Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Kristi Noem
33rd governor of South Dakota
Kristi Lynn Noemis an American politician who has served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-...

Stephen Nolan
TV for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 5 Live
Stephen Raymond Nolanis a Northern Irish radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 5 Live. Nolan is the highest earning BBC broadcaster in Northern Ireland. Career Radio In...

Christopher Nolan
British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter
Christopher Nolanis a British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films have grossed more than US$5 billion worldwide, and have garnered 11 Academy Awards from 36 nominations. Born...

Coleen Nolan
English singer
Coleen Patricia Nolanis an English singer, television personality and author. She was a member of the Anglo-Irish girl group the Nolans, in which she sang with her sisters. With over 30 million record...

Michael Nolan
Irish singer
Michael Nolanis an Irish singer who is best known as one of the four original members of the British pop group, Bucks Fizz, who now perform as The Fizz. He was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, but...

Cameron Norrie
British professional tennis player
Cameron Norrieis a British professional tennis player. He has reached career-high rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 12 September 2022) and No. 117 in doubles (on 13 June 2022). Norrie has won fiv...

Dan Norris
Mayor of the West of England
Dan Norrisis a British Labour Party politician serving as the Mayor of the West of England since May 2021, and Member of Parliament for North East Somerset and Hanham since 2024. He previously served ...

Lando Norris
Belgian-British racing driver
Lando Norrisis a Belgian-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One with McLaren, racing under the British flag. He won the MSA Formula championship in 2015, and the Toyota Racing Series...

Jordan North
English radio DJ and television presenter
Jordan Levi Northis an English radio DJ and television presenter, having formerly hosted shows on BBC Radio 1. In 2020, he became the runner-up of the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out ...

George North
Welsh professional rugby union player
George Philip Northis a Welsh professional rugby union player who primarily plays centre for Ospreys and Wales. He made his international debut against South Africa during the 2010 Autumn Internationa...

James Norton
English actor
James Geoffrey Ian Nortonis an English actor. He is known for roles in the television series Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace and McMafia. He played the title role in the 2019 film Mr. Jones. H...

Gil Norton
English record producer
Gil Nortonis an English record producer known for his work with alternative rock bands such as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Tribe, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder, The Di...

Laura Norton
English actress
Laura Nortonis an English actress, known for her role as Kerry Wyatt on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Norton has also appeared in numerous television series working for ITV and the BBC, and has signif...

Ricky Norwood
English actor
Ricky James Norwoodis an English actor, known for portraying the role of Fatboy in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2010–2015, 2023) and its online spin-off EastEnders: E20 (2010–2011). Following his in...

Brandy Norwood
American singer
Brandy Rayana Norwood, better known by her mononym Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress. Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson...

Pierre Novellie
Comedian and writer
Pierre Novellieis a South African-born comedian and writer. Career Novellie has written for and performed on The Mash Report, Chris Ramsey's Stand Up Central, and The Now Show. He was also a guest on ...

Krist Novoselic
American musician
Krist Anthony Novoselicis an American musician and activist. He is best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock band Nirvana. In 1987 Novoselic and Kurt Cobain formed the band Nirvana, along w...

Paul Nowak
Deputy general secretary of the Trade Unions Congress
Paul Nowakmoved to the role of Deputy General Secretary following the retirement of the Assistant General Secretary in February 2016. Before joining the TUC, Paul had a variety of jobs as a call centr...

Jerome Nriagu
American environmental chemist
Jerome Okon Nriaguis a Nigerian-born, American environmental chemist, academician and researcher. He is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. He was formerly...

Sally Nugent
English journalist
Sally Nugentis an English journalist, newsreader and television presenter. Since October 2021, she has presented BBC Breakfast along with Naga Munchetty, Charlie Stayt and Jon Kay. Career Her first me...