Biographies

Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda: Austrian Formula One champion, aviator and entrepreneur

Nikita Filatov

Nikita Vitiugov

Nikita Vitiugov — Russian Chess Grandmaster

Nikitas Venizelos

Nikitas Venizelos — Greek shipping entrepreneur and parliamentarian

Nikki Sixx

Nikki Sixx — Mötley Crüe bassist, songwriter and author

Niklaus Otto

Niklaus Otto (Nikolaus August Otto): inventor of the modern internal‑combustion engine

Nikola Hajdin

Nikola Hajdin — Serbian civil engineer, professor and academy president

Nikola Tesla

Nikolai Durov

Nikolai Durov — mathematician and co‑creator of Telegram

Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852): life, works and influence

Nikolai Gogol, born in present‑day Ukraine, wrote in Russian and produced major satirical and grotesque works—The Overcoat, The Government Inspector and Dead Souls—that reshaped 19

Nikolai Gorbachev

Nikolai Stepanovich Gorbachev (Soviet‑Belarusian canoeist)

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry

Nikolai Karachentsov

Nikolai Khabibulin

Nikolai Pankin

Nikolai Pankin: Soviet Olympic Breaststroke Swimmer and Coach

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Tsymbal

Nikolai Andreyevich Tsymbal

Nikolai Vavilov

Nikolai Vavilov: botanist, plant geneticist and seed-collection pioneer

Nikolai Volkoff

Nikolai Volkoff (Josip Peruzović) — Yugoslav-born Professional Wrestler

Nikolai Zhugan

Nikolai Pavlovich Zhugan (1917–2017)

Nikolay Kovalyov (politician)

Nikolay Kovalyov (1949–2019) — Russian security official and politician

Nikolay Pimenov

Nikolay Pimenov — Soviet and Russian rower

Nikolay Yut

Nikolay Yut — Chuvash Writer, Folklorist and Literary Critic

Nikon (Liolin)

Archbishop Nikon (Nicholas Liolin): Leader of the Albanian Archdiocese in the OCA

Nilcéa Freire

Nilcéa Freire (1953–2019): Brazilian academic and women's policy leader

Nilda Fernández

Niloofar Rahmani

Niloofar Rahmani — Afghanistan's first female fixed‑wing military pilot since 2001

Nils Clarke

Nils Clarke — Yukon lawyer and member of the Legislative Assembly

Nils Horner

Nils Horner — Swedish‑British foreign correspondent

Nils John Nilsson

Nils Petter Sundgren

Nils Petter Sundgren (1929–2019)

Nílton Santos

Nimmi

Nimmi (Nawab Banoo): Prominent Indian Actress of the 1950s and 1960s

Nimr al-Nimr

Nimr al-Nimr: Saudi Shia cleric, activist, and controversial figure

Nina Bawden

Nina Bawden: British novelist and children's author

Nina Foch

Nina Foch: Dutch‑American actress, teacher, and screen character actor

Nina Fyodorova

Nina Fyodorova (Nina Viktorovna Baldycheva) — Soviet cross-country skier

Nina Lagergren

Nina Lagergren: Swedish businesswoman and advocate for Raoul Wallenberg

Nina Timofeeva

Nina Timofeeva — Russian Ballet Dancer (1935–2014)

Ninad Bedekar

Ninad Bedekar: Indian historian, writer and popularizer of Maratha heritage

Ninan Koshy

Ninan Koshy (1934–2015): Indian political thinker, theologian and analyst

Ningali Lawford

Ningali Lawford — Australian actress (1967–2019)

Nino Khurtsidze

Nino Khurtsidze — Georgian chess master and two-time World Junior champion

Nino Manfredi

Nino Manfredi — Italian actor, director and comedian

Niranjan Bhagat

Niranjan Bhagat: Gujarati poet, critic and bilingual writer

Nirbhaya "Fearless"

Nirbhaya: 2012 Delhi gang-rape case and its social and legal impact

Nisha Ayub

Nisha Ayub: Malaysian transgender activist and human-rights advocate

Nisio Isin

Nisio Isin (NISIOISIN) — Japanese novelist of Monogatari and Zaregoto