B. J. O. Nordfeldt, Village with Monument.
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VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Writer Vladimir Nabokov transformed exile, obsession and unreliable memory through dazzling verbal precision, creating novels whose beauty continually implicates the reader.
IWATA NAKAYAMA
Photographer Iwata Nakayama combined montage, abstraction and modern urban design to help establish an experimental photographic language in twentieth-century Japan.
THOMAS NAST
Political cartoonist Thomas Nast used unforgettable images to attack corruption and shape American political symbolism, while also spreading the ethnic prejudices of his era.
RAMÓN NOVARRO
Actor Ramón Novarro became one of silent Hollywood’s great romantic stars while concealing a private life made dangerous by the industry’s demands and his era’s homophobia.
PATRICIA NEAL
Actor Patricia Neal brought intelligence and emotional gravity to stage and screen, then fought her way back to performance after a devastating series of strokes.
SCOTT NEARING
Economist and radical homesteader Scott Nearing rejected war, capitalism and consumer culture, turning simple living into a practical experiment in political independence.
RICKY NELSON
Singer Ricky Nelson carried rock & roll into America’s living rooms through television, then outgrew his teenage image through country rock and hard-earned independence.
WILLIE NELSON
Singer and songwriter Willie Nelson turned an unmistakable behind-the-beat voice, a battered guitar and an independent spirit into the enduring sound of outlaw country.
EVELYN NESBIT
Model and performer Evelyn Nesbit became the first modern celebrity face, then found her image and private trauma consumed by the sensational “Trial of the Century.”
MIKE NESS
Singer and guitarist Mike Ness gave Social Distortion a durable combination of punk urgency, rockabilly swagger and hard-luck American storytelling.
JACK NICHOLSON
Actor Jack Nicholson turned intelligence, danger and irreverent charm into a defining screen presence for the rebellious, unstable and morally complicated men of New Hollywood.
NICO
Singer Nico carried a glacial voice and severe beauty from the Velvet Underground into stark solo records that helped define gothic and alternative music.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche attacked inherited morality, religious certainty and herd conformity, challenging individuals to confront the frightening responsibility of creating their own values.
GLADYS NILSSON
Artist Gladys Nilsson fills dense, brightly colored scenes with elastic bodies and unruly social encounters, bringing wit and feminist observation to the Chicago Imagist tradition.
HARRY NILSSON
Singer and songwriter Harry Nilsson joined an extraordinary voice to wit, melancholy and studio invention, becoming a star who rarely performed live and repeatedly resisted the machinery of fame.
ANAÏS NIN
Writer Anaïs Nin transformed diaries, desire and psychological self-invention into an intimate body of work that challenged the boundaries between lived experience and literature.
MARNI NIXON
Singer Marni Nixon supplied the uncredited singing voices behind some of Hollywood’s most famous performances, becoming the unseen sound of the American movie musical.
MARIE-LAURE DE NOAILLES
Artist and patron Marie-Laure de Noailles used wealth, taste and social freedom to sustain Surrealism, experimental film and artists too radical for conventional institutions.
ISAMU NOGUCHI
Artist Isamu Noguchi treated sculpture, furniture, gardens and public space as parts of a single human environment shaped by stone, light and movement.
B. J. O. NORDFELDT
Artist B. J. O. Nordfeldt helped develop the Provincetown white-line woodcut, turning a practical printmaking solution into a modern American art form.
KRIST NOVOSELIC
Bassist Krist Novoselic gave Nirvana’s upheaval a heavy melodic foundation, then redirected his public life toward political reform and grassroots participation.
GARY NUMAN
Singer and synthesizer pioneer Gary Numan turned alienation, machinery and electronic minimalism into a futuristic pop language that profoundly influenced alternative and industrial music.
JIM NUTT
Artist Jim Nutt combines meticulous technique, grotesque invention and psychological intensity in portraits shaped by the unruly Chicago Imagist tradition.
RUDOLF NUREYEV
Dancer Rudolf Nureyev joined explosive physical power to theatrical intelligence, transforming the role of the male ballet star after his dramatic defection from the Soviet Union.
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