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Neagra

Neagra (Nyágra, Schwarzenthal, Feketevölgy; renamed 1968) is a gold-washing locality in Poiana Vadului commune, Alba County, Romania, in the Metaliferi Mountains near Câmpeni, recorded as an uncertain, unresearched alluvial gold site.

Neak Pean

Neak Pean is a late 12th-century Buddhist island temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built by Jayavarman VII on an artificial island and named for its coiled naga sculptures.

Neal A. Halsey

Neal A. Halsey, also known as Neal Halsey, is an American physician and Emeritus Professor at Johns Hopkins who founded the Institute for Vaccine Safety in 1997.

Neal A. Maxwell

Neal A. Maxwell (Neal Ash Maxwell, 1926–2004) was a Latter-day Saint apostle from 1981 to 2004, former University of Utah executive vice president, Church education commissioner, and author of about 30 religious books.

Neal A. Vanselow

Neal Arthur Vanselow (1932–2016) was an American allergist-immunologist and academic health-center leader who served as dean, chancellor, and vice president at Arizona, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Tulane, and joined the Institute of Medicine in 1989.

Neal Adams

Neal Adams (1941–2022), American comic book artist for DC and Marvel, also known for Continuity Associates. Redefined Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, and the X-Men with realistic art; co-created Ra's al Ghul, Man-Bat, John Stewart; led creators' rights advocacy.

Neal Agarwal

Neal Agarwal is a New York-based independent designer behind neal.fun, home of viral web experiences The Deep Sea, The Password Game, Absurd Trolley Problems, and the AI-driven Infinite Craft (2024).

Neal Amundson

Neal Amundson (1916–2011) was an American chemical engineer who headed the University of Minnesota department from 1949 to 1974, transforming chemical engineering into a mathematically grounded science.

Neal Aronson

Neal Aronson is an American private equity investor who founded Roark Capital in 2001, building the Atlanta firm into a $41 billion specialist in franchise businesses.

Neal Asher

Neal Asher (born 1961, Billericay, Essex) is a British science fiction author, creator of the Polity universe of AI-governed far-future space opera, author of Gridlinked, the Agent Cormac, Spatterjay, Transformation, Rise of the Jain, and Time's Shadow series.

Neal Bledsoe

Neal Bledsoe (born 1981, Toronto) is a Canadian-American actor and writer known for Ugly Betty (Tyler), The Man in the High Castle, Shameless, Revolutionary Road, and the 2025 Broadway Othello.

Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan (born 1973, Villanova, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian, writer, director, and podcaster, co-creator of Chappelle's Show and Half Baked, known for the experimental Netflix specials 3 Mics, Blocks, and Crazy Good.

Neal Broten

Neal Broten (Neal LaMoy Broten), American ice hockey center born 1959 in Roseau, Minnesota; 1980 Olympic gold medalist, first Hobey Baker Award winner, and 923-point NHL center who won the 1995 Stanley Cup with New Jersey.

Neal Brown

Neal Brown is an American college football coach, head coach of North Texas since December 2025, previously head coach at Troy (2015 to 2018) and West Virginia (2019 to 2024).

Neal Carter

Neal Carter is an American politician and Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing the 15th district, appointed in 2021 to fill the vacancy left by Frank Pratt's death.

Neal Casal

Neal Casal (1968-2019), American singer-songwriter and guitarist of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and Circles Around the Sun; solo Americana albums and the Neal Casal Music Foundation.

Neal Cassady

Neal Cassady (1926-1968), Denver-raised Beat Generation figure, model for Dean Moriarty in Kerouac's On the Road, author of the Joan Anderson Letter, Merry Pranksters bus driver, and 'Cowboy Neal' to the Grateful Dead.

Neal D. Barnard

Neal D. Barnard is an American physician and clinical researcher who heads the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and studies plant-based diets for type 2 diabetes.

Neal D. Shore

Neal D. Shore is an American urologist and genitourinary oncology researcher who directs the Carolina Urologic Research Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and led the relugolix HERO trial.

Neal Dempsey

Neal Dempsey is an American venture capitalist and Managing General Partner of Bay Partners, known for three portfolio IPOs in 2012 and a 2013 Midas List ranking.

Neal Dodson

Neal T. Dodson (born 1978, York, Pennsylvania) is an American film producer, co-founder of Before the Door Pictures with Zachary Quinto and Corey Moosa, and Independent Spirit Award winner for Margin Call, All Is Lost, and A Most Violent Year.

Neal Dunn

Neal P. Dunn, born in 1953, is an American Republican politician and physician who has represented Florida's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House since 2017.

Neal E. Miller

Neal E. Miller (1909–2002) was an American experimental psychologist at Yale and Rockefeller University, ranked among the 20th century's ten most eminent psychologists, and a founder of biofeedback and behavioral medicine.

Neal G. Copeland

Neal G. Copeland is an American cancer geneticist at MD Anderson who co-developed recombineering and used the Sleeping Beauty transposon to find cancer genes in mice.

Neal H. Moritz

Neal H. Moritz (born 1959) is an American film producer, founder of Original Film, and producer of every Fast & Furious film from 2001's The Fast and the Furious to Fast X, plus Sonic the Hedgehog, 21 Jump Street, and TV's The Boys and Prison Break.

Neal K. Devaraj

Neal K. Devaraj, also known as Neal Devaraj, is an American chemical biologist at UC San Diego known for building artificial cells and bioorthogonal chemistry for imaging living cells.

Neal Katyal

Neal Kumar Katyal, American appellate lawyer, former Acting Solicitor General (2010-2011), Georgetown law professor, now at Milbank; argued Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the travel ban, and the 2026 tariff case; 50-plus Supreme Court arguments.

Neal L. Benowitz

Neal L. Benowitz is an American physician-pharmacologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco, known for research on nicotine pharmacology and tobacco regulation.

Neal L. First

Neal L. First (1930–2014) was an American animal scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose laboratory pioneered in vitro maturation, fertilization, and cloning of cattle embryos.

Neal M. Alto

Neal M. Alto is a microbiologist and professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, known for research on bacterial effector proteins and toxins.