Nash, Richard (Beau) l674-l76l): b. Swansea, educated at Carmarthen and Oxford; moved to Bath in l705 to set up the Assembly Rooms, and greatly influencing society manners, helping Bath to become a center of fashion and a fashionable resort.

Nash, Malcolm: the unfortunate bowler for Glamorgan Cricket off whom Gary Sobers scored six consecutive sixes in a single over on August 3l, l968.

Nash-Williams, Victor Erle (l897-l955): b. Mon.; became Keeper of Archaeology at the National Museum of Wales in l926; made many contributions to learned journals and two major works on early Wales.

National Welsh American Foundation (N.W.A.F.): a non-profit membership organization (f. l980) with officers in the U.S. and Wales to promote knowledge of Wales, to provide scholarships and financial assistance to Welsh American or Welsh individuals, and to groups and organizations, including the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and to co-ordinate activities of Welsh Americans. Its annual award is given to an outstanding Welsh American.

Needs, Chris (b. l954): from Cwmafon, Port Talbot; one of Wales’s best loved radio presenters, actor in Pobol y Cwm (the Welsh soap opera); the host of the late night show on Radio Wales and a Garden Club.

Nennius (9th Century): monk who compiled Historia Brittonum, the source of most the nation’s early history, including Arthuriana.

Nest (1080-1145): daughter of the Lord Rhys, seduced by Prince Henry to produce Henry, Duke of Gloucester, she married the Norman Earl of Pembroke. Widowed, she married Stephen of Cardigan, to sire Robert Fitzstephen, one of the conquerors of Ireland. After his exile, she married the Sheriff of Pembroke. Many of her illustrious offspring became known as “the race of Nest.” She was grandmother to Geraldus Cambrensis.

Nichol, William (d. l558): from Haverfordest, one of the three Protestant martyrs burned in Wales during the reign of Mary Tudor.

Nicholls, Gwyn (1874-1939): captained Cardiff and Wales in rugby, including the victory over New Zealand in 1905, the only Welsh player in the British team to tour Australia in 1899.

Nicholas, James (b. l928): poet from St. David’s, Pembs; teacher and headmaster, published volumes of verse; Archdruid, l98l-84.

Nicholas, Jemima (l750-1832): a Fishguard lady who captured l4 French soldiers with her trusty pitchfork during the last invasion of mainland Britain.

Nicholas, Thomas Evan (Niclas y Glais, l878-l97l): b. Llanfyrnach, Pembs; prolific poet, ordained minister, and eloquent spokesman for the Labour Party in the Welsh language; editor of The Merthyr Pioneer, lectured on the Soviet Union as a political journalist

Nicholas, William Rhys (l9l4-l996): poet and hymn-writer whose most famous hymn is Pantyfedwen, composed in l967 for an eisteddfod at Lampeter.

Noble, Roy (b. l942): b. Brynamman; entertainer; joined BBC Radio Wales presenting Letters from Aberdare. The daily Roy Noble Show earned him a Sony Award in l999; well known for presenting programs in English and Welsh, he co-presented Heno from l994-200l; awarded O.B.E. in 200l.

Non: the mother of St. David, buried in Brittany, but whose Chapel and Well at St. David's, in Pembrokeshire still attract pilgrims. The well is found in a meadow near the cathedral.

Norris, Leslie (b. l92l): b. Merthyr Tydfil, a former teacher, headmaster and college lecturer, has published nine volumes of poetry beginning in l94l. He made a second home in Carmarthenshire, of which he writes with passion as well as melancholy for his native Merthyr. He has been a professor at many universities in the United Sates, including University of Washington in Seattle and Brigham Young in Utah.

Novello, Ivor (David Ivor Davies, 1893-1951): popular actor in many early movies, but best remembered as a songwriter and creator of musicals (he wrote eight between l935 and l95l), including The Dancing Years (l939), and King's Rhapsody (l949). His most famous songs are “We'll Gather Lilacs,” and “Keep the Home Fires Burning.”