- N. David Mermin1935Physicist
- N. May KarffMay Karff, the “queen of American chess,” was a dominant force in American women’s chess…
- Naamah Kelman1955Rabbi Naamah Kelman was the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in Israel and the first…
- Nacha Rivkin1900Orthodox Jewish education for women in America began with the work of Nacha Rivkin, a…
- Nachman Aronszajn1907Theory of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces
- NachmanadiesPhilosopher
- Nachmanides1194Medieval Jewish scholar, philosopher, and kabbalist
- Nadav Abrahami2006Co-founder of Wix and its VP of research and development
- Nadav Lapid1975Israeli auteur director whose film Synonyms won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film…
- Nadezhda MandelstamAuthor
- Nadia Reisenberg1904Classical pianist
- Nadine de Rothschild1963Actrice devenue baronne, convertie au judaïsme par le grand rabbin Kaplan, autrice de…
- Nadine Gordimer1923Nobel Prize-winning South African novelist and anti-apartheid voice
- Nadrian Seeman1945Chemist regarded as the founder of DNA nanotechnology
- Naftali Bennett2021Thirteenth Prime Minister of Israel
- Nahmanides1194 CEScholar, philosopher and physician
- Nahum Sonenberg1946Biochemist who elucidated the control of protein synthesis (translation) initiation
- Nan Goldin1953Starting in the 1970s, Nan Goldin used her camera to document her own life and that of…
- Nan HalperinNan Halperin was known as “The Wonder Girl” for her comic performances and rapid quick…
- Nancy Florence Keesing1923Nancy Keesing was an influential figure on the Australian literary scene, not only as an…
- Nancy Lieberman1976Youngest basketball player ever to win an Olympic medal, at eighteen in 1976
- Nancy Meyers1949Writer-director of hit romantic comedies like Something's Gotta Give.
- Nancy Spero1926Nancy Spero was a figurative artist concerned with difference and the representation of…
- Naomi AldermanBritish novelist and author of the award-winning novel The Power.
- Naomi Amir1931Naomi Kassan Amir was a pioneer in pediatric neurology, bringing her training from the…
- Naomi Deutsch1890A leader in the field of public health nursing, Naomi Deutsch spearheaded health and…
- Naomi Feinbrun-DothanNaomi Feinbrun-Dothan helped pioneer the scientific analysis of native Israeli flora and…
- Naomi GrossmanActress known for her roles in American Horror Story.
- Naomi Klein1970Author and activist whose books 'No Logo' and 'This Changes Everything' shaped global…
- Naomi Levov1986Israeli actress featured in the series On the Spectrum.
- Naomi LevyRabbi and bestselling author of books on spirituality.
- Naomi Novik2015Novelist (Temeraire, Uprooted), Nebula Award winner and co-founder of the Archive of Our…
- Naomi Shemer1930Israeli songwriter of Jerusalem of Gold, a beloved national song
- Naomi W. Cohen1927One of the first women scholars in the new field of Jewish studies, Naomi W. Cohen earned…
- Naomi WadlerYouth gun-control activist known for her March for Our Lives speech.
- Naomi Wolf1962Author of 'The Beauty Myth' (1990), a defining third-wave feminist work on beauty…
- Naor MeningherIsraeli actor working across television and film.
- Naphtali Herz Wessely1725Hebrew grammarian and poet of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah).
- Nat Holman1950Basketball pioneer ('Mr. Basketball')
- Nat Wolff1994Actor and musician known for The Fault in Our Stars (Jewish father)
- Natalia GinzburgAuthor
- Natalia Gutman1942Classical cellist
- Natalie Appleton1973Singer of All Saints
- Natalie Clein1977Classical cellist
- Natalie Cohen1912Natalie Cohen was a twentieth-century athlete, umpire, journalist, and civil servant who…
- Natalie Dessay1994French coloratura soprano of the world's leading opera houses
- Natalie Portman1994Actress
- Natalie Zemon Davis1928Natalie Zemon Davis was a pioneering historian of early modern Europe, gender, and…
- Natan Andrei2017Solved the Kondo problem exactly via the Bethe ansatz
- Natan Sharansky1948Soviet refusenik and dissident whose imprisonment and campaign became a landmark case for…
- Natasha Lyonne1979American actress known for Orange Is the New Black and Russian Doll.
- Nate Berkus1971American interior designer and television host.
- Nathalie Sarraute1900French novelist and pioneer of the nouveau roman ('Tropisms')
- Nathan Ackerman1908Founding figure of family therapy
- Nathan ben Jehiel1035Italian lexicographer, author of the 'Arukh,' the foundational talmudic dictionary.
- Nathan Cummings1939Built Consolidated Foods — later named Sara Lee — from a single Baltimore sugar house
- Nathan E. DouglasAcademy Award — Best Original Screenplay
- Nathan Englander1970American author known for acclaimed short fiction and novels exploring Jewish life.
- Nathan Glazer1923Sociologist of ethnicity
- Nathan Handwerker1916Founded Nathan's Famous (1916), popularizing the nickel Coney Island hot dog.
- Nathan Isaacs1886Legal scholar of commercial and business law and of the influence of Jewish law
- Nathan Jacobson1910Abstract algebra
- Nathan Keyfitz1913Pioneer of mathematical demography
- Nathan Kline1916Psychiatrist who pioneered the use of drugs to treat depression and psychosis.
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild1777Founder of the British branch N M Rothschild & Sons in London
- Nathan Milstein1903Violinist celebrated for his Bach and his long virtuoso career
- Nathan Newmark1910Structural engineer regarded as a founder of the field of earthquake engineering
- Nathan Rosen1909Physicist
- Nathan RosenbergEconomist
- Nathan Seiberg1956Physicist
- Nathan Straus1893Macy's co-owner whose pasteurized-milk stations saved countless children
- Nathan ThrallPulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
- Nathan Zuntz1847Physiologist who pioneered the study of respiration and high-altitude physiology
- Nathanael West1903American novelist ('The Day of the Locust', 'Miss Lonelyhearts')
- Nathaniel Pringsheim1823Botanist and a founder of the study of algae
- Nathaniel Rosen1948Classical cellist
- Nathaniel Rothschild1971Financier, member of the Rothschild banking dynasty
- Nati Linial2013Israeli theorist of locality in distributed graph algorithms
- Naum Akhiezer1901Approximation theory and the classical moment problem
- Naum KorzhavinPoet / lyricist
- Naum Shor1937Co-developed the ellipsoid method for convex optimization.
- Naum Vilenkin1920Special functions, group representations, and combinatorics
- Neal Koblitz1948Co-invented elliptic-curve cryptography.
- Nechama Hendel1936Nechama Hendel is considered one of the foremost singers Israel has ever produced, known…
- Nechama LeibowitzAlthough Nehama Leibowitz refused to acknowledge that she was a revolutionary in any way…
- Nechama Tec1931Nechama Tec's sociological work, informed by her experience as a Holocaust survivor…
- Necro1976Underground hip-hop artist and producer, pioneer of the 'death rap' style.
- Ned Block1942American philosopher of mind, theories of consciousness
- Nedrick Young1958Blacklisted co-writer of The Defiant Ones (Academy Award 1958, under the pseudonym Nathan…
- Nehamah Pukhachewsky1869Nehamah Pukhachewsky’s writings advocated for Jewish women with a feminist confidence…
- Nehemiahc. 445 BCEGovernor of Judea who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and reformed the community
- Neil Blumenthal2010Eyewear entrepreneur, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker
- Neil Diamond1969Singer-songwriter, one of the best-selling artists of all time ('Sweet Caroline').
- Neil DruckmannIsraeli-American writer and director of The Last of Us video games.
- Neil Gaiman1989Author of The Sandman, American Gods, Coraline and Good Omens
- Neil Immerman1995Proved the Immerman-Szelepcsényi theorem
- Neil Lane1980sCelebrity jewelry designer known for vintage-style engagement rings
- Neil Sedaka1939Pop singer-songwriter of hits such as Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
- Neil Simon1968Prolific playwright and screenwriter (The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs)
- Neil Smelser1930Sociologist of collective behavior and economic sociology
- Nell Carter1948Tony- and Emmy-winning singer and actress of 'Gimme a Break!' who converted to Judaism.
- Nello Rosselli1927Historian of the Risorgimento — Mazzini and Bakunin, Carlo Pisacane — and antifascist…
- Nelly NeumannNelly Neumann completed her doctorate in synthetic geometry in 1909 at Breslau…
- Nelly Sachs1966German-Swedish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature 1966
- Nelly Wolffheim1879Nelly Wolffheim spent her career developing and teaching a kindergarten curriculum based…
- Nelson Algren1950Novelist of The Man with the Golden Arm, the first winner of the National Book Award for…
- Nelson Goodman1906American philosopher, the 'new riddle of induction' and nominalism
- Nelson Peltz1942Co-founder of Trian Partners, a prominent activist investment fund (Procter & Gamble…
- Neta Riskin1976Israeli actress known for her role as Giti Weiss in the acclaimed series Shtisel.
- Netira892Banquier de cour des califes al-Mu'tadid et al-Muqtadir et protecteur des juifs de…
- Nets Katz1972Harmonic analysis and additive combinatorics
- Netta Barzilai1993Israeli singer who won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Toy'.
- Nettie Rosenstein1921American fashion designer renowned for her little black dresses and costume jewelry
- Nettie Sutro-KatzensteinDr. Nettie Sutro-Katzenstein founded SHEK (Schweizer Hilfswerk fur Emigrantenkinder), a…
- Nev Schulman1984American producer and host who created the Catfish franchise exploring online deception…
- Nicholas J. Hoff1906Pioneer of aerospace structures
- Nicholas Kaldor1908Post-Keynesian economist known for his laws of economic growth and theory of distribution
- Nicholas Katz1943Arithmetic algebraic geometry
- Nicholas Kurti1908Physicist
- Nicholas Meyer1976Novelist-screenwriter
- Nicholas RottFluid mechanics
- Nick Kroll1978Comedian and actor who created and starred in the sketch series 'Kroll Show' and…
- Nick Valensi1981Lead guitarist of The Strokes.
- Nicolas Sarkozy2007President of France (2007-12)
- Nicole Appleton1974Singer of All Saints
- Nicole Farhi1983Fashion designer, founder of the Nicole Farhi label
- Nicole Guedj1955Lawyer, Secretary of State
- Nicole Holofcener1960Writer-director ('Enough Said', 'You Hurt My Feelings')
- Nicole Krauss2005Novelist of The History of Love, translated into 35 languages
- Nicole Stéphane1950Actrice du Silence de la mer et des Enfants terribles, productrice du Chagrin et la Pitié
- Niels Bohr1913Physicist who gave the quantum model of the atom in 1913 and led Copenhagen's Institute…
- Nik Cohn1969British writer of a Jewish family and pioneering rock music journalist
- Niki Russ Federman1977Niki Russ Federman is the fourth-generation co-owner of Russ & Daughters, the iconic…
- Nikita Nekrasov2023Mathematical physicist of the Nekrasov partition function
- Nikki Reed1988Actress and screenwriter who co-wrote 'Thirteen' at fifteen and starred in the 'Twilight'…
- Nikodem Caro1871Chemist known for the calcium cyanamide (Frank–Caro) process
- Nikolai Petrov1943Classical pianist
- Nikolai Rubinstein1835Pianist and conductor
- Nikolaj Znaider1975Violinist and conductor
- Nili Lotan2003Fashion designer, founder of the Nili Lotan womenswear label
- Nima Adlerblum1881Nima Adlerblum was a writer, educator, and early Zionist activist in New York, whose life…
- Nimrod Megiddo2014Israeli inventor of linear-time algorithms for low-dimensional linear programming
- Nina Gourfinkel1941Organisatrice de l'aide aux réfugiés en zone sud, passeuse d'internés et introductrice du…
- Nina Hagen1978« Marraine du punk allemand » : sa voix d'opéra tordue en cri punk, de Du hast den…
- Nina Morais Cohen1855Nina Morais Cohen organized the Jewish women’s community of Minneapolis, where she was a…
- Nina Paley1968American animator and cartoonist who wrote, directed, and produced the acclaimed…
- Nina Ruth Davis Salaman1877Nina Salaman was a well-regarded Hebraist, known especially for her translations of…
- Nina Totenberg1944Nina Totenberg has broken important stories on the United States Supreme Court during…
- Nini HessIn the years between 1914 and 1933, numerous significant personalities in art, culture…
- Nir Barkat2008Founder of the antivirus company BRM (1988), mayor of Jerusalem (2008-2018) and Israel's…
- Nir Shavit2004Israeli expert in multiprocessor computing
- Nir Zohar2007President and COO of Wix since 2007, and its chairman since 2025
- Nissim BlackAmerican rapper who converted to Orthodox Judaism.
- Nissim EzekielPoet / lyricist
- Nissim of Geronac. 1310 CETalmudist, philosopher and physician
- Nita M. Lowey1937Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey used her position to fight for women’s health, public…
- Nitsana Darshan-Leitner2002Israeli lawyer who founded Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center (2002) and has represented…
- Niuta Tajtelbaum1943Warsaw resistance fighter and courier, hunted by the Gestapo with a 150,000-zloty bounty…
- Noa1994Israeli (Yemenite-Jewish) singer-songwriter Achinoam Nini, internationally acclaimed…
- Noa Kirel2023Israeli singer and actress
- Noa Tishby1975Israeli actress, producer and author, and a prominent advocate against antisemitism.
- Noah Baumbach1969American filmmaker known for Marriage Story and The Squid and the Whale.
- Noah Schnapp2004American actor known for playing Will Byers on Stranger Things.
- Noam Bettan2026Israeli singer
- Noam Chomsky1957Linguistics Theory
- Noam Elkies1966Number theory
- Noam Nisan2012Israeli pioneer of algorithmic game theory and complexity
- Noam Shazeer1976Co-invented the Transformer neural-network architecture.
- Noam Tibon2023Retired major general who drove into the 7 October 2023 attack and rescued civilians and…
- Noémie Lvovsky2012Réalisatrice et scénariste, prix Louis-Delluc pour Les Sentiments, autrice de Camille…
- Noga Alon2005Israeli combinatorialist
- Nora BayesNora Bayes was a star in vaudeville and musical comedy in the early twentieth century.
- Nora Ephron1941Writer-director ('When Harry Met Sally...', 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'You've Got Mail')
- Nora Glickman1944Argentine-born Nora Glickman is a prolific dramatist and short story and non-fiction…
- Nora Levin1916Research librarian and educator Nora Levin’s books sparked controversy among historians…
- Nora Newcombe1951Developmental psychologist known for research on spatial cognition
- Nora Platiel1896The Russian Revolution of 1917 made a convinced socialist of Nora Block and inspired her…
- Norbert Brainin1923Classical violinist (Amadeus Quartet)
- Norbert Elias1897Founder of figurational sociology
- Norbert Hirschhorn1938Physician who helped develop oral rehydration therapy for diarrheal disease
- Norbert Wiener1894Founded cybernetics and statistical communication theory.
- Norma Baumel Joseph1944Orthodox feminist Norma Baumel Joseph has published widely on Jewish women and on…
- Norma Fields Furst1931Higher education was not merely a family priority for Norma Fields Furst
- Norma Levy Shapiro1928Norma Levy Shapiro’s Jewish background gave her a greater understanding of the evils of…
- Norma Rosen1925Born in Brooklyn in 1925 to secular and assimilated parents, Norma Rosen was an…
- Norma Shearer1930First Jewish woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress (1930)
- Norman Abramson1971Created ALOHAnet, the first wireless packet-switched network and the ancestor of Ethernet…
- Norman Corwin1956Poet laureate of American radio drama
- Norman Davidson1916Chemist and molecular biologist who advanced nucleic acid hybridization methods
- Norman Geschwind1926Neurologist regarded as a founder of the field of behavioral neurology.
- Norman Gimbel1927Song lyricist
- Norman Hackerman1912Physical chemist known for corrosion science and surface chemistry
- Norman Krasna1943Screenwriter of Princess O'Rourke (Academy Award 1943)
- Norman Lear1922Creator of 'All in the Family', 'The Jeffersons' and 'Maude' — reinvented American…
- Norman Levinson1912Analysis, number theory, and differential equations
- Norman Luboff1917Choral conductor and arranger
- Norman Mailer1923Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist ('The Naked and the Dead', 'The Executioner's…
- Norman ManeaAuthor
- Norman Norell1941Pioneering American couturier (Traina-Norell and Norell houses)
- Norman Panama1954Co-writer of White Christmas and Road to Utopia
- Norman Pearlstine1942Editor-in-chief of Time Inc.
- Norman RostockerPhysicist
- Norman Rostoker1925Physicist
- Norman Taurog1931Won the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy at thirty-two, and directed Boys Town…
- Norman Zabusky1929Co-discoverer of the soliton
- Norton Zinder1928Geneticist who discovered genetic transduction, the transfer of genes between bacteria by…
- Nostradamus1555Provençal apothecary, plague physician and author of Les Prophéties (1555), among the…
- Nouriel RoubiniEconomist
- Nurit Hirsch1948Nurit Hirsch is one of the most prolific and varied writers of contemporary Israeli songs.
- Nurith Aviv1945Israeli cinematographer and documentary filmmaker.