Jewish German poet and playwright (1891-1970)
Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs was a German–Swedish poet and playwright.
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Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
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Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (1888–1934)
Nestor Makhno
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, also known as Bat'ko Makhno, was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian War of Independence.
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Kenyan writer (1938–2025)
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature.
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Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance.
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Pope
Nicholas I
Pope Nicholas I, also known as Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 24 April 858 until his death on 13 November 867.
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Pope
Nicholas II
Pope Nicholas II, otherwise known as Gerard of Burgundy, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 January 1059 until his death in 27 July 1061.
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German philosopher (1401 – 1464)
Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa, also referred to as Nicholas of Kues and Nicolaus Cusanus, was a German Catholic bishop and polymath active as a philosopher, theologian, jurist, mathematician, and astronomer.
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Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
Nicholas Roerich
Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, better known as Nicholas Roerich, was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure.
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