| Henry Newbolt | English poet and writer | 1862–1938 |
| Simon Newcomb | American astronomer | 1835–1909 |
| Allen Newell | American cognitive scientist | 1927–1992 |
| Gabe Newell | American computer programmer … | 1962 |
| Adrian Newey | British Formula One engineer | 1958 |
| Bob Newhart | American stand-up comedian an… | 1929 |
| Flower A. Newhouse | American mystic | 1909–1994 |
| Ingrid Newkirk | British-American activist | 1949 |
| Barnett Newman | American artist | 1905–1970 |
| Cathy Newman | journalist | 1974 |
| Emma Newman | British author and podcaster | 1976 |
| Francis William Newman | | |
| John Henry Newman | English cleric and cardinal | 1801–1890 |
| Kim Newman | English novelist | 1959 |
| Paul Newman | American actor and film direc… | 1925–2008 |
| Peter C. Newman | Canadian journalist | 1929 |
| Robert Newman | British comedian, born 1964 | 1964 |
| Julie Newmar | American actress | 1933 |
| Craig Newmark | American entrepreneur and Cra… | 1952 |
| Peter Newmark | English translation scholar | 1916–2011 |
| Cal Newport | American computer scientist | 1982 |
| Joanna Newsom | American musician | 1982 |
| Helmut Newton | German-Australian photographer | 1920–2004 |
| Huey P. Newton | Co-founder of the Black Panth… | 1942–1989 |
| Isaac Newton | British physicist and mathema… | 1643–1727 |
| John Newton | Anglican clergyman and hymn-w… | 1725–1807 |
| Thandie Newton | English actress | 1972 |
| Virgil Miller Newton | American priest | 1938 |
| Jerzy Neyman | Polish statistician | 1894–1981 |
| Aimee Nezhukumatathil | American writer | 1974 |
| Vítězslav Nezval | Czech poet, writer and transl… | 1900–1958 |
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| Celeste Ng | American novelist | 1980 |
| Linh Nga | American-Vietnamese film dire… | 1982 |
| Édouard Ngirente | Prime Minister of the Republi… | 1973 |
| Andy Ngo | American conservative journal… | 1986 |
| Denis Sassou Nguesso | President of the Republic of … | 1943 |
| Thao Nguyen | American singer-songwriter | 1984 |
| Viet Thanh Nguyen | American author of fiction | 1971 |
| Madame Nhu | First lady of South Vietnam | 1924–2011 |
| Kathy Niakan | Developmental biologist | 1977 |
| Hugh Nibley | Religious scholar | 1910–2005 |
| Jae Nichelle | | |
| George Nicholas | American lawyer | 1754–1799 |
| David Nicholls | British writer | 1966 |
| Aidan Nichols | British theologian | 1948 |
| Beverley Nichols | Author, playwright, journalis… | 1898–1983 |
| Johanna Nichols | American linguist | 1945 |
| Nichelle Nichols | American actress, singer and … | 1932 |
| Ben Nicholson | British painter | 1894–1982 |
| George Nicholson | British anarchist and author | 1760–1825 |
| Jack Nicholson | American actor, film director… | 1937 |
| William Nicholson | British screenwriter, playwri… | 1948 |
| Jack Nicklaus | American golfer | 1940 |
| Stevie Nicks | American singer and songwrite… | 1948 |
| Nico | German musician, model and ac… | 1938–1988 |
| Jayde Nicole | Canadian model, Playboy's Pla… | 1986 |
| Pierre Nicole | French Jansenists | 1625–1695 |
| James Nicoll | Canadian fiction reviewer | 1961 |
| Harold Nicolson | British diplomat, author, dia… | 1886–1968 |
| Nicomachus | Ancient Greek mathematician | 60–120 |
| H. Richard Niebuhr | American theologian | 1894–1962 |
| Reinhold Niebuhr | American protestant theologian | 1892–1971 |
| Galt Niederhoffer | American writer | 1975 |
| Jürg Niehans | Swiss economist | 1919–2007 |
| Carl Nielsen | | |
| Michael Nielsen | Australian and Canadian physi… | 1974 |
| Oscar Niemeyer | Brazilian architect | 1907–2012 |
| Martin Niemöller | German anti-Nazi theologian a… | 1892–1984 |
| Enrique Peña Nieto | 57th President of Mexico | 1966 |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | German philosopher, poet, com… | 1844–1900 |
| Peter van Nieuwenhuizen | Dutch physicist | 1938 |
| Audrey Niffenegger | American writer, artist and a… | 1963 |
| Earl Nightingale | American motivational speaker | 1921–1989 |
| Florence Nightingale | English social reformer and s… | 1820–1910 |
| Pahlaj Nihalani | | |
| Sauli Niinistö | 12th president of Finland | 1948 |
| Ville Niinistö | Finnish politician | 1976 |
| Vaslav Nijinsky | Russian ballet dancer and cho… | 1889–1950 |
| Maria Nikiforova | Revolutionary, anarchist | 1885–1919 |
| Ivan Kostov Nikolov | Bulgarian mineralogist | 1913–2004 |
| Dennis Nilsen | British serial killer | 1945–2018 |
| Chester W. Nimitz | United States Navy fleet admi… | 1885–1966 |
| Jenny Nimmo | British author of children's … | 1944 |
| Leonard Nimoy | American actor, film director… | 1931–2015 |
| Aron Nimzowitsch | chess player and theoretician | 1886–1935 |
| Anaïs Nin | writer of novels, short stori… | 1903–1977 |
| Isaac of Nineveh | Eastern Orthodox saint | 640–700 |
| Jacques Ninio | French biologist | 1942 |
| Niniola | Nigerian singer-songwriter | 1986 |
| Sangeeta Niranjan | Fijian businesswoman | |
| Robert De Niro | American actor, director and … | 1943 |
| Attar of Nishapur | Persian Sufi poet | 1145–1230 |
| Lane Nishikawa | American actor and filmmaker | |
| Keiji Nishitani | Japanese philosopher | 1900–1990 |
| Rafiq Nishonov | Soviet politician | 1926–2023 |
| Abdur Rab Nishtar | Pakistani politician | 1899–1958 |
| Nithyananda | Indian guru | 1978 |
| Francesco Saverio Nitti | Italian economist and politic… | 1868–1953 |
| Bhagawan Nityananda | Hindu guru and saint | 1897–1961 |
