American Famous Names Starting with Letter N

A Lebanese American painter born in Beirut, Lebanon. His works deal with contemporary, historical an

A Lebanese American painter born in Beirut, Lebanon. His works deal with contemporary, historical and literary themes, and are marked by figurative imagery executed with spontaneous and vigorous handling of the paint and often done on large-scale formats. They reflect movement and tension embodying intense colors and symbolic forms addressing social, political, and war issues.[1] The Vietnam War and the Lebanese Civil War have profoundly affected the development and scope of his themes dealing with violence and war. His long-running Split of Life series encompasses an extensive range of enormous paintings depicting scenes of human brutality and suffering.[2]

An American psychology professor known for her work on learning disability.Kaufman has taught learni

An American psychology professor known for her work on learning disability.Kaufman has taught learning-disabled children and worked as a school psychologist, learning disabilities specialist, university professor, and founder-director of several psychoeducational clinics. She also was a direct participant in the development and standardization of the McCarthy Scales and WISC-R.She has been married to psychologist Alan S. Kaufman since 1964. From 1974 to 1997, Kaufman and her husband trained school psychologists and clinical psychologists, and supervised graduate-student research, at the University of Georgia, the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois, the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, and the University of Alabama.

More familiarly known as Anita Nall and now Anita Nall-Richesson since her marriage to Luke Richesso

More familiarly known as Anita Nall and now Anita Nall-Richesson since her marriage to Luke Richesson in 2002, is a U.S. Olympic medalist in competitive swimming. As a 16-year old at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Nall won a gold medal in W

An American singer, songwriter, actress and radio/television personality, best known as the 8th plac

An American singer, songwriter, actress and radio/television personality, best known as the 8th place finalist on the fourth season of American Idol. Turner is a graduate from Florida International University in Miami.Since exiting American Idol, Nadia Turner has made guest appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Tony Danza Show[1] and served as a guest host on The View in December, 2006.Nadia Turner has performed and hosted many charities such as Big Brothers Big Sisters "Big Event" at the American Airlines Arena,[3] UM Sylvester Cancer Foundation, The Pet Project, and SOS Children Village. She was invited to Kuwait by a bloodline of Kuwait's royal family to perform at a private New Year's Eve party.[4]

A singer and actress. She has appeared on the Apollo stage numerous times, and has been featured as

A singer and actress. She has appeared on the Apollo stage numerous times, and has been featured as "Star of Tomorrow" on Showtime at the Apollo. Her starring acting roles include Maddie Hakansovich on the ABC pilot Drift, and the speaking voice of Tasha on Nickelodeon's "The Backyardigans".Naelee has had guest roles on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Practice, and a recurring role as Gabrielle on ABC's "One Life to Live". She played the role of Allison in Loverboy and Young Love in The Notorious Bettie Page.Naelee had leading roles as Mary Clare in the short film The Saint of the Zuiderzee, and as Taylor in Neil Leifer's short film "God's Gift". She also has done over 40 national network commercials, some of which include Disney, Hallmark, American Express, Chrysler, T-Mobile, Claritin, and more. She currently lives in Boyertown, Pennsylvania.

Is a Canadian politician, who was elected to succeed Dave Bronconnier as mayor of Calgary, Alberta i

Is a Canadian politician, who was elected to succeed Dave Bronconnier as mayor of Calgary, Alberta in the 2010 Calgary municipal election. Nenshi first ventured into politics in 2004, running unsuccessfully for a seat on Calgary's city council.

Was a noted American literary scholar, theologian, and editor.Glatzer was born in Lemberg, then with

Was a noted American literary scholar, theologian, and editor.Glatzer was born in Lemberg, then within the administrative boundaries of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Lviv in the western Ukraine). He received his Ph.D. in 1931 from the University of Frankfurt, where he was eventually nominated to succeed Martin Buber. In 1938 he emigrated to the United States, where in 1942 he adopted the American citizenship. He taught at Chicago and New York before finally settling at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, but towards the end of his professional career transferred, yet again, to Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the editor of Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, and a consulting editor of Schocken Books, an American publishing house where he was responsible, in part, for the publication of Kafka’s writings in English translation. He also participated in editorial conferences in Germany on critical editions of Kafka's works.

A Canadian-American concert pianist who left a successful career as a recording artist and touring m

A Canadian-American concert pianist who left a successful career as a recording artist and touring musician in 2007 to pursue medicine at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School, where she is currently enrolled.She has recorded music by Fauré, Chabrier, Satie and Ravel. She has also presented the music of Messiaen, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Chabrier, Chopin, Corigliano, Debussy, Fauré, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Schubert, Clara Schumann, Scriabin and Stravinsky. She has performed with the Toronto Symphony, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and National Arts Centre Orchestras and also with Gidon Kremer's Kremerata Baltica, the London Sinfonietta and the Munich, Warsaw and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras.

An American fashion model and the winner of Cycle 4 of America's Next Top Model.With her mohawk and

An American fashion model and the winner of Cycle 4 of America's Next Top Model.With her mohawk and introverted personality, Naima was originally thought to be a long-shot to walk away with the title of America’s Next Top Model. Though her earlier photographs were not as strong as runner-up Kahlen Rondot, the judges were blown away by Naima's final performance on the catwalk. Tyra, in particular, felt that Kahlen was "the girl who did excellent during the semester and kind of failed the final exam," while Naima was "the girl who did alright during the semester but killed her final exam.

A professional boxer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

A professional boxer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the Phoeni

Is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. Swanier was selected 12th overall by the Connecticut Sun in the 2008 WNBA Draft. She played in 25 of 34 possible games, with 6 start

An American actress known for her role as Tanya Sloan on the television series Power Rangers from 19

An American actress known for her role as Tanya Sloan on the television series Power Rangers from 1996-1997.Burrise was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Deborah and Cornell Burrise. She attended Thomas Alva Edison Senior High School in Stockton, California (1989-1992) and UCLA's School of Theater.

Was a South Korean-born American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be t

Was a South Korean-born American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist.[1] He is considered by some[2] to have been the author of the phrase "Information Superhighway", which, according to his own account, he used in a Rockefeller Foundation paper in 1974.Nam June Paik then began participating in the Neo-Dada art movement, known as Fluxus, which was inspired by the composer John Cage, and his use of everyday sounds and noises in his music. He made his big debut at an exhibition known as, Exposition of Music-Electronic Television, in which he scattered televisions everywhere, and used magnets to alter or distort their images.

Is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Huntington Beach, California.

Is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Huntington Beach, California.

Is an American fine-art and documentary photographer. She is represented by the Matthew Marks Galler

Is an American fine-art and documentary photographer. She is represented by the Matthew Marks Gallery in New York.Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in an upper-middle-class Jewish family in the Boston, Massachusetts suburb of Lexington. Aft

Is a Canadian soccer player of Ghanaian heritage who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League

Is a Canadian soccer player of Ghanaian heritage who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. Attakora has represented Canada at U-16, U-17, U-19, U-20 and U-23 levels. Nana was voted Canadian International U-20 player of the year in December 2009 for the second consecutive year. Nana made his senior national team debut in a friendly match against Jamaica on January 31, 2010.

Is a British basketball player with Spanish team CB Granada.He was and former star at the George Was

Is a British basketball player with Spanish team CB Granada.He was and former star at the George Washington University in the Atlantic 10 Conference. He is a graduate of the St. Augustine College Preparatory School, in Richland, New Jersey. Upon graduating from college in 2006, Mensah-Bonsu entered the 2006 NBA Draft, but was not drafted. He played one year for the Dallas Mavericks and one for Italian Serie A team Benetton Treviso.

Visitor began her acting career in the 1970s on the Broadway stage in such productions as My One and

Visitor began her acting career in the 1970s on the Broadway stage in such productions as My One and Only. Her film debut (billed as Nana Tucker) came in the 1977 film, The Sentinel. On television, Visitor co-starred in the short-lived 1976 sitcom, Ivan the Terrible and from 1978 to 1982 had short-lived regular roles on three soap operas: Ryan's Hope, The Doctors, and One Life to Live.

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Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she

Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording

Is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion. She began ice skating

Is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion. She began ice skating at age six at the local rink in her hometown of Stoneham, Massachusetts. Her two older brothers, Michael and Mark, played hockey, but hockey was not consi

Was an American actress. She was well known for her role as Beulah Balbricker in the 1982 cult film

Was an American actress. She was well known for her role as Beulah Balbricker in the 1982 cult film Porky's and its sequels.Parsons had guest appearances in several TV shows, including Baretta, Lou Grant, Family Ties, and in a season 3 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation titled The Vengeance Factor.

Was a Canadian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer

Was a Canadian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is an American professional wrestler who regularly performs for Shimmer Women Athletes and Women Sup

Is an American professional wrestler who regularly performs for Shimmer Women Athletes and Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU). She currently manages Melanie Cruise in Shimmer. Social debuted in the Naked Women's Wrestling League in 2006 at their Naked Revo

A Canadian curler from Charny, Quebec. She plays third for Marie-France Larouche. As a member of Lar

A Canadian curler from Charny, Quebec. She plays third for Marie-France Larouche. As a member of Larouche's team, Bélanger won five straight junior provincial championships. In her last year of juniors in 1999, the team won the Canadian Junior Curling Cha