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Nathanael Nathanael is a biblical given name derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (''Netan'el''), which means "God/ El has given" or "Gift of God/ El." Nathaniel is the variant form of this name and it stands to this day as the usual and most common s ...

. It can be a given or surname.

People with the name Nathaniel

Given name

* Nathaniel Archibald (1952–2018), American basketball player * Nate Archibald (born 1948), American basketball player * Nathaniel Ayers (born 1951), American musician who is the subject of the 2009 film '' The Soloist'' * Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist who instigated Bacon's Rebellion * Nathaniel P. Banks (1816–1894), American politician and American Civil War General * Nat Bates (born 1931), two-term mayor of Richmond, California * Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician, father of modern maritime navigation *

Nathaniel Buzolic Nathaniel Buzolic ( ) is an Australian actor. He was the host of Nine Network's late-night television quiz show '' The Mint'', and had a regular role on the BBC soap opera '' Out of the Blue'' (2008). He was also a co-host of the educational s ...

(born 1983), Australian actor * Nathaniel Chalobah (born 1994), English footballer * Nathaniel Clayton (1833–1895), British politician *

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop ...

(1919–1965), American singer and musician * Nathaniel Clyne (born 1991), English footballer * Nathaniel W. Depee (1812–1868), American abolitionist * Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943), American composer and choir director * Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (born 1984), Canadian politician * Nathaniel Fick (born 1977), former US Marine captain * Nathaniel Greene Foster (1809–1869), American politician and military officer * Nathaniel M. Gorton (born 1938), American federal judge * Nathaniel Everett Green (1823–1899), English painter * Nathaniel Greene (journalist) (1797–1877), American journalist * Nathaniel Hackett (born 1979), American football coach * Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), American novelist * Nathaniel J. Jacobson (1916–1996), American artist * Nathaniel Jarvis (born 1991), Welsh footballer * Nathaniel Bar-Jonah (1957–2008), convicted kidnapper, suspected serial killer and cannibal * Nathaniel Lammons (born 1993), American tennis player * Nathaniel Ledbetter (born c. 1961), American politician * Nathaniel Lee, (c. 1653–1692), English dramatist * Nathaniel Lees, New Zealand actor *

Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, (29 November 1828 – 9 December 1921) was an English judge. Early life He was the second son of the botanist Dr. John Lindley, born at Acton Green, London, Acton Green, London. From his mother's side, he was de ...

(1828–1921), English judge * Nat Lofthouse (1925–2011), English footballer * Nathaniel Lubell (1916–2006), American Olympic fencer * Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), U.S. Army general * Nathaniel Macon (1757–1837), speaker of the House of Representatives * Nathaniel Miller (born 1979), Canadian water polo player * Nathaniel Moore (disambiguation), various people * Nathaniel Neale (born 1988), New Zealand Rugby League player *

Nathaniel Parker Nathaniel Parker (born 18 May 1962) is an English stage and screen actor best known for playing the lead in the BBC crime drama series ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'', and List of Merlin characters#Agravaine de Bois, Agravaine de Bois in the ...

(born 1962), English actor * Nathaniel Pearce (1779–1820), English explorer in Ethiopia * Nathaniel Pearlman (born 1965), American entrepreneur * Nathaniel Peat, British Jamaican social entrepreneur * Nathaniel Peteru (born 1992), New Zealand rugby league footballer * Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956), American writer * Nathaniel Phillips (born 1997), English footballer * Nathaniel Rateliff (born 1978), American musician * Nathaniel "Nate" Rathbun (born 1992), American house musician known as Audien * Nathaniel Raymond (born 1977), human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate * Nathaniel Ropes (c. 1726–1774), justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court * Nate Ruess (born 1982), American singer-songwriter * Nathaniel Stern (born 1977), American artist * Nathaniel Walter Swan (1834–1884), Irish-born Australian writer * Nate Thurmond (1941–2016), an American basketball player * Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784–1851), American author and Virginia political activist * Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854), surgeon and botanist * Nathaniel Watson (born 2000), American football player * Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (1891–1943), American politician * Nathaniel White (born 1960), American serial killer *

Nathaniel Willemse Nathaniel Willemse (born 14 July 1985), often known simply as Nathaniel, is a South African-born Australian singer and songwriter most notable for being the eighth contestant eliminated on the The X Factor (Australia season 4), fourth season of ' ...

(born 1985), Australian singer-songwriter * Nat Wolff (born 1994), American actor, musician and singer-songwriter

Surname

* A. S. Nathaniel (????–2013), Pakistani nurse * Afia Nathaniel (born 1974), Pakistani filmmaker * Ashley Nathaniel-George (born 1995), English footballer * Daniel Nathaniel (born 1992), Nigerian Men volleyball player * Ezekiel Nathaniel (born 2003), Nigerian track and field athlete * Gagarin Nathaniel (born 1995), Indonesian competitive swimmer * Glory Onome Nathaniel (born 1996), Nigerian athlete * Inez Nathaniel-Walker (1911–1990), African-American prison folk artist * Jonadob Nathaniel, Indian biblical scholar * Joseph Nathaniel (born 1993), Nigerian football player *

Leslie Nathaniel Leslie Satianathan Nathaniel (born 1954) is an Anglican priest. Nathaniel was educated at Bangalore University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Birmingham University. He was ordained in 2002. He worked for the Church Mission Society from 1999 to ...

(born 1954), Anglican priest * Nat Clifton (born Clifton Nathaniel; 1922–1990), American professional basketball and baseball player * Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel (born 1997), Nigerian athlete

Fictional characters

* Nathaniel Fitzwilliam "Nate" Archibald in the ''Gossip Girl'' series * Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo, the main character in James Fenimore Cooper's novel ''The Last of The Mohicans'' * Nathaniel Dusk, comic book character, private investigator * Nathaniel Essex, alter ego of Mister Sinister, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Nathaniel "Nate" Fisher, Jr. and his father Nathaniel Fisher Sr. in the television series ''Six Feet Under'' * Captain Nathaniel Flint from Disney's Treasure Planet * Nathaniel M. Laxamana, the protagonist of the Filipino TV series ''

Nathaniel Nathaniel is an English variant of the biblical Hebrew name A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. ...

'' * Nathaniel Macauley, in Karen McManus's '' One of Us Is Lying'' * Nathaniel (surname unknown, also known as John Mandrake), one of the three main protagonists in the '' Bartimaeus Sequence'' by Jonathan Stroud * Captain Nathaniel Renko, main character in the 2010 video game '' Singularity'' * Nathaniel Kurtzberg, a character in the animated series ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir'' * Captain Nathaniel Joseph Claw, main character in the 1997 video game '' Claw''

Animals with this name

Nathaniel (horse) Nathaniel (foaled 24 April 2008) is an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. Nathaniel failed to win in two races as a two-year-old but attracted attention by running Frankel (horse), Frankel to half a Horse length, length at Newma ...

, winner of the King Edward VII Stakes and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

References

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