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BIOGRAPHY
Music

N'fa

1979–

N'fa (born N'fa Deynde Jo Jo Forster-Jones; also known as N'fa Jones, 21 March 1979) is a British-born African Australian hip hop recording artist. He was born in London, but raised in Perth, Western Australia, and is best known as the frontman for 1200…

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Sports

N'Keal Harry

1997–

N'Keal J Harry (, nih-KEEL; born December 17, 1997) is a Canadian professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils, receiving two consecutive…

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Sports & Achievement

Naaman Roosevelt

1987–

Naaman Ishhod Roosevelt (born December 24, 1987) is an American former professional football wide receiver who is currently the receivers coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). During his playing career, he was a member of…

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Biography & Culture

Naazim Richardson

1965–2020

Naazim Richardson (November 26, 1965 – July 24, 2020) was an American boxing trainer from Philadelphia. Richardson is most notable for training Bernard Hopkins and "Sugar" Shane Mosley, in addition to Steve Cunningham and Karl Dargan. He is also known for…

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Sports

Nailah Rowe

2001–

Nailah Rowe (born 10 September 2001) is a footballer who plays as a forward for the Centennial Colts. Born in Canada, she represents the Guyana women's national team.

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Sports

Najai Turpin

1981–2005

Najai "Nitro" Turpin (December 19, 1981 – February 14, 2005) was a professional boxer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a contestant on reality TV show The Contender. On the show, he was placed on the East Coast team and pitted himself…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Naldo

1982–

Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues (born 10 September 1982), commonly known as Naldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent most of his professional career in Germany, playing in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen, VfL…

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Sports

Nana Akosah-Bempah

1997–

Nana Dwomoh Akosah-Bempah (born August 29, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for TOPLYGA club Transinvest.

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Sports

Nana Attakora

1989–

Clement "Nana" Attakora-Gyan (born March 27, 1989), known as Nana Attakora and later Clement Attakora, is a Canadian former soccer player and coach, formerly a player and later assistant coach and director of player personnel of Oakland Roots.

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Sports

Nana Boateng

2002–

Nana Osei Boateng (born 17 September 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hampton & Richmond Borough on loan from National League club Sutton United.

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Sports

Nana Meriwether

1985–

Nana Meriwether (born May 24, 1985) is an American former professional volleyball player and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed at Miss USA 2012, representing Maryland, and finished as the first runner-up. On December 19, 2012, winner Olivia Culpo…

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Sports

Naomi

1987–

Trinity LaShawn Fatu (née McCray; born November 30, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, dancer and actress. As of January 2024, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Naomi. In August 2009, McCray signed with…

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BIOGRAPHY
History & Culture

Naomi Girma

2000–

Naomi Haile Girma (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the United States national team. Girma played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, which she…

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Sports

Naomi Graham

1989–

Naomi Melissa Graham (born May 15, 1989) is an American middleweight boxer. She is a staff sergeant and ammunition specialist in the United States Army. Graham is the first female active duty service member to fight for the U.S. at the Olympics.

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Sports

Naomi Osaka

1997–

Osaka became the first Asian player to hold the top world tennis ranking and has used her platform to speak on mental health and racial justice.

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Sports & Achievement

Naomi Smalls

1993–

Naomi Smalls is the stage name of Davis Heppenstall (born September 8, 1993), an American drag queen and reality television personality, best known as one of the runners-up on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race as well as RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars…

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Sports

Naomy Grand'Pierre

1997–

Naomy Grand'Pierre (born 16 April 1997) is a Haitian-American swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she ranked 56th with a time of 27.46 seconds. Grand'Pierre is the first woman from Haiti to…

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Sports

Narada Bernard

1981–

Narada Michael Bernard (born 30 November 1981) is a Jamaican-English former professional footballer, who played as a left-back. Bernard, who was capped for the Jamaica national team, is currently a personal trainer and was recently mentioned on That Peter…

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Sports & Achievement

Nastasya Generalova

2000–

Nastasya Generalova (born January 19, 2000, in Beverly Hills, California) is an American former individual rhythmic gymnast. After finishing her gymnastics career, she became a model.

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics

Nat Bates

1931–

Nathaniel Bates is a former mayor and eight-term city councilman of Richmond, California in addition to being a former professional baseball player in the Canadian League in his earlier years.

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Sports

Nat Brown

1981–

Nathaniel Levi Brown (born 15 June 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Lincoln City and Macclesfield Town.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Nat Fleischer's The Ring Record Book

1952

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A 1952 edition of Nat Fleischer's The Ring Record Book, a boxing encyclopedia. The teal colored book cover has silver lettering along the upper half. The inside front cover is signed by Chris Dundee. The book consists of 812 pages.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.123.4.2
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Sports

Nat Frazier

1935–2019

Nathaniel Frazier (April 18, 1935 – September 22, 2019) was an American basketball coach. He was head men's coach at Morgan State University, where in 1974 he led the program to the Division II national championship. Frazier played college basketball for…

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Sports

Nat Jacobs

1939–2021

Nathaniel "Nat" J. S. Jacobs (1 December 1939 – 19 March 2021) was an English amateur and professional boxer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, who won the Central (England) Area middleweight title and challenged for the British Boxing Board of Control British…

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