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Nathamuni
Nathamuni (நாதமுனி), also Sri Ranganathamuni, was a Vaishnava acharya of Srirangam, first of the Sri Vaishnava acharyas, who recovered the 4,000 Tamil Divya Prabandham hymns.
Nathan "Nearest" Green
Nathan "Nearest" Green (c. 1820, Maryland), also called Uncle Nearest, was the first known African-American master distiller, taught Jack Daniel the Lincoln County Process, and became Jack Daniel Distillery's first master distiller, honored today by Uncle Nearest whiskey.
Nathan (Babylonian exilarch)
Nathan de-Ẓuẓita, also rendered Nathan 'Uḳban, was a Babylonian exilarch, head of the Jewish community under the Sasanian Empire, dated to about 370–400; his parentage and succession are disputed.
Nathan (prophet)
Nathan, also called Nathan the Prophet, was a prophet at King David's court in the tenth century BCE who confronted David over Bathsheba with the parable of the ewe lamb and helped secure Solomon's succession.
Nathan A. Ellis
Nathan A. Ellis is an American molecular geneticist at the University of Arizona known for his work leading to the cloning of BLM, the Bloom's syndrome gene.
Nathan Adrian
Nathan Adrian, American sprint freestyle swimmer from Bremerton, Washington; three-time Olympian with eight Olympic medals including 2012 100m freestyle gold; 16 world championship medals; Cal-Berkeley graduate.
Nathan Aké
Nathan Aké (born 1995) is a Dutch left-footed centre-back and left-back. Chelsea academy product, Bournemouth (£20m), Manchester City (£41m, 177 games, 12 trophies, 2023 treble), Fenerbahçe since 2026; 62 Netherlands caps.
Nathan Alterman
Nathan Alterman (Hebrew: נתן אלתרמן; 1910–1970) was an Israeli poet born in Warsaw, whose weekly rhymed column The Seventh Column made him an unofficial national poet.
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall, "The Asp" (born 1991), English PDC darts player from Stockport; UK Open 2019 and World Matchplay 2023 winner, £2.8m career prize money, 2019/2020 World Championship semi-finalist.
Nathan B. Talbot
Nathan B. Talbot (1909–1994) was an American pediatric endocrinologist who built one of the first pediatric endocrine programs in the United States, at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Nathan Bacheler
Nathan Bacheler is an American research fishery biologist at NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center, coordinating a reef fish survey and receiving the 2013 Presidential Early Career Award.
Nathan Barley
Nathan Barley: 2005 Channel 4 sitcom by Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker, from the TV Go Home character, satirizing Shoreditch media hipsters; a ratings flop that became shorthand for influencer-era idiocy.
Nathan Barnatt
Nathan Barnatt (born 1981, Milford, Massachusetts) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker known for YouTube characters Keith Apicary (Talking Classics) and Dad, Skittles spokesman Trale Lewous, physical comedy, and his 22-second Creator Clash boxing knockout.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877), Confederate cavalry general and slave trader, rose from private to lieutenant general, led the Fort Pillow massacre of April 1864, and served as the Ku Klux Klan's first Grand Wizard, a leadership role modern scholarship disputes.
Nathan Bedford Forrest III
Nathan Bedford Forrest III (1905–1943) was a U.S. Army Air Forces brigadier general and great-grandson of Nathan Bedford Forrest, killed during a 1943 bombing raid on Kiel, Germany.
Nathan Blecharczyk
Nathan Blecharczyk is an American engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Airbnb in 2008, hand-coded its original website, served as chief technology officer, and later became Chief Strategy Officer.
Nathan Boyles
Nathan Boyles is an American politician and Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 3rd district, won in a June 2025 special election.
Nathan Buckley
Nathan Buckley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played 280 AFL games for Brisbane and Collingwood, captaining Collingwood and winning the 2003 Brownlow Medal.
Nathan C. Gianneschi
Nathan C. Gianneschi is an Australian-born chemist and the Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor at Northwestern University, working on programmable polymeric nanomaterials and enzyme-responsive drug delivery.
Nathan Carter
Nathan Carter, Irish country singer born 1990 in Liverpool to Newry, County Down parents; his 2012 cover of Wagon Wheel topped the Irish charts and he has recorded 13 studio albums with multiple Irish number ones.
Nathan Cavaleri
Nathan Cavaleri, Australian blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist; child prodigy signed to Michael Jackson's MJJ Records in 1994 amid a Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna bidding war; returned after anxiety battles with albums Demons and Miracles.
Nathan Chen
Nathan Chen (b. May 5, 1999, Salt Lake City) is an American figure skater, 2022 Olympic champion in singles and team event, three-time world champion, and record-setting quadruple jumper; Yale class of 2024.
Nathan Church
Nathan Michael Church (born 2000) is an American MLB centerfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals; drafted 11th round 2022 from UC Irvine, debuted August 17, 2025, career .239 average with 11 home runs through 2026.
Nathan Cleary
Nathan Cleary (born 1997, Sydney) is an Australian rugby league halfback and captain of the Penrith Panthers, NRL debut 2016; multiple premierships, Clive Churchill Medals 2021 and 2023, Dally M Halfback of the Year 2020, 2021, 2025, Penrith's all-time leading point-scorer.
Nathan Cleverly
Nathan Cleverly, Welsh boxer nicknamed "Clev", WBO light-heavyweight champion 2011-2013 and WBA champion 2016-2017; lost title fights to Kovalev and Badou Jack, retiring in 2017.
Nathan Cofnas
Nathan Cofnas (born 1987), American philosopher of biology and ethics, Cambridge Leverhulme Fellow 2022–2025, now at Ghent University; known for race-difference writings, the Kevin MacDonald debate, and the Jason Arday plagiarism allegations.
Nathan Cohen
Nathan Cohen (rower), Nathan Phillip Cohen, New Zealand sculler who won Olympic gold in the men's double sculls with Joseph Sullivan at London 2012 and world titles in 2010 and 2011, after finishing fourth at Beijing 2008 with Rob Waddell.
Nathan Collins
Nathan Michael Collins (born 2001, Leixlip) is an Irish centre-back and Brentford club captain since August 2025, a Republic of Ireland international, and a £23m club-record Brentford signing who played every minute of the 2024/25 Premier League season.
Nathan Cummings
Nathan Cummings (1896–1985) was a Canadian-born American businessman who founded Consolidated Foods, the company renamed Sara Lee Corporation in 1985, and was a noted art collector.
Nathan D. Grubaugh
Nathan D. Grubaugh is an American virologist and genomic epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health who sequences virus genomes to track outbreaks of Zika, dengue, and COVID-19.