American Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-1 10000 m event at London in 1948. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.

Was a Wisconsin legislature and businessman.He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1961, 1963,

Was a Wisconsin legislature and businessman.He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1961, 1963, and 1965.

Was an American television screenwriter and producer, playwright, chess master, and chess writer.Les

Was an American television screenwriter and producer, playwright, chess master, and chess writer.Lessing grew up in New York City, and played a great deal of chess as a youth, reaching national master strength. He was New York State co-champion at age 19 in 1930 at Utica with 6.5/8.[1] He often played at the Stuyvesant Chess Club, on the lower east side of Manhattan.[2] He won the 1967 Santa Monica Chess Club championship, and the 1967 United States Senior Open, at which time he had a rating of 2207. [3] He was the Senior champion at the American and National Opens several times in the 1960s.

Bowen conducted experimental research at the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washing

Bowen conducted experimental research at the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington from 1912 to 1937. He published The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks in 1928. This book set the stage for a geochemical and geophysical foundation for the study of rocks and minerals. This book became the petrology handbook. He was awarded the Penrose Medal in 1941.Bowen married Mary Lamont in 1911, and they had a daughter Catherine.

Was an American mathematician. Some of his major contributions were in the study of Fourier transfor

Was an American mathematician. Some of his major contributions were in the study of Fourier transforms, complex analysis, non-linear differential equations, number theory, and signal processing. He worked closely with Norbert Wiener in his early career. He joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1937

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Sum

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Is an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His e

Is an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His earliest and biggest success was in the writing and directing of radio drama during the 1930s and 1940s.Corwin was among the first producers to regularly use entertainment -- even light entertainment -- to tackle serious social issues. In this area he was a peer to Orson Welles and William N. Robson, and an inspiration to other later radio/TV writers such as Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry, Norman Lear and J. Michael Straczynski.

Is a Chartered Accountant, university professor, and former provincial politician.In 1997, Norman Be

Is a Chartered Accountant, university professor, and former provincial politician.In 1997, Norman Betts was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick in a contest won by Bernard Lord. The Party was voted in power in the 1999 New Brunswick general election and Betts won a seat in the Southwest Miramichi riding and was immediately appointed Minister of Finance. Betts held the position until October 9, 2001 when he was made the Minister of Business New Brunswick.

Born in Parade, South Dakota to Mack and Ethel Van Brocklin, Norm became a career American football

Born in Parade, South Dakota to Mack and Ethel Van Brocklin, Norm became a career American football player and coach. Among his fans and fellow players, Norm was often called The Dutchman. As a quarterback he was known for brilliant field generalship and superb passing prowess. Although too slow to scramble outside the pocket, Van Brocklin was by some accounts the greatest long passer of all time. He was also a first rate punter in college and in the NFL. In 1971, ten years after retirement as a player, the Dutchman was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Was a 20th century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the U

Was a 20th century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter (although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day), Saying Grace (1951), and the Four Freedoms series.During the First World War, he tried to enlist into the U.S. Navy but was refused entry because, at 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and 140 pounds (64 kg), he was eight pounds underweight. To compensate, he spent one night gorging himself on bananas, liquids and donuts, and weighed enough to enlist the next day. However, he was given the role of a military artist and did not see any action during his tour of duty.

Was a swimmer from the United States notable for winning five events at the Inter-Allied Games in Ju

Was a swimmer from the United States notable for winning five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June, 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He set thirteen world records and held eightee

Is an American novelist whose introspective novels and short stories are set in Botswana in the 1980

Is an American novelist whose introspective novels and short stories are set in Botswana in the 1980s. He is the son of Roger and Leslie (Chesse) Rush. He was the recipient of the 1991 National Book Award and the 1992 Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize for his novel Mating.

Explorer, exotic animal owner, writer, artist, Olympic equestrian, was one of Toronto's eccentrics.

Explorer, exotic animal owner, writer, artist, Olympic equestrian, was one of Toronto's eccentrics. Elder, was the owner of the Norman Elder Museum at 140 Bedford road in the Annex, an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Norman Elder was a

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Kansas City

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Kansas City Royals for 21 games during the 1972 Kansas City Royals season and seven games during the 1973 Kansas City Royals season.

Was an International Master of chess. Although he didn't receive his title from the World Chess Fede

Was an International Master of chess. Although he didn't receive his title from the World Chess Federation (FIDE), until 1965, he obviously merited it much sooner than age 75. His picture appears on the cover of the December 1969 issue of Chess Life magaz

Was an award-winning African-American painter, scholar, and teacher. He is associated with Abstract

Was an award-winning African-American painter, scholar, and teacher. He is associated with Abstract Expressionism. Lewis was African-American, of Caribbean descent.Norman W. Lewis was born in Harlem, New York. His parents had emigrated from Bermuda. Always interested in art, he had amassed a large art history library by the time he was a young man. A lifelong resident of Harlem, he also travelled extensively during the two years that he worked on ocean freighters. An important early influence was the sculptor and teacher Augusta Savage, who provided him with open studio space at her Harlem Art Center. He also participated in WPA art projects, alongside his friends Romare Bearden and Jackson Pollock, among others.

Is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics

Is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics

Is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is one of the longest-serving members of the Legislative Asse

Is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is one of the longest-serving members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, having been first elected in 1977.Sterling ran unsuccessfully for a Progressive Conservative nomination in 1971, at age 29. He tried again, successfully, in 1977, and was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election in the safe eastern Ontario riding of Carleton-Grenville. He served as parliamentary assistant to the Attorney General in 1978, but was not appointed to the cabinet of Bill Davis in his first term as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP).

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who spent time with the Montreal Canadiens and St Louis

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who spent time with the Montreal Canadiens and St Louis Blues of the NHL. He was also, for a time, a professional bodybuilder. Baron had played junior hockey with the Montreal Jr. Canadiens in 1976–77 and then q

Was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter.

Was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his identical twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross McWhirter's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), Norris McWhirter carried on alone as editor.

Was an American artist born on January 14, 1921 in Louisville, Kentucky. He grew up in East Orange,

Was an American artist born on January 14, 1921 in Louisville, Kentucky. He grew up in East Orange, New Jersey outside New York City and Evanston, Illinois in the Chicago area, attending public schools through high school. Later, he studied at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland and the Art Institute in Chicago. In the late 1940s, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy; his teacher, the Expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka, was to have a lasting influence on Embry's work.

Was an American Republican politician from the state of New Hampshire.In 1946 he was elected to the

Was an American Republican politician from the state of New Hampshire.In 1946 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire for the first time. He served until 1954 when he ran for a seat in the United States Senate from

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. A 6'8" forward from Kansas State University, Coleman played in only one NBA season.

Is a retired American basketball player. A 6'5" guard, he played collegiately for the Washington Sta

Is a retired American basketball player. A 6'5" guard, he played collegiately for the Washington State University.

Is an American architect and author. He is famous primarily for writing children's books; among them

Is an American architect and author. He is famous primarily for writing children's books; among them The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line.Juster co-founded a small architectural firm, Juster Pope Associates, in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, in 1970. The firm was renamed Juster Pope Frazier after Jack Frazier joined the firm in 1978.