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Nin-kisalsi
Nin-kisalsi was a governor (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Adab, in modern Iraq, around 2550 BC, known from an inscription naming Mesilim of Kish and possibly the city's earliest attested ruler.
Niña
The Niña, originally the Santa Clara, was the smallest of the three Spanish caravels Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas in 1492, and carried him home in 1493.
Nina (2004 film)
Nina (2004) is Heitor Dhalia's Brazilian feature debut, a free adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment set in São Paulo, starring Guta Stresser as an illustrator driven toward crime by her landlady.
Nina (2016 film)
Nina (2016) is a biographical drama about singer Nina Simone, directed by Cynthia Mort, starring Zoe Saldana and David Oyelowo. Released April 22, 2016 by RLJ Entertainment, it earned 2% on Rotten Tomatoes and drew family objections over Saldana's casting.
Nina & Mike
Nina & Mike were a German schlager duo of the 1970s, a married couple best known for "Fahrende Musikanten" (1973) and their cover of "Paloma Blanca" (1975).
Nina Achadjian
Nina Achadjian is a venture capitalist and Partner at Index Ventures in San Francisco, known for investments in enterprise software, vertical SaaS, applied AI, and robotics.
Nina Agabian
Nina Agabian is a molecular parasitologist and Professor Emeritus of Cell and Tissue Biology at UCSF, known for 1984 work establishing trans-splicing in trypanosomes and later Candida albicans genome studies.
Nina Arianda
Nina Arianda (Nina Arianda Matijcio) is an American actress who won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Venus in Fur.
Nina Balke
Nina Balke is a materials scientist working on nanoscale electrochemistry with atomic force microscopy; after eleven years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, she joined NC State in 2021.
Nina Berberova
Nina Berberova (Нина Николаевна Берберова, 1901–1993) was a Russian writer of the emigration known for fiction about the Russian diaspora and her autobiography The Italics Are Mine.
Nina Bergman
Nina Bergman, Danish-born actress, singer, songwriter, and model (no alternate names), granddaughter of actor Pavel Kadochnikov; known for Hell Hath No Fury (2021), Doom: Annihilation (2019), Deathstalker (2025), and the band Letters From The Fire.
Nina Bhardwaj
Nina Bhardwaj is an American physician-scientist in cancer immunotherapy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024.
Nina Blackwood
Nina Blackwood (Nina Kinckiner, born 1952) is an American radio host and one of the five original MTV VJs of 1981-1986, later of Solid Gold and Entertainment Tonight, now on SiriusXM '80s on 8 and syndicated shows Absolutely 80s and New Wave Nation.
Nina Bocharova
Nina Bocharova (Ніна Антонівна Бочарова, 1924–2020), Soviet-Ukrainian artistic gymnast from Suprunivka, Poltava; double 1952 Helsinki Olympic champion (balance beam, team) with two silvers, 1954 world team champion, later Kyiv coach.
Nina Chernoshchok
Nina Chernoshchok (born 15 July 1925), Soviet middle-distance runner; ran on USSR 3x800 m relay world-record teams (6:38.4 Kiev 1952, 6:35.6 and 6:33.2 Budapest 1953) with Barakhovich and Otkalenko; 1954 European Championships 800 m competitor. Not the Kharkiv nail-salon reviewer of the same name.
Nina Christen
Nina Christen (born 1994) is a Swiss rifle shooter, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist in 50 m rifle three positions with an Olympic record 463.9 and bronze in 10 m air rifle; also the name of a Swiss footwear designer who founded the label Christen in 2024.
Nina Conti
Nina Conti (Nina Margarita Conti) is a British ventriloquist, comedian, actress and director, daughter of Tom Conti, known for her puppet Monkey, her mask act turning audience members into dummies, the documentary Her Master's Voice, and shows including In Your Face and Whose Face Is It Anyway?.
Nina Davuluri
Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014 and Miss New York 2013, is the first Indian American Miss America. Filmmaker and colorism activist behind the documentary COMPLEXion, the #SeeMyComplexion campaign, and the memoir Killing Miss America (2027).
Nina Derwael
Nina Derwael (born 2000, Sint-Truiden) is a retired Belgian artistic gymnast, Tokyo 2020 Olympic uneven bars champion, 2018 and 2019 world bars champion, 2017 European bars champion, and eponym of the Derwael-Fenton and Derwael II bar skills; retired July 2025.
Nina Dobrev (Николина Каменова Добрева)
Nina Dobrev (Николина Каменова Добрева), born 1989 in Sofia, is a Bulgarian-born Canadian actress known for Mia Jones on Degrassi and Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce on The Vampire Diaries, now starring in and producing Night Float and Hulu's You Deserve to Know.
Nina Dyer
Nina Dyer (Nina Sheila Dyer, 1930-1965), Anglo-Indian fashion model and Pierre Balmain favorite; married Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza then Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; died by suicide in 1965.
Nina Foch
Nina Foch (Nina Consuelo Maud Fock, 1924-2008), Dutch-born American actress and acting teacher; Oscar-nominated for Executive Suite (1954), known for An American in Paris, The Ten Commandments, Spartacus, and 40 years teaching at USC.
Nina Fyodorova Baldycheva
Nina Fyodorova Baldycheva was a Soviet cross-country skier who won relay gold and 5 km bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics, plus relay silver in 1980.
Nina G. Jablonski
Nina G. Jablonski is an American biological anthropologist and paleobiologist, emerita professor at Penn State, known for her research on the evolution of human skin and its pigmentation.
Nina Gademan
Nina Gademan, also known as Nina Pothof, is a Dutch racing driver born in 2003 who competes in F1 Academy for MP Motorsport with Alpine support, winning her first race in 2025.
Nina García
Nina García (Ninotchka García), Colombian-American fashion journalist, born 1965 in Barranquilla; editor-in-chief of Elle US since 2017, first Latina to lead a major American fashion title, longtime Project Runway judge and style-book author.
Nina Gavrylyuk
Nina Gavrylyuk (Нина Васильевна Гаврылюк), born 1965 in Leningrad, Soviet and Russian cross-country skier; three Olympic relay golds (1988, 1994, 1998), six world relay titles, later a coach in the United States.
Nina Gershon
Nina Gershon, born in 1940 in Chicago, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1996 and in senior status since 2008.
Nina Gerson
Nina Gerson is an enterprise software investor who joined Coatue in 2023, worked on deals including Databricks and Island, and is now a Partner at Index Ventures.
Nina Gopova Trofimova
Nina Gopova-Trofimova (Нина Юрьевна Гопова-Трофимова), Soviet kayak sprinter born 1953, Olympic K2 500 m gold medalist at Montreal 1976 with Galina Kreft and silver medalist at Moscow 1980, twice world champion in 1973.