Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich to Newton, Sir Isaac.

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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich (Writer/Lepidopterist)
Nadar (French photographer & writer)
Nader, Ralph (Activist/Political Figure)
Nahum (Hebrew prophet of the seventh century)
Naismith, James (American basketball player)
Nanak (Indian religious leader)
Nansen, Fridtjof (Norwegian explorer, scientist, statesman & sociologist)
Naomi (in the Old Testament)
Naphtali (Bible)
Napier, John (Scottish mathematician)
Napoleon I (Emperor of France)
Napoleon II (French personage)
Napoleon III (French president & emperor)
Narváez, Pánfilo de (Spanish conquistador)
Nash, Thomas (English writer)
Nasser, Gamal Abdel (Egyptian military leader, politician & statesman)
Nast, Thomas (Cartoonist)
Nathan (in the Old Testament)
Nathan, George Jean (American editor, dramatist & critic)
Nathans, Daniel (American microbiologist)
Natta, Giulio (Italian chemist)
Navratilova, Martina (Tennis Player)
Nazimova, Alla (Russian-American actress)
Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonian king)
Necker, Jacques (French financier & statesman)
Nefertari (Queen of Egypt)
Nefertiti (Ancient Egyptian queen)
Nehemiah (persons in the Bible)
Neher, Erwin (German physicist)
Nehru, Pandit Motilal (Indian statesman)
Neilson, William Allan (American educator)
Nelson, Horatio (Sailor / Military Leader)
Neri, Saint Philip (Italian politician)
Nernst, Walther Hermann (German physicist & chemist)
Nero (Emperor)
Neruda, Pablo (Poet / Political Figure)
Nervi, Pier Luigi (Italian architect & engineer)
Nesbit, E(dith) (British writer of children's books)
Nestorius (Syrian-born patriarch of Constantinople)
Netanyahu, Benjamin (Prime Minister of Israel)
Neumann, John von (American mathematician)
Nevelson, Louise (American sculptor)
Newhouse, S(amuel) I(rving) (American publisher)
Newman, John Henry (Clergyman / Orator)
Newton, Sir Isaac (Scientist)