Authors by N

Friedrich Nietzsche 655

German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and cl… 1844–1900

Vladimir Nabokov 193

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor 1899–1977

Isaac Newton 171

British physicist and mathematician and founder of modern c… 1643–1727

Pablo Neruda 136

Chilean poet 1904–1973

Jawaharlal Nehru 110

Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister … 1889–1964

Novalis 102

German poet and writer 1772–1801

Anaïs Nin 278

writer of novels, short stories, and erotica 1903–1977

Reinhold Niebuhr 65

American protestant theologian 1892–1971

John Henry Newman 37

English cleric and cardinal 1801–1890

V.S. Naipaul 34

Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Nepalese ancestry 1932–2018

Paul Nitze	American government official	1907–2004
Sister Nivedita	Scots-Irish social worker, au…	1867–1911
David Niven	English actor and novelist	1910–1983
Larry Niven	American writer	1938
Garth Nix	Australian fantasy writer	1963
Cynthia Nixon	American actress	1966
Joan Lowery Nixon	American children's writer an…	1927–2003
Richard Nixon	37th President of the United …	1913–1994
Hasan Nizami	Persian language poet and his…
Louis Nizer	American lawyer	1902–1994
Joshua Nkomo	Zimbabwean politician	1917–1999
Kwame Nkrumah	Pan Africanist and First Prim…	1909–1972
Genevieve Nnaji	Nigerian actress, producer, a…	1979
Joakim Noah	American–French basketball pl…	1985
Trevor Noah	South African comedian	1984
Eli Noam	professor of Finance and Econ…	1946
David Nobbs	British author and scriptwrit…	1935–2015
Alfred Nobel	Swedish chemist, innovator, a…	1833–1896
Elizabeth Noble	British novelist	1968
Albert Jay Nock	American journalist	1870–1945
Charles Nodier	French author	1780–1844
Roden Noel	English poet	1834–1894
Alyson Nöel	writer	1965
Kristi Noem	South Dakota politician	1971
Noemi	Italian singer, screenwriter …	1982
Emmy Noether	German mathematician	1882–1935
Albert Nolan	South African priest and acti…	1934
Christopher Nolan	British–American film directo…	1970
Han Nolan	American children's writer	1956
Jonathan Nolan	British-American screenwriter…	1976
Kenneth Noland	American artist	1924–2010
Emil Nolde	German artist	1867–1956
Ernst Nolte	German historian and philosop…	1923–2016
Shibli Nomani	Indian scholar	1857–1914
Ikujiro Nonaka	Japanese business theorist	1935
Günter Nooke	German politician	1959
Jeff Noon	British writer	1957
Peggy Noonan	American author and journalist	1950
Oodgeroo Noonuccal	Aboriginal Australian poet, a…	1920–1993
George Noory	Talk Radio Host	1950
Cees Nooteboom	Dutch writer	1933
Indra Nooyi	Indian-born, naturalized Amer…	1955
Johan Norberg	author	1973
Gyaincain Norbu	Tibetan religious leader, Tib…	1990
Lewis Nordan	American writer	1939–2012
Denis Norden	British comedy scriptwriter a…	1922–2018
William D. Nordhaus	American economist	1941
Jay Nordlinger	American journalist	1963
Natalia Nordman	Russian author	1863–1914
Kjell A. Nordström	Economist, writer, public spe…	1958
Mark Norell	American paleontologist	1957
Diana Norman	British author and journalist	1933–2011
Donald A. Norman	American academic	1935
Jessye Norman	American opera singer	1945–2019
John Norman	philosophy professor, author …	1931
Marc Norman	Screenwriter	1941
Marsha Norman	American playwright, screenwr…	1947
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby	English poet and notable Tory…	1648–1721
Peter de Noronha	Indian businessman	1897–1970
Grover Norquist	Conservative Lobbyist	1956
Chuck Norris	American martial artist and a…	1940
David Norris	Irish scholar, independent Se…	1944
John Norris	English theologian, philosoph…	1657–1711
Kathleen Norris	American writer	1880–1966
Douglass C. North	American Economist	1920–2015
Marianne North	English biologist and botanic…	1830–1890
Oliver North	US Marine Corps lieutenant co…	1943
Roger North
Ryan North	Canadian webcomic writer and …	1980
Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne	British rower, agriculturalis…	1896–1982
James Northcote	English painter	1746–1831
Solomon Northup	free-born African American ki…	1808–1863
Andre Norton	American writer of science fi…	1912–2005
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton	English feminist, social refo…	1808–1877
Charles Eliot Norton	American art historian	1827–1908
David L. Norton	American philosopher	1930–1995
David P. Norton	American business theorist, b…	1941
Edward Norton	american actor	1969
Eleanor Holmes Norton	non-voting Delegate to to the…	1937
Emperor Norton	Self-proclaimed Emperor of th…	1811–1880
Mary Norton	English children's writer	1903–1992
Harald V of Norway	King of Norway	1937
Julian of Norwich	English theologian and anchor…	1342–1416
Brandy Norwood	American singer and actress	1979
Reed Noss		1952
Nostradamus	French apothecary and reputed…	1503–1566
Laurie Notaro	American writer
Amélie Nothomb	Belgian francophone writer	1967
Alice Notley	American poet	1945
Rachel Notley	17th Premier of Alberta	1964
Thomas Notley	American politician	1634–1679
Lynn Nottage	American playwright	1964
Henri Nouwen	Dutch priest and writer	1932–1996
Pierre Lecomte du Noüy	French philosopher	1883–1947
George Novack	American politician	1905–1992
Brenda Novak	American Author	1964
Kim Novak	American actress	1933
Michael Novak	American theologian, philosop…	1933–2017
Josip Novakovich	Canadian writer	1956
Novalis	German poet and writer	1772–1801