American author (1883-1970)
Napoleon Hill
Oliver Napoleon Hill was an American self-help author and con man who is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich, which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time.
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President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France (1808–1873)
Napoleon III
Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870.
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Iranian human rights activist (born 1972)
Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Persian astronomer (1201–1274)
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī, also known as Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī or simply asTusi, was a Persian polymath, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian.
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American author (1804–1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer.
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Japanese novelist
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Sōseki was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar.
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Egyptian feminist writer (1931–2021)
Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist.
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Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902–1963)
Nâzım Hikmet
Mehmed Nâzım Ran, commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet, was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist.
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American journalist
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in wh
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