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People Whose Last Names Start With N

N!xau (bushman/actor) -- Dead. Died July 5, 2003. Born March 17, 1944. The unlikely star of The Gods Must Be Crazy, died on the same day as Herbie Mann. IMDb

Jim Nabors (singer/actor) -- Alive. Born June 12, 1933. Still performing, has a second-hand liver, best-known as Gomer Pyle. IMDb

Jack Nance (actor) -- Dead. Murdered. Died December 30, 1996. Born December 21, 1943. Rubbed out.. IMDb

Alan Napier (actor) -- Dead. Died August 8, 1988. Born January 7, 1903. Alfred on Batman. IMDb

John Nash (mathematician) -- Dead. Car crash on New Jersey Turnpike. Died May 23, 2015. Born June 13, 1928. Game theorist who won the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 1994; he also suffered from schizophrenia for many years, which served as the basis for A Beautiful Mind, died same day as Anne Meara. IMDb Obituary

Ilie Nastase (athlete) -- Alive. Born July 19, 1946. Earlier report to the contrary was the first known error on this page. See Vitas Gerulaitis

Terry Nation (writer) -- Dead. Died March 9, 1997. Born August 8, 1930. Wrote many Dalek episodes of Dr. Who and most of Blake 7. IMDb

Mildred Natwick (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died October 25, 1994. Born June 19, 1908. IMDb

Patricia Neal (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died August 8, 2010. Born January 20, 1926. The Day the Earth Stood Still, won an Oscar for Hud, ex-wife of writer Roald Dahl, had a major stroke in the '60s while pregnant with her last child, but recovered and returned to work. IBDB IMDb Obituary
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Roy Neal (TV journalist) -- Dead. After heart surgery. Died August 15, 2003. Born circa 1921. NASA correspondent. Obituary IMDb

Alice Neel (artist) -- Dead. Died October 13, 1984. Born January 28, 1900. Bohemian artist who painted (and lived!) large...

Liam Neeson (actor) -- Alive. Born June 7, 1952. Brilliant as Oskar in Schindler's List, he was also great in Kinsey and The Bounty, was married to Natasha Richardson for nearly 15 years. IBDB IMDb

A. S. Neill (headmaster/writer) -- Dead. Died September 23, 1973. Born October 17, 1883. Started an early progressive school, Summerhill.

Noel Neill (actress) -- Dead. Died July 3, 2016. Born November 25, 1920. Lois Lane in the '50s version of Superman. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

LeRoy Neiman (artist) --Dead. Died June 20, 2012. Born June 8, 1921. Painted for Playboy, many Olympics Games and illustrated many pop culture events of the '60s and '70s, died same day as Lesley Brown. IMDb Obituary

Barry Nelson (actor) -- Dead. Died April 7, 2007. Born April 16, 1920. Stuart Ullman in The Shining, Airport, died on the same day as Johnny Hart. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave

David Nelson (former actor/director) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died January 11, 2011. Born October 24, 1936. The Ozzie and Harriett Show, Circus of the Stars (late '70s). IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Gene Nelson (actor/dancer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 16, 1996. Born March 24, 1920. Will Parker in Oklahoma!. IMDb

Harriet Hilliard Nelson (actress) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died October 2, 1994. Born July 18, 1909. IMDb

Jerry Nelson (puppeteer) -- Dead. Died August 23, 2012. Born July 10, 1934. Muppet puppeteer who performed The Count and Robin, died same day as Josepha Sherman. IMDb Obituary

Ozzie Nelson (actor) -- Dead. Died June 3, 1975. Born March 20, 1906. IMDb

Ricky Nelson (singer) -- Dead. Plane crash. Died December 31, 1985. Born May 8, 1940. Father of Tracy Nelson and the Nelsons (twin singers). IMDb

Ruth Nelson (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died September 12, 1992. Born August 2, 1905. Leonard's mother in Awakenings. IMDb

Willie Nelson (singer) -- Alive. Born April 30, 1933. "You Were Always On My Mind," still organizing FarmAid. IMDb

Michael Nesmith (producer, singer) -- Alive. Born December 30, 1942. Former Monkee. IMDb

Benjamin Netanyahu (politician) -- Alive. Born October 21, 1949. May be politically dead - former prime minister of Israel, former NBC political commentator.

Lois Nettleton (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 18, 2008. Born August 6, 1927. Busy TV and Broadway actress who starred in a classic Twilight Zone episode "The Midnight Sun." IBDB IMDb Obituary

Louise Nevelson (sculptor) -- Dead. Brain tumor. Died April 17, 1988. Born September 23, 1899.

John Neville (actor) -- Dead. Died November 19, 2011. Born May 2, 1925. Shakespearean actor who may be best known as Baron von Munchausen and the "Well-Manicured Man" on X-Files IMDb Obituary

Bob Newhart (low-key actor, ex-accountant) -- Alive. Born September 5, 1929. Only seems to be dead... IMDb

Anthony Newley (singer, actor, composer) -- Dead. Renal cell cancer. Died April 14, 1999. Born September 24, 1931. Wrote "The Candyman" an ex-husband of Joan Collins. IMDb

Edwin Newman (journalist/writer) Dead. Died August 13, 2010. Born January 25, 1919. Early NBC newscaster, did the Today Show, afternoon newsbreaks and hosted Saturday Night Live one time, author of books on the use of English, spoke strictly... IMDb Obit

Laraine Newman (comic) -- Alive. Born March 2, 1952. SNL alum. IMDb

Paul Newman (philanthropist/actor/race car driver) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died September 26, 2008. Born January 26, 1925. Versatile actor married to Joanne Woodward. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Phyllis Newman (actress) -- Alive. Born March 19, 1933. Broadway actress who was great on the '60s panel shows like To Tell the Truth, returned to bit parts in films since the '90s, married to Adolph Green from 1960 until his death in 2002. . IBDB IMDb

Julie Newmar (actress) -- Alive. Born August 16, 1933. mmmMMMRow! The first Catwoman on TV's Batman. IBDB IMDb

Robert Newmyer (producer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 12, 2005. Born circa 1956. Produced award-winning movies like Sex, Lies and Videotape and Training Day and Lost Boys of the Sudan. Make memorial contributions to: the Bobby Newmyer Memorial Fund (used to further his work with Sudanese refugees), c/o Outlaw Productions, 3599 Beverly Glen Terr, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. IMDb

Tommy Newsom (saxophonist/arranger) -- Dead. Died April 28, 2007. Born February 25, 1929. The subdued substitute bandleader during the Carson years of The Tonight Show, dubbed Mr. Excitement by Johnny Carson, died on the same day as Dabbs Greer. IMDb FindAGrave

Helmut Newton (photographer) -- Dead. Car accident. Died January 23, 2004. Born October 31, 1920. "Erotic" and Vogue photographer, died on the same day as Bob Keeshan. IMDb FindAGrave

Haing S. Ngor (doctor/actor) -- Dead. Random Act of Senseless Violence. Murdered. Died February 25, 1996. Born March 22, 1940. Though he'd never acted before professionally, he co-starred in The Killing Fields and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. IMDb

Denise Nicholas (actress) -- Alive. Born July 12, 1944. Room 222, In the Heat of the Night. IMDb

Fayard Nicholas (dancer/choreographer) -- Dead. Stroke/pneumonia. Died January 24, 2006. Born October 20, 1914. Great dancer, one of the Nicholas Brothers, died on the same day as Chris Penn. IBDB IMDb

Harold Nicholas (dancer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died July 3, 2000. Born March 27, 1921. Great dancer, one of the Nicholas Brothers, married to Dorothy Dandridge. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave

Mike Nichols (director) -- Dead. Died November 20, 2014. Born November 6, 1931. Emmy/Grammy/Oscar/Tony-award-winning director, best-known for The Graduate, Working Girl, Primary Colors, directed the original production of Spamalot, married for the last 26 years of his life to journalist Diane Sawyer. Started off as the comic partner of Elaine May and was part of Second City. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Nichelle Nichols (actress) -- Alive. Born December 28, 1933. Uhura in Star Trek, served as a recruiter for NASA in the '80s. IMDb

Jean Nidetch (businesswoman/weight loss guru) -- Dead. Died April 28, 2015. Born October 12, 1923. A formerly overweight housewife who turned support-group weight loss into Weight Watchers. IMDb Obituary

Leslie Nielsen (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia/staph infection. Died November 28, 2010. Born February 11, 1926. Formerly a somewhat serious actor (Forbidden Planet) until he exclaimed "And don't call me Shirley!" in Airplane, made silly comedies (like Naked Gun) for most of the second half of his career. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Birgit Nilsson (opera singer) -- Dead. Died December 25, 2005. Born May 17, 1918. Known for many soprano roles, particularly Isolde. IMDb

Harry Nilsson (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died January 15, 1994. Born June 15, 1941. Sang "Everybody's Talkin'" for Midnight Cowboy, wrote the music for the movie Popeye. IMDb FindAGrave

Leonard Nimoy (director/actor/writer) -- Dead. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Died February 27, 2015. Born March 26, 1931. The first-ever Mr. Spock, he went on to write I Am Not Spock and I Am Spock he directed several Star Trek movies, 3 Men and a Baby and The Good Mother. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Anais Nin (author) -- Dead. Ovarian cancer. Died January 14, 1977. Born February 21, 1903. Wrote Henry and June. IMDb FindAGrave

David Niven (elegant actor) -- Dead. ALS. Died July 29, 1983. Born March 1, 1910. Phileas Fogg in Around the World in eghty Days, made a memorable ad-lib about a steaker's shortcomings in the 1974 Oscar telecast, died on the same day as Raymond Massey. IMDb

Larry Niven (writer) -- Alive. Born April 29, 1938. Ringworld. IMDb

Marni Nixon (singing voice) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died July 24, 2016. Born February 22, 1930. Her singing replaced the voices of Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Deborah Kerr in The King and I. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Pat Nixon (political spouse) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 22, 1993. Born March 16, 1912. FindAGrave

Richard M. Nixon (resigned president) -- Dead. Stroke. Died April 22, 1994. Born January 9, 1913. Responsible for Watergate, but also helped open relations with China. FindAGrave

Jeanette Nolan (actress) -- Dead. Stroke. Died June 5, 1998. Born December 30, 1911. Ended a very long career with a performance as Robert Redford's mother in The Horse Whisperer, married to John McIntire. IMDb

Lloyd Nolan (actor) -- Dead. Died September 27, 1985. Born August 11, 1902. Last movie: Hannah and Her Sisters, playing their father. IMDb

Chuck Noll (coach) -- Dead. Died June 13, 2014. Born January 5, 1932. Coached the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl wins in the '70s. IMDb Obituary

Nick Nolte (actor) -- Alive Born February 8, 1941. Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Warrior, Affliction. IMDb

Peter Noone (singer) -- Alive. Born November 5, 1947. Lead singer for Herman's Hermits. IMDb

Tenzing Norgay (mountaineer) -- Dead. Died May 9, 1986. Born May 15, 1914. Led Sir Edmund Hillary up Mt. Everest in 1953, becoming the first men to make it to the top. IMDb FindAGrave

Jay North (former kid actor) -- Alive. Born August 3, 1951. Dennis the Menace. IMDb

Sheree North (actress) -- Dead. Surgical complications. Died November 4, 2005. Born January 17, 1933. A glamour girl and comic actress in the '50s and '60s, she went on to play Kramer's mother in Seinfeld. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave

Robert Northshield (TV news producer) -- Dead. Died August 21, 2000. Born circa 1922. He created Sunday Morning and On the Road, won a du Pont - Columbia Award for an NBC documentary. IMDb

Andre Norton (writer) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died March 17, 2005. Born February 17, 1912. Wrote many fantasy and young adult books (Witch World series), mentored hundreds of young writers. Make memorial contributions to: Saint Jude Children's Hospital or Veterinary Services, c/o The Noah Fund, PO Box 10128, Murfreesboro, TN 37129. IMDb

Graham Norton (comic/gabfest host) -- Loud! Born April 4, 1963. Wild man of British TV. IMDb

Mary Norton (writer) -- Dead. Died August 29, 1992. Born December 10, 1903. Bonfires and Broomsticks (later filmed as Bedknobs and Broomsticks) and The Borrowers. IMDb

Kim Novak (actress) -- Alive. Born February 13, 1933. IMDb

Dr. Antonia Novello (former Surgeon General) -- Alive. Born August 23, 1944. First woman or Hispanic to be US Surgeon General, sister-in-law of Don Novello.

Don Novello (comic/writer) -- Alive. Born January 1, 1943. Father Guido Sarducci on SNL and creator of the Lazlo Letters and Citizen Lazlo books. IMDb

Robert Noyce (engineer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 3, 1990. Born December 12, 1927. Invented the semiconductor, co-founder of Intel.

Sherwin B. Nuland (medical ethicist/writer) -- Dead. Died March 3, 2014. Born December 8, 1930. Won a National Book Award for How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter. IMDb Obituary

Bill Nunn (actor) -- Dead. Died September 24, 2016. Born October 20, 1953. College friend of Spike Lee's, later cast as Radio Raheem in Do The Right Thing, Robbie Robertson in the Tobey Maguire Spiderman movies. IMDb Obituary

Trevor Nunn (director) -- Alive. Born January 14, 1940. Directed many Shakespearean plays (including Othello and Ian McKellen's King Lear, was married to Janet Suzman, currently married to Imogen Stubbs. IBDB IMDb

Rudolf Nureyev (dancer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died January 6, 1993. Born March 17, 1938. A ballet genius and Soviet defector, died on the same day as Dizzy Gillespie. IMDb

Bill Nye (educator, director of the Planetary Society) -- Not dead yet. Born November 27, 1955. Known as "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" he's worked on television, educating children about science since the 90s. IMDb

Carrie Nye (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died July 14, 2006. Born October 14, 1936. Stage actress who occassionally made movies (Divorce His/Divorce Hers), was married to Dick Cavett for over 40 years. IBDB IMDb

Louis Nye (comic) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died October 9, 2005. Born May 1, 1913. Played many con men in comedies, came up with the greeting "Hi, ho, Steverino!" for Steve Allen. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Laura Nyro (songwriter/singer) -- Dead. Ovarian Cancer. Died April 8, 1997. Born October 18, 1947. Wrote "When I Die" and "Wedding Bell Blues." IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Sven Nykvist (cinematographer) -- Dead. Died September 20, 2006. Born December 3, 1922. Worked on many Bergman films, won Oscars for Cries and Whispers and Fanny and Alexander. IMDb Obituary

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