyendranath and organized by Gorakhnath, known for split-ear initiation and Hatha yoga.
Nathpanthi literature
Nathpanthi literature (नाथ साहित्य, Nath Sahitya) is the body of verse and prose attributed to the Nath yogis of medieval India, standing at the head of Hindi literature's earliest period.
Nathu La
Nathu La is a Himalayan pass in the Dongkya Range linking Sikkim, India with Yadong County, Tibet, at about 4,300 m, 56 km from Gangtok; a former Silk Route trade crossing closed in 1962 and reopened for border trade in 2006, site of the 1967 India-China clashes.
Nathu La and Cho La clashes
Nathu La and Cho La clashes: September–October 1967 armed encounters between Indian and Chinese troops on the Sikkim–Tibet border, the deadliest since the 1962 war, triggered by Indian border fencing at Nathu La pass.
Nathuram Godse (नथूराम विनायक गोडसे)
Nathuram Godse (नथूराम विनायक गोडसे), born Ramachandra Vinayak Godse in 1910, was a Hindu Mahasabha and RSS-linked activist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January 1948 and was hanged in 1949.
Nati Kaji
Nati Kaji (नाती काजी), born Amrit Lal Shrestha in 1925, was a Nepali singer and composer who pioneered modern Nepali song at Radio Nepal and mentored Narayan Gopal and Tara Devi.
Naticidae
Naticidae, commonly called moon snails or necklace shells, are a family of predatory marine snails that drill distinctive circular holes through the shells of their prey.
Natika
Natika (नाटिका) is a minor form of Sanskrit drama, a short light comedy in four acts with mostly female characters, the erotic sentiment, and a king as hero.
Natina Reed
Natina Tiawana Reed (1980–2012) was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress, the rapping member of R&B trio Blaque ('808', 'Bring It All to Me') and Jenelope in Bring It On (2000).
Nation
A nation is a community whose members view each other as sharing a culture, history, and institutions, and sometimes language, ethnicity, or religion; it is distinct from the state and the nation-state.
Nation language
Nation language is a term coined by the Barbadian poet Kamau Brathwaite for the English-based Creole speech of the Caribbean, shaped by African rhythms rather than being broken English.
Nation of Domination
The Nation of Domination was a WWF wrestling stable known for its militant image and for launching The Rock's rise to stardom, active from 1996 to 1998.
Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a Black nationalist religious movement founded in Detroit in 1930 by W.D. Fard Muhammad and led today by Louis Farrakhan.