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Progress[edit]

This list began with 819 entries. Progress timeline:

  • 1 December 2007 - 553 left (32.5% complete)
  • 12 February 2008 - 438 left (46.5% complete)
  • 13 February 2008 - 339 left (58.6% complete) - prune completed
  • 15 August 2008 - 253 left (+ 14 non-notable) - all researched
  • 16 February 2009 - 243 left (+ 14 non-notable) - repruned
  • 18 February 2009 - 162 left (+ 94 non-notable) - 80.2% complete - sorted
  • 11 June 2009 - 161 left (+ 73 non-notable) - 80.3% complete - sorted (last round removed blue links but moved some politicians to notable)
  • 15 May 2012 - 125 left (+45 non-notable) - 84.7% complete
  • 6 January 2018 - 124 left (+44 non-notable)
  • 16 September 2018 - 115 left (+33 PNN)
  • 19 October 2019 - 111 left (+32 PNN)

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Musician[edit]

  1. Alfredo Navarrine — (1894–1979) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Argentine singer
  2. Bobby Neal — (1948–1985) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Country musician, killed in air crash with Ricky Nelson
  3. Alex Nelson (musician) — (1963–2004) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Guitarist with Lizzy Borden (band)
  4. Nathaniel J. Nelson — (1932–1984) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Doo woop singer, member of The Flamingos
  5. Marty Northam — (1966–1985) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Rock musician

Composer[edit]

  1. Fyodor Nikolayevich Nadenenko — (1902–1963) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Ukrainian composer
  2. Dmitry Lvovich Naryshkin — (1758–1838) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Russian brass band founder
  3. Juan Noli — (????–1960) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Argentine tango composer
  4. Ernesto Nolli — (????–1966) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Argentine tango composer

Actor/Director/Producer[edit]

  1. Nadajan — (1902–1974) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US actor, played a ghost in House of Usher (film)
  2. Nakazo Nakamura — (1809–1886) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese kabuki actor
  3. Gary Nardino — (1935–1998) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US TV producer
  4. George F. Nash — (1865–1944) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US stage and film actor
  5. Mort Neff — (1903–1990) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Michigan TV personality
  6. Kolia Negin — (1885–1947) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Film actor, concert singer
  7. Bobby Nelson (actor) — (1923–1993) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US silent series actor
  8. Christine Nelson (actress) — (1920–1988) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US actress
  9. Harold Nelson Shaw — (1864–1937) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US actor
  10. Nels P. Nelson — (1918–1994) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US actor, bit part in Wizard of Oz
  11. Irving Newton — (1897–1980) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US actor
  12. Paul Nichols (director) — (1922–1980) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US motion picture director
  13. Margaret Nickloy — (????–1961) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Midget actress, circus entertainer
  14. Louis Nicoletti — (1906–1969) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US actor, "I Love Lucy" bit player
  15. David Nillo — (1916–2005) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US dancer *de
  16. Beppie Nooij — (1919–1979) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Dutch actress *nl
  17. Martin Nosseck — (1903–1991) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Actor - appeared in One Dark Night

Other Arts / Entertainment[edit]

  1. Maisetsu Naito — (1847–1926) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Haiku poet
  2. Husetsu Nakamura — (1866–1943) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese painter
  3. Harriet Nash — (1864–1907) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US author - "Polly's Secret"
  4. Leonard Hastings Nason — (1895–1970) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US Army officer, author
  5. George Nettleton — (1874–1959) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US author
  6. Virgil Ney — (1905–1979) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US author
  7. Joseph Niagara — (1927–2004) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Philadelphia radio host
  8. Robert Hogg Nisbet — (1879–1961) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US landscape painter
  9. Ujyo Noguchi — (1882–1945) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese poet and songwriter
  10. Charles Fenton Mercer Noland — (1806–1858) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US lawyer and author
  11. Per Eric Nordquist or Per-Eric Nordquist — (1940–2002) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Swedish radio reporter *sv
  12. Richard Northcott — (????–1931) — Find a Grave — (
    ) English author and music critic
  13. Harry Norwood — (1888–1952) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US theatrical talent agent
  14. William Novey — (????–????) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US special effects guru - specialized in theme park effects
  15. Diego Novillo Quiroga — (1899–1950) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Argentine poet and journalist

Politics[edit]

  1. Yojiro Nakajima — (1959–2001) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese politician
  2. Gentaro Nakajima — (1929–1992) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese author and minister of education
  3. Zekoui Nakamura — (1867–1927) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese politician
  4. Damase Naud — (1848–1916) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Canadian politician
  5. John Neilson (delegate) — (1745–1833) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Continental Congress delegate, general
Mayors[edit]
  1. John C. Nash — (1804–1865) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Mayor of Rochester, New York
  2. Alexander Newcomb — (1824–1888) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Toledo mayor
  3. James Quigg Newton — (1911–2003) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Mayor of Denver, Colorado University president

Business[edit]

  1. Tomiro Nagase — (1862–1910) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese businessman, founded Kao Corporation
  2. John R. Newberry — (1850–1933) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Los Angeles grocer
  3. Kaichiro Nezu — (1860–1940) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese businessman and politician
  4. Henry Nicolaus — (1860–1888) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US brewer (not manager)
  5. Thomas Key Niedringhaus — (1860–1924) — Find a Grave — (
    ) St. Louis businessman
  6. Frederick Noe — (1931–2004) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Sixth generation of family owners of Jim Beam
  7. William Nolker — (1840–1906) — Find a Grave — (
    ) St. Louis businessman and brewer
  8. Fumio Nomura — (1834–1890) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese magazine publisher
  9. Wilbur T. Norton — (1844–1925) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Alton, Illinois newspaper editor
  10. Byron Nugent — (1842–1908) — Find a Grave — (
    ) St. Louis businessman

Military, noteworthy[edit]

Medal of Honor recipients[edit]

CMOH recipients are notable per WP:MILMOS#NOTE.

  1. Henry H. Nash — (1842–????) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  2. Edwin M. Neville — (1843–1886) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Army CMOH recipient
  3. Marcellus J. Newman — (1836–1905) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  4. William H. Newman — (1838–1917) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  5. John H. Nibbe — (1842–1902) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  6. Henry C. Nichols — (1832–1904) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  7. John J. Nolan (Medal of Honor) — (1842–1912) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  8. Jasper N. North — (1842–1918) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  9. Elliott M. Norton — (1834–1899) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  10. John R. Norton — (1830–1867) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
  11. William Noyes (Medal of Honor) — (1846–1910) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War CMOH recipient
Other military[edit]

These are military people who didn't get the CMOH, but might be notable.

  1. Mirko Nespor — (1924–1944) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Slovak WWII resistance fighter *sk
  2. John Norton (general) — (1918–2004) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US Army general, airpower theorist

Other[edit]

  1. John Randolph Neal (lawyer) — (1876–1959) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Lawyer in the Scopes Trial
  2. Waro Nakahara — (1896–1976) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese biochemist and cancer researcher
  3. Rikizo Nakajima — (1858–1918) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese philosopher
  4. Shigeru Nanbara — (1889–1974) — Find a Grave — (
    ) President of Tokyo University - Nanbara Shigeru
  5. Uho Nanma — (1822–1909) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese scholar
  6. Jinzo Naruse — (1858–1919) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese educator - some ref to Naruse Jinzo
  7. Motonao Narushima — (1778–1862) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese essayist
  8. Antonio Castañeda Nava — (1892–1999) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Pentecostal minister, co-founder of Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
  9. Steve Neal (writer) — (1949–2004) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Chicago Sun-Times columnist
  10. Frederick Neef — (1846–1939) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Denver brewing magnate
  11. Argyle Nelson — (1901–1970) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Vice president of Desilu Productions
  12. Christian Nelson — (1893–1992) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Inventor of Eskimo Pie
  13. Frank P. Nester — (1876–1951) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Michigan lumber, oil and racehorse businessman
  14. J. B. Nethercutt — (1913–2004) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Cosmetics manufacturer, car collector
  15. Frederic Neuhaus — (1846–1912) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Claimed inventor of the praline *fr
  16. L. T. Nichols — (1844–1912) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Religious leader, founder of the International Megiddo Church
  17. William Myron Noe — (1908–1990) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Seat belt inventor - seems to be one among many
  18. Peter Nomesch — (1864–1935) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Bishop of Luxembourg
  19. Leo Nomis — (1889–1932) — Find a Grave — (
    ) WWI pilot and Hollywood stunt pilot
  20. Sigar of Norhaw — (????–1100) — Find a Grave — (
    ) English hermit
  21. Augustus T. Norton — (1808–1884) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Presbyterian pastor in Alton, Illinois
  22. Ida E. Noyes — (1853–1912) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Has University of Chicago buidings(?) named after her
  23. Raymond Nugent — (1895–1931) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Gangster involved in the Saint Valentine's Day massacre
  24. Shin Nukada — (1889–1964) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Japanese medical scholar
  25. Emmett Crook Nunnelley — (1884–1946) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Restored the Tombstone Boot Hill graveyard
  26. August Nykiel — (1896–1928) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Detroit bootlegger

Possibly Non-notable[edit]

Covered elsewhere[edit]

These are people who are adequately covered in an article, but the article is not only about them. Participants in a notable event, act or band might go here.

  1. Charles Norman (seaman) — (1763–????) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Seaman involved in the Mutiny on the Bounty
  2. John Norton (quartermaster) — (1753–1789) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Mutiny on the Bounty participant
  3. Peter Ney — (????–1846) — Find a Grave — (
    ) North Carolina teacher who claimed to be marshal Michel Ney

Military[edit]

Civil War officers and Alamo defenders go here.

  1. William Napton — (1809–1874) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer
  2. Andrew Neff — (1825–1904) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer
  3. George Neff — (1833–1892) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer
  4. Horace Neide — (1837–1915) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer
  5. N. L. Nelson — (????–1864) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Confederate officer
  6. Richard H. Nelson (Enola Gay) — (1925–2003) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Radio operator of the Enola Gay
  7. Alvred Nettleton — (1838–1911) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer
  8. William Augustus Nichols — (1856–1918) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer
  9. William Thomas Nichols — (1829–1882) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer, commanded 14th Vermont Infantry
  10. John Nicolds — (????–1864) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Confederate POW executed in retaliation
  11. Robert Niland — (????–1944) — Find a Grave — (
    ) One of the Niland brothers ("Saving Private Ryan" inspiration)
  12. J. C. Nisbet — (????–????) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Confederate officer
  13. William M. Nisbet — (1834–1914) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Confederate Army surgeon
  14. George Nixon (soldier) — (1821–1863) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union soldier rescued by Richard Enderlin, great-grandfather of Richard Nixon
  15. William Henry Noble (general) — (1813–1894) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer
  16. M. Noblin — (????–1862) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Confederate soldier who died in a train wreck (PNN)
  17. Ledstone Noland — (1750–1839) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Revolutionary War soldier
  18. James William Nordmeyer — (1929–1979) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US Air Force pilot
  19. Matthew J. Norman — (1831–1914) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Confederate officer
  20. Leslie H. Norris — (1921–1995) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US Navy Pearl Harbor survivor
  21. Robert Northcott — (1818–1906) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer
  22. Anne Frasier Norton — (1893–1918) — Find a Grave — (
    ) US Navy sailor
  23. James Nounnan — (1834–1900) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Confederate Army officer
  24. Henry Nowlan — (1837–1898) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union cavalry officer
  25. Joseph Nuckols — (1826–1896) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Confederate officer
  26. George Nye (Civil War Union officer) — (1828–1908) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Civil War Union officer

Victims[edit]

  1. Rachel Lindsay Newhouse — (1978–1998) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Murdered by Rex Krebs
  2. Willie Nickell — (1887–1901) — Find a Grave — (
    ) Western sheepfarmer for whose murder Tom Horn was executed
  3. George Noon — (????–1874) — Find a Grave — (
    ) One of the victims in the Alferd Packer affair
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