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People with the name Nathaniel

* Nathaniel Archibald (1952–2018), American basketball player * Nate Archibald (born 1948), American basketball player * Nathaniel Ayers (born 1951), American musician who is the subject of the 2009 film '' The Soloist'' * Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist who instigated Bacon's Rebellion * Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816–1894), American politician and American Civil War General * Nat Bates (born 1931), two-term mayor of Richmond, California * Nathaniel Berhow (2003–2019), perpetrator of the Saugus High School shooting in 2019 * Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician, father of modern maritime navigation * Nathaniel Buzolic (born 1983), Australian actor * Nathaniel Chalobah (born 1994), English footballer * Nathaniel Clayton (1833–1895), British politician * Nat King Cole (1919–1965), American singer and musician * Nathaniel Clyne (born 1991), English footballer * Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943), American composer and choir director * Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (1969–2011), American musician known as

Nate Dogg Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), known professionally as Nate Dogg, was an American singer and rapper. He gained recognition for providing guest vocals for a multitude of hit rap songs between 1992 and 2007, earning the ...

* Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (born 1984), Canadian politician * Nathaniel Fick (born 1977), former US Marine captain * Nathaniel Greene Foster (1809–1869), American politician and military officer * Nathaniel M. Gorton (born 1938), American federal judge * Nathaniel Everett Green (1823–1899), English painter * Nathaniel Greene (journalist) (1797–1877), American journalist * Nathaniel Hackett (born 1979), American football coach * Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), American novelist * Nathaniel Jarvis (born 1991), Welsh footballer *

Nathaniel Bar-Jonah Nathaniel Benjamin Levi Bar-Jonah (born David Paul Brown; February 15, 1957 – April 13, 2008) was an American convicted child molester and suspected cannibalistic serial killer who was sentenced to 130 years in prison without the possibilit ...

(1957–2008), convicted kidnapper, suspected serial killer and cannibal * Nathaniel Lammons (born 1993), American tennis player * Nathaniel Ledbetter (born c. 1961), American politician *

Nathaniel Lee Nathaniel Lee (c. 1653 – 6 May 1692) was an England, English dramatist. He was the son of Dr Richard Lee, a Presbyterian clergyman who was rector of Hatfield and held many preferments under the Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth; Dr Lee was ...

, (c. 1653–1692), English dramatist * Nathaniel Lees, New Zealand actor * Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley (1828–1921), English judge * Nat Lofthouse (1925–2011), English footballer * Nathaniel Lubell (1916–2006), American Olympic fencer * Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), U.S. Army general *

Nathaniel Miller Nathaniel "Nath" Miller (born September 21, 1979) is a male water polo player from Canada. He won three bronze medals at the Pan American Games with the Canada men's national water polo team during his career. Playing as a driver Miller was name ...

(born 1979), Canadian water polo player * Nathaniel Moore (1884–1910), American Olympic golfer * Nathaniel Moore (disambiguation), various people * Nathaniel Neale (born 1988), New Zealand Rugby League player * Nathaniel Parker (born 1962), English actor * Nathaniel Pearce (1779–1820), English explorer in Ethiopia * Nathaniel Pearlman (born 1965), American entrepreneur *

Nathaniel Peat Nathaniel Peat is a social entrepreneur and international motivational speaker. At age 25, he founded the nonprofit organization The Safety Box, which uses grassroots methods to interrupt violent behaviour, build entrepreneurship and foster achi ...

, British Jamaican social entrepreneur * Nathaniel Peteru (born 1992), New Zealand rugby league footballer *

Nathaniel Philbrick Nathaniel Philbrick (born June 11, 1956) is an American author of history, winner of the National Book Award, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His maritime history, '' In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex,'' which tells ...

(born 1956), American writer *

Nathaniel Phillips Nathaniel Harry Phillips (born 21 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Liverpool. Early life Phillips was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Career Early career In 2016, Phillips left Bolton ...

(born 1997), English footballer * Nathaniel Rateliff (born 1978), American musician * Nathaniel "Nate" Rathbun (born 1992), American house musician known as

Audien Nathaniel "Nate" Rathbun (born January 11, 1992), better known under his stage name Audien, is a Grammy-nominated American DJ, record producer and musician. He produces progressive house, Trance music, trance, electro house, and Trap music (EDM), ...

Nathaniel Raymond Nathaniel Raymond (born November 11, 1977) is an American human rights investigator, specializing in the investigation of war crimes, including mass killings and torture. Raymond directed the anti-torture campaign at Physicians for Human Rights ( ...

(born 1977), human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate * Nate Ruess (born 1982), American singer-songwriter *

Nathaniel Stern Nathaniel Stern (born 1977) is an American/South African interdisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media, including photography, interactive art, public art interventions, installation, video art, net.art and printmaking. He is current ...

(born 1977), American artist *

Nathaniel Walter Swan Nathaniel Walter Swan (or N. Walter Swan; 1834 – 31 July 1884) was an Irish-born Australian journalist and short-story writer. Biography He was born in Monaghan, Ireland, and was said to be educated at the University of Glasgow. In the 1850s ...

(1834–1884), Irish-born Australian writer * Nate Thurmond (1941–2016), an American basketball player *

Nathaniel Beverley Tucker Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (September 6, 1784 – August 26, 1851) was an American author, judge, legal scholar, and political essayist. Life and politics Tucker was generally known by his middle name. He was born into a socially elite and p ...

(1784–1851), American author and Virginia political activist *

Nathaniel Wallich Nathaniel Wolff Wallich FRS FRSE (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the Danish East India Company and the British ...

(1786–1854), surgeon and botanist *

Nathaniel Jarrett Webb Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (April 25, 1891 – July 18, 1943) was an American Democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the peop ...

(1891–1943), American politician in the Virginia House of Delegates, attorney and coach * Nathaniel White (born 1960), American serial killer * Nathaniel Willemse (born 1985), Australian singer-songwriter * Nat Wolff (born 1994), American actor, musician and singer-songwriter

Fictional characters

* Nathaniel Fitzwilliam "Nate" Archibald in the ''Gossip Girl'' series * Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo, the main character in James Fenimore Cooper's novel ''The Last of The Mohicans'' *

Nathaniel Dusk Nathaniel Dusk, a private investigator, is the titular protagonist of two four-issue-long comic-book miniseries by DC Comics. They appeared in 1984 and 1985 respectively. Creation Don McGregor wrote and Gene Colan provided pencils for both series. ...

, comic book character, private investigator * Nathaniel Essex, alter ego of Mister Sinister, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Nathaniel "Nate" Fisher, Jr. and his father Nathaniel Fisher, Sr. in the television series ''Six Feet Under'' * Captain Nathaniel Flint from Disney's Treasure Planet * Nathaniel M. Laxamana, the protagonist of the Filipino TV series '' Nathaniel'' * Nathaniel (surname unknown, also known as John Mandrake), one of the three main protagonists in the '' Bartimaeus Sequence'' by Jonathan Stroud * Captain Nathaniel Renko, main character in the 2010 video game '' Singularity'' *Nathaniel Kurtzberg, a character in the animated series ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir'' * Captain Nathaniel Joseph Claw, main character in the 1997 video game '' Claw''

Animals with this name

* Nathaniel (horse), winner of the King Edward VII Stakes and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

References

English-language given names