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Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (ناصر بن حمد آل خليفة)

Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (ناصر بن حمد آل خليفة), Bahraini royal, fourth son of King Hamad; Lieutenant General, National Security Advisor, Royal Guard Commander, Bapco Energies chairman, and FEI endurance world champion.

Nasser El Sonbaty

Nasser El Sonbaty (ناصر السنباطي), "The Professor", 1965–2013, German-born IFBB pro bodybuilder for Yugoslavia; 2nd at the 1997 Mr. Olympia, 1999 Arnold Classic winner, 6 wins in 53 contests.

Nasser H. Hanna

Nasser H. Hanna is an American medical oncologist at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, known for lung cancer clinical research and founding End Lung Cancer Now.

Nasser Hussain

Nasser Hussain (born 1968, Madras/Chennai) is an English cricket commentator and former Essex batsman who captained England in 45 Tests from 1999 to 2003, the first Asian-heritage England captain.

Nasser Peyghambarian

Nasser Peyghambarian is an optical scientist at the University of Arizona known for photorefractive polymers, updatable holographic 3-D telepresence displays, and fiber lasers, elected a National Academy of Inventors Fellow in 2016.

Nasser-Brega Oil Pipeline

The Nasser-Brega Oil Pipeline, also known as Zaltan-Al Brayqah, is a crude oil pipeline in Libya completed by Esso in October 1961, the country's first.

Nassif Zaytoun

Nassif Zaytoun (نصيف زيتون) is a Syrian pop singer who won season 7 of Star Academy and became known for the 2014 single "Mich Aam Tezbat Maii".

Nassim Kamar

Nassim Kamar, born 1972, is a French nephrologist and professor at Université Toulouse III who heads nephrology and organ transplantation at Hôpital Rangueil and established ribavirin as the treatment of chronic hepatitis E in transplant recipients.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (نسيم نيقولا نجيب طالب)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (نسيم نيقولا نجيب طالب) is a former derivatives trader and risk researcher who wrote the Incerto, formalizing black swans, antifragility, and skin in the game.

Nassir Navab

Nassir Navab, born 1960, is a computer scientist working in computer vision and medical augmented reality, and a full professor at the Technical University of Munich since 2003.

Nassourdine Imavov (Насурдин Абдулазимович Имавов)

Nassourdine Imavov (Насурдин Абдулазимович Имавов), "the Sniper," Dagestan-born French UFC middleweight, #3 ranked, 17-4-0 1 NC, five-fight win streak, wins over Adesanya, Cannonier, Allen, Borralho.

Nastae

Nastae, a Late Antique road station on the Tabula Peutingeriana (Nastar in Ravennas), identified with Harmanlı in Adıyaman Province, Turkey, between Arianodum and Octacuscum, dated 300–640.

Nastaliq (نستعلیق)

Nastaliq (نستعلیق), also called nasta'liq, is a fourteenth-century Persian calligraphic script combining naskh and ta'liq, attributed to Mir Ali Tabrizi; it became the preferred hand for Persian poetry in Iran and for Urdu in Pakistan.

Nastaliq calligraphy panels

Nastaliq calligraphy panels are self-contained sheets of Persian or Urdu text in the nasta'liq script (نستعلیق), often gathered into albums called muraqqa's alongside miniature paintings.

Nastasen

Nastasen was a king of Kush of the Napatan line, ruling around 335–315 BC, known from a granite stela in Berlin and buried at Nuri.

Nastasen's campaign in Lower Nubia

Nastasen's campaign in Lower Nubia was a military expedition by the Kushite king Nastasen against the chieftain Kambasawden, recorded on a stela now in Berlin.

Nastasen's coronation journey

Nastasen's coronation journey was the journey of Kushite king Nastasen from Meroe to Napata, where the god Amun chose him as king, recorded on his granite stela in Berlin.

Nastasia Nichitov Ionescu

Nastasia Nichitov-Ionescu, born 1954 in Maliuc, Romania, is a sprint kayaker who won K4 500 m gold at Los Angeles 1984, placed fourth in the K2 at Montreal 1976 and 1984, and won six world championship medals.

Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski (Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski, born 1961, Berlin) is a German actress, daughter of Klaus Kinski, known for Tess, Paris, Texas, and Cat People, with about 70 screen titles from 1975 to 2022.

Nastia

Nastia (Настя), born Anastasiia Topolska, is a Ukrainian techno DJ, producer, and label owner who became the first Ukrainian BBC Radio 1 resident in 2019 and co-founded Kyiv's Strichka festival.

Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin (Anastasia Liukin, born 1989) is an American artistic gymnast, 2008 Beijing Olympic all-around champion and five-time Olympic medalist, coached by her father Valeri Liukin, later founder of the Nastia Liukin Cup.

Nastik (नास्तिक)

Nastik (नास्तिक), Hindi/Sanskrit for atheist or unbeliever, opposite of aastik; also two Hindi films: I.S. Johar's 1954 partition drama and Pramod Chakravorty's 1983 Amitabh Bachchan action drama.

Nastradamus

Nastradamus: Nas's fourth studio album, released November 23, 1999 on Columbia (CK 63930), rushed out after I Am... session leaks; produced by L.E.S., DJ Premier, Timbaland, Dame Grease; singles "Nastradamus" and "You Owe Me."

Nastran

Nastran (NASA Structural Analysis) is a general-purpose finite element analysis program for structural analysis, developed under NASA sponsorship in the 1960s and released to the public in 1970.

Nástup-Tušimice Coal Mine

The Nástup-Tušimice Coal Mine (Doly Nástup Tušimice) is a surface brown coal mine in the Ústí Region of the Czech Republic, operated by Severočeské doly.

Nasty (Tinashe song)

"Nasty" is a 2024 viral R&B single by Tinashe, lead single of Quantum Baby, produced by Ricky Reed, known for the lyric "Is somebody gonna match my freak?" and peaking at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Nasty C

Nasty C (Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo), South African rapper born 1997 in Durban, known for Bad Hair, Strings and Bling, Def Jam's Zulu Man with Some Power, and independent Tall Racks album Free.

Nasty Crew

Nasty Crew (N.A.S.T.Y., Natural Artistic Sounds Touching You) was an East London grime collective founded in 1999 by Marcus Nasty, Sharky Major and Stormin, known for its Deja Vu FM pirate radio show and members including Kano, Jammer, D Double E and Ghetts.

Nasty Gal

Nasty Gal is an American women's fashion brand founded in 2006 by Sophia Amoruso as an eBay vintage store, grown to about $100 million in sales, bankrupt in 2016, sold to Boohoo for $20 million in 2017 and to WSG Brands for $16 million in 2026.

Nasu Animal Kingdom

Nasu Animal Kingdom (那須どうぶつ王国) is a zoo in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, with about 700 animals of 150 species across indoor Town and open Farm areas, known for close-range exhibits, daily bird and animal shows, and conservation of the Japanese ptarmigan and Tsushima leopard cat.