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Nan Dongting Wetland and Waterfowl Nature Reserve

Nan Dongting Wetland and Waterfowl Nature Reserve (South Dongting Lake), Ramsar Site no. 1151 since 2002, is a 168,000 ha protected wetland in Yiyang, Hunan, China, sheltering white storks, white cranes, and wintering waterbirds on Dongting Lake.

Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin, born Nancy Goldin in 1953 in Washington, D.C., is an American photographer known for her diaristic slideshows, especially The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.

Nan Huairen

Nan Huairen (南怀仁), known in Europe as Ferdinand Verbiest, was a Belgian Jesuit missionary and astronomer who reformed the calendar and rebuilt the Beijing observatory instruments for the Kangxi Emperor.

Nan Madol

Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016, is a complex of over 100 basalt-and-coral artificial islets off Pohnpei, capital of the Saudeleur dynasty, built from the 10th to 15th centuries and currently on the danger list.

Nan Munro

Nan Munro (Anne Mackay Munro, 1905-1992) was a South African-born British actress, producer and director who co-founded the Munro-Inglis Company, married writer Rayne Kruger in 1947, and worked mainly in British television and film.

Nan Ni Ni Aye

Nan Ni Ni Aye is a Myanmar politician of the Union Solidarity and Development Party serving as Vice President of Myanmar, the first woman to hold the office.

Nan Orrock

Nan Orrock is an American Democratic politician serving in the Georgia State Senate from the 36th district, elected in 2006 after ten terms in the Georgia House.

Nan Ya PCB

Nan Ya PCB is a Taiwanese manufacturer of printed circuit boards and IC substrates, founded in 1997 and majority owned by Nan Ya Plastics within Formosa Plastics Group.

Nan Yan

Nan Yan is a Chinese-born American immunologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, known for work on innate antiviral immunity, especially the STING pathway and the DNase TREX1.

Nan Zhong

Nan Zhong (南仲) is a general of the late Shang and early Western Zhou, credited in the Bamboo Annals with resisting the Kunyi and walling Shuofang.

Nana (entertainer)

Nana, born Im Jin-ah in 1991, is a South Korean singer and actress who debuted in 2009 with After School and starred in Netflix's Mask Girl (2023).

Nana (manga)

NANA (ナナ) is Ai Yazawa's romance manga about two women named Nana who share apartment 707 in Tokyo; serialized in Cookie 2000-2009, 21 volumes, 50 million copies, on hiatus since 2009.

Nana (NANA) (2005 film)

NANA (ナナ) is a 2005 Japanese live-action film directed by Kentaro Otani, adapted from Ai Yazawa's manga, starring Mika Nakashima as Nana Osaki and Aoi Miyazaki as Nana Komatsu; it topped 2 million admissions and spawned NANA 2 (2006).

Nana (novel)

Nana (1880) is the ninth novel of Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, following Anna Coupeau, daughter of Gervaise, from the Théâtre des Variétés to courtesan power over Paris, ending with the Empire's collapse and her smallpox death.

Nana (Saudi grocery delivery company)

Nana is a Saudi online grocery delivery platform based in Riyadh, founded in 2016 by Sami Alhelwah, which raised over $200 million before entering court-supervised financial reorganization in April 2026.

Nana Akufo-Addo

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ghanaian politician and lawyer, President of Ghana 2017–2025 for the New Patriotic Party; known for Free Senior High School, ECOWAS chairmanship, and 2024 election defeat.

Nana Asma'u

Nana Asma'u, born Asma'u bint Usman dan Fodio in 1793, was a scholar, poet, and historian of the Sokoto Caliphate and daughter of its founder, Usman dan Fodio.

Nana Fadnavis

Nana Fadnavis (नाना फडणवीस), born Balaji Janardan, was a Maratha statesman and finance minister at Pune who directed the confederacy from about 1774 to 1800.

Nana Komatsu (小松菜奈)

Nana Komatsu (小松菜奈), born 1996 in Tokyo, is a Japanese actress and model, Stardust Promotion talent, Chanel ambassador since 2016, Japan Academy newcomer for The World of Kanako (2014), Hollywood debut in Silence, married to Masaki Suda.

Nana Mizuki (水樹奈々)

Nana Mizuki (水樹奈々), born 1980 in Niihama, Ehime, is a Japanese voice actress, singer, and narrator with StarCrew/King Records; first voice actress to top Oricon's album and single charts and first to appear on Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

Nana Mori

Nana Mori (森七菜) is a Japanese actress and singer, born in 2001, best known as heroine Amano Hina in Weathering with You (2019) and for her 2020 singing debut.

Nana Mouskouri

Nana Mouskouri (Νάνα Μούσχουρη), born 1934 in Crete, is a Greek singer of 1,500 songs in a dozen languages, famous for "White Rose of Athens", her glasses, UNICEF work, and an MEP term 1994–99.

Nana Olomu

Nana Olomu was an Itsekiri chief and palm-oil merchant who governed the Benin River in Nigeria until the British destroyed his town of Ebrohimi in 1894.

Nana Pancha

Nana Pancha is a Mexican ska-rock band formed in Mexico City in 1996 by teenagers, known for fusing ska, punk, hardcore, rock, and reggae, and regarded as a reference of Mexican ska.

Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar (Vishwanath Patekar, 1951–2026), Indian Hindi and Marathi cinema actor, director, and philanthropist. Debut Gaman (1978); known for Parinda, Krantiveer, Natsamrat, Welcome; three National Film Awards, Padma Shri 2013, NAAM Foundation.

Nana Saheb

Nana Saheb (नाना साहेब), born Dhondu Pant, was the adopted son of Baji Rao II, the last Peshwa, and a principal leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion at Kanpur.

Nana Saheb Peshwa II (नाना गोविंद धोंडू पंत)

Nana Saheb Peshwa II (नाना गोविंद धोंडू पंत), born Dhondu Pant (1820), adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II, led the 1857 Kanpur rebellion, proclaimed himself Peshwa, and fled to Nepal, where his fate remains disputed.

Naná Silva

Naná Silva (Nauhany Vitória Leme da Silva), Brazilian tennis player born 2010; first player born in 2010 to win a WTA main-draw match (2025 SP Open); youngest Brazilian in the WTA ranking at 14; ITF singles and doubles titles, Madrid Open 2026 qualifying wildcard.

Nana Takagi

Nana Takagi (髙木 菜那) is a retired Japanese speed skater from Hokkaido who won two Olympic golds and one silver, and is the older sister of skater Miho Takagi.

Nana Tour with Seventeen

Nana Tour with Seventeen (나나투어 with 세븐틴; NANA TOUR with SEVENTEEN) is a 2024 six-episode tvN travel reality show in which producer Na Young-seok, as Guide NA, takes SEVENTEEN on a seven-day Italy trip after a concert; full versions streamed on Weverse.