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Nate Boyer
Nate Boyer is a retired Army Green Beret who became an NFL long snapper with Seattle in 2015 at 34 and co-founded Merging Vets & Players.
Nate Vance
Nate Vance, retired U.S. Marine and first cousin of Vice President JD Vance, fought nearly three years (2022–January 2025) in Ukraine's Da Vinci Wolves battalion at Bakhmut and Pokrovsk, then publicly criticized the Trump administration's Ukraine policy.
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 F. Twining
Nathan Farragut Twining (1897–1982), American Air Force general; commanded the 13th, 15th, and 20th Air Forces in World War II; Air Force Chief of Staff 1953–57; third and first Air Force Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1957–60; created the SIOP nuclear planning system.
Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale (1755-1776), American Revolutionary War captain and spy, volunteered for Washington's first espionage mission, was captured on Long Island, and hanged September 22, 1776; his famous last words are unverified.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) was a major general of the Continental Army, quartermaster general, and commander of the Southern Department 1780-82, whose Carolinas campaign regained Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina from the British.
Nathaniel Fick
Nathaniel Fick, Marine captain and author of One Bullet Away, led First Recon platoon in Iraq 2003; later CNAS CEO, Endgame CEO, and first U.S. cyber ambassador 2022-2025.
Nathaniel Lyon
Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), Union brigadier general in the Civil War, seized Camp Jackson in St. Louis, drove Missouri's pro-Confederate governor from Jefferson City, and was the first Union general killed in battle, at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861.
Nathuram Godse (नथूराम विनायक गोडसे)
Nathuram Godse (नथूराम विनायक गोडसे), born Ramachandra Vinayak Godse in 1910, was a Hindu Mahasabha and RSS-linked activist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January 1948 and was hanged in 1949.
Nauman Zakariya
Nauman Zakariya (Nauman Zakaria) is a Pakistan Army lieutenant general, Armoured Corps, who commanded I Corps (Mangla)/Central Command from May 2024 and headed the Army Rocket Force Command; false 2025 rumors named him army chief.
Nawaf al-Hazmi
Nawaf al-Hazmi was a Saudi member of al Qaeda and a hijacker on American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Nawruz
Nawruz, also Nowruz, was a Mongol emir who ruled Khorasan, rebelled twice against the Ilkhanate, helped Ghazan Khan take power and convert to Islam, and was executed in 1297.
Ne Myo Thihapate
Ne Myo Thihapate (နေမျိုး သီဟပတေ့) was a Burmese general of the Konbaung dynasty who led the northern army in King Hsinbyushin's invasion of Siam, which destroyed Ayutthaya in 1767.
Neera Arya (नीरा आर्या)
Neera Arya (नीरा आर्या, 1902–1998), soldier in the INA's Rani of Jhansi Regiment and popularly the Azad Hind Fauj's first woman spy; killed her CID Inspector husband to protect Subhas Chandra Bose, spied for the INA in Burma, and was imprisoned in Cellular Jail.
Nelson Stepanyan
Nelson Stepanyan (Նելսոն Ստեփանյան, 1913–1944) was a Soviet naval assault pilot of Armenian origin who flew Il-2 aircraft in World War II and was twice a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Netaji Palkar (नेतोजी पालकर)
Netaji Palkar (नेतोजी पालकर), also known as Muhammed Kuli Khan during Mughal captivity, was Shivaji's senior cavalry commander, called the second Shivaji, and was readmitted to Hinduism by prayashchit rites on 19 June 1676 after ten years in Delhi.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
Nguyen Cao Ky (Nguyễn Cao Kỳ), South Vietnamese air force general, prime minister 1965–1967 and vice president 1967–1971 under Nguyen Van Thieu; fled Saigon by helicopter in 1975, ran a liquor store in California, and returned to Vietnam in 2004.
Nguyễn Chí Thanh
Nguyễn Chí Thanh, born Nguyễn Vịnh (1914–1967), was a Vietnamese Senior General who led the General Political Department and then commanded the war in South Vietnam from 1964.
Nguyễn Hữu Cầu
Nguyễn Hữu Cầu (c. 1712 to 1751), popularly known as Quận He, was a Vietnamese peasant rebel who led a major uprising in northern Vietnam from 1741 to 1751.
Nguyễn Ngọc Loan
Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930–1998), South Vietnamese brigadier general and National Police chief, executed Viet Cong suspect Nguyễn Văn Lém in Saigon on February 1, 1968; Eddie Adams's Pulitzer-winning photo made the moment iconic.
Nguyễn Thiện Thuật
Nguyễn Thiện Thuật (1844–1926, courtesy name Mạnh Hiếu) was a Vietnamese mandarin and insurgent leader who headed the Bãi Sậy uprising against French colonization from 1883 to 1892.
Nguyễn Trung Trực
Nguyễn Trung Trực, born Nguyễn Văn Lịch (阮忠直), was a Vietnamese insurgent leader who fought the French conquest of Cochinchina from 1861 to his execution in 1868.
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Nguyen Van Thieu (Nguyễn Văn Thiệu), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese general and president of the Republic of Vietnam 1967–1975; led the Second Republic, signed the 1973 Paris agreement under pressure, resigned and fled days before the fall of Saigon, and died in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
Nhlanhla Sibusiso Mkhwanazi, KwaZulu-Natal SAPS Provincial Commissioner, held the 6 July 2025 Durban briefing alleging syndicate infiltration, prompting the Madlanga Commission and Mchunu's suspension.
Nicholas Alkemade
Nicholas Stephen Alkemade (1922–1987), RAF rear gunner of 115 Squadron, survived an 18,000 ft free fall without a parachute from his burning Lancaster Werewolf over Germany on 24/25 March 1944, landing in pine trees and snow with only a sprained knee, then endured three postwar chemical-plant accidents.
Nicholas Dockery
Nicholas Dockery (born 1981, Indianapolis) is a retired U.S. Army major and Medal of Honor recipient honored in 2026 for his 2012 Kapisa Province, Afghanistan ambush actions; a two-time Silver Star Special Forces officer and West Point 2011 graduate.
Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon
Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon (1930–1985), Viscount Eden, British Army officer and Conservative minister under Margaret Thatcher; son of Prime Minister Anthony Eden; died unmarried, so the earldom became extinct.
Nicholas Irving
Nicholas Irving, nicknamed "The Reaper", is a former US Army Ranger sniper of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, known for a claimed 33 kills in 100 days in Afghanistan, the memoir The Reaper, and Fox's American Grit.
Nick Carter (British Army officer)
General Sir Nick Carter (Nicholas Patrick Carter) is a retired British Army officer who led the Army 2020 restructuring, served as Chief of the General Staff 2014 to 2018, and was Chief of the Defence Staff from June 2018 to November 2021.
Nick Cowley
Nick Cowley (Nicholas David Guise Cowley, born 1978) is a British Army major general, GOC Army Individual Training Command and Commandant RMAS; ex-Queen's Royal Hussars and 16 Air Assault Brigade commander, OBE, founder of The Talent Tap.