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Namio Harukawa Namio Harukawa (春川ナミオ) is a Japanese artist known for his realistic femdom erotica drawings. Harukawa's drawings feature beautiful, voluptuous women with large breasts, wide hips, round buttocks and thick legs dominating, overpowering and humiliating smaller men.
Namkha Namkha (Tibetan for "sky/space/aether weaving") (also known as 'mdos') is a form of yarn or thread cross composed traditionally of wool or silk and is metonymic of the Endless knot of the Ashtamangala. Weavings of a similar nature are called "God's Eye" in English folk art.
Namli Maira Namli Maira is a collection of small hamlets, the largest being Namli and Maira respectively, nestled on mountain ridges about 20 kilometers from the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan. A mettled road connects Namli Maira to the main Abbottabad-Nathia Gali road near Azizabad (Hernoi) and is an alternate route to reach Nathia Gali from Abbottabad.
Nammu In Sumerian mythology, Nammu (more properly Namma is the Sumerian] creation goddess. If the [[Babylonian creation myth Enûma Elish is based on a Sumerian myth, which seems likely, Nammu/Namma is the Sumerian goddess of the primeval sea that gave birth to heaven and earth and the first gods.
NamNamBulu NamNamBulu was a futurepop band consisting of Henrik Iversen (vocals) and Vasi Vallis (songwriting and arrangement). After several charting albums, their 2005 release Alone reached #7 on the Deutsche Alternative Charts.
Namo Narain Meena Namo Narain Meena (born 24 December, 1943) is a minister of state in Government of India.He is elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Sawai Madhopur constituency in Rajasthan as a candidate of Indian National Congress party.
Namora Namora is the name of two fictional characters in various Marvel Comics publications. Both are female superheroes from Atlantis, both are the daughters of an Atlantean parent and a surface-dwelling parent, and both are associated in some way with Namor the Sub-Mariner.
Namosi (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji) Namosi Fijian Provincial Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage).
Namrun Kalesi Namrun Kalesi is a castle near the town of Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey. While part of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the Middle Ages, the castle was known as Lampron and was the ancestral home of the Armenian Hethumid princes.
Namsan (Gyeongju) Namsan (남산, "South Mountain") is a 494-meter peak in the heart of Gyeongju National Park, just south of Gyeongju, South Korea. The mountain is within easy reach from the city and attracts a large number of national tourists.
Namsen Namsen is a river in Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. It flows from Røyrvik, through the Namdal valley to the coast, ending in the town of Namsos and Namsenfjord, the same fjord into which the smaller river Årgårdselva flows.
Namtumbo Namtumbo is one of the 5 districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Morogoro Region, to the East by the Tunduru District, to the South by Mozambique and to the East by the Songea Urban and Songea Rural Districts.
Namu, British Columiba Namu is a small fishing port and First Nations community on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located about 95km southwst of Bella Coola or 35km SSE of Bella Bella, on the mainland shore of the Inside Passage ferry route directly opposite Hunter Island, and just south of the opening of Burke Channel and King Island.
Namugenyi Kiwanuka Namugenyi "Nam" Kiwanuka (born 1975 in Uganda) is a Canadian television personality. Formerly a VJ for MuchMusic from 1999 to 2003, she is now the hostess of NBA XL and CFL Crunch on Rogers Sportsnet.
Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal Namukku parkkan munthiri thoppukal (Translation: Vineyards For Us To Dwell In) is a landmark motion picture in Malayalam cinema directed by Padmarajan. The film is noted for its rich and detailed screenplay, expressive cinematography and flowing musical narration.
Namul Namul is a general term for a wide variety of Korean seasoned vegetables. The name of the vegetable may vary slightly depending on what vegetables are used and how they are prepared, but they will nonetheless still be a type of namul.
Namur (province) Namur (Dutch: Namen) is a province of the Walloon Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France.
Namus Namus is an ethical category, a virtue, in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern of patriarchal character. It is a strongly gender-specific category of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty.
Namyang Namyang is a city in northern part of North Korea, and northern portion of the North Hamgyong Province. It lies on the Tumen River and opposite to the city of Tumen that stands in the Chinese bank of the river.
Nan Desu Kan Nan Desu Kan (aka NDK) is an anime convention held annually in Denver, Colorado, usually lasting three days near the end of September or early October. The convention has many events and panels with a different feature every year.
Nan Dungortheb Nan Dungortheb (Valley of Dreadful Death) is a fictional place in Middle-earth. It is the name of the wilderness south of Ered Gorgoroth and Dorthonion, east of Dimbar and the river Mindeb, west of Dor DĂ­nen and the Esgalduin, and north of Neldoreth and Doriath.
Nan Hua Temple Nan Hua Temple (佛光山南華寺, Fo Guang Shan Nanhua Si) is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. It is the African headquarters of the Fo Guang Shan (Buddha's Light Mountain) Order, which is currently the largest monastery in Taiwan, covering over 600 acres.
Nan Jing (TCM) One of the classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Huangdi Bashiyi Nanjing (Yellow Emperor's Canon of Eighty-One Difficult Issues) was written in the late Han dynasty. It is often referred to as simply the Nanjing.
Nan Madol Nan Madol, consisting of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals, is often called the Venice of the Pacific. It is located on the South East corner of the island of Pohnpei, presently part of the Federated States of Micronesia, and used to be the capital of the Saudeleur dynasty until about 1500 A.
Nan Tien temple Nan Tien Temple () is a Buddhist temple complex located in the industrial suburb of Berkeley, on the southern outskirts of the Australian city of Wollongong, approximately 80 km south of Sydney, Australia. Nan Tien is a Chinese term, which means "southern paradise".
Nan-e kabab Nan-e kabab (Persian: نان كباب)(bread with kabab) is a national dish of Iran. The meal is simple, consisting of kabab, of which there are several distinct Persian varieties, and a type of Persian flat bread (specifically nan-e lavash).
Nana (novel) Nana is a novel by the French naturalist author Emile Zola. Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series, which was to tell "The Natural and Social History of a Family under the Second Empire" (Becker 96).
Nana (Wych Elm cultivar) The Dwarf Wych Elm, Ulmus glabra Nana, rarely exceeds 5 m in height, but is often broader. A very slow growing shrub, the specimen at Kew was described by Elwes & Henry (1913) as 'a slow-growing hemispherical bush that has not increased appreciably in size for many years'.
Nana 2 Nana 2 is the sequel to the Japanese movie Nana, an adaptation of the manga by Ai Yazawa, directed by Kentarô Ôtani. Production for the movie began in mid-September and only 1 and a half month shootings finished the movie in time for the December 9, 2006 release.
Nana af Nana (Nurul Hana) (July 1st 1983-present) is the former student of Akademi Fantasia 1 in Malaysia. Even though she did not win, she managed to become a successful Malaysiaian artist in her singing and acting career.
Nana Effah-Apenteng Nana Effah-Apenteng is the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations, appointed in May 2000. Before this appointment, Nana Effah-Apenteng was Director of Administration at Ghana's Foreign Ministry and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Ghanan Embassy in Washington in the United States of America and in Rome, Italy.
Nana Gbewonyo Nana Gbewonyo is an actor who played the role of Junior Battle in the film Coach Carter that was released in January 2005. He was born in Accra, Ghana, but moved to California when he was three with his parents.
Nana Machiyala Nana Machiyala is a small village located about 8 kilometers away from the city of Amreli in the state of Gujarat in India. The village is at least 300 years old and has been the home of many farmers and farmhands.
Nana Mouskouri Nana Mouskouri (born Ioanna Mouskouri on October 13, 1934, at 5 AM, in Chania, Crete, Greece) is a singer of Greek origin who over four decades has forged a highly successful international career. She was known as Nana to her friends and family as a child.
Nana Plaza Nana Plaza (officially Nana Entertainment Plaza; shortened NEP) is a red-light district in Bangkok. It lies on Sukhumvit Road Soi 4 across from the Nana hotel () and allegedly takes its name from an Indian family that owns the land.
Nana Sahib Nana Sahib (Dhondu Pant by birth) was a famous Indian leader during the Rebellion of 1857 , notable for ordering the massacre of over a hundred British women and children who were his prisoners and then fleeing across the border to Nepal.
Nanabozho In Ojibwe mythology, Nanabozho (also known as Big-Rabbit, Great-Hare, Great-Rabbit, Manabozo, Manibozho, Nanabush, Nanabozo, Nanabojo, Nanabijou, Winabozho, Wenabozho, Winneboozho, or Wisaaka) is a spirit, and figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation. Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero (these two archetypes are often combined into a single figure in First Nations mythologies).
Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi (高橋奈苗) is a professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships.
Nanaerobe Nanaerobes are organisms that cannot grow in the presence of micromolar concentrations of oxygen, but can grow with and benefit from the presence of nanomolar concentrations of oxygen. Like other anaerobes, these organisms do not require oxygen for growth.
Nanai language The Nanai language is spoken by the Nanai people in Siberia, and to a much smaller extent in China's Heilongjiang province, where it is known as Hezhe. The language has about 5,772 speakers out of 11,000 members of the ethnicity, but most of them (especially younger generations) are also fluent in Russian or Chinese (depending on the country where they live), and mostly use one of those languages for communication.
Nanaia Mahuta Nanaia Cybelle Mahuta (born 1970) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the Labour Party. She has strong links to the Te Kingitanga (Māori King Movement), being the daughter of Robert Mahuta, who was the adopted son of King Korokī and the elder brother of Māori Queen Te Atairangikaahu.
Nanaimo and The Islands Nanaimo and The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1941 to 1963. Parts of it which were outside the city of Nanaimo are now in Saanich North and the Islands and other ridings.
Nanaimo bar The Nanaimo bar (sometimes spelled Nanimo bar) is a Canadian dessert. A type of chocolate no-bake square, it receives its name from the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, where it first became known in the 1930s.
Nanaimo City Nanaimo City was a provincial electoral district in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia in Canada from 1890 to 1912. It was one of two Nanaimo ridings at the time, created out of the older Nanaimo riding (1871 to 1928), with intermediary ridings The Islands and Nanaimo and the Islands.
Nanaimo Civic Arena The Nanaimo Civic Arena was an indoor arena located in Nanaimo, British Columbia. It was built in 1939 and hosted the short-lived Nanaimo Islanders of the Western Hockey League and the British Columbia Hockey League's Nanaimo Clippers, The Nanaimo Timbermen, among many other teams.
Nanakai, Ibaraki Nanakai (七会村; -mura) was a village located in Nishiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan. On February 1, 2005 the village merged with a town and village from neighboring Higashiibaraki District forming the town of Shirosato and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Nanako Takushi Nanako Takushi (Takushi Nanako, 澤岻奈々子, born 25 March 1976) is a J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's. After the group disbanded, she formed the group MAX with other Super Monkey's vocalists.
Nanakshahi calendar The Nanakshahi (, ) calendar is a solar calendar that was adopted by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee to determine the dates for important Sikh events. It was designed by Pal Singh Purewal to replace the Hindu calendar and has been in use since 1998.
Nanalan' Nanalan is a television show broadcast by the CBC in Canada and by PBS in the US, created by the puppet troupe, The Grogs. Its target audience is preschool children and, according to the CBC, Nanalan is "designed to foster children's curiosity and love of learning, with the hope they will carry it with them as they grow.
Nanami's Egg A filler episode of Revolutionary Girl Utena in which there are no duels, no backstory, and no plot advancement, "Nanami's Egg" begins with Nanami dreaming of herself as a child, who in playing at digging unearths a yellowish egg of slightly larger than normal size and decorated with a circlet of triangles. In the dream, she hides it from her father.
Nanan Electronics Nanan Electronics is a Canadian distributor and developer of semiconductor devices. They serve the students at universities and colleges locally and internationally by providing custom course kits at the lowest prices.
NanaOn-Sha NanaOn-Sha is a Japanese video game company which created what is widely credited as the first modern rhythm game, PaRappa the Rapper. The game's success resulted in the spinoff UmJammer Lammy, which is based on guitar samples, and eventually a proper sequel, PaRappa the Rapper 2.
Nanase Aikawa Nanase Aikawa (相川七瀬 Aikawa Nanase, born February 16 1975) is a Japanese musician. While she does have her fair share of soft songs (such as "Dandelion" and "The Last Quarter"), and fun songs ("Break Out", "Cosmic Love"), a good portion of her collection (and, indeed, the majority of her most popular songs) fall firmly under the rock category.
Nanatsu no Umi no Tico Nanatsu no Umi no Tico (七つの海のティコ, "Tico of the Seven Seas") is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is about a girl of eleven with her best friend Tico, a female Killer Whale.
Nanatsuboshi Nanatsuboshi (七つ星, Seven stars) was a J-pop group consisting of seven members: Shinobu Nakayama, Mamiko Tayama and Junko Kawada (from the group Rakutenshi), Takako Katou, Kyouko Yamamoto and Natsue Yoshimura (from the group Lip's), and Rumi Shishido.
Nanauatzin In Aztec mythology, the god Nanauatl (or Nanauatzin, the suffix tzin implies respect or familiarity), the most humble of the gods, sacrificed himself in fire so that it would continue to shine on Earth as the sun, thus becoming the sun god. Nanahuatl means "full of sores".
Nanban trade The Nanban trade (Japanese: 南蛮貿易, nanban-bōeki, "Southern barbarian trade") or the Nanban trade period (Japanese: 南蛮貿易時代, nanban-bōeki-jidai, "Southern barbarian trade period") in Japanese history extends from the arrival of the first Europeans to Japan in 1543, to their near-total exclusion from the archipelago in 1650, under the promulgation of the "Sakoku" Seclusion Laws.
Nanboku-chō The Nanboku-cho period (Japanese: 南北朝時代, nanbokuchō-jidai, "South and North courts period"), also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period, spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the early years of the Muromachi period of Japan's history. During this period, there existed a North Imperial Court, established by Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto, and a South Imperial Court, established by Emperor Go-Daigo in Yoshino.
Nance College of Business Administration Nance College of Business Administration is the business school at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. With more than 3,000 current students and over 19,000 alumni, the Nance College of Business Administration ranks among the largest in Ohio.
Nance O'Neil Nance O'Neil (also Nancy O'Neil) (1874-1965) was an American stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century. She was married to actor Alfred Hickman, but was perhaps best known for her association and rumoured romantic affair with the notorious Lizzie Borden.
Nanci Chambers Nanci Chambers (a Canadian-American actress who was born on October 1, 1963 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is best known for her role as the ambitious Lieutenant "Loren Singer" on the popular television series JAG. Chambers married David James Elliott who is also the star of JAG.
Nanci Kincaid Nanci Kincaid is an American novelist who wrote a short story collection titled Pretending the Bed Is a Raft (1987), as well as novels Crossing Blood (1991), Balls (1999), Verbena (2002), and As Hot As It Was You Ought to Thank Me (2005). The film My Life Without Me was based on the title story in Pretending the Bed Is a Raft.
Nancowry Nancowry refers both to a single island, and to the group of adjoining islands, that are a part of the Nicobar Islands chain, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
Nancy 'Sikes' Nancy 'Sikes' is the sympathetic lover of Bill Sikes in the novel Oliver Twist, in its film versions, and in the stage and film version of the musical Oliver!. She was corrupted at the age of six by Fagin, the seemingly lovable but heartless villain who persuades otherwise innocent youths to do his bidding.
Nancy Adair The younger sister of filmmaker Peter Adair, Nancy Adair was born in New Mexico and raised on the Navajo and Zuni reservations there. She was educated in New York and Washington, DC, and earned her degree at San Francisco State University.
Nancy Andrew Linda Nancy Andrew (August 17, 1947 - November 29, 1998), was the English-language translator of Japanese author Ryū Murakami's highly-acclaimed novel, Almost Transparent Blue (Kagirinaku tōmei ni chikai burū 限りなく透明に近いブルー), which won the Akutagawa Prize in 1976.
Nancy Bachus NANCY BACHUS, a teacher, recitalist and music historian, has had numerous performances throughout the United States, Canada, and in Italy. She was one of the participants in the "Monster Concerts" featuring multiple pianos heard at Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall), Radio City Music Hall, and Carnegie Hall in New York City; the White House, and on Columbia Masterworks and Musical Heritage Society recordings of the same name.
Nancy Buttfield Dame Nancy Buttfield (born Nancy Eileen Holden) DBE (November 12, 1912 - September 4, 2005) was an Australian Senator and the first woman to serve in the Australian Parliament as a representative for the state of South Australia.
Nancy Clutter Nancy Mae Clutter (January 2 1943 – November 15 1959) was one of four members of the Clutter family murdered during an invasion of their Holcomb, Kansas farmhouse by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, two ex-convicts who mistakenly believed that a large amount of money was kept in a safe in the house. Smith later alleged that Hickock had planned to sexually assault Nancy Clutter, but that Smith prevented it.
Nancy Cole Nancy Cole is an educational psychologist and expert on educational assessment. Cole is past president of the American Educational Research Association and the Educational Testing Service, and former Dean of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Nancy Coleman Nancy Coleman (December 30, 1912 - January 18, 2000) was an American film, television and radio actress. After working on radio and appearing on the Broadway stage, Nancy Coleman was brought to Hollywood to work for Warner Bros.
Nancy Creek (Atlanta) Nancy Creek is a major stream in northern Atlanta, United States. It begins in far northern DeKalb County, Georgia, just north of Chamblee and flows southwestward into Fulton County, through the far southeast corner of Sandy Springs, then through the Buckhead area of Atlanta.
Nancy Cruzan Nancy Beth Cruzan (July 20, 1957–December 26, 1990) was a figure in the right-to-die movement. After an auto accident left her in a persistent vegetative state, her family fought in courts for three years, as far as the U.
Nancy Daus Nancy Elizabeth Daus Sullivan Benoit (born May 21, 1964) (more commonly known by her in-ring names as Woman and Fallen Angel) was a professional wrestling valet and manager who has since retired from the business. She is married to World Wrestling Entertainment SmackDown!
Nancy Dell'Olio Annunziata Dell'Olio, better known as Nancy Dell’Olio, is an Italian property lawyer who attained fame as the girlfriend of former England national football team coach Sven-Göran Eriksson. She is known in Italy as “La dama nera” (dark lady) due to her no-nonsense attitude and her aggressive demeanour.
Nancy Dickerson Nancy Dickerson (January 19 1927 - October 18, 1997) was an American pioneering radio and television newswoman. As famous as a celebrity and socialite as she was for her journalism, she later became an award-winning independent producer of documentaries.
Nancy Dolman Nancy Dolman (born 1952) is a Canadian comic actress originally from Toronto. She is most notable for her recurring role on the ABC cult sitcom "Soap", "Second City Television" and "Custard Pie".
Nancy Drew Nancy Drew is a fictional character, the heroine detective of a popular mystery series. The series was created and outlined in detail in 1930 by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, with the first manuscripts written by Mildred A.
Nancy Drew (film) Nancy Drew is a feature film currently scheduled for a June 15, 2007 release, based on the popular series of mystery novels about the titular teen detective Nancy Drew. It will star Emma Roberts as Nancy Drew, Kay Panabaker as George, Amy Bruckner as Bess, and Max Thieriot as Ned.
Nancy Ekholm Burkert Nancy Ekholm Burkert is an American illustrator, ironically best known for her first illustrated book, the original edition of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Her later work is intensely detailed, revealing a passion for the complexity and variety of life.
Nancy Fowler McCormick Nancy Fowler McCormick, also known as Nettie McCormick, was a Chicago, Illinois philanthropist who donated money and time for several projects of the Presbyterian Church USA. Married to Cyrus Hall McCormick, she was benefactress of several congregations including Edgewater Presbyterian Church in the present-day Bryn Mawr Historic District of the far-north Chicago neighborhood community of Edgewater.
Nancy Frangione Nancy Frangione (born July 10, 1953 in Barnstable, Massachusetts) is an American soap opera actress, best known for her role as the scheming villainess "Cecile DePoulignac" on Another World, which she played from June 1981 to November 1984. She reprised the role four times, in 1986, 1989, 1993, and from October 1995 to June 1996.
Nancy Freeman Nancy Freeman is a leading figure in the area of ethics in the classroom of young children. Freeman co-wrote (with Stephanie Feeney) the NAEYC's Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator: Using the NAEYC Code of Ethics, which now stands as a standard document for absorption for burgeoning early childhood professionals.
Nancy Garapick Nancy Garapick (born September 24 1961) is a former Canadian Olympic swimmer. She won two bronze medals in the 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the age of 14, setting a new Olympic Record for the 100m backstroke during heats.
Nancy Garden Nancy Garden (born May 15, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American author best known for Annie on My Mind, which was critically acclaimed but attracted controversy because of its homosexual characters. In 1993, it was banned by the Kansas City school system and burnt in demonstrations.
Nancy Guild Nancy Guild (October 11, 1925 - August 16, 1999) was an American film actress of the 1940s and 1950s. The blonde-haired actress appeared in Somewhere in the Night (1946); The Brasher Doubloon (1947) and the comedy Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951).
Nancy Hanks Nancy Hanks (January 26, 1784 - December 9, 1818), mother of Abraham Lincoln, and Sarah Lincoln was born on February 5, 1784, in Hampshire County, Virginia (now Mineral County, West Virginia.) She was born in a log cabin on the Doll farm near Mike's Run at the base of Knobly Mountain near Antioch, West Virginia.
Nancy Hart Douglas Nancy Hart Douglas (1846-1913) was a scout, guide, and spy for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Serving first with the Moccasin Rangers, a prosouthern guerilla group in present-day West Virginia, she later joined the Confederate Army and continued to serve as a guide and spy under General Stonewall Jackson.
Nancy Hartsock Nancy Hartsock (born 1943) is a feminist philosopher teaching in the department of Political Science at the University of Washington. She is known for her work in feminist epistemology and standpoint theory, especially the essay "The Feminist Standpoint," which also integrates Freud's theories on psychoanalysis and the Oedipal crisis.
Nancy Hennings Nancy Hennings is a musician who teamed up with Henry Wolff to do the CD 'Tibetan Bells' in 1971, one of the first CDs having to do with New age music. In 1982, she, with the assistance of Wolff and Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, produced the mysterious sounding Yamantaka.
Nancy Chodorow Nancy Julia Chodorow is a feminist sociologist and psychoanalyst born 20 January 1944 in New York City. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1966 and later received her PhD in sociology from Brandeis University.
Nancy Christy Nancy Christy was the first woman (May 8, 2003) to win the top ($1,000,000) prize on the United States game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. She was the second contestant to win the top prize on the syndicated version hosted by Meredith Vieira.
Nancy Kassop Nancy Kassop is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She teaches courses in American government, politics, and constitutional law.
Nancy Keenan Nancy Keenan, born February 14, 1952 in Anaconda, Montana, is the current president of the abortion rights network NARAL. Keenan has also served in the Montana legislature and was the Superentenant of Public Instruction as a Democrat for the state of Montana from 1988-2000.
Nancy Kelly Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an Oscar-nominated American actress, born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Nancy was a child star, who had made so many movies by the time she was nine years old, that Film Daily called her "the most photographed child in America due to commercial posing.
Nancy Kress Nancy Kress (born Nancy Anne Koningisor in Buffalo, New York on January 20, 1948) is a science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo and Nebula-winning novella "Beggars in Spain" in 1990.
Nancy Kricorian Nancy Kricorian is a New York City-based writer and activist. Born in Watertown, Massachusetts, she is the author of the popular and acclaimed novel Zabelle (1998), and has recently published her second novel, Dreams of Bread and Fire (2003).
Nancy Kulp Nancy Jane Kulp (born August 28, 1921 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, died February 3, 1991 in California) was an American actress best known as "Miss Jane Hathaway" on the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Nancy Kurshan Nancy Kurshan was born in Brooklyn, NY on February 4, 1944, was raised as a “red diaper baby” and is best known for being a founder of the of the Youth International Party (whose members were popularly known as Yippies). She was a participant in the civil rights and peace movements as far back as high school.
Nancy Kwan Nancy Kwan (born May 19 1939) (; Cantonese: Kwan Ka Shin) is an American actress, who played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian descent in major Hollywood film roles. Widely praised for her beauty, Kwan was considered a major sex symbol in the 1960s.

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