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Nigel Hitchin
Nigel Hitchin, born in 1946, is an English mathematician and Emeritus Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford, known for Higgs bundles and generalized complex geometry.
Nigel J. Robinson
Nigel J. Robinson is a molecular geneticist and Emeritus Professor at Durham University, known for work on metalloproteins, metal sensing, and the FRO2 iron-uptake gene.
Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy, British violinist from Brighton, Menuhin School and Juilliard trained, best known for his 1989 Vivaldi Four Seasons, the Guinness-listed best-selling classical recording; distinct from physician Nigel Damien Kennedy.
Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale (Thomas Nigel Kneale, 1922-2006), British screenwriter and author, creator of Professor Bernard Quatermass and writer of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954), The Stone Tape, and The Woman in Black.
Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, was a British Conservative politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983 to 1989, cutting taxes and overseeing the 1986 Big Bang deregulation of London's financial markets.
Nigel Lindsay
Nigel Lindsay (born 1969, London) is a British actor trained at Webber Douglas Academy, known for Barry in Four Lions, the Olivier-nominated Shrek the Musical, and Henry Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy.
Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe (born 1949) is an English TV producer, choreographer and former dancer, nicknamed Nasty Nigel. Co-creator of So You Think You Can Dance and executive producer of American Idol, Popstars, and Pop Idol; sued for sexual assault in 2023–24, Abdul case settled 2024.
Nigel Mackman
Nigel Mackman is a hematologist and John Parker Distinguished Professor at UNC Chapel Hill since 2007, known for research on tissue factor, thrombosis, and coagulation-inflammation crosstalk in cancer and sickle cell disease.
Nigel Mansell
Nigel Mansell (born 1953), British racing driver, 1992 Formula One world champion with Williams and 1993 CART champion with Newman-Haas; 31 F1 wins, nicknamed Il Leone, only driver to hold both titles back to back.
Nigel McGuinness
Nigel McGuinness (Steven Haworth, born 1978, London) is an English wrestling commentator and former ROH World and Pure Champion, also known as Desmond Wolfe in TNA, now commentating and occasionally wrestling for AEW and ROH.
Nigel Ng (黄瑾瑜)
Nigel Ng (黄瑾瑜), born 1991, Malaysian comedian and former data scientist based in London, creator of the viral Uncle Roger character (2020, BBC fried rice video); 27 million followers, world tours, restaurants, and a cookbook.
Nigel Olsson
Nigel Olsson is the English drummer and backing vocalist of the Elton John Band since 1970, formerly of Plastic Penny, with 186 Elton studio recordings, over 2,390 shows, and solo albums including Move The Universe (2001).
Nigel Owens
Nigel Owens, Welsh rugby union referee, first to officiate 100 tests (France v Italy, November 2020), refereed the 2015 Rugby World Cup final, retired December 2020, now a Hereford farmer and S4C presenter.
Nigel Pearson
Nigel Pearson (born 1963) is an English football manager and former centre-back. Two-time Leicester City manager, League One and Championship winner, architect of Leicester's 2015 great escape; later Watford and Bristol City manager.
Nigel Peter Brandon
Nigel Peter Brandon is a British electrochemical engineer, Professor and Dean of Engineering at Imperial College London, elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2022 for solid oxide fuel cells.
Nigel Planer
Nigel Planer, also known as Nigel George Planer, is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Neil in the 1980s sitcom The Young Ones and for his West End work.
Nigel Reo-Coker
Nigel Reo-Coker is an English former midfielder known for captaining West Ham in the 2006 FA Cup and playing for Wimbledon, Aston Villa, and North American clubs.
Nigel Scrutton
Nigel S. Scrutton is a British biochemist, Professor of Molecular Enzymology at the University of Manchester, known for work on hydrogen tunnelling in enzyme catalysis and new biological cofactors.
Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater, English food writer and broadcaster ('a cook who writes'), has written The Observer's weekly food column since 26 September 1993, authored about 25 books including Real Fast Food, Appetite, and The Kitchen Diaries, and wrote the memoir Toast.
Nigel Terry
Nigel Terry (Peter Nigel Terry, 1945–2015), English stage and screen actor; Prince John in The Lion in Winter, King Arthur in Excalibur (1981), and Derek Jarman's Caravaggio title role.
Nigel Unwin
Nigel Unwin, born in 1942, is a structural biologist and Emeritus Professor at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, known for membrane protein and acetylcholine receptor structures.
Nigel W. Bunnett
Nigel W. Bunnett is a neuroscientist and pharmacologist at New York University known for work on protease-activated receptors, neurogenic inflammation, and endosomal signaling in chronic pain.
Nigel Weiss
Nigel Oscar Weiss (1936–2020) was a South African-born astrophysicist and applied mathematician at Cambridge, a world authority on sunspots and the Sun's 22-year magnetic cycle.
Nigel Winterburn
Nigel Winterburn (born 1963), English left back; Wimbledon, Arsenal 1987-2000 (429 league apps, three league titles, Back Four member), West Ham 2000-03; 2 England caps; retired 2003 aged 39.
Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson (born 1960), English food writer and TV cook, author of How to Eat and How to Be a Domestic Goddess, over 8 million books sold, judge on The Great British Bake Off from 2026 replacing Prue Leith.
Nigella sativa
Nigella sativa (black cumin, black seed, kalonji) is an annual Ranunculaceae herb native from Romania to Iran, grown for dark aromatic seeds rich in thymoquinone and linoleic acid, used as spice and in herbal medicine.
Niger
Niger: landlocked Sahel country in West Africa, also governed by junta leader Abdourahamane Tchiani since the July 2023 coup. Rainfed agriculture is about 40% of GDP; oil exports via the Niger-Benin pipeline drove 8.4% growth in 2024; extreme poverty 45.3%.
Niger Armed Forces
Niger Armed Forces (Forces armées nigériennes), Niger's army and air force, founded 1960-1961; Western-trained until the 2023 coup, now aligned with Russia's Africa Corps and the Alliance of Sahel States.
Niger Delta
The Niger Delta is the large, mangrove-fringed delta where the Niger River meets the Atlantic Ocean in southern Nigeria, home to over 30 million people and the hub of Nigeria's oil industry.
Niger Delta Avengers
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is a militant group that emerged in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region in early 2016 to attack oil and gas infrastructure.