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Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood (Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, 1938–1981), American actress of Russian immigrant parents, child star of Miracle on 34th Street, three-time Oscar nominee, star of West Side Story; drowned off Catalina Island in 1981.
Natalie Zea
Natalie Zea (born 1975, Texas) is an American actress known for Winona Hawkins on Justified, Eve Harris on La Brea, Robin Parker on The Detour, and Karen Darling on Dirty Sexy Money.
Natalie Zemon Davis
Natalie Zemon Davis (1928–2023) was an American historian of early modern France who pioneered microhistory, wrote The Return of Martin Guerre, and won the 2010 Holberg Prize.
Natalija Lasconova
Natalija Lasconova (Наталья Лащёнова), born 1973 in Jelgava, Soviet artistic gymnast; 1988 Seoul Olympic team gold, 1989 Stuttgart world team gold and all-around silver; later a coach in Ohio.
Natalius Pigai
Natalius Pigai (born 1975, Paniai, Central Papua) is Indonesia's first Minister of Human Rights, inaugurated 21 October 2024 in Prabowo's Red and White Cabinet; formerly a Komnas HAM commissioner (2012–2017) and Papuan rights activist, known for the Rp20 trillion budget request and later controversies.
Nataliya Artyomova
Nataliya Artyomova (Наталья Петровна Артёмова), born 1963, Soviet/Russian middle-distance runner; fifth in the 1988 Olympic 3000 m (8:31.67 PB) and 1991 world-best 1500 m runner.
Nataliya Baranova
Nataliya Baranova (Nataliya Ivanovna Baranova-Masalkina, Наталья Ивановна Баранова), Russian cross-country skier born 1975 in Krivosheino, Tomsk; 2006 Turin Olympic gold medalist in the 4x5 km relay and 2005 World Championships relay silver and 30 km bronze medalist.
Nataliya Bestemyanova
Nataliya Bestemyanova (Наталья Бестемьянова), Soviet ice dancer born 1960 in Moscow; with Andrey Bukin won 1988 Olympic gold, 1984 silver, four World and five European titles, later of Igor Bobrin's Ice Miniature Theatre.
Nataliya Dmytruk
Nataliya Dmytruk (Наталія Дмитрук), Ukrainian sign language interpreter on state TV UT-1 who, in November 2004, signed to deaf viewers that the disputed runoff results were falsified, sparking the Orange Revolution journalists' revolt.
Nataliya Dovhodko
Nataliya Dovhodko is a Ukrainian rower who won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, marking the first Olympic rowing title in the nation's history.
Nataliya Ignatova
Nataliya (Natalya) Ignatova, Наталья Леонидовна Игнатова, Russian sprinter born 1973; 2000 Sydney Olympian in the 100 m and 4x100 m relay, 2002 European Championships relay bronze medallist, personal best 11.12.
Nataliya Ishchenko
Nataliya Sergeyevna Ishchenko (Наталья Сергеевна Ищенко, born 1986, Smolensk) is a retired Russian artistic swimmer with five Olympic golds (2008, 2012, 2016) and 19 world titles, duet partner of Svetlana Romashina; retired 2017.
Nataliya Klimova
Nataliya Klimova (Наталія Климова, née Nazemblo), born 1951 in Mariupol, is a Ukrainian former basketball player for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet Union; Olympic champion 1976, world champion 1971 and 1975, European champion 1972, 1974, 1976.
Nataliya Kuchinskaya
Nataliya Kuchinskaya (Наталья Кучинская), Soviet artistic gymnast born 1949 in Leningrad; 1968 Olympic balance beam and team gold, all-around and floor bronze; 1966 world champion on three events; later a coach in the USA.
Nataliya Kudreva
Nataliya Kudreva (Наталья Алексеевна Кудрева), Soviet volleyball player born 1942 in Krasnodar; gold medalist with the USSR women's team at the 1972 Munich Olympics; played for Dinamo Krasnodar and Burevestnik Leningrad.
Nataliya Kuznetsova
Nataliya Kuznetsova, aka "Amazonka" or "She-Hulk", Russian female bodybuilder and powerlifter born 1991; 2nd at the 2019 IFBB Romania Muscle Fest Pro, with federation-claimed armlifting and bench press records.
Nataliya Lavrova
Nataliya Lavrova (Наталья Александровна Лаврова), Russian rhythmic gymnast, two-time Olympic group gold medalist (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004), four-time world group champion, killed in a 2010 car accident near Penza.
Nataliya Linichuk
Nataliya Linichuk (Наталья Владимировна Линичук), born 1956 in Moscow, Soviet ice dancer; with Gennady Karponosov won 1980 Olympic gold, 1978-79 World titles, then coached champions at University of Delaware.
Nataliya Lisovskaya
Nataliya Lisovskaya (Наталья Лисовская), also Natalia Lisovskaya-Sedykh, Soviet shot putter born 1962; 1988 Olympic and 1987 world champion; her 22.63 m world record from 1987 still stands.
Nataliya Mishkutyonok
Nataliya Mishkutyonok (Наталья Евгеньевна Мишкутёнок), born 1970 in Minsk, is a Russian pair skater who with Artur Dmitriyev won 1992 Olympic gold, 1994 Olympic silver, and two World and two European titles.
Nataliya Nepryayeva
Nataliya Nepryayeva (Terentyeva), born 1995 in Tver, Russian cross-country skier; 2022 Olympic relay champion and skiathlon silver medalist, 2021/22 World Cup overall winner, first Russian woman to win the Tour de Ski, sister of Darya Nepryayeva.
Nataliya Petrusyova
Nataliya Petrusyova (Наталья Петрусёва, later Komarova), Soviet speed skater, 1980 Olympic 1,000 m champion, world all-around champion 1980–1981, world sprint champion 1982, ten world records at Medeo; died 28 November 2025.
Nataliya Popova
Nataliya Popova names several athletes: a Soviet swimmer (born 1958, 1976 Olympics, 200 m butterfly finalist), a Ukrainian figure skater (born 1993, 2014 Olympics), and a Kazakhstani Olympic diver (born 1980).
Nataliya Razumova
Nataliya Razumova (Наталья Разумова), later known as Nataliya Starshova, is a Russian former volleyball player who won a gold medal for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Nataliya Sadova
Nataliya Sadova (Наталья Ивановна Садова, née Kaptyukh), Russian discus thrower born 1972 in Nizhny Novgorod; 2004 Olympic champion (67.02 m), 1996 Olympic silver medallist, personal best 70.02 m, twice suspended for doping.
Nataliya Shaposhnikova
Nataliya Shaposhnikova (Наталья Шапошникова), Soviet artistic gymnast born 1961 in Rostov-on-Don; 1980 Olympic gold in vault and team, bronze on beam and floor; namesake of the Shaposhnikova bars transition; not the actress, doctor, or swimmer of the same name.
Nataliya Skakun
Nataliya Skakun (Наталія Скакун), Ukrainian weightlifter born 1981; won 63 kg gold at Athens 2004 (242.5 kg total), 7th at Sydney 2000, 2003 world champion, last Ukrainian Olympic weightlifting winner.
Nataliya Snytina
Nataliya Snytina (Наталья Снытина, born 1971, Zlatoust) is a Russian biathlete who won gold in the women's relay at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics after one World Cup season, then retired.
Nataliya Sokolova
Nataliya Sokolova (Наталья Дмитриевна Соколова, née Kulichkova), born 1949 in Moscow, Soviet 400 m sprinter; 1976 Olympic 4x400 m relay bronze medallist and 1974 European relay bronze medallist.
Nataliya Vorobyova
Nataliya Vorobyova (Наталья Витальевна Воробьёва), Russian freestyle wrestler born 1991 in Tulun; 2012 Olympic 72 kg champion, first Russian women's wrestling gold, 2016 silver, world champion 2015 and 2019, retired 2024.