 | | Vladimir Nabokov | Novelist | Lolita | 1899 | 1977 |
 | | Jim Nabors | Actor | Gomer Pyle | 1930 | |
 | | Rafael Nadal | Tennis | Winner of four French Opens | 1986 | |
| | | Ralph Nader | Activist | Unsafe at Any Speed | 1934 | |
| | | Nadine Velazquez | Actor | My Name Is Earl | 1978 | |
| | | Kent Nagano | Conductor | Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal | 1951 | |
 | | Sarojini Naidu | Activist | The Nightingale of India | 1879 | 1949 |
 |  | V. S. Naipaul | Author | A House for Mr. Biswas | 1932 | |
| | | Joe Namath | Football | Football player and pantyhose wearer | 1943 | |
 | | Conlon Nancarrow | Composer | Studies for Player Piano | 1912 | 1997 |
| | | Ray Nance | Jazz Musician | Duke Ellington orchestra | 1913 | 1976 |
| | | Phil Napoleon | Jazz Musician | Jazz trumpeter and bandleader | 1901 | 1990 |
 | | Eduard Nápravník | Composer | Czech conductor and composer | 1839 | 1916 |
| | | R. K. Narayan | Author | Swami and Friends | 1906 | 2001 |
 | | Pietro Nardini | Composer | Italian composer and violinist. | 1722 | 1793 |
| | | Luis de Narváez | Composer | Spanish composer | 1500 | 1555 |
| | | Graham Nash | Musician | Crosby, Stills, and Nash | 1942 | |
| | | Johnny Nash | Singer | I Can See Clearly Now | 1940 | |
| | | Ogden Nash | Poet | Best known for writing pithy and funny light verse | 1902 | 1971 |
| | | George Jean Nathan | Author | American Mercury | 1882 | 1958 |
| | | Carry Nation | Activist | Temperance crusader | 1846 | 1911 |
| | | Joe Natus | Singer | | 1860 | 1917 |
| | | Dave Navarro | Musician | | 1967 | |
| | | Martina Navratilova | Tennis | Nine-time Wimbledon winner | 1956 | |
| | | Gloria Naylor | Novelist | The Women of Brewster Place | 1950 | |
 | | Ernesto Nazareth | Composer | Noted for his creative tango and Choro composition | 1863 | 1934 |
 | | Meshell Ndegeocello | Singer | R&B singer and bassist | 1969 | |
| | | Patricia Neal | Actor | The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1926 | |
 | | Liam Neeson | Actor | | 1952 | |
| |  | Pola Negri | Actor | Silent film diva | 1894 | 1987 |
| | | Chuck Negron | Singer | Three Dog Night | 1942 | |
| | | Nicholas Negroponte | Columnist | | 1943 | |
| | | Jawaharlal Nehru | Head of State | First Prime Minister of India | 1889 | 1964 |
| | | Neidhart von Reuental | Musician | German minnesingers | 1210 | 1240 |
| | | Neidhart von Reuenthal | Musician | Meienzît (May Time) | 1180 | 1237 |
| | | Fred Neil | Musician | Blues and folk singer and songwriter | 1936 | 2001 |
| | | A. S. Neill | Educator | Founder of Summerhill school | 1883 | 1973 |
 | | Sam Neill | Actor | Reilly, Ace of Spies | 1947 | |
| | | Vaclav Nelhybel | Composer | Composer for student performers | 1919 | 1996 |
| | | Barry Nelson | Actor | Yank on the Burma Road | 1920 | 2007 |
| | | Craig T. Nelson | Actor | Coach Hayden Fox on Coach | 1946 | |
| | | David Nelson | Actor | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | 1936 | |
| | | Horatio Nelson | Military | Most celebrated British admiral | 1758 | 1805 |
| | | Oliver Nelson | Jazz Musician | The Blues and the Abstract Truth | 1932 | 1975 |
| | | Ozzie Nelson | Actor | | 1906 | 1975 |
| | | Rick Nelson | Musician | I'm Walkin' | 1940 | 1985 |
| | | Ron Nelson | Composer | Rocky Point Holiday | 1929 | |
| | | Willie Nelson | Country Musician | The red-headed stranger | 1933 | |
| | | Howard Nemerov | Poet | Howard Nemerov | 1920 | 1991 |
| | | Alberto Nepomuceno | Composer | | 1864 | 1920 |
 | | Pablo Neruda | Poet | Residencia en la Tierra | 1904 | 1973 |
 | | Gérard de Nerval | Poet | French romantic poet | 1808 | 1855 |
| | | Michael Nesmith | Musician | The Monkees | 1942 | |
| | | Anna Netrebko | Singer | Sopravo | 1971 | |
| | | Al Neuharth | Journalist | Founder of USA Today | 1924 | |
 | | Heinrich Neuhaus | Pianist | Soviet pianist and pedagogue | 1888 | 1964 |
| |  | John von Neumann | Scientist | Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory | 1903 | 1957 |
| | | Bebe Neuwirth | Actor | | 1958 | |
| | | Louise Nevelson | Sculptor | Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor | 1889 | 1988 |
| | | Ginette Neveu | Violinist | Child prodigy - World class violinist | 1919 | 1949 |
| | | Dorothy Nevill | Author | History, travel and memoir writer. | 1826 | 1913 |
| | | Cyril Neville | Musician | One of the Neville Brothers | 1948 | |
| | | Ethelbert Nevin | Composer | Narcissus | 1862 | 1901 |
| | | Bob Newhart | Actor | The Bob Newhart Show | 1929 | |
| | | Anthony Newley | Actor | Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist | 1931 | 1999 |
| | | Alfred Newman | Film/TV Music Composer | How the West Was Won | 1900 | 1970 |
| | | Barry Newman | Actor | Petrocelli | 1938 | |
| | | Ernest Newman | Critic | English music critic | 1868 | 1959 |
| | | John Henry Cardinal Newman | Religion | Oxford Movement | 1801 | 1890 |
| | | Paul Newman | Actor | Salad dressing magnate | 1925 | 2008 |
| | | Randy Newman | Songwriter | I Love L.A., Short People | 1943 | |
| | | Julie Newmar | Actor | The first Catwoman | 1933 | |
| | | Tommy Newsom | Musician | Saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra | 1929 | 2007 |
| | | A. Edward Newton | Author | A Magnificent Farce | 1863 | 1940 |
| | | Helmut Newton | Photographer | Celebrity photographer | 1920 | 2004 |
| | | Huey Newton | Activist | Black Panther | 1942 | 1989 |
| | | Isaac Newton | Physicist | Father of modern physics | 1643 | 1727 |
| | | John Newton | Religion | Amazing Grace | 1725 | 1807 |
| | | Wayne Newton | Singer | Top Las Vegas act | 1942 | |
 | | Olivia Newton-John | Singer | Grease | 1948 | |
| | | Niccolò da Perugia | Composer | Squarcialupi Codex | 1375 | 1375 |
| | | Nicholas I of Russia | Royalty | Tsar of Russia, 1825-55 | 1796 | 1855 |
| | | Beverley Nichols | Actor | Down the Garden Path | 1898 | 1983 |
| | | John S. Nichols | Educator | | 0000 | |
| | | Mike Nichols | Film Director | Primary Colors | 1931 | |
| | | Red Nichols | Jazz Musician | American jazz cornettist. | 1905 | 1965 |
| | | Jack Nicholson | Actor | The Shining, Chinatown | 1937 | |
| | | Stevie Nicks | Singer | Fleetwood Mac | 1948 | |
| | | Carl Otto Nicolai | Composer | | 1810 | 1849 |
| | | Harold Nicolson | Author | Portrait of a Marriage | 1886 | 1968 |
 | | Nicomachus of Gerasa | Mathematician | Introduction to Arithmetic | 0060 | 0120 |
 | | Abu Nidal | Terrorist | Palestinian terrorist | 1937 | 2002 |
| | | Reinhold Niebuhr | Religion | Prominent historical/political theologian | 1892 | 1971 |
| | | Louis Niedermeyer | Composer | | 1802 | 1861 |
 | | Brigitte Nielsen | Actor | | 1963 | |
| | | Carl Nielsen | Composer | Symphonies | 1865 | 1931 |
| |  | Leslie Nielsen | Actor | Airplane! | 1926 | |
| | | Oscar Niemeyer | Architect | Architect of Brasilia | 1907 | |
| | | Friedrich Nietzsche | Philosopher | God is dead | 1844 | 1900 |
| | | Florence Nightingale | Activist | Established nursing as a profession | 1820 | 1910 |
| | | Arthur Nikisch | Conductor | Hungarian conductor who performed mainly in German | 1855 | 1922 |
| | | John Jacob Niles | Songwriter | I Wonder As I Wander. | 1892 | 1980 |
| | | Harry Nilsson | Singer/Songwriter | | 1941 | 1994 |
| | | Leonard Nimoy | Actor | | 1931 | |
| |  | Aaron Nimzovich | Chess Player | Chess Grandmaster | 1886 | 1935 |
| | | Anais Nin | Author | Diary of Anaïs Nin | 1903 | 1977 |
 | | Joaquin Nin | Composer | Cuban pianist and composer. | 1879 | 1949 |
| | | Paul Nitze | Diplomat | US Secretary of the Navy 1963-67 | 1907 | 2004 |
| | | David Niven | Actor | Pencil-moustachioed actor | 1910 | 1983 |
| | | Mojo Nixon | Musician | Don Henley Must Die | 1957 | |
| | | Pat Nixon | First Lady | | 1912 | 1993 |
| | | Richard Nixon | President | 37th US President | 1913 | 1994 |
 | | Kwame Nkrumah | Head of State | First President of Ghana | 1919 | 1972 |
 | | Alfred Nobel | Inventor | Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize | 1833 | 1896 |
| | | Ray Noble | Songwriter | The Very Thought Of You. | 1903 | 1978 |
| | | Albert Jay Nock | Author | Memoirs of a Superfluous Man | 1870 | 1945 |
| | | Ken Noda | Pianist | Classical Pianist | 1962 | |
| | | Chuck Noll | Football | Steelers Head Coach, 1969-91 | 1932 | |
| | | Nick Nolte | Actor | 48 Hours | 1941 | |
| | | Luigi Nono | Composer | Il Canto Sospeso | 1924 | 1990 |
| | | Peggy Noonan | Journalist | Speechwriter for Ronald Reagan | 1950 | |
| | | Jimmie Noone | Musician | | 1895 | 1944 |
| | | Peter Noone | Musician | Herman's Hermits | 1947 | |
| | | Elin Nordegren | Model | Married to Tigar Woods | 1980 | |
 | | Pehr Henrik Nordgren | Composer | Finnish composer | 1944 | 2008 |
| | | Noreaga | Rapper | Niggas On the Run Eating | 1977 | |
| | | Per Norgård | Composer | Voyage into the Golden Screen | 1932 | |
 | | Tenzing Norgay | Explorer | With Edmund Hillary, first two men on Everest | 1914 | 1986 |
| | | Ib Norholm | Composer | Danish composer and organist | 1931 | |
| | | Jessye Norman | Singer | Operatic soprano | 1945 | |
| | | Larry Norman | Singer/Songwriter | Father of Christian rock music | 1947 | 2008 |
| | | Mabel Normand | Actor | Tillie's Punctured Romance | 1892 | 1930 |
| | | Chuck Norris | Actor | Walker: Texas Ranger | 1940 | |
| | | Frank Norris | Novelist | First important naturalist writer from US | 1870 | 1902 |
| | | Kathleen Norris | Novelist | Highest-paid female writer | 1880 | 1966 |
| | | Alex North | Composer | Unchained Melody | 1910 | 1991 |
 | | Sheree North | Actor | How to Be Very, Very Popular | 1933 | 2005 |
| | | Caroline Norton | Author | The Sorrows of Rosalie | 1808 | 1877 |
| | | Edward Norton | Actor | Fight Club | 1969 | |
| | | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Politician | | 1937 | |
| | | Jim Norton | Comic | Tough Crowd | 1968 | |
| | | Ken Norton | Boxing | Fought Muhammad Ali | 1945 | |
| | | Deborah Norville | Journalist | Inside Edition | 1958 | |
| | | Jack Norworth | Songwriter | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 1879 | 1959 |
| | | Nostradamus | Oddity | Notoriously ambiguous prophet | 1503 | 1566 |
| | | Chris Noth | Actor | Mr. Big on Sex and the City | 1954 | |
 | | Notker of St Gall | Composer | | 0840 | 0912 |
| | | The Notorious B.I.G. | Rapper | Life After Death | 1972 | 1997 |
| | | Guiomar Novaes | Pianist | | 1895 | 1979 |
| | | Robert Novak | Columnist | Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame | 1931 | |
| | | Vítězslav Novák | Composer | Czech composer | 1870 | 1949 |
| | | Novalis | Author | | 1772 | 1801 |
| | | Don Novello | Comic | Father Guido Sarducci | 1943 | |
| | | Ivor Novello | Songwriter | Keep the Home Fires Burning | 1893 | 1951 |
 | | Leopold Nowak | Musician | | 1904 | 1991 |
| | | Ted Nugent | Musician | Rock star, bowhunting enthusiast | 1948 | |
| | | Alcide Nunez | Jazz Musician | Early jazz clarinetist | 1884 | 1934 |
| | | Sam Nunn | Politician | US Senator from Georgia, 1972-97 | 1938 | |
| | | Rudolf Nureyev | Dancer | Defected to France from Kirov Ballet | 1938 | 1993 |
| | | Bill Nye | Columnist | Bill Nye and Boomerang | 1850 | 1896 |
| | | Bill Nye | TV Personality | Bill Nye the Science Guy | 1955 | |
| | | Michael Nyman | Composer | Minimalist/soundtrack composer and pianist | 1944 | |
| | | Laura Nyro | Songwriter | New York songwriter | 1947 | 1997 |
 | | Knut Nystedt | Composer | Orchestral and choral composer | 1915 | |
