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Naomi Taylor

Naomi Taylor is an American immunologist and cancer researcher who leads a National Cancer Institute group studying CAR T cells and T cell metabolism for pediatric cancers.

Naomi van As

Naomi Frances van As (born 1983, Den Haag) is a retired Dutch field hockey attacking midfielder, Olympic gold medalist 2008 and 2012 and silver 2016, two-time World Cup champion, and FIH Player of the Year 2009 and 2016.

Naomi Wakszlak

Naomi Wakszlak (also listed as Naomi Chaya Wakszlak) is an English actress, a series regular as Indie Jankowski in BBC's Casualty and lead Charlie in Above the Clouds; birth date and nationality unverified.

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts is a British actress, born in 1968, known for intense roles in Mulholland Drive, The Ring, 21 Grams, and King Kong, with two Oscar nominations.

Naomi Watts filmography

Naomi Watts filmography: screen credits of British actress Naomi Watts (b. 1968), from For Love Alone (1986) and Flirting to Mulholland Drive, The Ring, King Kong, 21 Grams, The Impossible, and The Watcher.

Naomi Whitehead

Naomi Whitehead (née Washington, born 26 September 1910, Patterson, Georgia) is an American supercentenarian, oldest known living person in the United States and second-oldest worldwide, validated by the GRG, living in Greenville, Pennsylvania.

Naomi Wirthner

Naomi Wirthner (Nimmi Wirthner) is a British actress and theatre director, RSC and National Theatre performer, Barebones founder, Hardiman in Icke's The Doctor, and Molly Doran in Slow Horses.

Naomi Wolf

Naomi Wolf, American feminist author, wrote The Beauty Myth (1991), a bestseller central to third-wave feminism; later books include The End of America and Outrages, which was recalled over factual errors.

Naomi Wray

Naomi Wray is an Australian statistical geneticist, Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, known for methods in SNP-based heritability and polygenic risk prediction for psychiatric disorders.

Naomi Wu

Naomi Wu (机械妖姬), known online as SexyCyborg, is a Chinese maker and hardware hacker in Shenzhen who created China's first OSHWA-certified open source hardware project, the sino:bit.

Naomi Yang (actress)

Naomi Yang (Naomi Yichen Christie) is a Chinese-British actress born in Beijing, raised in Manchester; debut Lilting (2014), known for Wolfe, Peaky Blinders, Under Salt Marsh, Vigil, and voicing Sage in Valorant.

Naomichi Matsumoto

Naomichi Matsumoto (松本 直通) is a Japanese human geneticist, professor and chair at Yokohama City University, known for identifying more than 90 disease-causing genes, including NSD1 in Sotos syndrome.

Naomichi Suzuki

Naomichi Suzuki (鈴木直道) is a Japanese politician serving as Governor of Hokkaidō since April 2019, and the youngest governor in Japan at his election, after serving as Mayor of Yūbari.

Naomie Harris

Naomie Harris (born 1976), English actress known as Selena in 28 Days Later, Tia Dalma in Pirates of the Caribbean, Eve Moneypenny in three Bond films, and Oscar-nominated for Moonlight; OBE 2017.

NAOqi

NAOqi is the proprietary middleware and operating software for Aldebaran Robotics' NAO and Pepper humanoid robots, later under SoftBank Robotics, with modules connected through a central broker.

Naos of the Decades

The Naos of the Decades is a granodiorite Egyptian shrine from the reign of Nectanebo I, inscribed with an astronomical calendar of 36 ten-day decan frames.

Naotaro Moriyama

Naotaro Moriyama (森山直太朗) is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo in 1976, whose slow-burn 2003 hit "Sakura (Dokusho)" climbed from no. 80 to no. 1 on the Oricon chart.

Naoto Chatani

Naoto Chatani (茶谷 直人) is a Japanese organic chemist known for transition-metal-catalyzed activation of unreactive bonds, especially C–H bonds, and has been Vice President of Hiroshima University since 2024.

Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa (深澤直人), born in 1956, is a Japanese product designer known for the MUJI wall-mounted CD player and designs based on unconscious everyday behavior.

Naoto Kan (菅直人)

Naoto Kan (菅直人), 94th prime minister of Japan (June 2010 to September 2011), former DPJ co-founder and finance minister, led the response to the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, then became a leading zero-nuclear-power advocate until leaving the Diet in October 2024.

Naoto Nagaosa

Naoto Nagaosa is a Japanese theoretical condensed matter physicist, a University of Tokyo professor and RIKEN group director known for the theory of magnetic skyrmions.

Naoto Tajima

Naoto Tajima (田島直人, 1912–1990), Japanese jumper; 1936 Berlin triple jump gold with world record 16.00 m (first over 16 m, stood until 1951) and long jump bronze behind Jesse Owens.

Naotoshi Nakashima

Naotoshi Nakashima (中嶋直敏) is a Japanese chemist and Specially Appointed Professor at Kyushu University's I2CNER known for carbon nanotube solubilization and polymer-wrapped nanotube fuel-cell electrocatalysts.

Naotsete Corona

Naotsete Corona: a 200 km diameter corona (volcano-tectonic ring feature) on Venus at 58.30°S, 249.50°E, IAU-approved 1997, named for a Keresan Pueblo ancestor goddess.

Naoufel El Hannach

Naoufel El Hannach, born 2006 in Poissy, Moroccan defender and PSG academy product; French U19 champion, on season-long loan at Montpellier HSC, Morocco U20 international.

Naoya Inoue (井上尚弥)

Naoya Inoue (井上尚弥), "The Monster", Japanese undefeated boxer, 33-0 (27 KO), four-division and two-division undisputed champion, reigning undisputed super bantamweight titleholder and former Ring pound-for-pound No. 1.

Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani

Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani, "The Day" or Japan's "fight of the century": the May 2, 2026 Tokyo Dome bout in which undisputed super-bantamweight champion Inoue (33-0, 27 KOs) outpointed unbeaten three-division champion Nakatani (32-1) by unanimous decision, 116-112, 115-113, 116-112, before 55,000 fans.

Naoya Matsumoto (manga artist)

Naoya Matsumoto (松本直也) is a Japanese manga artist, creator of Kaiju No. 8 (怪獣8号) on Shonen Jump+ (2020–2025, 18 million copies), plus Nekowappa!, Pochi & Kuro, and the spin-off Kaiju No. 8 side B.

Naoya Shibata

Naoya Shibata (柴田 直哉) is a Japanese materials scientist and University of Tokyo professor who developed atomic-resolution differential phase-contrast imaging and a magnetic-field-free electron microscope.

Naoya Tsukahara

Naoya Tsukahara (塚原 直也), born 1977, Japanese-born Australian artistic gymnast; son of Mitsuo Tsukahara; won 2004 Olympic team gold for Japan, later competed for Australia at 2014–2015 Worlds.