Writers Whose First Name Starts With N

Discover the famous writers whose name starts with N. The list includes people like Noah Baumbach, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Noam Chomsky, Neil Gaiman, Niccolò Machiavelli and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. This list of writers whose names start with N includes people from United States, England, Russia, India and other countries all over the world.
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 1 
Neil deGrasse Tyson
(American Astrophysicist, Planetary Scientist and Science Communicator)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
45
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 5, 1958
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 2 
Niccolò Machiavelli
(Diplomat & Philosopher Best Known for His Political Treatise 'The Prince')
Niccolò Machiavelli
28
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 3, 1469
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: June 22, 1527
 3 
Noam Chomsky
(A Major Figure in Analytic Philosophy Who is Also Known as 'The Father of Modern Linguistics')
Noam Chomsky
63
Birthdate: December 7, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 4 
Nostradamus
(French Astrologer and Physician Best Known for His Book 'Les Prophéties')
Nostradamus
16
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 21, 1503
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Died: July 2, 1566
 5 
Neil Gaiman
(Best Known for His Comic Book Series ‘The Sandman’ and Novels: ‘The Graveyard Book’ and ‘Stardust’)
Neil Gaiman
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 10, 1960
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 6 
Nigella Lawson
(English Food Writer, Television Cook, and Television Presenter)
Nigella Lawson
29
Birthdate: January 6, 1960
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 7 
Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist and Short Story Writer)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 4, 1804
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 19, 1864
 8 
Nicolle Wallace
(American Television Host and Former White House Communications Director (2005 - 2006))
Nicolle Wallace
18
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 4, 1972
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Orange County, California, United States
 9 
Nicholas Sparks
(Novelist Known for His Best-Selling Tales of Romance and Heartbreak Like 'The Notebook' & 'Dear John')
Nicholas Sparks
12
Birthdate: December 31, 1965
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 10 
Neil Simon
(Playwright & Screenwriter)
Neil Simon
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York
Died: August 26, 2018
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 11 
Nora Ephron
(Screenwriter, Producer, Director)
Nora Ephron
6
Birthdate: May 19, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: June 26, 2012
 12 
Norman Mailer
(Author of 'The Naked and the Dead', 'Armies of the Night' and 'The Executioner's Song')
Norman Mailer
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 31, 1923
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
Died: November 10, 2007
 13 
Napoleon Hill
(Writer of personal-success literature)
Napoleon Hill
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 26, 1883
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pound, Virginia
Died: November 8, 1970
 14 
Nikolai Gogol
(Russian Novelist, Short Story Writer and Playwright)
Nikolai Gogol
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 1, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Velyki Sorochyntsi, Ukraine
Died: March 4, 1852
 15 
Nestor Makhno
(Ukrainian Anarchist Revolutionary and the Commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine)
Nestor Makhno
13
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 7, 1888
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hulyaipole, Ukraine
Died: July 25, 1934
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 16 
Noah Webster
(Lexicographer)
Noah Webster
1
Birthdate: October 16, 1758
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: May 28, 1843
 17 
Naomi Klein
(Canadian Author and Activist Best Known for Her Books: ‘No Logo’, ‘The Shock Doctrine’ and ‘This Changes Everything’)
Naomi Klein
7
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 5, 1970
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
 18 
Nikos Kazantzakis
(One of the Most Important Figures of Modern Greek Literature, Best Known for His Work 'Zorba the Greek')
Nikos Kazantzakis
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 2, 1883
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Heraklion, Greece
Died: October 26, 1957
 19 
Naguib Mahfouz
(Novelist)
Naguib Mahfouz
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 11, 1911
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: August 30, 2006
 20 
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
(Essayist and Mathematical Statistician Best Known for His Books: ‘The Black Swan’ and ‘Antifragile’)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
9
Birthdate: 1960 AD
Birthplace: Amioun, Lebanon
 21 
Nancy Mitford
(English Novelist and Biographer Who is Known for Writing Popular Historical Biographies)
Nancy Mitford
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 28, 1904
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 30, 1973
 22 
Noah Baumbach
(Filmmaker)
Noah Baumbach
3
Birthdate: September 3, 1969
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 23 
Nicholas Pileggi
(Writer, Screenwriter, Film producer, Journalist)
Nicholas Pileggi
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 22, 1933
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City
 24 
Nadine Gordimer
(Writer, Political Activist)
Nadine Gordimer
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 20, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Transvaal, South Africa
Died: July 13, 2014
 25 
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
(Writer and Academic who writes primarily in Gikuyu)
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 5, 1938
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kamiriithu, Kenya
 26 
Nizami Ganjavi
(One of the Greatest Romantic Epic Poet in Persian Literature)
Nizami Ganjavi
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1141 AD
Birthplace: Ganja, Azerbaijan
Died: 1209 AD
 27 
N. K. Jemisin
(Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer Known for Her 'Inheritance' Trilogy)
N. K. Jemisin
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 19, 1972
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Iowa City, Iowa, United States
 28 
Nikki Giovanni
(Poet, Writer)
Nikki Giovanni
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 7, 1943
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Knoxville
 29 
Nizam al-Mulk
(scientist, writer)
Nizam al-Mulk
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 10, 1018
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: October 14, 1092
 30 
Neville Lancelot Goddard
(Barbadian author who wrote on the Bible, mysticism, and self-help.)
Neville Lancelot Goddard
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 19, 1905
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Michael, Barbados
Died: October 1, 1972
 31 
Nizar Qabbani
(Diplomat)
Nizar Qabbani
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 21, 1923
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Damascus
Died: April 30, 1998
 32 
Nigel Planer
(Actor)
Nigel Planer
2
Birthdate: February 22, 1953
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Westminster, England
 33 
Neale Donald Walsch
(Spiritual Author)
Neale Donald Walsch
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 10, 1943
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
 34 
Novalis
(German Romantic Poet and Philosopher Known for His Poems ‘Hymns to the Night’ and ‘Spiritual Songs’)
Novalis
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 2, 1772
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wiederstedt, Germany
Died: March 25, 1801
 35 
Nick Castle
(Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Writer, Film actor)
Nick Castle
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 21, 1947
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles
 36 
Norris McWhirter
(Writer)
Norris McWhirter
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 12, 1925
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, England
Died: April 19, 2004
 37 
Norman Finkelstein
(Political Scientist)
Norman Finkelstein
2
Birthdate: December 8, 1953
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
 38 
Nora Roberts
(Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Science fiction writer)
Nora Roberts
4
Listed In:
Birthdate: October 10, 1950
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Silver Spring
 39 
Naim Frasheri
(Historian)
Naim Frasheri
2
Birthdate: May 25, 1846
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fraşer, Yanya Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Frashër, Albania)
Died: October 20, 1900
 40 
Northrop Frye
(Literary theorist and philosopher who was best remembered for being one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.)
Northrop Frye
0
Birthdate: July 14, 1912
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sherbrooke, Canada
Died: January 23, 1991
 41 
Nick Hornby
(Author & Editor)
Nick Hornby
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 17, 1957
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Redhill
 42 
Norman Lindsay
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 22, 1879
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Creswick, Australia
Died: November 21, 1969
 43 
Natalie Clifford Barney
(Playwright)
Natalie Clifford Barney
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 31, 1876
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: February 2, 1972
 44 
Nathanael West
(Novelist)
Nathanael West
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 17, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: December 22, 1940
 45 
Nikolai Tolstoy
(Historian, Non-fiction writer)
Nikolai Tolstoy
2
Birthdate: June 23, 1935
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London
 46 
Natascha Kampusch
(Austrian Writer and Former Talk Show Host)
Natascha Kampusch
0
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: February 17, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
 47 
Nnedi Okorafor
(Writer)
Nnedi Okorafor
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 8, 1974
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
 48 
Nelson DeMille
(Author of Action, Adventure and Suspense Novels)
Nelson DeMille
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 23, 1943
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Jamaica, New York, United States
 49 
Ntozake Shange
(Playwright)
Ntozake Shange
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 18, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died: October 27, 2018
 50 
Noel Streatfeild
(Writer)
Noel Streatfeild
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 24, 1895
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Died: September 11, 1986