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Nettles, John
Nettles was adopted as a young child. He went to Southampton University and started life as a teacher. Before long he began to do some amateur acting, in 1967, and gradually got more and mo... [more]
Newman, Robert
Rob Newman's credits include the radio and television shows Week Ending, The Mary Whitehouse Experience and In Pieces and the novel Dependence Day (1994). He is an adoptee. Hattenstone, Sim... [more]
Nguyen, Martine (see under Bokassa I)
Jean-Bédel Bokassa was born to a married couple, and his father was a chief. His father was murdered by the French colonial occupiers when he was six, and his mother committed suicide a wee... [more]
Nicholson, Jack
John Joseph Nicholson's mother was young and unmarried when he was born, his father abandoned them, and he was raised by his grandparents, believing that his mother was his sister. He did n... [more]
Nitocris (under God's Wife)
Prior to the XXIst Dynasty of ancient Egypt the title God's Wife was given to Pharaoh's wife. During the XXIst Dynasty it was transferred to Pharaoh's daughter, who was consecrated as an ob... [more]
Niyazov, Saparmurat Ataevich
Niyazov was born in Ashgabat. His father was killed during World War II, and the rest of his near relatives were killed in an earthquake in 1948. He was then raised in an orphanage and late... [more]
Norwegian Ruling Families
In the Middle Ages fostering was practiced between the great families of Norway, possibly as a means of cementing interfamily alliances or demonstrating reciprocal status relationships. Acc... [more]
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