Editing List of inventors (section)

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* [[Georgi Nadjakov]] (1896–1981), Bulgaria – [[:wikt:photoelectret]]
* [[Alexander Nadiradze]] (1914–1987), Georgia/Russia – first mobile [[ICBM]] ([[RT-21 Temp 2S]]), first reliable mobile ICBM ([[RT-2PM Topol]])
* [[Nagai Nagayoshi]] (1844–1929), Japan – [[Methamphetamine]]
* [[James Naismith]] (1861–1939), Canadian born, U.S. – invented [[basketball]] and [[American football]] helmet
* [[Yoshiro Nakamatsu]] (born 1928), Japan – "PyonPyon" spring [[shoe]]s, [[digital watch]], [[CinemaScope]], [[chair|armchair]] "Cerebrex", sauce [[pump]], [[Taximeter|taxicab meter]]
* [[Shuji Nakamura]] (born 1954), Japan – [[Blue laser]]
* [[John Napier]] (1550–1617), Scotland – [[logarithms]]
* [[Andrey Nartov]] (1683–1756), Russia – first [[lathe]] with a mechanic [[Tool bit|cutting tool]]-supporting [[Lathe carriage|carriage]] and a set of [[gear]]s, fast-fire [[artillery battery|battery]] on a rotating disc, [[Screw (simple machine)|screw]] mechanism for changing the [[artillery]] fire angle, [[Gauge (bore diameter)|gauge]]–[[boring (manufacturing)|boring]] lathe for [[cannon]]-making, early [[telescopic sight]]
* [[James Nasmyth]] (1808–1890), Scotland – [[steam hammer]]
* [[Giulio Natta]] (1903–1979), together with [[Karl Ziegler]] (1898–1973), Italy/Germany – [[Ziegler–Natta catalyst]]
* [[William Neade]] (fl.1624–1637), England – weapon combining a longbow and a pike
* [[Erwin Neher]] (born 1944), together with [[Bert Sakmann]] (1942–), Germany – [[Patch clamp]] technique
* [[Ted Nelson]] (born 1937), U.S. – [[Hypertext]], [[Hypermedia]]
* [[Sergey Nepobedimiy]] (1921–2014), Russia – first supersonic [[anti-tank guided missile]] ''Sturm'', other Soviet [[rocket weapon]]ry
* [[Karl Nessler]] (1872–1951), Germany/U.S. – [[Permanent wave]] machine, [[Karl Nessler|artificial eyebrows]]
* [[Bernard de Neumann]] (1943–2018), UK – massively parallel self-configuring multi-processor
* [[John von Neumann]] (1903–1957), Hungary – Von Neumann [[Von Neumann architecture|computer architecture]], [[Stochastic computing]], [[Merge sort]] algorithm
* [[Isaac Newton]] (1642–1727), UK – reflecting telescope (which reduces [[chromatic aberration]])
* [[Miguel Nicolelis]] (born 1961), Brazil – Brain-machine interfaces
* [[Nicéphore Niépce|Joseph Nicephore Niépce]] (1765–1833), France – [[photography]]
* [[Nikolai Nikitin]] (1907–1973), Russia – [[prestressed concrete]] with [[wire rope]]s structure ([[Ostankino Tower]]), Nikitin-Travush 4000 project (precursor to [[X-Seed 4000]])
* [[Paul Gottlieb Nipkow]] (1860–1940), Germany – [[Nipkow disk]]
* [[Jun-ichi Nishizawa]] (1926–2018), Japan – [[Optical communication]] system, [[SIT/SITh (Static Induction Transistor/Thyristor)]], [[Laser diode]], [[PIN diode]]
* [[Alfred Nobel]] (1833–1896), Sweden – [[dynamite]]
* [[Ludvig Nobel]] (1831–1888), Sweden/Russia – first successful [[oil tanker]]
* [[Emmy Noether]] (1882–1935), Germany, groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics; [[Noether's Theorem]]
* [[Jean-Antoine Nollet]] (1700–1770), France – [[Electroscope]]
* [[Wilhelm Normann]] (1870–1939), Germany – [[Hydrogenation|Hydrogenation of fats]]
* [[Carl Richard Nyberg]] (1858–1939), Sweden – the [[blowtorch]]