Nagaoka

19.4N

154.0E

46

Hantaro ~ (1865-1940), Japanese physicist.

Nansen

80.9N

95.3E

104

Fridtjof ~ (1861-1930), Norwegian explorer, scientist and humanitarian; delegate to the League Of Nations. Awarded the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize.

Naonobu

4.6S

57.8E

34

Ajima ~ (c. 1732-1798), Japanese mathematician.

Nasireddin

41.0S

0.2E

52

Nasir-Al-Din, Mohammed Ibn Hassan, or ~ (1201-1274), Persian astronomer.

Nasmyth

50.5S

56.2W

76

James ~ (1808-1890), Scottish engineer and astronomer.

Nassau

24.9S

177.4E

76

Jason J. ~ (1892-1965), American astronomer.

Natasha

20.0N

31.3W

12

Russian female name.

Naumann

35.4N

62.0W

9

Karl Friedrich ~ (1797-1873), German geologist.

Neander

31.3S

39.9E

50

Michael Neumann- ~ (1529-1581), German mathematician.

Nearch

58.5S

39.1E

75

~ (?-fl. 325 B.C.), Greek explorer.

Necho

5.0S

123.1E

30

~ (610-593 B.C.), Egyptian geographer.

Neison

68.3N

25.1E

53

Edmund Neville ~ (1849-1940), British chemist, astronomer and selenographer.

Neper

8.5N

84.6E

137

John ~ (1550-1617), Scottish mathematician.

Nernst

35.3N

94.8W

116

Walther Hermann ~ (1864-1941), German physical chemist; awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in chemistry "in recognition of his work in thermochemistry."

Neujmin

27.0S

125.0E

101

Grigoriy N. ~ (1885-1946), Soviet astronomer; discovered the comet 42P/Neujmin 3 (1929); co-discoverer of comets 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte and 58P/Jackson-Neujmin.

Neumayer

71.1S

70.7E

76

Georg Balthasar von ~ (1826-1909), German meteorologist and hydrographer.

Newcomb

29.9N

43.8E

41

Simon ~ (1835-1909), Canadian-American astronomer.

Newton

76.7S

16.9W

78

Sir Isaac ~ (1643-1727), British mathematician, physicist and astronomer; Lucasian professor of Mathematics at Cambridge (1669). His magnum opus on gravity, Philosophie Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687) crushed the medieval world view and ushered in the epoch of modern science.

Nicholson

26.2S

85.1W

38

Seth B. ~ (1891-1963), American astronomer.

Nicolai

42.4S

25.9E

42

Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried ~ (1793-1846), German astronomer.

Nicollet

21.9S

12.5W

15

Jean Nicholas ~ (1788-1843), French astronomer.

Nielsen

31.8N

51.8W

9

Axel V. ~ (1902-1970), Danish astronomer;
Also Harald Herborg ~ (1903-1973), American physicist.

Niépce

72.7N

119.1W

57

Joseph Nicephore ~ (1765-1833), French physicist, inventor and photographer; with his brother, Claude, invented the first internal combustion engine (the Pyreolophore, 1807). Devised the first photographic imaging process (1818).

Nijland

33.0N

134.1E

35

Albertus A. ~ (1868-1936), Dutch astronomer.

Nikolaev

35.2N

151.3E

41

Andriyan Grigor'yevich ~ (1929- ), Soviet cosmonaut; pilot of Vostok-3 (1962) and commander of Soyuz-9 (1970).

Nishina

44.6S

170.4W

65

Yoshio ~ (1890-1951), Japanese physicist.

Nobel

15.0N

101.3W

48

Alfred B. ~ (1833-1896), Swedish inventor; invented dynamite (1866) and established companies and laboratories in more than 20 countries around the world. In his will of 27 November 1895, Nobel specified that the bulk of his estate should be deposited in a fund, the interest of which should be divided into five parts and to be used for prizes in physics, chemistry, literature and peace, as well as to the person "who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of Physiology or Medicine." The Nobel e-Museum is an excellent source for information on Nobel and his prize.

Nobile

85.2S

53.5E

73

Umberto ~ (1885-1978), Italian arctic explorer.

Nobili

0.2N

75.9E

42

Leopoldo ~ (1784-1835), Italian physicist.

Nöggerath

48.8S

45.7W

30

Johann Jakob ~ (1788-1877), German geologist, mineralogist and seismologist

Nonius

34.8S

3.8E

69

Pedro Nunez, or ~ (1492?-1578), Portuguese mathematician.

Norman

11.8S

30.4W

10

Robert ~ (?-fl. c. 1590), British natural scientist.

Nöther

66.6N

113.5W

67

Amalia "Emmy" ~ (1882-1935), German mathematician.

Novalis

11.7S

84.7E

8

Friedrich Noval von Hardenberg, or ~ (1772-1801), German writer.

Numerov

70.7S

160.7W

113

Boris V. ~ (1891-1941), Soviet astronomer.

Nunn

4.6N

91.1E

19

Joseph ~ (1905-1968), American engineer.

Nušl

32.3N

167.6E

61

František ~ (1867-1951), Czechoslovakian astronomer; director of the Ceská astronomická spolecnost (1922-1948).