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Nolan North
Nolan North (born 1970, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American voice actor, the voice of Nathan Drake in Uncharted, Desmond Miles in Assassin's Creed, Ghost in Destiny, and Deadpool; he received BAFTA's first Special Award for games performance in 2018.
Nolan Patrick
Nolan Patrick, Canadian center born 1998 in Winnipeg, Brandon Wheat Kings star and 2nd overall pick of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2017 NHL Draft behind Nico Hischier; injuries limited his NHL career to 222 games.
Nolan Richardson
Nolan Richardson Jr., born 1941 in El Paso, Texas, is an American basketball coach who won the 1994 NCAA championship with Arkansas using his "40 Minutes of Hell" pressing style.
Nolan Rucci
Nolan Rucci (born 2002) is an American offensive tackle, son of NFL lineman Todd Rucci, a five-star recruit who played at Wisconsin and Penn State and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as a 2026 undrafted free agent.
Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan, known as The Ryan Express, is an American former pitcher who played 27 seasons from 1966 to 1993 and holds the all-time records for strikeouts and no-hitters.
Nolan Smith
Nolan Smith, Duke basketball guard and 2010 NCAA champion, 2011 ACC Player of the Year, 21st pick of the 2011 NBA Draft; now head coach of Tennessee State, hired July 2025. Distinct from Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith Jr.
Nolan Teasley
Nolan Teasley, NFL executive; Minnesota Vikings general manager named June 1, 2026; formerly Seattle Seahawks assistant GM for 13 seasons, two Super Bowl wins (XLVIII, LX), Central Washington alumnus from Ellensburg, Washington.
Nolan Traoré
Nolan Traoré (born 2006) is a French point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, drafted 19th in 2025 from Saint-Quentin after developing at INSEP's Pôle France; known for elite speed and playmaking, with shooting and defense as weaknesses.
Nolana
Nolana (Nolanaceae, now Solanaceae) is a genus of about 92 species of fog-desert herbs and shrubs native to coastal Peru and Chile and the Galápagos, recognized by its hard mericarp fruits.
Noland Arbaugh
Noland Arbaugh is an American from Yuma, Arizona, paralyzed in a 2016 swimming accident, who became the first human recipient of a Neuralink brain implant in January 2024.
Nolasiban
Nolasiban (erlosiban, OBE-001) is an oral oxytocin receptor antagonist developed by ObsEva to improve IVF embryo transfer outcomes; pooled trial data showed a 5% absolute ongoing-pregnancy gain, but Phase 3 IMPLANT 4 failed and IVF development was discontinued.
Nolatrexed
Nolatrexed (AG337, Thymitaq) is a nonclassical lipophilic quinazoline thymidylate synthase inhibitor, not polyglutamated, that reached phase III hepatocellular carcinoma trials but was refused FDA approval in 2005.
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Solano, 'Nobby' or 'Ñol', Peruvian midfielder born 1974 in Callao; first Peruvian in English football, Newcastle star (302 Premier League apps), 95 Peru caps, later Gareca's assistant and Pakistan national team coach.
Nolbu Folk Village
Nolbu Folk Village (놀부민속촌) is a theme park in Woryeong-dong, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea, named for the greedy brother of the Heungbu and Nolbu folktale; coordinates 35.17881 N, 128.55816 E.
NOLC1
NOLC1, also called Nopp140, is a human gene on chromosome 10 encoding a heavily phosphorylated nucleolar phosphoprotein that chaperones ribosome biogenesis and Cajal body maintenance.
Noldi Gartmann
Noldi Gartmann (Arnold Gartmann, 1904–1980), Swiss bobsledder from St. Moritz; won four-man gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics with Musy, Bouvier, and Beerli, and 1935 world silver.
Nolen matrix
The Nolen matrix is a passive microwave beamforming network, described by John C. Nolen in 1965, that gives each antenna array input port an independent radiated beam.
Nolence Mwangwego
Nolence Mwangwego (born 1951) is a Malawian linguist who created the Mwangwego script, an abugida devised in 1979 and launched in 1997 for writing Malawi's languages.
Noli de Castro
Noli de Castro (Manuel Leuterio de Castro Jr., "Kabayan"), born 1949, Filipino broadcast journalist and 12th Vice President of the Philippines 2004–2010; founding TV Patrol anchor, senator 2001–2004, returned to ABS-CBN broadcasting in 2010 and 2023.
Noli me tangere
Noli me tangere, Greek Μή μου ἅπτου, is the Latin phrase for Jesus' words to Mary Magdalene in John 20:17, spoken when she recognizes him after the resurrection.
Noli Me Tángere (novel)
Noli Me Tángere ("touch me not") is José Rizal's 1887 Spanish-language novel of Crisóstomo Ibarra and friar abuse in the colonial Philippines, published in Berlin, banned in 1887, followed by El filibusterismo and required reading under RA 1425.
Nolidae
Nolidae, the nolid or tuft moths, is a family of small, dull-colored Noctuoidea moths with raised scale tufts on the forewing; about 1,738 species in 186 genera, up to ten subfamilies, defined by Zahiri et al. 2013 molecular phylogenetics.
Nolina texana
Nolina texana (sacahuista, Texas sacahuista, Texas beargrass) is a perennial Asparagaceae rosette plant native from southern New Mexico through Texas to northern Mexico, with fibrous leaves to 5 feet, late-winter flowers, and seeds poisonous to livestock.
Nolit
Nolit (Нолит) is a Serbian publishing house founded in Belgrade in 1928 by Oto Bihalji Merin and Pavle Bihali, a major publisher of socialist Yugoslavia before privatization.
Nolito
Nolito (Manuel Agudo Durán), Spanish winger born 1986; Barcelona, Benfica, Celta, Manchester City, Sevilla, UD Ibiza; 16 Spain caps, Euro 2016 goal vs Turkey; retired 2023.
Nolle prosequi
Nolle prosequi (nol. pros.), Latin for "unwilling to prosecute," is a prosecutor's formal abandonment of charges, in criminal or civil suits. Unlike acquittal, it does not bar refiling; federal Rule 48 requires leave of court.
Nollie Martin
Nollie Lee Martin, Florida murderer executed by electrocution May 12, 1992 for the 1977 rape-murder of student Patricia Greenfield; case produced Ford v. Wainwright competency litigation and Rule 3.811.
Nollywood
Nollywood is Nigeria's film industry, born of the early-1990s direct-to-video boom starting with Living in Bondage (1992), producing about 2,500 films a year and ranked among the world's largest by output, though piracy limits revenue.
Nolo contendere
Nolo contendere, or no contest, is a criminal plea in which a defendant neither admits nor denies guilt but accepts conviction and punishment. It requires court consent under Federal Rule 11 and is generally inadmissible in later civil cases under FRE 410.
Nôm literature
Nôm literature is the body of Vietnamese literature written in chữ Nôm, a character script for the Vietnamese language, with Nguyễn Du's Truyện Kiều as its best-known work.