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Rev R J Neuhaus

(1936-2009) Writer. Richard John Neuhaus was a theologian who was the author of several books. He lived in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York.

Yone Noguchi

(1875-1947) Poet. Yonejiro Noguchi was born in Tsushima, Japan, and died in Tokyo, Japan. He lived in New York City from 1900 to 1904.

Jack Norworth

(1879-1959) Songwriter. Jack Norworth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Laguna Beach, California. He was an actor in a number of Broadway theater productions.

Mikha’il Na’ima

(1889-1988) Author, poet. Mikha’il Na’ima was born in Mount Sannine of Lebanon. After graduation from the University of Washington, he moved to New York. He was an author and poet of the Pen League.

Robert Nathan

(1894-1985) Novelist. Robert Nathan was born in New York City and taught briefly at New York University.

Joseph Veach Noble

(1920-2007) Writer. Joseph Veach Noble was an antiquity expert and the author of “The Techniques of Painted Attic Pottery.”

George Jean Nathan

(1882-1958) Critic, editor. George Jean Nathan was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1882, and died in New York, New York in 1958.

Frank Norris

(1870-1902) Writer. “The Octopus” (1901), lived at 61 Washington Square and 10 West 33rd Street.

Conde Nast

(1873-1942) Publisher. Conde Nast was the founder of Conde Nast Publications, publisher of “Vanity Fair” magazine and several other magazines. He lived in Manhattan, New York.