French poet and critic (1636–1711)
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic.
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French painter (1594-1665)
Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.
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Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
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American politician and diplomat (born 1972)
Nikki Haley
Nimarata Nikki Haley is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th U.S.
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Prime Minister of Armenia since 2018
Nikol Pashinyan
Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan is an Armenian politician who has served as the 16th and current prime minister of Armenia since 2018.
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Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938)
Nikolai Bukharin
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and Marxist theorist.
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Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin.
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Russian writer and nihilist philosopher (1828–1889)
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher, often identified as a utopian socialist and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism and the Narodniks.
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Russian writer, poet, critic
Nikolay Karamzin
Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin was a Russian historian, writer, poet and critic.
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