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Ned Maddrell
Ned Maddrell (1877–1974), Manx fisherman from Cregneash, Isle of Man, generally reported as the last native speaker of Manx Gaelic. Recorded by the Irish Folklore Commission in 1948 and taught revivalists such as Brian Stowell; the semi-speaker Ewan Christian outlived him.
Ned Mohan
Ned Mohan, born Narendra Mohan, was an Indian-born American electrical engineer who taught power electronics at the University of Minnesota for 48 years and wrote widely used textbooks.
Ned Nwoko
Ned Nwoko (Chinedu Munir Nwoko), Nigerian lawyer, businessman, and Senator for Delta North since 2023; former House of Representatives member 1999-2003, known for Paris Club refund litigation, malaria eradication advocacy, and the Anioma State bill.
Ned Pillersdorf
Ned Pillersdorf is an American politician and Eastern Kentucky attorney who is the 2026 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Kentucky's 5th district, challenging Hal Rogers.
Ned S. Wingreen
Ned S. Wingreen is an American theoretical physicist turned molecular biologist, a Howard A. Prior Professor at Princeton University known for work on protein folding, quorum sensing, and systems immunology.
Ned Sawyer
Ned Sawyer (Daniel Edward Sawyer, 1882-1937), American amateur golfer of the Chicago Golf Club; 1904 Olympic team gold medalist and =5 individually, 1906 Western Amateur and 1920 Metropolitan Amateur champion.
Ned Sherrin
Ned Sherrin (Edward George Sherrin, 1931–2007), English producer, director and broadcaster. Not the Private Eye persona Ned Twinky. Created TW3 (1962) with David Frost, made Side By Side By Sondheim, presented Radio 4's Loose Ends from 1986.
Ned Stark
Eddard "Ned" Stark is the Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones, played by Sean Bean; his honor-driven Handship ends in his execution in "Baelor".
Ned Vizzini
Ned Vizzini (1981-2013), American young adult author of Be More Chill and It's Kind of a Funny Story, based on his psychiatric hospitalization; adapted to film in 2010; died by suicide at 32.
Ned Washington
Ned Washington (Edward Michael Washington, 1901-1976), American Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood lyricist from Scranton; wrote "When You Wish Upon a Star," "Stella by Starlight," "High Noon"; three Oscars, Songwriters Hall of Fame 1972.
Ned Yost
Ned Yost (born 1954, Eureka, CA) is a former MLB catcher and manager who led the Milwaukee Brewers (2003-08) and Kansas City Royals (2010-19), winning the 2015 World Series with a record 22-9 postseason mark and 746 Royals wins.
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ned's Atomic Dustbin, English rock band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, November 1987, named after a Goon Show episode; grebo-scene act with two bass players, hits 'Happy' (No 16) and album God Fodder (No 4), split 1995, reunited since 2008.
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (Ned's Declassified) is a Nickelodeon live-action tween sitcom (2004–2007) created by Scott Fellows, starring Devon Werkheiser as Ned Bigby, who compiles tips for surviving middle school at James K. Polk Middle School with friends Moze and Cookie.
Nedakonice
Nedakonice, a village in Uherské Hradiště District, Zlín Region, Czech Republic, on the Morava river; first mentioned 1220 as Velehrad monastery property, site of the 1420–21 Hussite Nový Tábor camp.
Nedal Nassar
Nedal T. Nassar is an American mineral economist and criticality scientist who leads the Materials Flow Analysis Section at the U.S. Geological Survey's National Minerals Information Center.
Nedaplatin
Nedaplatin (ネダプラチン, Aqupla) is a second-generation cisplatin analogue platinum chemotherapy drug developed by Shionogi, Japan, approved 1995; forms DNA cross-links, less nephrotoxic than cisplatin, dose-limited by thrombocytopenia, used mainly in Japan.
Nedbank
Nedbank is one of South Africa's big four banking groups, founded in Amsterdam in 1888, with assets of R1 559 billion and more than 8 million clients.
Nedd Brockmann
Nedd Brockmann (born 1999) is an Australian ultramarathon runner and 2026 Young Australian of the Year who ran 3,952 km from Perth to Bondi in 46 days in 2022 and 1,000 miles in 12 days 13 hours in 2024, raising over $10.6 million for homelessness charity We Are Mobilise.
NEDD4
NEDD4 (NEDD4-1, RPF1), human gene at 15q21.3, founding member of the NEDD4 family of HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases with C2, WW, and HECT domains; regulates membrane receptors and PTEN, implicated in cancer.
NEDD4L
NEDD4L (NEDD4-2), a HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligase of the NEDD4 family, regulates ENaC-mediated sodium reabsorption and blood pressure, and acts as a tumor suppressor in most cancers.
NEDD8
NEDD8 (neural precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated 8) is a 9 kDa ubiquitin-like modifier, 59% identical to ubiquitin, whose neddylation of eight cullins activates CRL ubiquitin ligases; targeted by pevonedistat.
NEDD9
NEDD9 (HEF1, Cas-L), gene ID 4739 on 6p24.2, encodes a Cas-family scaffolding protein at focal adhesions regulating migration, invasion, and metastasis; overexpression predicts poor cancer survival.
NEDDylation enzymes
NEDDylation enzymes are the enzymes that attach and remove NEDD8, a small ubiquitin-like protein, onto and off target proteins through a single E1, two E2s, and E3 ligases.
Nedelin catastrophe
The Nedelin catastrophe, also called the Nedelin disaster, was a 1960 launch pad explosion at Baikonur that killed Strategic Rocket Forces commander Mitrofan Nedelin and dozens of specialists.
Nedelya Petkova
Nedelya Petkova (Неделя Петкова) was a Bulgarian educator and revolutionary, the first woman teacher in Sofia, who taught girls from 1858 until her death in 1894.
Nederland (Energy Transfer terminal)
Nederland is an Energy Transfer crude oil and NGL storage and marine export terminal in Jefferson County, Texas, with about 33 million barrels of storage.
Nederlands Dans Theater
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), contemporary dance company founded 1959 in The Hague by Harkarvy, Verstegen, and Birnie after leaving the Nederlands Ballet; now NDT 1 and NDT 2, over 620 works, shaped by Jiří Kylián from 1975.
Nederlands olympisch comite nederlandse sport federatie
NOC*NSF (Nederlands Olympisch ComitéNederlandse Sport Federatie), the Dutch national Olympic, Paralympic, and sports confederation, formed 1 July 1993 by merging the NOC (1912) and NSF (1959); represents 77 federations and sends TeamNL to the Games.
Nederlandsche Historien
Nederlandsche Historien (Dutch Histories) is a 27-book chronicle of the Dutch Revolt by P.C. Hooft, published in 1642 and completed in 1654.
Nederlandse Gasunie
Nederlandse Gasunie is a Dutch state-owned energy infrastructure company founded in 1963 to exploit the Groningen gas field, operating about 16,000 km of gas pipelines in the Netherlands and northern Germany.