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Eugene O'Neill (English: Eugene O'Neill, October 16, 1888 - November 27, 1953), a famous American playwright and a representative writer of Expressionist literature. His major works include "Emperor Jones", "The Hairy Ape", "Beyond the Horizon", "Mourning", etc. He was the winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature and the only playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama four times.

Yoon Eun-hye (Korean: Eunhye Yoon, October 3, 1984 -) is a South Korean actress, model and female singer. Graduated from Joong Kyung High School, Department of Tourism Management, Kyung Hee Cyber ​​University (CYBER) (2003-2007).

Yoon Bo Mi (Korean: Bomi Yoon/Yin Bo Mi, Romanized: Yoon Bo Mi; August 13, 1993 -) is a South Korean female singer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Apink, where she serves as the lead singer and main dancer. He is also a member of the planning group Apink BnN. He was a trainee of JYP Entertainment. Has a third degree black belt in Taekwondo. In 2018, he launched his personal YouTube channel "Boasting boasting".

Yin Zheng (December 30, 1986 -), whose real name is Tan Junpeng, is a male, Chinese actor and singer. In 2015, he became well-known to the audience for his role in the movie "Charlotte" as the academic master Yuan Hua in "One Cut Plum". In 2013, he received attention for his role in the costume comedy "Dragon Gate Escort"; in the same year, he also participated in the TV series "Wind and Thunder" and the 3D science fiction blockbuster "Unbelievable" directed by Sun Zhou. On March 21, 2014, the movie "Flight" starring Yin Zheng was officially released. In 2014, he played the leading role in the movie "Girls' Dormitory"; in 2015, he played the role of "old mother" Fu Ziyu in the hit drama "He's Coming, Please Close Your Eyes"; in 2016, he played the ruthless Su Sansheng in Hunan Satellite TV's new year drama "Sparrow". In 2018, he played the lead role of the upright detective Lu Li in the online drama "Original Sin" and received high praise. In 2020, he played the famous patriotic Peking opera singer Shang Xirui in the TV series "The Sideburns Are Not Begonia Red", subverting his previous roles. Yin Zheng tried various Peking opera looks and received rave reviews. In 2021, in the movie "Famous", he played the leading actor Li Jiahui, who went from a righteous reporter to a decadent and alcoholic screenwriter. The movie's total box office successfully exceeded 927 million, becoming the top 10 domestic box office movies in China in 2021, with both word-of-mouth and box office success. In 2024, he played Sun Yuqiang in the starring movie "Flying Life 2", which was released during the Spring Festival and achieved a box office success of 3.2 billion yuan.

Yin Xiuzhen (1963-), female, born in Beijing, is a Chinese contemporary sculpture and installation artist. He has held personal exhibitions all over the world. Now lives in Beijing.

Nick Winter (English: Nick Winter, August 25, 1894 - May 6, 1955) was an Australian male track and field athlete, focusing on the triple jump. He represented Australia in track and field competitions at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal.

Richard Milhous Nixon (English: Richard Milhous Nixon, January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. In 1974, he became the only president in American history to resign during his term of office. Nixon served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and also served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from California. Born in Yorba Linda, California, Nixon graduated from Whittier College in 1934 and Duke University Law School in 1937, then returned to California to practice law. In 1942, he and his wife, Pat Nixon, moved to the District of Columbia to work for the federal government, and later enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1946, Nixon was elected to represent California's 12th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, and in 1950 he was elected to the state's U.S. Senate. The Alger Hiss perjury case made him a leading figure in anti-communism and a nationally renowned politician. Nixon became Dwight Eisenhower's running mate in the 1952 U.S. presidential election and served as vice president for eight years after winning. He ran for president in 1960, but narrowly lost to John F. Kennedy, and in 1962 he ran for governor of California but still lost. In 1968, he ran for president again and won. Nixon initially increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, but then gradually withdrew its troops, ending U.S. involvement in 1973. In 1972, he visited the People's Republic of China, opening a new chapter in the diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the same year, he also signed an anti-ballistic missile treaty with the Soviet Union and implemented a détente policy. In terms of domestic policy, the administration under his leadership generally attaches great importance to state rights and focuses on delegating power to states rather than centralizing it to the center. Nixon also initiated wars on cancer and illegal drugs, instituted wage and price controls, enforced desegregation in Southern schools, pursued environmental reforms, and introduced legislation to reform Medicare and social welfare benefits. During his tenure, he presided over the Apollo moon landing program and later replaced manned space exploration with space shuttle missions. In 1972, he was re-elected in a landslide in the presidential election. During Nixon's second term as president, the Yom Kippur War broke out in the Middle East, leading to an oil embargo and the restart of the Middle East peace process. In domestic politics, the Watergate scandal continues

Nicolaus Copernicus (Latin: Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik, February 19, 1473 - May 24, 1543) was a Polish polymath during the Renaissance who advocated the heliocentric model and believed that the sun was the center of the universe. Before his death in 1543, Copernicus published "On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres", which started the Copernican Revolution and made a considerable contribution to promoting the scientific revolution. Copernicus was born in Royal Prussia, a region that had been part of the Kingdom of Poland since 1466. Copernicus received a doctorate in canon law, was also a doctor, was proficient in many languages, understood classical literature, was a competent translator, served as a consul, a diplomat, and was an economist (none of the subsequent ones had academic degrees). In 1517, Copernicus summarized the quantitative theory of money, which became one of the important foundations of today's economics. In 1519, Copernicus summed up the predecessor of the theory that bad money drives out good money before Thomas Gresham.

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Romanized: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimskiy-Korsakov; March 18, 1844 [March 6 in the Julian calendar] - June 21, 1908 [June 8 in the Julian calendar]), Russian composer and music educator, born in Tikhvin. Together with Borodin, Mussorgsky, Balakirev and Guy, he was called the "powerful group".

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol-Yanovsky (Russian: Николай Васильевич Гоголь-Яновский, Romanized: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol-Yanovskiy; April 1, 1809 - March 4, 1852), a Ukrainian-Russian writer, was born into a Cossack family in what is now Veliky Sorochintsi, Ukraine. He was fond of literature since childhood and was deeply influenced by the Enlightenment Movement. He was praised by Alexander Pushkin for his "Nights in the Countryside of Dekonka" published in 1831. In 1836, his satirical comedy "The Imperial Envoy" was staged. In this work, he used humorous writing and powerful satirical techniques, which brought about a major turning point in Russian comedy art. When "Dead Souls" was published in 1842, it "shocked the whole of Russia" and became an important symbol of the originality and national character of Russian literature. Belinsky called him the "leader of the literary world" and "the leader of poets" after Alexander Pushkin. The entire 1840s was also called the "Gogol period" by Chernyshevsky. In 1847, he published "Selected Letters to Friends", publicly expressing his repentance for all his previous works. He died in 1852 of severe Orthodox fanaticism. Gogol is one of the founders of Russian realist literature and the founder of "Naturalism".

Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American mechanical engineer, inventor and futurist, is regarded as an important promoter of the commercialization of electricity and is widely known for his design of the modern alternating current power supply system. Tesla made many revolutionary inventions in the field of electromagnetic fields. His multiple related patents and theoretical research work on electromagnetics are the cornerstone of modern wireless communications and radio.

Nikola Jokić (Serbian: Никола Јокић, Romanized: Nikola Jokić, born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian men's basketball player. Nicknamed "Joker" due to similar names and unpredictable passing skills and organizational abilities. Currently playing for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, he plays center position. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 41st overall pick in the second round of the 2014 NBA Draft. In the 2020-21 season, he won the first regular season MVP of his career and became the first second-round draft player in the history of the league to win the NBA Most Valuable Player. He was also the lowest-ranked annual MVP in the history of the league. The following season, he received the second NBA Most Valuable Player award in his career, completing his second consecutive MVP victory. In the 2022-23 season, he led the Golden Nuggets to win the first NBA championship in team history. He averaged 30.2 points, 14 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.4 steals in the finals series and won the first NBA Finals MVP. He was also the lowest-ranked NBA Finals MVP in the history of the league, but compared to the NBA championship. In the entire 20 games of the playoffs, Jokic made ten triple-doubles, surpassing Chamberlain's record of 7 games in a single season in 1967. He accumulated 600 points, 269 rebounds and 190 assists. All three statistics ranked first in the playoffs, which was the first time in NBA history. He is also the only center in history to reach 6,000 assists.

Nicholas II (Russian: Николай II, Romanized: Nikolay II; May 18, 1868 - July 17, 1918) was the Russian emperor who reigned from November 1, 1894 until his abdication on March 15, 1917. He was the last Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution and led the Russian Empire into World War I. In 1918, the Romanov royal family was murdered, ending the Romanov dynasty. In the early years of his reign, he witnessed the great economic rise of the Russian Empire. At the same time, he firmly believed in absolute monarchy and opposed any form of democratic reform. In 1904, troops were sent to Manchuria, triggering the Russo-Japanese War. After the failure, the "Bloody Sunday" incident triggered the Russian Revolution in 1905. In order to stabilize the domestic situation, he appointed Sergei Vitte to preside over the government and declared the implementation of a constitutional monarchy, but restricted the power and role of the Duma, causing widespread dissatisfaction. In 1906, Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin was appointed to carry out land reform, but he had close associates in the court, including Grigory Rasputin and others. He led the Russian government to get involved in the Balkans issue. Therefore, when the First World War broke out, he ignored the public complaints and ordered to participate in the war, causing 9 million soldier casualties, which eventually led to the outbreak of the February Revolution and the October Revolution in 1917. During the Russian Civil War, Nicholas II was placed under house arrest by the Bolshevik revolutionary army. He was later convicted by the Bolsheviks at his residence for the crimes committed during his rule. He and his family were subsequently executed by the Bolsheviks. The last emperor of Russia and the entire Romanov dynasty perished, and the era of imperial Russia ended. Mainstream opinion holds him primarily responsible for the fall of the Russian Empire, but he remains one of the most controversial figures in Russian history.

Nicolas Kim Coppola (English: Nicolas Kim Coppola, January 7, 1964 -), stage name Nicolas Cage (English: Nicolas Cage), American actor and producer. Italian-American, born in Long Beach, California, his uncle is director Francis Coppola and his aunt is Taelia Sher. He entered the film industry at the age of 17. In order to avoid working in the shadow of his uncle's halo, he changed his surname to "Cage". After starring in films such as "Grease," "Young Dance," and "Moonstruck," he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for "Leaving Las Vegas" in 1995. Since then, he has starred in many movies, including "The Last of Us", "In the Air", "The Two and a Half", "The Miracle", "The Last Man" series, "Lord of War", "Ghost Rider", "The Man", "The Road to Nowhere", etc., many of which have gained cult status due to Cage's unique acting skills.

Nicolás Andrés Burdisso (Nicolás Andrés Burdisso, April 12, 1981 -) is a former Argentinian retired football player who serves as a defender. The player joined Inter Milan from the Argentine giants Boca Juniors and won the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Argentinian youth team. In 2004, Inter Milan signed him for 3.5 million euros. However, after joining Italy, Bediso was absent from the game for a long time due to family medical reasons, which greatly reduced the possibility of him getting regular playing opportunities. In the end, he was reduced to a fringe player on the team and failed to leave any memorable performances during his time with Inter Milan. Even though he did not get a lot of playing time, he was still selected into the 23-man Argentina national team and played in the 2006 World Cup until they were eliminated by Germany.

Nicolás Martín Pareja (January 19, 1984 -) is an Argentine football player who serves as a defender. He participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics men's football competition with the team and eventually won the championship.

Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (English: Nicholas Caradoc Hoult, nickname: Nick Hoult; December 7, 1989 -) is a British actor. He became famous in the movie "Single Parent Transfer", but when he grew up, he became famous because of the British E4 TV series "Skins".

Nicholas Sparks (English: Nicholas Sparks, December 31, 1965 -) is an international best-selling author, American novelist and film screenwriter. He has published 18 novels on themes including Christian faith, love, tragedy and destiny. Eight of them have been made into movies, including "Message in a Bottle", "Keep a Love", "Letter of Love", "Nights in Rodanza", "The Last Love Letter", "The Most Beautiful Miss (Novel)", "The Last Song", "Lucky Charm" and "Love Haven".

Niccolò Paganini (Italian: Niccolò Paganini; October 27, 1782 - May 27, 1840), Italian violinist and composer, belonged to the European late classical music school and early romantic music musician. He is one of the famous violin masters in history and made many innovations in violin playing technology.

Andreas Nikolaus "Nikki" Lauda, ​​Austrian racing driver and three-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion.

Neil "Neilman" Gaiman (English: Neil "Neilman" Gaiman, November 10, 1960 -) is a Jewish writer born in England. His writing fields span fantasy science fiction novels, visual literature, comics and script writing. He is ranked among the top ten postmodern writers in the Literary Biography Dictionary. His representative works include the "Sandman" comic series, the novels "Stardust" and "American Gods". and worked on the TV adaptations of Good Omens and The Sandman. Gaiman has won a Hugo Award, a Nebula Award, a Bram Stoker Award, a Newbery Award, and a Carnegie Award. He is the first writer to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal for the same work, The Graveyard Book. The Ocean at the End of the Lane won the National Book Award for Best Book of the Year and was adapted into a critically acclaimed stage play at the Royal Opera House in London. Since 2024, multiple news media have published sexual assault and abuse accusations against Gaiman from multiple women. One of the victims, who went by the pseudonym "Claire," spoke to the New York Times and described Gaiman kissing and touching her without consent after a promotional event. Another woman, "K", who met Gaiman at a book signing, accused him of forcing her to have unwanted sex. One of the accusers is suing Gaiman and his estranged wife, Amanda Palmer, for rape and human trafficking. The production of adaptations of many of his works was affected or halted as a result. Gaiman has denied the accusations.

Niels Henrik David Bohr Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 "for his studies of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emitted from them."

Nirmala Sitharaman (English: Nirmala Sitharaman, Tamil: நிர்மலா சீதாராமன்; born August 18, 1959) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India. She has been a member of the Union House, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014. Sitharaman was the former Defense Minister of India and was the second female Defense Minister after Indira Gandhi, the second female Finance Minister, and the first full-time female Finance Minister. She served as Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Ministry of Finance and as Minister of Commerce and Industry with independent charge. Prior to this, she served as the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Sir Niall Campbell Douglas Ferguson (English: Sir Niall Campbell Douglas Ferguson; born April 18, 1964) is a British and American historical scholar who is currently the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and concurrently a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He has taught at Harvard University, the London School of Economics and Political Science and New York University. He has also been a visiting professor at the New School for the Humanities and a senior fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University. He also briefly served as a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and taught at Tsinghua University in China from 2019 to 2020. Ferguson's research and lecture areas mainly cover international history, economic history, financial history, and the history of the British Empire and American imperialism. He generally held a more positive view of the British Empire. In 2004, Ferguson was selected as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. In addition, he has also written and hosted a number of television historical documentaries, among which "Money Rising" won the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary in 2009. In 2024, Ferguson was knighted by Charles III for his contributions to literature and historical writing. In addition to academic research, Ferguson has also been active in the media and public commentary fields for a long time. He has served as a special editor for Bloomberg TV and a columnist for "Newsweek", and has been writing a semi-monthly column for "Bloomberg Opinion" since June 2020. In addition, he has also been a regular contributor to "The Spectator" and "The Daily Mail". In 2021, Ferguson co-founded the University of Austin. Starting in June 2024, he will also serve as a bi-weekly columnist for "The Free Press". In addition, Ferguson has written for various journals such as Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy. Politically, he is often seen as a conservative and has claimed to support Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.