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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: Nichiren to Nyerere, Julius Kambarage.
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Nichiren (personage)
Nicholas I (czar of Russia)
Nicholas II (Russian Czar)
Nicholas of Cusa (German scholar, scientist, statesman/stateswoman & philosopher)
Nicholas, Saint (Greek-Italian-Russian-Asia Minor theologian)
Nichols, Mike (German-born American stage and film director)
Nicholson, Ben (English painter)
Nicias (Ancient Greek politician & military leader)
Nicklaus, Jack William (American golfer)
Nicolet, Jean (French-Canadian-American explorer)
Nicolson, Harold George, Sir (English non-fiction writer, historian & statesman/stateswoman)
Niebuhr, Barthold George (German historian)
Niebuhr, Reinhold (Theologian)
Niemeyer, Oscar (Brazilian architect)
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (German philosopher)
Nightingale, Florence (Nurse / Activist)
Nijinsky, Vaslav (Russian ballet dancer)
Nilsson, Birgit (Swedish musician)
Nimitz, Chester William (Sailor / World War II Figure)
Nimrod (in the Old Testament)
Nin, Anaïs (Writer)
Nirenberg, Marshall Warren (American biochemist)
Nixon, Richard Milhous (37th U.S. President)
Nkrumah, Kwame (Ghanaian president & politician)
Noah (Bible)
Nobel, Alfred Bernhard (Industrialist)
Nobile, Umberto (Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer)
Noel-Baker, Philip John (English politician)
Noguchi, Hideyo (Japanese microbiologist)
Noguchi, Isamu (American sculptor)
Nolde, Emile (German painter and printmaker)
Nordenskjöld, Nils Adolf Erik, Baron (Swedish geologist & explorer)
Norgay, Tenzing (Sherpa guide)
Noriega, Manuel Antonio (Panamanian general)
Norman, Jessye (American musician)
Norris, Benjamin Franklin Jr. (American novelist)
Norris, George William (American politician)
North, Frederick (English statesman/stateswoman)
Northrop, John Howard (American biochemist)
Norton, Charles Eliot (American scholar & educator)
Nostradamus (Physician / Prognosticator)
Noyes, John Humphrey (American politician & sociologist)
Nureyev, Rudolf Hametovich (Russian ballet dancer)
Nurmi, Paavo (Finnish athlete)
Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane (German geneticist & biologist)
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage (Tanzanian president & politician)