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with various origins and alternate spellings accordingly. Nina may also serve as a short form of names ending in "-nina/-ina", such as Clementina, Christina, or Giannina. It serves as a diminutive of the variation of the nevertheless original form of the Hebrew name Johannah, or Joanina. Nína is an Icelandic name, while Niná is a
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name. It also has a relation to the Spanish word "niña", which translates as "little girl", and it has several meanings in various Native American languages, such as "strong".


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Nina Chanel Abney Nina Chanel Abney is an American artist, based in New York. She was born in Harvey, Illinois. She is an African American contemporary artist and painter who explores race, gender, pop culture, homophobia, and politics in her work. Personal life ...
(born 1982), American artist * Nina Abramova (born 1949), Russian rower * Nina Avgustinovna Adolf (1903–1951), Russian botanist * Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian-Sami politician and language activist *
Nina Agadzhanova Nina Agadzhanova–Shutko (27 October / 8 November 1889 – 14 December 1974) was a Soviet revolutionary, screenwriter, and film director. She is most widely recognized for writing ''The Year 1905'', the original screenplay from which ''Battleship ...
(1889–1974), Soviet revolutionary, screenwriter and film director *
Nina Agapova Nina Fyodorovna Agapova (; 30 May 1926 – 19 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress.Ruskino.ru.Nina Agapova Life and career Agapova was born in Moscow in May 1926. She finished eight grades, but was not able to complete her education, ...
(1926–2021), Russian actress *
Nina Agdal Nina Brohus Agdal (born 26 March 1992) is a Danish model. She is known for her appearances in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''. In 2014, she appeared on the magazine's 50th anniversary cover alongside Chrissy Teigen and Lily Aldridge. ...
(born 1992), Danish model * Nina Ahlstedt, Finnish painter * Nina Ahmad, American politician *
Nina Aigner Nina Aigner (born 20 June 1980) is a former Austrian international football player. She played her entire senior career for Bayern Munich, and also played on the Austrian national team between 1998 and 2006. Aigner played as a midfield, but was ...
(born 1980), Austrian footballer * Nina Akamu, Japanese-American artist *
Nina Albert Nina M. Albert is an American urban planner serving as the acting deputy mayor for planning and economic development of Washington, D.C. since 2023. She was commissioner of the Public Buildings Service from 2021 to 2023. Life Albert earned a Ba ...
, American urban planner *
Nina Albright Nina Dorothy Albright (February 15, 1907 – February 7, 1997) was an American comic book artist for nine years during the Golden Age of Comic Books. She was one of the few women illustrating and writing comic books during the period. Early ...
(1907–1997), American comic book artist *
Nina Aleshina Nina Aleksandrovna Aleshina (, ; July 17, 1924 – November 17, 2012) was a Russian architect and head of the design department ' for the Moscow Metro for a decade. Nineteen stations of the subway system were projects she participated in or led. S ...
(1924–2012), Russian architect * Nina Alisova (1915–1996), Russian actress *
Nina Allan Nina Allan (born 27 May 1966) is a British writer of speculative fiction. She has published five collections of short stories, multiple novella-sized works, and five novels. Her stories have appeared in the magazines '' Interzone'', '' Black Stat ...
(born 1966), British writer * Nina E. Allender (1873–1957), American cartoonist and activist * Nina Alovert (born 1935), Russian photographer * Nina Amir (born 1999), Israeli sports sailor *
Nina Ananiashvili Nina Ananiashvili (born Nino Ananiashvili; ka, ნინო ანანიაშვილი; born March 19, 1963) is a Georgian ballerina and artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia. She has been described by the ''Daily Telegraph' ...
(born 1963), Georgian ballerina * Nina Nymark Andersen (born 1972), Norwegian footballer *
Nina Andreyeva Nina Alexandrovna Andreyeva (, 12 October 1938 – 24 July 2020) was a Soviet Russian chemical scientist, teacher, author, and political activist. A supporter of classical Soviet principles, she wrote an essay entitled ' that defended many aspe ...
(1938–2020), Soviet Communist Party official *
Nina Andriievska Nina Kostyantynivna Andriievska ( Ukrainian: Ні́на Костянти́нівна Андріє́вська; 20 December 1927 – 14 June 2014) was a Ukrainian composer, musicologist, journalist, editor, radio commentator, music and social activi ...
(1927–2014), Ukrainian composer and musicologist *
Nina Andrycz Nina Andrycz (11 November 1912 – 31 January 2014) was a Polish actress and the wife of Józef Cyrankiewicz. She studied law at the Wilno University. She was one of the first noted customers of the photographer Zofia Nasierowska. Andrycz t ...
(1912–2014), Polish actress *
Nina Angelovska Nina Angelovska (born 13 July 1988 in Skopje) was the Minister of Finance in North Macedonia. She is also an entrepreneur, UNCTAD eTrade for Women Advocate and president of the Macedonian E-commerce Association. She co-founded and led the firs ...
(born 1988), Macedonian politician * Nina Anisimova (disambiguation), multiple people *
Nina Ansaroff Nina Nunes (; born December 3, 1985) is an American former mixed martial artist who last competed in the women's flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Nunes was born and raised in Weston, Florida. Her maternal gr ...
(born 1985), American mixed martial artist *
Nina Ansary Nina Ansary () (born 1966, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian–American historian and author best known for her work on women's equity in Iran. Ansary's research has notably countered conventional assumptions of the progress of women in Iran while co ...
(born 1966), Iranian-American historian *
Nina Antonia Nina Antonia (born Nina Antonia Benjamin in 1960) is an English author who has chronicled the lives and misadventures of Johnny Thunders, the New York Dolls, Peter Perrett, and Brett Smiley. Antonia's later work explored decadent and supernat ...
(born 1960), British author * Nina Appel (born 1936), American lawyer * Nina Arbore (1888–1942), Romanian painter and illustrator *
Nina Arianda Nina Arianda Matijcio (born September 18, 1984) is an American actress. She won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Vanda Jordan in '' Venus in Fur,'' and she was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Actr ...
(born 1984), American actress * Nina Arkhipova (1921–2016), Soviet and Russian actress *
Nina Armagno Nina Marion Armagno (born March 20, 1966) is a retired United States Space Force Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general who served as the first director of staff of the United States Space Force from 2020 to 2023. She is the ser ...
(born 1966), U. S. Space Force general *
Nina Arsenault Nina Arsenault (born January 20, 1974) is a Canadian performance artist, freelance writer, and former sex worker who works in theatre, dance, video, photography, and visual art. Early life Arsenault grew up in a trailer park in Beamsville, Ont ...
(born 1974), Canadian performance artist and freelance writer *
Nina Arvesen Nina Arvesen (born May 16, 1961) is an American actress of Norwegian extraction, model, dancer, and businesswoman. Best known for her performances in American soap operas, Arvesen landed her two most prominent acting roles as Cassandra Rawli ...
(born 1961), American actress * Nina Frick Asenjo (1884–c. 1963), Chilean pianist and composer * Nina Assimakopoulos, American recording artist and professor * Nina Åström (born 1962), Finnish singer * Nina Auchincloss Straight (born 1937), American author, journalist and socialite * Nina Auerbach (1943–2017), American professor *
Nina Averina Nina Federova Averina () is a Soviet, Russian bibliolographer, journalist, local historian and poet. She holds Australian citizenship. The author of more than 80 various publications on the history of publishing in Perm and the Urals and the ...
(born 1935), Russian journalist, local historian and poet *
Nina Axelrod Nina Kether Axelrod (born July 28, 1955) is an American actress who appeared in films and television mainly during the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Since the early 1990s, she has worked as a casting director on films and taught drama in sc ...
(born 1955), American actress * Nina Baanders-Kessler (1915–2002), Dutch sculptor and medalist * Nina Babel, German physician and scientist *
Nina Baden-Semper Nina Baden-Semper (born 1945) is a Trinidad and Tobago-born British actress best known for her role as Barbie Reynolds in the 1970s sitcom ''Love Thy Neighbour'', produced by Thames Television. Career Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Baden-Semper w ...
(born 1945), British actress *
Nina Badrić Nina Badrić (; born 4 July 1972) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in " Dora" – the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times. She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam ...
(born 1972), Croatian singer * Nina Baginskaya (born 1946), Belarusian opposition activist * Nina Balaban (born 1995), Macedonian sports shooter * Nina Bandelj, economic sociologist, author and academic *
Nina Bang Nina Henriette Wendeline Bang née Ellinger (6 October 1866 – 25 March 1928) was a Danish social democratic politician and historian. In 1924 she was appointed Minister for Education, becoming one of the world's first female ministers. S ...
(1866–1928), Danish politician * Nina Banks, American economist *
Nina Bari Nina Karlovna Bari (; 19 November 1901 – 15 July 1961) was a Soviet mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series.
(1901–1961), Russian mathematician * Nina Barough, British charity founder *
Nina Barr Wheeler Nina Barr Wheeler (September 3, 1909 – May 1, 1978) was an American artist. She worked with Hildreth Meiere on many of her murals, and also was a painter of Catholic religious art. She studied painting at the Art Students League of New Yo ...
(1909–1978), American artist *
Nina Bassuk Nina Lauren Bassuk (born February 16, 1952) is an Emeritus Professor and program leader of the Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University. Education Bassuk received her B.S. in Horticulture from Cornell University in 1974 and her Ph.D ...
(born 1952), American academic * Nina Basu, American attorney and arts administrator * Nina Bates (born 1985), Bosnian figure skater *
Nina Bawden Nina Mary Bawden CBE, FRSL, JP (19 January 1925 – 22 August 2012) was an English novelist and children's writer. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987 and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN ...
(1925–2012), British author *
Nina Baym Nina Baym (1936–2018) was an American literary critic and literary historian. She was professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1963 to 2004. Baym was born in Princeton, New Jersey; her father was the mathemati ...
(1936–2018), American literary critic * Nina Beachcroft (born 1931), English writer * Nina Becker (born 1974), Brazilian singer-songwriter * Nina Bednarik (born 1982), Slovenian freestyle skier * Nina Behrendt (born 1983), German politician * Nina Beilina (1937–2018), Russian violinist and academic * Nina Belikova (born 1961), Russian long-distance runner * Nina Belyaeva, Russian public policy researcher and professor * Nina Ben Ami, Israeli diplomat * Nina Bendigkeit, German singer * Nina Benz (born 1998), German cross-country mountain biker *
Nina Berberova Nina Nikolayevna Berberova (; 26 July 1901 – 26 September 1993) was a Russian writer who chronicled the lives of anti-communist Russian refugees in Paris in her short stories and novels. She visited post-Soviet Russia. Her 1965 revision of ...
(1901–1993), Russian author * Nina Bergsvik (born 1973), Norwegian sprint canoer * Nina Berkhout, Canadian poet and novelist *
Nina Berman Nina Berman (born 1960) is an American documentary photographer, filmmaker, author and educator. Her wide-ranging work looks at American politics, militarism, environmental contamination and post violence trauma. Berman is the author of three mo ...
(born 1960), American photographer *
Nina Bernstein Nina Bernstein is an American journalist, best known for her ''New York Times'' reporting on social and legal issues, including coverage of immigration, child welfare and health care. In 21 years at the ''Times'', from which she retired at the e ...
, American journalist * Nina Berova, professor of chemistry *
Nina Berova-Orahovac Nymfodora "Nina" Berova-Orahovac (; 27 November 1859 – 23 May 1945) was a Bessarabian-Bulgarian woman who was a co-founder of the School Health Institute and the student summer camp in Pancharevo. She was raised in the Bulgarian communities ...
(1859–1945), Bessarabian- Bulgarian physician * Nina Bertini-Humphreys, American actress *
Nina Berton Nina Berton (born 3 August 2001) is a Luxembourgish professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for . Until 2025 she rode for . In 2021 and 2022 she rode for . She rode in the 2020 UCI Road World Championships – Women's roa ...
(born 2001), Luxembourgish cyclist *
Nina Betschart Nina Brunner (; born 14 October 1995) is a Swiss professional beach volleyball player who plays as a right side defender with her partner Tanja Hüberli. She is a two-time European Champion, winning the title in 2021 and 2023, the silver meda ...
(born 1995), Swiss volleyball player * Nina Bichuya (born 1937), Ukrainian writer * Nina Bjedov (born 1971), Serbian basketball player * Nina Bjerkedal (born 1953), Norwegian civil servant * Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000), Icelandic playwright, poet and novelist * Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish author * Nina Björnström, Finnish beauty pageant winner *
Nina Blackwood Nina Blackwood is an American disc jockey and music journalist, who was the first of the original five MTV VJs (along with Mark Goodman, J. J. Jackson, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn). She has been an actress and model noted for her raspy voice ...
(born 1955), American disc jockey *
Nina Bland Nina Bland (born April 21, 1959) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. A Canadian Federation Cup representative, Bland played singles in five ties between 1979 and 1981. Her only win, against Frédérique Thibault in 1980, helped Cana ...
(born 1959), Canadian athlete * Nina Bloomgarden (born 1998), American actress * Nina Bocharova (1924–2020), Ukrainian gymnast * Nina Bodnar, American concert violinist * Nina Bogićević (born 1989), Serbian basketball player *
Nina Bohm Nina Bohm (born 30 April 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Bohm, a right-handed player from Stockholm, made her Fed Cup debut for Sweden in 1978, against France. She appeared in a total of four ties, the other th ...
(born 1958), Swedish tennis player *
Nina Gomer Du Bois Nina Gomer Du Bois (July 4, 1870 – July 26, 1950) was an American civil rights activist, Baháʼí Faith practitioner, and homemaker. She served on the executive committee of the Women's International Circle of Peace and Foreign Relations in 192 ...
(1870–1950), American civil rights activist *
Nina Yang Bongiovi Nina Yang Bongiovi is an Asian-American film producer and Associate Chair of the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. In 2010, she partnered with actor Forest Whitaker to create Significant Productions; together, they ...
, American film producer * Nina Bonner (born 1972), Australian field hockey player *
Nina Bott Nina Bott (born 1 January 1978 in Hamburg) is a German actress. Career Acting Between August 1997 and September 2005, Bott played Cora Hinze Moreno on the popular German soap opera ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten''. She then appeared in the ...
(born 1978), German actress *
Nina Boucicault Nina Boucicault (27 February 1867 – 2 August 1950) was an English-born actress, daughter of the Irish playwright Dion Boucicault, and the actress Agnes Kelly Robertson. She had three brothers, Dion William (1855–1876), Dion Boucicault Jr ...
(1867–1950), English actress * Nina Bourne (1916–2010), publishing executive * Nina Bovasso, American artist * Nina Floy Bracelin (1890–1973), American botanist *
Nina Bracewell-Smith Nina, Lady Bracewell-Smith (née Kakkar; born 14 November 1955) is an Indian-born businesswoman who has since March 2013 been based in Monaco. She was a major shareholder and former non-executive director of the Premier League football club A ...
(born 1955), British aristocrat * Nina Bradley (disambiguation), multiple people * Nina Bradlin, American singer and stage actress *
Nina Bratchikova Nina Bratchikova (; born 28 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Bratchikova won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition nine singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 December ...
(born 1985), Russian tennis player * Nina Starr Braunwald (1928–1992), American surgeon * Nina Breeder (born 1982), Italian film director *
Nina Brodskaya Nina Brodskaya (; born 11 December 1947 or 1949, Moscow) is a Soviet singer (soprano), popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Biography After graduating from the Music College of the Moscow State Institute of Music in 1965, Nina Brodskaya started work ...
(born 1949), Soviet singer *
Nina Brosh Ruti-Nina Brosh-Vic (; born November 12, 1975) is an Israeli model and actress. During the 1990s, she led campaigns for brands such as Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Dior, DKNY, Bebe Stores, B ...
(born 1975), Israeli model * Nina Brown (1915–2018), British-American tennis player * Nina Brown Baker (1888–1957), author of biographies *
Nina Browne Nina Eliza Browne (October 6, 1860 – 1954) was an American librarian and archivist. She was employed as a librarian at Harvard University and Boston Athenæum, a registrar at American Library Association, and an archivist at Smith College. Sh ...
, American librarian and archivist * Nina Broznić (born 1991), Croatian cross-country skier * Nina Brunner (born 1995), Swiss beach volleyball player * Nina Brusnikova (born 1960), hero of the Russian Federation * Nina Buchmann (born 1965), German plant ecologist * Nina Buijsman (born 1997), Dutch cyclist *
Nina Bulatović Nina Bulatović (born 9 December 1996) is a Montenegrin handballer for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team. She represented Montenegro at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championshipwhere she won the bronze medal. On ...
(born 1996), Montenegrin handballer * Nina Bunjevac (born 1973), Serbian Canadian cartoonist *
Nina Burger Nina Burger (born 27 December 1987) is an Austrian former football striker, who played for SC Sand of Frauen Bundesliga, after playing for SV Neulengbach of Austria's ÖFB-Frauenliga. She also played the 2014 season for the Houston Dash in th ...
(born 1987), Austrian footballer *
Nina Burleigh Nina D. Burleigh is an American writer and investigative journalist, She writes books, articles, essays and reviews. Burleigh is a supporter of secular liberalism, and is known for her interest in issues of women's rights. Early life Burleigh gre ...
(born c. 1959 or 1960), American journalist * Nina Buysman (born 1997), Dutch cyclist * Nina Byers (1930–2014), American physicist * Nina Byron (1900–1987), American silent film actress * Nina Bystrova (1944–2011), Soviet rower * Nina Caicedo (born 1986), Colombian actress *
Nina Canell Nina Canell (born 1979) is a sculpture and installation artist born in Växjö, Sweden and educated at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany Work Nina C ...
, Swedish visual artist *
Nina Carberry Nina Carberry (born 21 July 1984) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Midlands–North-West since the 2024 European Parliament election. She is a former champion amateur National Hunt jock ...
(born 1984), Irish jockey *
Nina Beth Cardin Nina Beth Cardin is a rabbi, author, and environmental activist. In 1978, she founded the Jewish Women’s Resource Center. Rabbinic career and social activism In 1988, Cardin was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary, after which she held ...
, American writer, activist and rabbi *
Nina Carroll Nina Carroll (1932–1990, aka Nina Steane) was a British painter. Carroll studied art at the Cheltenham School of Art and then studied English Literature at Oxford University, where she joined the Ruskin School of Art. Carroll held exhibition ...
(1932–1990), British painter * Nina Castagna (born 2000), American rower *
Nina Catach Nina Catach (1923–1997) was a French linguist and linguistic historian who specialized in the history of French orthography. She worked at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) and published several influential books on ortho ...
, French linguist and linguistic historian * Nina Cheremisina (born 1946), Russian rower * Nina Mikhailovna Chernovna (1935–2010), Russian scientist, soil zoologist and ecologist * Nina Christen (born 1994), Swiss sports shooter * Nina Christesen (1911–2001), Russian-born Australian academic in Russian language studies * Nina Christiansen (born 1964), Danish long-distance runner * Nina Clarkin, British polo player *
Nina Clifford Nina Clifford (August 3, 1851 – July 14, 1929) was a Canadian-born madam who ran the most popular brothel in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1889 to 1929. Early life Clifford was born Johanna Crow (also known as "Hannah") on August 3, 1851, in Chat ...
(1851–1929), Canadian-American madam *
Nina Coltart Nina Coltart (21 November 1927 – 24 June 1997), a British psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, and essayist. Family She was born in Shortlands, Kent, England. Her father was a medical doctor and her mother, a housewife. In 1940 she and her younger s ...
(1927–1997), British psychoanalyst *
Nina Companeez Nina Companeez (26 August 1937 – 9 April 2015) was a French screenwriter and film director. Nina Companeez was the younger daughter of Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter Jacques Companéez and younger sister of contralto Irène Companeez ...
(1937–2015), French screenwriter and film director *
Nina Compton Nina Compton is a James Beard award winning Demographics of Saint Lucia, Saint Lucian chef currently living in New Orleans, Louisiana. Career Nina graduated from the The Culinary Institute of America, Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park ...
(born 1978), St. Lucian chef based in Louisiana *
Nina Conti Nina Margarita Conti (born 25 August 1973) is a British actress, comedian, and ventriloquist. Early life Conti was born and grew up in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. She attended King Alfred School, Lo ...
(born 1973), British actress * Nina Coolman (born 1991), Belgian volleyball player * Nina Coote (1883–1945), English-born Irish croquet player * Nina Corti (born 1953), Swiss flamenco dancer *
Nina Crews Nina Crews (born May 19, 1963) is a children's author; she is the daughter of Donald Crews and Ann Jonas, both children's authors and illustrators themselves. She uses photographs and photocollages in her books to illustrate vibrant stories about ...
(born 1963), American children’s writer *
Nina Cromnier Nina may refer to: * Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname Acronyms *National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq *Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology *No income, ...
(born 1966), Swedish civil engineer and economist *
Nina Crone Nina Crone (1934 – 2007) was an Australian gardening writer, broadcaster, teacher and school principal. Biography Crone was the daughter of James and Grace (née Hall) Crone. She attended Presbyterian Ladies' College in East Melbourne and gr ...
(1934–2007), Australian gardening writer, broadcaster, teacher and school principal * Nina Crummy, British archaeologist * Nina J. Cullinan (1899–1983), American art patron and civic leader * Nina Curtis (born 1988), Australian sailor * Nina Cutro-Kelly (born 1984), American judoka *
Nina Czegledy Nina Czegledy is a Canadian artist, new media art curator and writer. Life Elinor Nina Czegledy (born in Budapest, Hungary) is based in Toronto, Canada. She is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator who works on art, science and tech ...
, Hungarian-born Canadian artist * Nina da Hora, Afro-Brazilian activist * Nina Daniels (born 1982), New Zealand synchronised swimmer *
Nina Dano Sara Brita Nina Dano (born 12 June 2000) is a Swedish handballer for IK Sävehof and the Swedish national team. She represented Sweden at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. Achievements *Svensk handbollselit Handbollsligan is ...
(born 2000), Swedish handball player * Nina Davies (disambiguation), multiple people * Nina Davis (disambiguation), multiple people *
Nina Davuluri Nina Davuluri (born April 20, 1989) is an American public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen who hosts the reality show ''Made in America'' on Zee TV America from Manhattan. As Miss America 2014, she became the first Indian American contesta ...
(born 1989), American public speaker and Miss America 2014 *
Nina de Creeft Ward Nina de Creeft Ward (born 1933) is an American artist who works with bronze, soft sculptures, etchings, woodcuts, and monoprints. She had multiple art exhibitions in the Philippines and the United States. Ward was the co-winner of the Individu ...
(born 1933), American artist and educator * Nina Demme (1902–1977), Soviet biologist and polar researcher * Nina den Heyer (born 1978), Dutch politician *
Nina Derwael Nina Derwael ( ; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018, 2019), and a three-time European champion (2017, 2018 & 2025) on the uneven bars. She also is the 2019 Europ ...
(born 2000), Belgian gymnast * Nina de Vries (born 1961), Dutch sex worker * Nina L. Diaz, Viacom executive * Nina Dittrich (born 1990), Austrian swimmer *
Nina Divíšková Nina Divíšková (12 July 1936 – 21 June 2021) was a Czech actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1967. She was the wife of the film director Jan Kačer Jan Kačer (3 October 1936 – 24 May 2024) was a Czech actor and thea ...
(1936–2021), Czech actress * Nina Dobrushina (born 1968), Russian linguist * Nina Dorda (1924–2016), Soviet singer *
Nina Dorliak Nina Lvovna Dorliak (7 July 190817 May 1998) was a Russian soprano and a voice teacher at the Moscow Conservatory. She is known for forming a duo with pianist Sviatoslav Richter in recitals and recordings. Life Nina Dorliak was born in Saint ...
(1908–1998), Russian soprano * Nina Doroh (fl. 1970s), Belarusian sprint canoer *
Nina Doroshina Nina Mikhaylovna Doroshina (; 3 December 1934 — 21 April 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Personal life Doroshina was born in , Moscow Oblast, in what was then the Russian Sovi ...
(1934–2018), Soviet and Russian actress *
Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (née Nina Mary Benita Poore; 13 May 1878 – 12 January 1951) was a British peeress and animal welfare activist. She campaigned for humane slaughter. Early life Douglas-Hamilton was born ...
(1878–1951), British noblewoman * Nina Dronkers, American cognitive neuroscientist *
Nina Dübbers Nina Dübbers (born 24 June 1980) is a former German tennis player. Dübbers, who won two singles and two doubles International Tennis Federation, ITF tournaments in her career, reached a singles ranking high of world number 166 on 10 June 2002. ...
(born 1980), German tennis player * Nina Dudarova (1903–1992), Romani poet and translator * Nina Dudnik, American founder and former CEO of Seeding Labs *
Nina Dumbadze Nina Yakovlevna Dumbadze ( ka, ნინო დუმბაძე; 23 May 1919 – 14 April 1983) was a discus thrower who represented the Soviet Union. She won the European title in 1946 and 1950, and a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics. Dumbad ...
(1919–1983), Georgian-Ukrainian discus thrower *
Nina Đurđević Nina Đurđević (born 1991), is a Slovene model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned titleholder of Miss Universe Slovenia 2013 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2013 pageant. Miss Universe Slovenia 2013 Nina was crow ...
(born 1991), Slovene model and Miss Universe Slovenia 2013 * Nina Larrey Duryea (1874–1951), American writer * Nina Dyakonova (1915–2013), Russian researcher and professor * Nina Dyer (1930–1965), Anglo-Indian model and socialite *
Nina Easton Nina Jane Easton (born October 27, 1958) is an American author, journalist, TV commentator, entrepreneur, and film producer. In 2016, she co-founded SellersEaston Media, a private-client storytelling service that chronicles the legacies and impac ...
(born 1958), American journalist * Nina Edge, English ceramicist, feminist and writer * Nina Ehegötz (born 1997), German footballer * Nina Ehrnrooth (born 1962), Finnish alpine skier * Nina Eichinger (born 1981), German television presenter and actress * Nina Eim (born 1998), German triathlete *
Nina Einhorn Nina Einhorn ''née'' Rajmic (1925–2002) was a Jewish Polish-born Swedish physician who conducted research in the field of gynaecological oncology. A survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto, she studied medicine in Warsaw, met her husband-to-be, the phy ...
(1925–2002), Polish-born Swedish physician and cancer researcher * Nina Eisenhardt (born 1990), German politician * Nina Elder (born 1981), American artist * Nina F. Elgo (born 1962), American judge from Connecticut *
Nina Epton Nina Consuelo Epton (1913 – 29 October 2010) was a British radio producer, broadcaster and travel writer, particularly active in the 1950s and 1960s. She was renowned globally for her explorations and radio commentary and travelled alone thr ...
(c. 1913–2010), British radio producer, broadcaster and travel writer * Nina Etkin (1948–2009), American anthropologist and botanist * Nina Fagnani, French painter *
Nina Fedoroff Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff (born April 9, 1942) is an American molecular biologist known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology, especially transposable elements or jumping genes. and plant stress response.Elder, Andy (Fall 2002Faces of ...
(born 1942), American molecular biologist * Nina Fefferman (born 1978), American revolutionary biologist * Nina Fellman (born 1964), Ålandic politician * Nina Felshin (born 1944), American art historian * Nina Fernandes (born 1999), Brazilian singer-songwriter * Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir (born 1974), Icelandic actress and producer *
Nina Fiore Nina Fiore is an American TV and film writer as well as producer. She has written for '' Eureka'' (2006), ''Alphas'' (2014), ''The Vampire Diaries'', '' Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase'', and ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (2017). For her work on ' ...
, American television writer and producer * Nina Fisheva (1930–2010), Azerbaijani art administrator * Nina Fishman (1946–2009), American-born English labour movement historian and political activist *
Nina Maria Fite Nina Maria Fite is an American diplomat and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who served as the United States Ambassador to Angola from 2018 to 2021. Prior to assuming her role as ambassador, Fite served as Principal Officer at the U. ...
, American diplomat * Nina Fjalestad (born 1993), Norwegian model, dancer and beauty pageant titleholder *
Nina Foch Nina Foch ( ; born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock; April 20, 1924 – December 5, 2008) was an American actress who later became a drama instructor. Her career spanned 6 decades, consisting of over 50 feature films and over 100 television credits. She ...
(1924–2008), Dutch-American actress *
Nina Fout Nina Fout (born June 23, 1959, in Washington, D.C.) is an American equestrian. She won a bronze medal in team eventing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, together with Karen O'Connor, David O'Connor and Linden Wiesman Linden Wiesman (bo ...
(born 1959), American equestrian * Nina Grillo (born 2016), Cuban-Polish-Spanish artist * Nina Mae Fowler, British artist * Nina Foxx, American dramatist * Nina Franke, Dutch sprinter * Nina Franoszek (born 1963), German-American actress *
Nina Frausing-Pedersen Nina Frausing Pedersen (born 20 June 1991) is a Danish footballer who plays as a defender for Israeli Ligat Nashim club ASA Tel Aviv University. Career She has previously playrf for Swedish club FC Rosengård, Liverpool and Brøndby IF. She als ...
(born 1991), Danish women’s footballer * Nina Freeman (born 1990), American video game designer *
Nina Frisak Nina Frisak (born 28 November 1950) is a Norwegian judge and civil servant. She was the Secretary to the Government from 2001 to 2016. She was born in Oslo. She graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1977, and was a la ...
(born 1950), Norwegian judge and civil servant * Nina Frolova (born 1948), Soviet rowing cox *
Nina Fry Nina Fry is an English actress who played Robyn Stone in ''Grange Hill'' from 1991 to 1996. She has also appeared in '' Casualty'' and '' Spooks'', where she was Nurse Jenny in episode 7, as well as playing Roxanne Duley in a 1997 TV show called ...
, English actress * Nina Schanke Funnemark, Norwegian civil servant * Nina Fyodorova (1947–2019), Soviet skier * Nina Gabrielyan (born 1953), Russian-Armenian writer and artist *
Nina Gage Nina Diadamia Gage (June 9, 1883 – October 18, 1946) was an American nurse who was a leading teacher of modern nursing in China, and ran a nursing school in Hunan province. She was president of the International Council of Nurses from 1925 to 19 ...
(1883–1946), American nursing administrator *
Nina Gagen-Torn Nina Ivanovna Gagen-Torn ( rus, Ни́на Ива́новна Га́ген-То́рн, p=ˈnʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə ˈɡaɡʲɪn ˈtorn, a=Nina Ivanovna Garyen-Torn.ru.vorb.oga; — June 4, 1986) was a Russian and Soviet poet, writer, histor ...
(1900–1986), Swedish-Russian ethnographer * Nina Gantert (born 1962), Swiss and German probability theorist * Nina Gantz (born 1987), Dutch animation film director *
Nina Garbiras Nina Garbiras (born September 9, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for her TV role as Andrea Little on the first season of NBC's award winning series ''Boomtown''. Early life Garbiras was born in New York, and traces her herita ...
(born 1964), American actress *
Nina Garsoïan Nina G. Garsoïan (April 11, 1923 – August 14, 2022) was a French-born American historian specializing in Armenian and Byzantine history. In 1969 she became the first female historian to get tenure at Columbia University and, subsequently, b ...
(1923–2022), American historian * Nina Gäßler (born 1975), German mountain biker and rower *
Nina Gavrylyuk Nina Vasilyevna Gavrylyuk (; born 13 April 1965) is a former Soviet (until 1991) and Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. Born in Leningrad, she won four medals at the Winter Olympics with three golds (4 × 5 km relay: ...
(born 1965), Russian cross-country skier *
Nina Genke-Meller Nina Henrichovna Genke ɛŋkə'' or Nina Henrichovna Genke-Meller, or Nina Henrichovna Henke-Meller (; or ; 19 April 1893 – 25 July 1954) was a Ukrainian-Russian avant-garde artist, ( Suprematist, Futurist), designer, graphic artist and sc ...
(1893–1954), Russian artist * Nina George (born 1973), German writer * Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark (born 1987), Swiss businesswoman *
Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia () (20 June 1901 – 27 February 1974), was the elder daughter of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863–1919), Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Princess Maria Georgievna of Greece and Denmark, Grand ...
(1901–1974), Russian Princess *
Nina Gerber Nina Gerber is an American guitarist who first came to attention when she accompanied singer-songwriter Kate Wolf from 1979 until Wolf's death in 1986. Gerber was born and raised in Sebastopol, California Sebastopol ( ) is a city in Sonoma ...
, American guitarist *
Nina Geria Nina Geria ( Ukrainian: Ні́на Геря) is a Ukrainian strength athlete who is foremost known as the winner of the World's Strongest Lady competition held in 2011. Career Geria began her shot put training in 2003 and by April 2007, she sta ...
(born 1990), Ukrainian strength athlete *
Nina Gerhard Nina Gerhard (born 10 December 1974), also known as Nina, is a German singer best known as the voice of Captain Hollywood Project and for her 1994 hit "The Reason Is You". Career Nina performed vocals on the Captain Hollywood Project single "Mor ...
(born 1974), German Eurodance singer *
Nina Gershon Nina Gershon (born October 16, 1940) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 at the recommendation of Senator Daniel Patrick ...
(born 1940), American judge *
Nina Gnädig Nina-Friederike Gnädig (born 9 December 1977) is a German actress. She is best known for her performance as ''Anna Badosi'' in ''Stuttgart Homicide ''SOKO Stuttgart'' (English title: ''Stuttgart Homicide'') is a German police procedural t ...
(born 1977), German actress * Nina Godiwalla (born 1975), American author and businesswoman *
Nina Gold Nina Gold is a British casting director known for her work on the HBO series ''Rome'' and ''Game of Thrones'', the Netflix series ''The Crown'', and the critically acclaimed ''Sky Studios'' produced '' The Day of the Jackal'' (2024). She has also ...
, British casting director * Nina Golovtchenko, Russian curler * Nina Golubkova (1932–2009), Russian lichenologist * Nina Gopova (born 1953), Russian canoer * Nina Gordon (born 1967), American rock singer *
Nina S. Gore Nina S. Olds (née Gore; July 25, 1903 – April 3, 1978) was an American actress and socialite known for her three marriages, to Eugene Luther Vidal, Eugene Vidal, Hugh D. Auchincloss, and Robert Olds, as well as her children, authors Gore Vidal ...
(1903–1978), American actress and socialite *
Nina Gorodetzky Nina Gorodetzky (; born 1981) is an Israeli para-badminton player, and the first badminton player to represent Israel in the Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-s ...
(born 1981), Israeli para-badminton player * Nina Gorst (1869–1926), British novelist and playwright * Nina Gourfinkel, Russian Jewish writer * Nina Graboi (1918–1999), New Age spiritual leader * Nina Cameron Graham (1891–1974), first woman to receive an engineering degree in Britain *
Nina Grebeshkova Nina Pavlovna Grebeshkova (; 29 November 1930 – 10 May 2025) was a Russian actress, who was married to film director Leonid Gaidai. Over the years of her creative activity, she played more than eighty roles in films (mostly supporting). In 19 ...
(born 1930), Russian actress * Nina Grewal (born 1958), Canadian politician *
Nina Grieg Nina Grieg, née Hagerup (24 November 1845 – 9 December 1935) was a Danish–Norwegian lyric soprano. Early life and family Nina Hagerup was born in Bergen, Norway. Her parents were the malt inspector Herman Didrik Hagerup and the actress ...
, née Hagerup (1845–1935), Norwegian lyric soprano * Nina Griscom (1954–2020), American model * Nina Grishchenkova, Russian rowing coxswain * Nina Grønnum (born 1945), Danish phonetician * Nina Tangnæs Grønvold (born 1969), Norwegian politician *
Nina Grosse Nina Grosse (born 11 August 1958) is a German film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. The ...
(born 1958), German film director *
Nina Grunenberg Nina Grunenberg (7 October 1936 – 28 December 2017) was a German author and prize-winning journalist. Beginning her career in West Germany during the 1950s and '60s, when political journalism was largely a male prerogative, she wrote reports on ...
(1936–2017), German author and journalist *
Nina Grünfeld Nina Frederikke Grünfeld (born July 27, 1966) is a Norwegian film director and author, and the former head of the Norwegian Film Directors (NFR) trade union. Career Grünfeld studied mass communication, Eastern European studies, film, and TV i ...
(born 1966), Norwegian film director and author * Nina Gruzintseva (1934–2021), Russian canoer * Nina Gualinga, Ecuadorian human rights activist * Nina Gulino (born 1988), Italian cyclist * Nina Gunke (born 1955), Swedish actress * Nina Gunter, church of Nazarene General Superintendent * Nina Güthner, German writer * Nina Hachigian, American politician and diplomat * Nina Hallowell (1957–2023), British social scientist * Nina Hamid, Bangladeshi folk singer *
Nina Hamnett Nina Hamnett (14 February 1890 – 16 December 1956) was a Welsh artist and writer, and an expert on sailors' Sea shanty, shanties, who became known as the Queen of Bohemia. Early life Hamnett was born in the small coastal town of Tenb ...
(1890–1956), British artist *
Nina Hansen Nina Hansen (born 8 May 1942) is a Danish athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 Oct ...
(born 1942), Danish long jumper * Nina Harmer (married name Nina Thompson, born 1945), American swimmer * Nina R. Harper (1950–2018), American politician * Nina Hartstone, British sound editor * Nina Hasselmann (born 1986), German field hockey player *
Nina Hasvoll Nina Hasvoll (née Hackel, May 25, 1910 – December 19, 1999), surname also Hasvold and Hasvold Meyer, was a Russian–Norwegian psychoanalyst. She headed the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo during the Second World War, and she escaped to Sweden ...
(1910–1999), Russian-Norwegian psychoanalyst *
Nina Haver-Løseth Nina Haver-Løseth (born 27 February 1989) is a retired Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Haver-Løseth made her World Cup debut in February 2006, and her first podium came ...
(born 1989), Norwegian alpine skier *
Nina Heglund Nina Heglund (born 24 July 1993) is a Norwegian-British handball player. She plays for the British national team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Aged 19 at the start of the games, she was the youngest player in the squad. H ...
(born 1993), Norwegian-British handball player * Nina Helou, Lebanese lawyer and former First Lady of Lebanon *
Nina Hemmer Nina Hemmer (born 16 February 1993) is a German freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's freestyle 53 kg division. She finished in 14th place after losing to Zhong Xuechun of China in the fir ...
(born 1993), German freestyle wrestler *
Nina Hemmingsson Nina Hemmingsson (born 30 November 1971) is a Swedish cartoonist. She draws foremost shorter comics, often single-panel cartoons featuring political and social criticism. An example of Hemingsson's work is ''Bäst i början'' ("Best in the Begin ...
(born 1971), Swedish cartoonist * Nina Herasymova-Persydska (1927–2020), Ukrainian musicologist *
Nina Herelová Nina Herelová (born 30 July 1993) is a Slovak female volleyball player. She is part of the Slovakia women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Clubs * VK Prievidza (2005–2008) * COP ...
(born 1993), Slovak volleyball player * Nina Hibbin (1922–2004), English film critic and author * Nina Hietanen (born 1985), Finnish footballer * Nina Hoekman (1964–2014), Ukrainian-Dutch draughts player and coach *
Nina Kiriki Hoffman Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born March 20, 1955, in San Gabriel, California) is an American fantasy, science fiction and horror writer. Profile Hoffman started publishing short stories in 1975. Her first nationally published short story appeared in ' ...
(born 1955), American novelist * Nina Høiberg (born 1956), Danish chess player * Nina Holden, Norwegian mathematician * Nina Hole (1941–2016), Danish artist * Nina Hollein (born 1971), Austrian architect and fashion designer *
Nina Hollensen Nina Hollensen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 20 ...
(born 1992), Danish rower *
Nina Holmén Siv Nina Anette Holmén (née Wärn; born 29 September 1951, in Esse) is a Finnish former long-distance runner. Nina Holmén won the first European Championship in women's 3000 meters running in 1974. She competed also in Olympics 197 ...
(born 1951), Finnish long-distance athlete *
Nina Hoss Nina Hoss (; born 7 July 1975) is a German stage, film, and television actress. She is known for her collaborations with director Christian Petzold in films such as '' Barbara'' (2012) and '' Phoenix'' (2014). Roles in other films include '' T ...
(born 1975), German actress *
Nina Hossain Nina Hossain is a British journalist and presenter employed by ITN as the lead presenter of the '' ITV Lunchtime News''. Background Hossain was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England to a Bangladeshi father and an English mother. Her f ...
(born 1973), British journalist * Nina Howell Starr (c. 1903–2000), American photographer, art historian and art dealer *
Nina Hrušková-Bělská Nina Hrušková-Bělská (5 May 1925 – 30 November 2015) was a Czech chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1950). She was a five-time winner of the Czechoslovak Women's Chess Championship (1946, 1948, 1952, ...
(1925–2015), Czech chess player * Nina Hughes (born 1982), English professional boxer * Nina Humphreys, British composer * Nina Hunt (1932–1995), Manx choreographer *
Nina Hyams Nina Hyams (born 1952) is a distinguished research professor emeritus in linguistics at the University of California in Los Angeles. Education and career Hyams received her PhD in linguistics in 1983 from Graduate Center of the City University of ...
, American linguist *
Nina Hyde Nina Hyde (; 1932 – May 4, 1990) was an American fashion editor. Following a stint for ''Women's Wear Daily'', she moved to Washington, D.C. in 1961 and established the fashion page for ''The Washington Daily News'', which became the "Hyde & ...
(1932–1990), American fashion editor *
Nina Hynes Nina Hynes is an Irish musician and music producer from Dublin, Ireland. She releases music through her own label Transplant Records on www.ninahynes.bandcamp.com/ and also privately to subscribers. Music career Nina made her music debut in 199 ...
, Irish musician and music producer * Nina Ignatyeva (born 1948), Russian luger * Nina Ilyina (born 1951), Ukrainian film actress * Nina Inhammar (born 1977), Swedish singer *
Nina Wallet Intalou Nina Wallet Intalou (born 1963) is a Malian businesswoman and politician who has served as Minister of Crafts and Tourism of Mali since July 2016. Early life and education Intalou was born in Kidal in 1963. She is of Tuareg origin, belonging to ...
, Malian businesswoman and politician * Nina Iskrenko (1951–1995), Russian poet *
Nina Ivančić Nina Ivančić (born in 1953 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a contemporary Croatian artist working mainly in the mediums of painting and drawing. Background Nina Ivančić, daughter of Ljubo Ivančić, the famous Croatian painter and member of the artis ...
, Croatian artist * Nina Ivanišin (born 1985), Slovenian actress *
Nina Ivanova Nina Georgievna Ivanova (; 6 January 1934 – 1 December 2020) was a Russian-Soviet actress. Filmography *'' Once There Was a Girl'' (1944) *''Nadya'' (1955) *'' Spring on Zarechnaya Street'' (1956) *''The Heirs'' (1960) *''Love Must Be Treasure ...
(1934–2020), Russian-Soviet actress *
Nina Jablonski Nina Grace Jablonski (born August 20, 1953)
at Nina Jacobson Nina Jacobson (born September 15, 1965) is an American film executive who, until July 2006, was president of the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. With Dawn Steel, Gail Berman and Sherry Lansing, she w ...
(born 1965), American film executive * Nina Jakobsson (born 1994), Swedish footballer *
Nina Moore Jamieson Nina 'Pat' Moore Jamieson (29 April 1885 – 6 November 1932), was an Irish born Canadian teacher, journalist, poet and lecturer. Life She was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1885. Her parents William Francis Moore and Georgette Robinson were Ca ...
(1885–1932), Canadian writer *
Nina Jankowicz Nina Jankowicz is an American researcher and writer. She is the author of ''How to Lose the Information War'' (2020), on Russian use of disinformation as geopolitical strategy, and ''How to Be a Woman Online'' (2022), a handbook for fighting a ...
(born 1989), American researcher, author and commentator * Nina Jazy (born 2005), German swimmer *
Nina Jeriček Nina Jeriček (born 10 April 1984) is a Slovenian handballer who plays for RK Krim and the Slovenian national team. She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in ...
(born 1984), Slovenian handballer *
Nina Johnsen Nina may refer to: * Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname Acronyms * National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq *Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology * No incom ...
, Norwegian cyclist * Nina Johnsrud (born 1959), Norwegian journalist * Nina Jones (1871–1926), New Zealand artist and botanical illustrator * Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen, Greenlandic singer *
Nina Josu Nina Josu (born February 17, 1953, in Țiganca) is a writer and activist from Moldova. She is the head of the Association for Romanian Literature and Culture "ASTRA" - "Onisifor Ghibu". Biography Nina Josu graduated from Maxim Gorky Literature ...
(born 1953), Moldovan writer and activist * Nina Kajzba (born 2004), Slovenian footballer *
Nina Kalezić Nina Kalezić (born 5 December 1996) is a Montenegrin former tennis player. Kalezić has a career-high doubles ranking world No. 761, which she achieved on 9 May 2016. Playing for Montenegro Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 0–8. ...
(born 1996), Montenegrin tennis player * Nina Kamenik (born 1985), German ice hockey player * Nina Kamneva (1916–1973), Soviet athlete and military engineer * Nina Kaptsova (born 1978), Russian ballet dancer *
Nina Karlsson Nina Karlsson (born 16 November 1975) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. She won the Swedish Golf Tour (SGT) Order of Merit in 1997 and 1998, and played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) ten seasons 1998–2007. Amateur career Karlsson w ...
(born 1975), Swedish professional golfer * Nina J. Karnovsky, American ecologist and ornithologist *
Nina Karpachova Nina Ivanivna Karpachova (; born 12 August 1957) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician. She was the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights from 1998 until 2012. Early life and career Karpachova attended Kyiv University and completed a ...
(born 1957), Ukrainian lawyer and politician * Nina Kasniunas (born 1972), American political scientist and writer *
Nina Katchadourian Nina Katchadourian (born 1968) is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator. She works with photography, sculpture, video, and sound—often in playful ways. She is best known for her "Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style," a ...
(born 1968), American artist * Nina Katerli (1934–2023), Soviet and Russian writer, publicist and activist * Nina Kellgren (born 1948), British cinematographer * Nina Kemppel (born 1970), American cross-country skier *
Nina Kennedy Nina Kennedy (born 5 April 1997) is an Australian athlete who holds the national record in the pole vault. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2023 World Athletics Championships (shared with American Katie Moon) and at the 202 ...
(born 1997), Australian pole vaulter * Nina Gamble Kennedy, American classical pianist, orchestral conductor, filmmaker and writer *
Nina Keogh Nina Keogh ( ) is a Canadian puppet builder, voice actress and puppeteer. She is a former member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Canadian Actors' Equity Association, UDA, and is an ACTRA member since 1968. She was on the board o ...
, Canadian puppeteer *
Nina Kessler Nina Kessler (born 4 July 1988) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. At the 2015 Dutch National Track Championships she became Dutc ...
(born 1988), Dutch cyclist * Nina Khada, Franco-Algerian film director, screenwriter and film editor *
Nina Khadzhiyankova Nina Khadzhiyankova (also spelled Hadjiankova, born 18 September 1963), also known as Nina Todorova, is a Bulgarian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), official ...
(born 1963), Bulgarian basketball player *
Nina Khrisanova Nina Khrisanova (born December 9, 1994) is a Russian tennis player. Nina gained entry to the main draw of the 2011 Baku Cup, an event of the 2011 WTA Tour, as a wildcard and was defeated in the first-round by Tatia Mikadze Tatia Mikadze ( ka, ...
(born 1994), Russian tennis player * Nina Khrushcheva (disambiguation), multiple people * Nina Kinert (born 1983), Swedish musician * Nina King (born 1978), American college sports administrator *
Nina Kiri Nina Kiridžija ( sr-Cyrl, Нина Кириџиjа, known as Nina Kiri ( sr-Cyrl, Нина Кири), is a Serbian Canadian actress, best known for her role as the handmaid Alma in the first four seasons of the Hulu series ''The Handmaid's Tale ...
(born 1992), Serbian-Canadian actress * Nina Kirso (1963–2020), Soviet and Ukrainian singer *
Nina Kläy Nina Kläy (born 19 June 1989) is a Swiss taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal in lightweight at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Kim Hwi-lang in the semifinal. She participated at the World Taekwondo ...
(born 1989), Swiss taekwondo practitioner * Nina Kleijweg (born 1938), Dutch fencer * Nina Klenovska (born 1980), Bulgarian biathlete *
Nina Kodaka is a Filipino Japanese TV personality and host who gained media attention as a finalist on the 5th season of '' StarStruck'', a reality-TV talent show broadcast on GMA Network. Personal life Kodaka lived in Japan before joining StarStruck. ...
(born 1989), Filipino-Japanese TV personality and host *
Nina Kogan Nina Kogan (c. 1887–1942) was a Russian painter known for her Suprematist works. Life and career Nina Osipovna (Iosifovna) Kogan was born in 1887 or 1889 in Vitebsk, Saint Petersburg, or Moscow, and studied at the St. Ekaterina School in St. P ...
, Russian painter * Nina Koivumäki (born 1985), Finnish Olympic judoka * Nina Kolarič (born 1986), Slovenian athlete * Nina Kolundžić (born 1990), Serbian handball player *
Nina Koppang Nina Koppang, (born 31 May 2002) is a Swedish handball player who plays for Team Esbjerg and the Sweden women's national handball team. Career Koppang started playing handball in Vadstena HF. She also played football in Vadstena GIF. In 2018 ...
(born 2002), Swedish handball player * Nina Korgan (1916–2009), American female softball pitcher * Nina Korobkova (born 1926), Soviet rower *
Nina Koshetz Nina Koshetz (; December 30, 1891 – May 14, 1965) was an operatic lyric soprano, recital singer, and the niece of Alexander Koshetz. Early life and career Nina Koshetz was born in Kyiv, then moved to Moscow and became an opera singer. ...
(1891–1965), Ukrainian opera singer * Nina Kossman, Russian-American writer, translator and artist * Nina Kossova (born 1935), Soviet high jumper *
Nina Kost Nina Kost (born 17 April 1995) is a Swiss swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre backstroke events at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA Wor ...
(born 1995), Swiss swimmer *
Nina Kostanjšek Nina Kostanjšek (born 4 June 1993) is a Slovenian rower. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Career She came to rowing late, and is a trained dentist. She became national champion in 2017, and her first international appearances for the n ...
(born 1993), Slovenian rower * Nina Kostova (born 1959), Bulgarian gymnast *
Nina Kostroff Noble Nina Kostroff Noble is an American television producer. Early life and education Noble is the daughter of Pat Curtice, who worked as an assistant director on commercials, and Larry Kostroff, who worked in the film industry in various positions ...
(born 1959), American television producer *
Nina Kotova Nina Kotova (born 11 October 1969) is an American cellist of Eastern European descent. As well as being a versatile artist and an established composer she is a recording artist who performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber ...
(born 1969), Russian cellist * Nina Kovacheva, French-Bulgarian artist * Nina Kpaho (born 1996), Ivorian footballer *
Nina Kraft Nina Kraft (31 December 1968 – 17 August 2020) was a German professional triathlete from Braunschweig. Career Kraft worked as a drafter until 1998, when she became a full-time professional athlete. In addition to being a pro triathlete Kraft ...
(1968–2020), German triathlete *
Nina Kraljić Nina Kraljić (; born 4 April 1992) is a Croatian singer-songwriter and voice actress. She is known for winning season one of '' The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske'' and for being a finalist in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song ...
(born 1992), Croatian singer-songwriter *
Nina Kraus Nina Kraus is a professor at Northwestern University, investigating the neural encoding of speech and music and its plasticity where she is the Hugh S. Knowles Chair. Her Auditory Neuroscience Lab, also known as Brainvolts, examines the biologic ...
, American neuroscientist *
Nina Kraviz Nina Kraviz () is a Russian DJ, music producer and singer. Early life and career Kraviz was born and raised in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. She moved to Moscow to study dentistry where she later gained her residency. Kraviz also worked in a numb ...
(born 1989), Russian DJ *
Nina Krieger Nina Krieger is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 general election. She represents the electoral district of Victoria-Swan Lake as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic P ...
, Canadian politician *
Nina Kulagina Nina Kulagina, ''Ninel Sergeyevna Kulagina'' (, born Ninel Mikhaylova) (30 July 1926 – 11 April 1990) was a Russian woman who claimed to have psychic powers, particularly in psychokinesis. Academic research of her phenomenon was conducted in the ...
(1926–1990), Russian psychokineticist * Nina Kulikovskikh (born 1961), Russian politician *
Nina Kunzendorf Nina Kunzendorf (born November 10, 1971) is a German actress. Her credits include the television series ''Tatort'' and the films ''Phoenix (2014 film), Phoenix'', ''Woman in Gold (film), Woman in Gold'' and ''Unspoken (2010 film), Unspoken''. Ea ...
(born 1971), German actress * Nina Kuo, Chinese-American painter, photographer, sculptor, author, video artist and activist *
Nina Kuscsik Nina Louise Kuscsik (née Marmorino; January 2, 1939 – June 8, 2025) was a long-distance runner from the United States, who participated in over 80 marathons.Rothlein, Lewis. "Here's looking at you." ''Women's Sports and Fitness'', Oct. 1989, p. ...
(1939–2025), American long-distance athlete *
Nina Kusturica Nina Kusturica is a Bosnian-born Austrian film director, film editor and film producer. Biography She studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna to become a film director and editor and earned her degree with the film ''Aus ...
, Bosnian-born Austrian film director * Nina LaCour, American author *
Nina Lagergren Nina Viveka Maria Lagergren (''née'' von Dardel; 3 March 1921 – 5 April 2019) was a Swedish businesswoman and the half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg, and the leading force to find out what happened to him after his disappearance. She was the fou ...
(1921–2019), Swedish businesswoman and half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg *
Nina Landis Nina Landis is an Australian stage and screen actress, who trained in Australia and New York. Early life Landis studied drama at Flinders University, Adelaide in the mid to late 1970s. Career Landis' feature film credits include the title ...
, Australian actress * Nina Larsson (born 1976), Swedish politician * Nina Lath Gupta (born 1959), Indian film producer * Nina Marie Laughlin (born 1991), American cyclist * Nina Laurie, British geographer * Nina Lauwaert (born 1988), Belgian long-distance runner *
Nina Lawson Nina Lawson (27 July 1926 – 9 September 2008) was a Scottish wigmaker who ran the Metropolitan Opera wig department from 1956 to 1987. She was responsible for cleaning up to 750 wigs a week in her early tenure, from every chorus member's wig ...
(1926–2008), Scottish wig maker *
Nina Frances Layard Nina Frances Layard ( 20 August 1853 Stratford, Essex – 12 August 1935, Ipswich) was an English poet, prehistorian, archaeologist and antiquarian who conducted important excavations, and by winning the respect of contemporary academics help ...
(1853–1935), English poet, prehistorian, archaeologist and antiquary * Nina Linta Lazarević (born 1976), Serbian theater, film and television actress, theatrical producer and playwright * Nina Lee Aquino, Filipino-Canadian theatre director *
Nina Leen Nina Leen (born 1914, died January 1, 1995) was an American photographer born in the Russian Empire. She was a constant contributor to ''Life''. She is remembered above all for her photographs of animals, many published in book form, as well as her ...
(1909–1995), Russian-born American photographer * Nina Lemesh (born 1973), Ukrainian biathlete * Nina Levitt, Canadian artist and educator *
Nina Li Chi Nina Li Chi (born December 31, 1961) is a retired Hong Kong actress. She is also known by her Chinese name Li Chi or Li Zhi (Chinese: 利智). She is best known for being the wife of famous martial artist and actor Jet Li. Early life Li was b ...
(born 1961), Hong Kong actress * Nina Ligon (born 1991), Thai equestrian * Nina Linde (born 1980), German ice hockey player * Nina Lisandrello, American actress * Nina Liu (born 1977), Australian actress * Nina Lobkovskaya (1924–?), Russian sniper * Nina Lobova (born 1957), Ukrainian handball athlete * Nina Lola Bachhuber (born 1971), German artist * Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993), Russian artist * Nina Lührßen (born 1999), German footballer *
Nina Lundström Nina Lundström (born 26 October 1961) is a Swedish Liberal People's Party (Sweden), Liberal People's Party politician of Sweden Finns, Finnish origin. Born in Savonlinna, Finland, she was a List of members of the Swedish Riksdag, member of the P ...
(born 1961), Swedish politician *
Nina Lussi Nina Lussi (born March 29, 1994, in Lake Placid, New York) is an American ski jumper and four-time national champion. As a young jumper, Lussi won several Junior Olympic titles in Special Jumping and Nordic Combined. She also competed in track ...
(born 1994), American ski jumper *
Nina Lykke (gender studies scholar) Nina Lykke (born 1949) is a Danish–Swedish gender studies scholar. She is noted for her work on feminist theory, and is distinguished professor of gender studies at Linköping University in Sweden. Biography Nina Lykke was born in Copenhagen, ...
(born 1949), Danish-Swedish gender studies scholar * Nina Lykke (writer) (born 1965), Norwegian writer *
Nina MacLaughlin Nina MacLaughlin is an American writer. Her memoir ''Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter,'' discusses her decision to restart her career. MacLaughlin's work has also been published in ''Boston Magazine, LA Review of Books'', ''Cosmopolitan'', '' ...
, American writer * Nina Makarova (1908–1976), Russian composer * Nina Makino (born 2005), American-Japanese singer and former child actress, member of the group
NiziU NiziU (; ) is a Japanese-Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan through the reality-survival program '' Nizi Project'' (2020). The group is composed of nine members: Mako, Rio, Maya, Riku, Ayaka, Mayuka, ...
*
Ņina Maksimova Ņina Maksimova (born 23 June 1986) is a former Latvian footballer who played as a goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a d ...
(born 1986), Latvian footballer * Nina Malterud, Norwegian ceramist * Nina Manucharyan (1885–1972), Armenian film actress * Nina Manuel, Indian model, television host, and VJ * Nina Marakina (born 1947), Ukrainian javelin thrower * Nina Marker, Danish fashion model *
Nina Marković Nina Marković is a Croatian-American physicist. Her work focuses on quantum transport in low-dimensional systems, superconductivity, nanostructures, and quantum computing. She received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2004. Marković worked at D ...
, Croatian physicist and professor * Nina Marković-Khaze (born 1983), Australian political scientist and journalist * Nina Martin, American choreographer, dancer and pedagogue * Nina Marie Martínez, American novelist * Nina Maslova (born 1946), Soviet and Russian actress *
Nina Mason Pulliam Nina Mason Pulliam (September 19, 1906 – March 26, 1997) was an American journalist, author, and newspaper executive in Arizona and Indiana, where she was also well known as a philanthropist and civic leader. Pulliam began her career as a journ ...
(1906–1997), American journalist, author and newspaper executive *
Nina Matsumoto Nina Matsumoto (born 18 November 1984) is a Japanese-Canadian cartoonist, also known as "space coyote", and most known for creating the comic book series '' Yōkaiden'' for Del Rey Manga. She created the webcomic ''Saturnalia'', and has worked as ...
(born 1984), Japanese-Canadian cartoonist * Nina Matviyenko (1947–2023), Ukrainian singer *
Nina Mba Chief Nina Emma Mba (29 April 1944 – 14 January 2002) was a Nigerian-Australian author, academic historian and editor. Based in Nigeria for most of her career, she taught at the University of Lagos, was a member of the Historical Society of Nige ...
(1944–2002), Australian author *
Nina McClelland Nina Irene McClelland (21 August 1929 – 16 August 2020) was an American chemist. She was dean emeritus and professor of chemistry at the University of Toledo. Early life and education McClelland was raised by her mother Lillian McClelland, ...
(1930–2020), American chemist *
Nina Mae McKinney Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film and television, after beginning her career on Broadway and in Hollywood. Dubbed " ...
(1912–1967), American actress * Nina Meinke (born 1993), German boxer *
Nina Menkes Nina Menkes , , is an independent filmmaker. Her films include ''The Great Sadness of Zohara'' (1983), ''Magdalena Viraga'' (1986), '' Queen of Diamonds'' (1991), ''The Bloody Child'' (1996), "Massacre (Massaker)" (2005), ''Phantom Love'' (2007 ...
(born 1955), American filmmaker * Nina Menkova (born 1945), Russian equestrian *
Nina Menshikova Nina Yevgenyevna Menshikova (; 8 August 1928 – 26 December 2007) was a Soviet actress. She was the wife of Stanislav Rostotsky and the mother of Andrei Rostotsky. Nina Menshikova was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR in 197 ...
(1928–2007), Soviet actress *
Nina Merkulova Nina Merkulova (born 8 December 1945) is a Soviet alpine skier. She competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport e ...
(born 1945), Soviet skier *
Nina Metivier Nina Metivier is a British screenwriter, best known for co-creating the teen thriller '' The A List''. Early life and education Metivier was educated at Stockport Grammar School. Metivier credited Philip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy ...
, British screenwriter *
Nina Meurisse Nina Meurisse (born 14 November 1988) is a French actress. For her role in Souleymane's Story, she won the Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress. Theater Filmography Cinema Television References External links * Livin ...
(born 1988), French actress *
Nina Micić Nina Micić ( sr-cyrl, Нина Мицић, born 30 January 1991 in Kraljevo) is a Serbian snowboarder. She won a silver medal at the 2007 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival in the parallel giant slalom event. She is the first Serbian athle ...
(born 1991), Serbian snowboarder * Nina Miglionico (1913–2009), American lawyer * Nina Milliken, American politician *
Nina Miranda Nina Miranda is a Brazilian singer and songwriter who was a member of English bands Smoke City, Shrift and Zeep. Life and career Miranda was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal. Her mother is the English Liz Thompson-Miranda; Her father ...
(born 1970), Brazilian singer * Nina Mitchell Wells (born 1950), American politician *
Nina Mittelham Nina Mittelham (born 23 November 1996) is a German table tennis player. She clinched the women's singles titles at the 2021 Europe Top 16 Cup. In 2022, she won singles title at the WTT Lima Contender. References 1996 births Living p ...
(born 1996), German table tennis player *
Nina Mjøberg Nina Mjøberg (born 18 April 1964) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Storting, Parliament of Norway from Buskerud during the terms 1989–1993, 2005–2009 a ...
(born 1964), Norwegian politician * Nina Moise (1890–1968), American actress and director * Nina Karin Monsen (born 1943), Norwegian moral philosopher and author * Nina Morais Cohen (1855–1918), American suffragette * Nina Morgana (1891–1986), American opera singer * Nina Morgunova (born 1951), Russian middle-distance athlete * Nina Morhunova (born 1951), Ukrainian middle-distance runner *
Nina Morić Nina Morić (born 22 July 1976) is a Croatian fashion model. She became an Italian citizen after her marriage with celebrity photographer Fabrizio Corona. Biography Morić was born in Zagreb into an upper-middle class household. After finishi ...
(born 1976), Croatian fashion model * Nina Morozhenko (1928–2009), Ukrainian astronomer * Nina Morozova (born 1989), Russian sprint hurdle athlete *
Nina Morrison (judge) Nina Rauh Morrison (born 1970) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. As part of her work for the Innocence Project, she had been lead or co-c ...
(born 1970), American judge *
Nina Morrison Nina Morrison (born 13 December 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). A midfielder who won multiple accolades at junior level and played in the VFL Women's (VFLW) as a teenager ...
(born 2000), Australian Australian rules footballer *
Nina Mozer Nina Mikhailovna Mozer (; born 28 August 1964) is a Russian pair skating coach based in Moscow. She is best known for coaching Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, the 2014 Olympic gold and silver medalists. ...
(born 1964), Russian ice-skating coach * Nina Mozetič (born 1983), Slovenian canoeist *
Nina Catherine Muir Nina Catherine Muir (20 October 1900 – 9 June 1981) was a New Zealand medical doctor. Early life Nina Muir (née Howard) was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1900. Her father was Dr Ernest Henry Howard (d. 1954) who practised in Murchison a ...
(1900–1981), New Zealand doctor * Nina Müller (born 1980), German handball player * Nina Munch-Søgaard (born 1987), Norwegian tennis player *
Nina Munk Nina Munk (born 1967) is a Canadian-American journalist and non-fiction author. She is the author or co-author of four books, including ''The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty'' and ''Fools Rush In: Jerry Levin, Steve Case, and t ...
, Canadian-American journalist and nonfiction author * Nina Munteanu, Canadian ecologist and novelist * Nina Muradyan (born 1954), Armenian volleyball player *
Nina Murdoch (artist) Nina Murdoch (born 1970) is a British painter, winner of the first Threadneedle Prize in 2008. Murdoch graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art followed by a postgraduate diploma at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Murdoch paints on large ...
, British painter *
Nina Myskow Nina Myskow (born Janina Marcela Myskow) is a British journalist and television personality who was a columnist for ''The Sun'' and the ''News of the World'', under the byline "The Bitch on the Box", in the 1980s. She appeared on ''New Faces'', an ...
(born 1946), Scottish journalist * Nina Nadira (born 1992), Malaysian singer and actress *
Nina Nannar Nina Nannar FRSA is a British journalist, who has worked for ITN News for more than 20 years.''New Fellows''. RSA Journal. Issue I 2025. Born and brought up in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire to Punjabi parents, along with her two brothers and s ...
, British Asian journalist *
Nina Nastasia Nina Maria Nastasia ( ; born May 13, 1966) is an American folk singer-songwriter. A native of Los Angeles, she first came to prominence in New York City in 2000 after Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel began giving her debut album, ''Dogs'', airplay ...
(born 1966), American singer-songwriter *
Nina Nawalowalo Nina Nawalowalo is a New Zealand theatre director and co-founder of the contemporary Pacific theatre company The Conch. She is known for directing the stage plays ''Vula'' and ''The White Guitar.'' The first film she directed ''A Boy Called Pi ...
, New Zealand theatre director * Nina Nayak (born 1953), Indian politician * Nina Nemtseva (1926–2021), Soviet-Uzbek scholar, archaeologist and architect *
Nina Nesbitt Nina Lindberg Nesbitt (born 11 July 1994) is a Scottish singer and songwriter. She is best known for her UK singles chart, UK and Scottish Singles and Albums Charts, Scottish top 40 hit singles "Stay Out" and "Selfies (song), Selfies". She also ...
(born 1994), Scottish singer and songwriter * Nina Nijstad (born 2003), Dutch footballer * Nina Nikolova, Bulgarian climatologist * Nina Nilsen (born 1970), Norwegian sport wrestler *
Nina Niss-Goldman Nina Ilyinichna Niss-Goldman (, 19 September 1892, Rostov-on-Don - 30 January 1990, Moscow) was a painter, sculptor and a teacher of Russian Jewish, Jewish origin that was one of the founding members of the Society of Artists 'The Four Arts' (19 ...
(1892–1990), Russian artist * Nina Nissly (born 1995), Russian-born American ice sledge hockey player *
Nina Nittinger Nina Nittinger (born 16 June 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Nittinger reached a best singles ranking of 286 in the world and won two ITF titles. She won a further five ITF titles in doubles. All of her WTA Tour The WTA ...
(born 1976), German tennis player * Nina Kamto Njitam (born 1983), Cameroonian handball player *
Nina Norshie Nina Norshie (born 14 September 2001) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for the Florida State Seminoles and the Ghana national team. Club career Norshie started her career with Valued Girls when she was part of the Ghana U ...
(born 2001), Ghanaian footballer * Nina Notman, German field hockey player * Nina Novak (1923–2022), Venezuelan ballet dancer * Nina Nunes (born 1985), American mixed martial arts fighter *
Nina Oberg Humphries Nina Oberg Humphries (born 1990) is a New Zealand multimedia artist and Pacific arts advocate and multimedia artist of Cook Islands descent. Born in Christchurch in 1990, Oberg Humphries graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University ...
, New Zealand artist *
Nina Obuljen Koržinek Nina Obuljen Koržinek (born 27 May 1970) is a Croatian violinist and political scientist serving as Minister of Culture and Media since 2016. Early life and education Nina Obuljen Koržinek was born in 1970 in Dubrovnik, in the family of Niko ...
(born 1970), Croatian violinist and political scientist * Nina Ellen Ødegård (born 1979), Norwegian actress *
Nina Ogilvie-Grant, 12th Countess of Seafield Nina Caroline Ogilvie-Grant, 12th Countess of Seafield (17 April 1906 – 30 September 1969) was a Scottish peeress and landowner. Early life Nina Seafield was born on 17 April 1906 in Nice, Provence, France. She was the only child of James Og ...
(1906–1969), Scottish peeress *
Nina Ognianova Nina Ognianova () is a Bulgarian journalist and rights activist, coordinator of the Europe and Central Asia Program of the Committee to Protect Journalists since 2006. Formerly a staff writer for the International Journalists' Network, since 2007 s ...
, Bulgarian journalist and activist * Nina Olivette (1907–1971), American actress and dancer * Nina Onilova (1921–1942), Soviet machine gunner *
Nina Ortlieb Nina Ortlieb (born 2 April 1996) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. She is the daughter of Patrick Ortlieb, the Olympic gold medalist in downhill in 1992 and world champ ...
(born 1996), Austrian alpine skier *
Nina Osegueda A Sound of Thunder is an American heavy metal band from the Washington D.C. metro area, United States. This four piece band is known for its varying styles of musical composition, powerful female vocals, and energetic live shows. History Ba ...
(born Balvina Osegueda, born 1984), American opera singer * Nina Ostanina (born 1955), Russian politician *
Nina Otkalenko Nina Grigoryevna Otkalenko (née Pletnyova; ; 23 May 1928 – 13 May 2015) was a Soviet middle-distance runner. She won a European title in the 800 m at the inaugural 1954 European Athletics Championships and set multiple world records in this ev ...
(1928–2015), Russian middle-distance athlete * Nina Ovcharenco (born 1984), Ukrainian road cyclist * Nina Krebs Ovesen (born 1996), Danish cyclist * Nina May Owens (1869–1959), Canadian teacher and painter * Nina Owing (born 1958), Norwegian news anchor *
Nina Oyama Nina Oyama (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian comedian, writer, actress and director. She is well known for her roles in ''Utopia'', ''Taskmaster Australia'', and ''Deadloch''. Early life and education Oyama was born on 18 August 1993 ...
(born 1993), Australian comedian, writer, actress and director *
Nina Paley Nina Carolyn Paley (born May 3, 1968) is an American cartoonist, animator, and free culture movement, free culture activist. She was the artist and often the writer of the comic strips ''Nina's Adventures'' and ''Fluff'', after which she worked ...
(born 1968), American cartoonist and animator * Nina Pandolfo, Brazilian street artist *
Nina Papavasiliou Nina Papavasiliou is an immunologist and Helmholtz Professor in the Division of Immune Diversity at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany. She is also an adjunct professor at the Rockefeller University, where she was previously ...
, Greek immunologist *
Nina Parker Nina Parker is an American television journalist, television presenter and fashion designer. Parker co-hosts '' Nightly Pop'' on E!, a late-night entertainment news show that debuted in 2018. Life and career Parker was raised in Sacramento, Ca ...
, American journalist and fashion designer * Nina Patalon (born 1986), Polish footballer *
Nina Pavlova Dr. Nina Mikhailovna Pavlova (1897–1973) was a Russian botanist, plant breeder, and children's literature author. As a botanist she is noted for developing cultivars of berry plants, including 24 new varieties of currant and gooseberry. As a ch ...
, Russian botanist *
Nina Paw Nina Paw Hee-ching (; born 20 July 1949) is a Hong Kong actress. Paw got her start in film but came into prominence portraying mothers on ATV television dramas, such as ''Fatherland'' (1980). Having portrayed many mother and elder sister role ...
(born 1949), Hong Kong actress *
Nina Pegova Nina Pegova (, born 5 January 1994) is a Russian professional golfer who has played on the Ladies European Tour. Career Pegova won the Russian Open Amateur Championship three times and was runner-up in the Finnish Amateur and Hungarian Amateur C ...
(born 1994), Russian professional golfer *
Nina Pekerman Nina Pekerman (; born September 28, 1977) is an Israeli athlete who competes in triathlon and Ironman Triathlon competitions. She was rated 25th in the second level of world championship in racing bicycle in 2003, ניר שועליהסיפור ...
(born 1977), Israeli triathlete *
Nina Pereverzeva Nina Vasilyevna Pereverzeva (; 8 March 1929 – 1 April 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician and farmer. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, she served on its Central Committee from 1982 to 1990. She died on 1 April 2022, ...
(1929–2022), Russian farmer and politician *
Nina Persson Nina Elisabet Persson (; born 6 September 1974) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish rock band The Cardigans. She also has worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and one under her own name, and has appeared as a guest ...
(born 1974), Swedish singer *
Nina Petković Nina Petković ( cnr-Cyrl, Нина Петковић; born 10 April 1981) is a Montenegrin singer, musician and television personality. She came to media prominence in regional ''Star Academy'' version, ''Operacija trijumf'', and came fourth. Ea ...
(born 1981), Montenegrin singer and television personality *
Nina Petri Nina Petri (born 16 July 1963) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1983. Partial filmography Television appearances Awards * Bavarian Film Award (best actress) (1994) * Deutscher Filmpreis (best suppor ...
(born 1963), German actress *
Nina Petronzio Nina Petronzio (born 15 October 1979) is a Canadian American interior and furniture designer, and actress. An ASID Industry member, she is best known for her high-end, Transitional style interior designs and Plush Home furniture line. Child ...
(born 1979), American interior and furniture designer * Nina Leonidovna Petrova (born 1955), Russian swimmer *
Nina Petrova Nina Pavlovna Petrova (; 27 July 1893 – 1 May 1945) was a Soviet sniper during the Winter War and World War II. She was credited with 122 kills by the Soviet government. She was posthumously awarded the Order of Glory 1st class on 29 June 1945, ...
(1893–1945), Russian sniper *
Nina Petushkova Nina Valeryevna Petushkova (; born 18 May 1992) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 Russian silver medalist. She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and made her senior international debut at the 2007 Cup of Russia, where she ...
(born 1992), Russian figure skater * Nina Pigulevskaya (1894–1970), Russian historian and orientalist *
Nina Pinzarrone Nina Pinzarrone (born November 24, 2006) is a Belgian figure skater. She is a two-time European bronze medalist (2024 European Figure Skating Championships, 2024 and 2025 European Figure Skating Championships, 2025) and a two-time ISU Grand Prix ...
(born 2006), Belgian figure skater * Nina Pirogova (born 1999), Russian ice hockey player * Nina Planck, American food writer * Nina Ponomaryova (1929–2016), Russian discus athlete *
Nina Popova (official) Nina Vasilyevna Popova (; 22 January 1908 – 30 May 1994) was a Soviet civil servant and women's rights activist. Orphaned at the age of twelve, she lived for two years in an orphanage before being reunited with her brother. She did not compl ...
(1908–1994), Soviet civil servant * Nina Popova (1922–2020), Russian-American ballet dancer *
Nina Potočnik Nina Potočnik (born 12 January 1997) is a Slovenian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 257, achieved on 13 February 2023. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 398 in the WTA rankings, WTA doubles rankings. Potočn ...
(born 1997), Slovenian tennis player *
Nina Povey Nina Povey (born 27 August 1994) is a British figure skater. She has won four senior international medals, including gold at the 2022 Britannia Cup, the 2024 British national champion, and is a three-time British national bronze medalist (2016, 2 ...
(born 1994), British figure skater *
Nina Power Nina Power is an English writer and philosopher. She was involved in a lawsuit against artist Luke Turner, which was dismissed in 2023. Biography Power is both editor and translator (with Alberto Toscano) of Alain Badiou's ''On Beckett''. ...
, British philosopher * Nina Mingya Powles, New Zealand writer *
Nina Predanič Nina Predanič (born 28 May 1997) is a Slovenian women's association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Grasshopper Club Zürich (women), Grasshopper Club Zürich and the Slovenia women's national foo ...
(born 1997), Slovenian footballer * Nina Preobrazhenskaya (born 1956), Ukrainian rower *
Nina Prinz Nina Prinz (born 5 November 1982 in Kassel) is a German motorcycle racer. She currently competes in the Qatari Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the ...
(born 1982), German motorcycle racer *
Nina Proll Nina Proll (born 12 January 1974) is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1995. She starred in the film ''September'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film ...
(born 1974), Austrian actress * Nina Proskura (born 1974), Ukrainian rower * Nina Puikkonen (born 1979), American volleyball player *
Nina Pušlar Nina Pušlar (born October 25, 1988, in Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter. Biography She won the contest ''Bitke talentov 2005'' and released her debut album ''Nina Pušlar'' in 2006. She participated in Slovenian Nati ...
(born 1988), Slovenian singer-songwriter * Nina Wilcox Putnam (1888–1962), American writer * Nina Py Brozovich, Bolivian activist *
Nina Quartero Nina Quartero (born Gladys Quartararo; March 17, 1908 – November 23, 1985) was an American movie actress whose career spanned from 1928 to 1943. She starred in several shorts and later in features such as '' The Red Mark'' (1928), ''Frozen Ri ...
(1908–1985), American actress *
Nina Radovanović Nina Radovanović ( sr-cyr, Нина Радовановић; born 19 December 1991) is a Serbian boxer. She was the first female boxer to represent Serbia in the Olympics when she competed in the flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in comb ...
(born 1991), Serbian boxer *
Nina Radulović Nina Radulović ( sr-cyr, Нина Радуловић; born 15 May 1986) is a Serbian television presenter on Prva TV. She is best known for her hosting duties on “''The Stars Sing for Them''” and ''Survivor Srbija'' on the FOX Serbia networ ...
(born 1986), Serbian television presenter * Nina Ragettli (born 1993), Swiss freestyle skier *
Nina Raginsky Nina Raginsky , (born April 14, 1941) is a Canadian photographer who received the honour of the Order of Canada in 1984. Life and work Born in Montreal, Quebec, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1962. ...
(born 1941), Canadian photographer *
Nina Raine Nina Raine is an English theatre director and playwright, the only daughter of Craig Raine and Ann Pasternak Slater, and a grand niece of the Russian novelist Boris Pasternak. She graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1998 with a First in E ...
(born 1975), English theatre director and playwright *
Nina Rangelova Nina Rangelova (born 22 October 1990) is a Bulgarian swimmer. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 200 m freestyle, but did not progress beyond the heats. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 400 metre f ...
(born 1999), Bulgarian swimmer * Nina Rapi, Greek writer * Nina Raspopova (1913–2009), Russian pilot * Nina Rautio (born 1957), Russian operatic soprano *
Nina Reis Nina Reis (born 16 February 1980) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and LPGA Tour. She was runner-up at the 2008 Göteborg Masters after an LET joint record 11-under-par round of 61 and finish ...
(born 1980), Swedish professional golfer * Nina Reithmayer (born 1984), Austrian luger *
Nina Repeta Nina Repeta (; born September 10, 1967) is an American actress best known for her role as Bessie Potter on the television drama ''Dawson's Creek'', which aired from 1998 to 2003. She attended East Carolina University with Kevin Williamson, the ...
(born 1967), American actress * Nina Revoyr (born 1969), American novelist * Nina Ricci (1883–1970), French-Italian fashion designer * Nina Richard (born 2000), French footballer *
Nina Ridge Nina Ridge is a British weather forecaster on the BBC. BBC Ridge joined the BBC Weather Centre in December 2001, after seeing a job advert in ''The Guardian''. Ridge has also appeared on ''Stargazing Live''. She presented forecasts for national ...
, British weather forecaster on the BBC *
Nina Riggs Nina Ellen Riggs (March 29, 1977 – February 26, 2017) was an American writer and poet. Her best known work is her memoir, ''The Bright Hour'', detailing her journey as a mother with incurable breast cancer. It was published shortly after her ...
(1977–2017), American writer and poet * Nina Rillstone (born 1975), New Zealand long-distance athlete * Nina Ritter (born 1981), German ice hockey player *
Nina Robertson Nina Josie Robertson (born 21 October 1996) is an Australian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Earth Australia 2017. She represented Australia at the Miss Earth 2017 pageant in the Philippines. Life and career Early life Robert ...
(born 1996), Australian beauty queen * Nina Rocheva (1948–2022), Russian cross-country skier *
Nina Pens Rode Nina Pens Rode (22 May 1929 – 22 July 1992) was a Danish stage and film actress. She is best known for her performance in the title role in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1964 film '' Gertrud''. Born Nina Pens as the daughter of Svend Thorkild Pen ...
(1929–1992), Danish actress *
Nina Rohringer Nina Rohringer is an Austrian physicist whose research concerns ultra-fast pulses from free-electron X-ray lasers, and their interactions with matter. She is a lead scientist at DESY, a professor at the University of Hamburg, and a faculty memb ...
, German physicist *
Nina Romano Nina Romano (born Isabel Craven Dilworth; October 18, 1901 - 15 October 15, 1966King, Robert Eugene; Jones, Doris Ruth Van Dusen (1980). History of the King Family in Flanders & America, 1300's-1980'. R.E. King. p. 1424. .) was an American ...
(1901–1966), American actress * Nina Romberg, American writer *
Nina Rønsted Nina Rønsted (Nina Astrid Helene Rønsted) is a Danish botanist, who is Director of Science and Conservation at The National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii. Career Following completion of her PhD in Pharmaceutical Science she worked as a ...
(born 1972), Danish botanist *
Nina Roscher Nina Matheny Roscher (1938—2001) was an American chemist and advocate for women and minorities in science. She also researched the history of women in chemistry, publishing the book ''Women Chemists'' (1995). She served as professor and chair o ...
(c. 1938–2001), American chemist * Nina Chermak Rosenberg, American costume designer *
Nina Rosenblum Nina Rosenblum (born September 20, 1950) is an American documentary film and television producer and director and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Directors Guild of America. Italian Fotoleggendo magazine said Rose ...
(born 1950), American documentary film and television producer and director *
Nina Rosenwald Nina Rosenwald is an American political activist and philanthropist. An heiress to the Sears Roebuck fortune, Rosenwald is vice president of the William Rosenwald Family Fund and co-chair of the board of American Securities Management. She is th ...
, American political activist and philanthropist * Nina Rosić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player *
Nina Roth Nina Marie Roth ( Spatola; born July 21, 1988) is a retired American curler from McFarland, Wisconsin. She was the skip of the American women's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the third at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Womens Roth beg ...
(born 1988), American curler *
Nina Ruge Nina Ruge (born 24 August 1956 in Munich) is a German journalist, TV presenter and author. Early life and education Ruge is the daughter of an engineering professor and visited the Ina-Seidel-Schule in Braunschweig. Her sister Annette is an a ...
(born 1956), German journalist, TV presenter and author * Nina Rung (born 1981), Swedish criminologist and anti-domestic violence activist *
Nina Rusakova Nina Ivanovna Rusakova (; – 12 November 1997) was one of the first female test pilots and the only woman awarded the title Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR. Early life Rusakova was born on in the village of Saguny in Voronezh Region, the ...
(1915–1997), Soviet pilot *
Nina Ruslanova Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova (; 5 December 1945 – 21 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She was honored as a People's Artist of Russia (1998).
(1945–2021), Russian actress * Nina Sabnani (born 1956), Indian filmmaker * Nina Saeedyokota (born 1994), Japanese gymnast * Nina Sailo (1906–1998), Finnish sculptor * Nina Sandberg (born 1967), Norwegian politician * Nina Sandt (1928–2003), German actress * Nina Savina (born 1993), Belarusian long-distance runner * Nina Saxon (born 1953), American graphic designer *
Nina Sazonova Nina Afanasievna Sazonova (; 1917 — 2004) was a leading actress of the Soviet Army Theatre in Moscow. The daughter of a peasant, she joined Aleksey Popov's theatre school at the age of 17. Popov went on to direct her in a number of product ...
(1917–2004), Russian actor *
Nina Scheer Nina Scheer (born 11 September 1971) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013. Her political interests include energy policy and climate change. In 2019, Scheer was a ...
(born 1971), German lawyer and politician * Nina Schläfli (born 1990), Swiss politician *
Nina Schooler Nina R. Schooler (born July 26, 1934) is an American psychologist. She is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, as well as a founding member of the Brain and Behavior Research Founda ...
(born 1934), American psychologist * Nina F. Schor, American pediatric neurologist * Nina Schroth (born 1991), German weightlifter * Nina Schultz (born 1998), Canadian-born Chinese track athlete * Nina Schwalbe (born 1966), American public health researcher * Nina Searl (1883–1955), English psychologist * Nina Sedano (born 1964), German author *
Nina Sellars Nina Sellars is an artist and Research Fellow at the Alternate Anatomies Lab, School of Design & Art, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. Sellars describes her artwork as focused on "human anatomy and its symbiotic history with arts an ...
, Australian artist *
Nina Seničar Nina Seničar ( sr-Cyrl, Нина Сеничар; born 11 November 1985) is a Serbian actress and model based in Los Angeles. She has appeared in Hollywood movies such as ''Papillon (2017 film), Papillon'' (2017) and ''Mayhem (film), Mayhem'' (2 ...
(born 1985), Serbian actress and model * Nina Šenk (born 1982), Slovenian composer * Nina Serbina (born 1951), Soviet-Ukrainian high jumper *
Nina Serrano Nina Serrano (born 1934) is an American poet, writer, storyteller, and independent media producer who lives in Vallejo, California. She is the author of ''Heart Songs: The Collected Poems of Nina Serrano'' (1980) and ''Pass it on!: How to sta ...
(born 1934), American poet * Nina Sevening (1885–1958), English stage actress *
Nina Shamanova Nina Nikiforovna Shamanova (, born 1937) is a retired Russian rower who won five European titles in the coxed four A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons ...
, Russian rower * Nina Shashkova (born 1947), Russian luger * Nina Shaternikova (1902–1982), Soviet actress * Nina Shatskaya (actress) (1940–2021), Russian actress * Nina Shatskaya (born 1966), Russian singer and actress * Nina Shaw, American entertainment lawyer * Nina Shea (born 1953), American lawyer * Nina Shebalina (born 1946), Soviet cross-country skier *
Nina Shipman Nina Shipman (born August 15, 1938) is a retired American actress. Early years Shipman is the daughter of screenwriter Barry Shipman and dancer and film actress Gwynne Shipman. Her grandfather Ernest Shipman was a member of one of the first Sh ...
(born 1938), American film and television actress *
Nina Shtanski Nina Viktorovna Shtanski (; ; born 10 April 1977) is a Transnistrian former state politician and public figure. She has been the Deputy Prime Minister for the International Cooperation of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and the Minister o ...
(born 1977), Transnistrian politician * Nina Sibal (1948–2000), Indian diplomat and writer * Nina Siciliana, Italian poet * Nina Cook Silitch (born 1972), American ski mountaineer * Nina Simon, American exhibition curator, writer, educator, and museum director *
Nina Simone Nina Simone ( ; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and po ...
(1933–2003), American singer, composer and civil rights activist *
Nina Simonovich-Efimova Nina Yakovlevna Simonovich-Efimova (, 9 January 1877 Old Style and New Style dates, OS/21 January 1877 N.S. – 24 February 1948) was a Russian artist, puppet designer and one of the first professional Russian puppeteers. Together with her hus ...
(1877–1948), Russian artist and puppeteers *
Nina Singh Nina Singh (born 11 July 1964) is a retired Indian Police Service officer of 1989 batch of Rajasthan cadre. She was the first female Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force. She was previously DG of Rajasthan and Special Dire ...
(born 1964), Indian Police service officer *
Nina Sio Nina Sio (born 21 October 1963) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She made her debut for the Black Ferns on 22 July 1989 against the California Grizzlies at Christchurch. She was also in the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup The 1991 Women' ...
(born 1963), New Zealand rugby union player *
Nina Skeime Nina Skeime Kostøl (born 21 May 1962) is a Norway, Norwegian former cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1991. She won two medals in the 4 × 5 km relay FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (silver: 1987, ...
(born 1962), Norwegian cross-country skier * Nina Skorupska (born 1961), British engineer *
Nina Škottová Nina Škottová (6 October 1946, in Prostějov – 28 April 2018, in Bedihošť) was a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats and sat on the European Parliament's Co ...
(1946–2018), Czech politician * Nina Smith, Danish economist and academic *
Nina Smoleyeva Nina Smoleyeva (born 28 March 1948) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Smoloyeva was a major player who helped the Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to become the most dominant team in the late 1960s to early 1970s, by winni ...
(born 1948), Russian volleyball player * Nina Snaith, British mathematician *
Nina Søby Nina Søby (born 4 August 1956) is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1980 and 1983. She also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially th ...
(born 1956), Norwegian cyclist *
Nina Söderquist Nina Söderquist (born 6 May 1972) is a Swedish musical singer and actress. Career Nina started her career on Wallmans salonger and as a chorus singer girl behind many of Sweden's most popular singers. On 2 February 2008 Söderquist won the ...
(born 1972), Swedish musical singer *
Nina Soldano Nina Soldano (born 26 March 1963) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Pisa to Apulian parents, Soldano made her debut in the 1987 Renzo Arbore's variety show , in which she played the role of Miss Sud, and went on to appear in film ...
(born 1963), Italian actress *
Nina Solheim Nina Solheim (born 4 August 1979) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. She won a silver medal in the women's heavyweight (+67 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, beaten by Mexican María del Rosario Espinoza i ...
(born 1979), Norwegian taekwondo practitioner * Nina Solovey (1917–2006), Soviet military sniper *
Nina Sosanya Oluwakemi Nina Sosanya (born 6 June 1969) is an English stage, television, film, and radio actress, and narrator. She is most notable for her roles in ''Teachers'', '' W1A'', and '' Last Tango in Halifax''. Early life and education Oluwakemi N ...
(born 1969), English actress * Nina Sosnina (1923–1943), Ukrainian resistance fighter * Nina Sovinek (born 1985), Slovenian swimmer * Nina Špikienė, Lithuanian chess player * Nina Springle (born 1973), Australian politician *
Nina Stadler Nina Stadler (born 11 October 1995) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Stadler has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 532, which she reached on 24 September 2022. She also has a career-high WTA d ...
(born 1995), Swiss tennis player * Nina Stadlinger (born 1980), Austrian equestrian *
Nina Stahr Nina Stahr (born 27 October 1982) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party who served as a member of the Bundestag from the 2021 elections until 2024, representing the Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf district. Political career Sta ...
(born 1982), German politician * Nina Stanger, English barrister * Nina Stanisavljević (born 2004), Serbian swimmer * Nina Stapelfeldt (born 1995), Swiss footballer * Nina Statkevich (born 1944), Russian speed skater *
Nina Stemme Nina Maria Stemme (born Thöldte, 11 May 1963) is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer. Stemme "is regarded by today's opera fans as our era's greatest Wagnerian soprano". In 2010, Michael Kimmelman wrote of one of Stemme's performances in ...
(born 1963), Swedish singer * Nina Sten-Knudsen, Danish painter *
Nina Sterckx Nina Sterckx (born 26 July 2002) is a Belgian weightlifter. She is a four-time medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships and achieved 5th place representing Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She also represented Belg ...
(born 2002), Belgian weightlifter * Nina Stibbe, British writer *
Nina Stojanović Nina Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Нина Стојановић, ; born 30 July 1996) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 2 March 2020, Stojanović reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 81. On 17 January 2022, she peake ...
(born 1996), Serbian tennis player * Nina Stojiljković (born 1996), French volleyball player * Nina Stollewerk (1825–1914), Austrian singer, pianist and composer * Nina Auchincloss Straight (born 1937), American author and journalist * Nina Stroganova (1907–1994), Danish ballet dancer *
Nina Strokata Karavanska Nina Antonivna Karavanska (née Strokata; 31 January 1926 – 2 August 1998) was a Ukrainian dissident, Soviet microbiologist and immunologist. She was a member of the dissident movement in the USSR, a co-founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Gr ...
(1926–1998), Ukrainian microbiologist, immunologist and Soviet dissident *
Nina Sundbye Nina Sundbye (born 4 August 1944) is a Norwegian sculptor, born in Oslo. Her debut was a bust of illustrator Finn Graff from 1967. Among her other works is a bronze statue of Aasta Hansteen placed at Aker Brygge, and busts of resistance fighter ...
(born 1944), Norwegian sculptor * Nina Svetlanova (1932–2024), Russian-American concert pianist * Nina Taborsky (born 1978), Austrian rhythmic gymnast *
Nina Tamaki is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Okinawa Prefecture, affiliated with Just Pro. She is known for voicing Maru Niko in ''Love Kome'', Nina Yamada in ''Blue Reflection Ray'', and Matthias Hildesheimer in '' The Strongest Sage with the We ...
(born 1996), Japanese voice actress and singer *
Nina Tandon Nina Marie Tandon is an American biomedical engineer. She is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone. She is an adjunct professor of Electrical Engineering at Cooper Union and is a senior fellow at the Lab for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering at Colu ...
, American biomedical engineer * Nina Tangri, (fl. 2018–present) Canadian politician *
Nina Tannenwald Nina Tannenwald is an American political scientist. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Brown University, and a former director of Brown's International Relations Program. Tannenwald has a MA from the Columbia Univ ...
, American political scientist * Nina Tapio (born 1972), Finnish musical artist * Nina Tapula, Zambian aviator *
Nina Tassler Nina Tassler is an American film and television executive and producer. She was most recently the chairwoman of CBS Entertainment until 2015. Life and career Tassler was born in New York City to a Jewish father and a Puerto Rican mother who conve ...
(fl. 2004–2015), American television executive *
Nina Taylor Nina Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the district of Albert Park since November 2022. She was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council b ...
, Australian politician * Nina Teicholz (born 1965), American journalist * Nina Temple (born 1956), British politician * Nina ten Broek (born 2001), Dutch water polo player * Nina Tenge, German rapper * Nina Ter-Osipyan (1909–2002), Soviet and Russian stage film actress * Nina Thornhill, British chemical engineer * Nina Tichman (born 1949), American pianist * Nina Tikhonova (1910–1995), Russian-French ballet dancer and teacher *
Nina Tikkinen Nina Minttu Maria Tikkinen (born 6 February 1987) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She played with the Finnish national team from 2004 until 2014 and won bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and at the 2008 and 2009 IIHF Women' ...
(born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player *
Nina Timofeeva Nina Vladimirovna Timofeeva (; 11 June 1935 – 3 November 2014) was a Soviet ballet dancer. Biography Timofeeva was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1953. She made her theatrical debut ...
(1935–2014), Russian ballet dancer * Nina Tomaselli (born 1985), Austrian politician * Nina Tonga, New Zealand-Tongan museum curator *
Nina Totenberg Nina Totenberg (born January 14, 1944) is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) focusing primarily on the Supreme Court of the United States. Her reports air regularly on NPR's news magazines ''All Things Consid ...
(born 1944), American journalist *
Nina Toussaint-White Nina Toussaint-White is a British actress, known for her roles as Syd Chambers in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Jude Thomas in the ITV2 drama ''Switch''. Her other credits include '' GameFace'' and '' The Feed''. Career In 2009, Toussai ...
(born 1985), English actress *
Nina Turner Nina Hudson Turner ( Hudson; born December 7, 1967) is an American politician and television personality. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she was a Cleveland City Council member from 2006 to 2008 and a member ...
, (born 1967), American politician * Nina Tyurkina (born 1931), Soviet long jumper *
Nina Ulanova Nina Ulanova (; occasionally romanised French-style as Oulanova; born 31 May 1978) is a Russian ice dancer. With former partner Michail Stifunin, she is the 1997 World Junior champion and 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy champion. Personal life Nina U ...
(born 1978), Russian ice skater * Nina Ulyanenko (1923–2005), Russian navigator and pilot *
Nina Umanets Nina Dmitriyevna Umanets (, born 1 May 1956 in Tulchyn Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast) is a Ukrainian rower. She competed in the women's eight for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics where she won the silver medal. Umanets also won five gold m ...
(born 1956), Ukrainian rower *
Nina Uraltseva Nina Nikolaevna Uraltseva (born 1934, ) is a Russian mathematician, a professor of mathematics and head of the department of mathematical physics at Saint Petersburg State University, and the editor-in-chief of the ''Proceedings of the St. Petersb ...
(born 1934), Russian mathematician *
Nina Urgant Nina Nikolayevna Urgant (; 4 September 1929 – 3 December 2021Умер ...
(1929–2021), Soviet and Russian actress *
Nina Usatova Nina Nikolayevna Usatova (; born October 1, 1951, in Altai Krai) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of Russia (1994).
(born 1951), Russian actress *
Nina Vaca Nina Vaca is an Ecuadorian-born American entrepreneur. She is the chairperson and CEO of Pinnacle Group, a large provider of information technology and workforce solutions in US and Canada with around 5000 employees, which was named among the F ...
, American entrepreneur *
Nina Vajić Nina Vajić (born 22 February 1948) is a Croatian lawyer and a former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Croatia. Early life Vajić was born on 22 February 1948 in Zagreb, the capital and largest city of Croatia. She studie ...
(born 1948), Croatian lawyer and judge *
Nina Vale Nina Vale was an American actress and dancer, who had three leading roles in films of the 1940s, but stopped acting for unknown reasons. Early years Vale was born in Boston as Anne Hunter. Because her parents objected to her desire to become an ...
, American actress *
Nina Valetova Nina Petrovna Valetova (), or Nina Tokhtaman Valetova (), born November 19, 1958, is a Russian-American metaphysical realism painter. Nina Valetova was born in Berdyash, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, Soviet U ...
(born 1958), American painter * Nina Valsø (1962–2002), Norwegian playwright * Nina van Dalum (born 2000), Dutch kickboxer * Nina van den Brink (born 1966), Finnish-Swedish author and journalist * Nina van Pallandt (born 1932), Danish singer (of
Nina & Frederik Nina & Frederik were a Danish–Dutch traditional popular music, popular singing duet (music), duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their repertoire consisted of a blend of folk music, calypso music, calypsos and standards.Sleeve notes of album ...
) and actress * Nina Vance (1914–1980), American entrepreneur *
Nina Vasan Nina Vasan (born January 27, 1984) is an American psychiatrist and author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book ''Do Good Well: Your Guide to Leadership, Action and Innovation''. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry ...
(born 1984), American psychiatrist *
Nina Vatatsy Nina Barysaŭna Vatatsy ( Belarusian: Ніна Барысаўна Ватацы; May 14, 1908 – August 3, 1997) was a Belarusian bibliographer and literary critic, known for her work as chief bibliographer at the National Library of Belarus from 1 ...
(1908–1997), Belarusian bibliographer and literary critic *
Nina Vatolina Nina Nikolaevicha Vatolina (1915–2002) was a Soviet Russian poster artist. Active from the late 1930s into the 1960s, she has been called "formidably prolific" and credited with "some of the best" Soviet poster design in the era. Her work is ...
(1915–2002), Soviet poster artist * Nina Vedeneyeva (1882–1955), Soviet physicist * Nina Venkatesh (born 2005), Indian swimmer * Nina Veselova (1922–1960), Russian painter * Nina Vidal, American musical artist *
Nina Violić Nina Violić (born 15 March 1972) is a Croatian actress. Violić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1994. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 1993. She also hosted the Croatian version of the quiz show ''The Weakest ...
(born 1972), Croatian actress *
Nina Virchenko Nina Opanasivna Virchenko (; born May 5, 1930) is a Ukrainian mathematician, academic, author, and member of the Ukrainian resistance movement. While a student in Kyiv in 1948, she was arrested on charges of Ukrainian nationalism, and was a polit ...
(born 1930), Ukrainian mathematician *
Nina Vislova Nina Gennadyevna Vislova (; born 4 October 1986) is a badminton player from Russia. Along with her partner Valeria Sorokina, she is the only Russian Olympic medalist in badminton. Career Vislova won four medals at the European Junior Badminton ...
(born 1986), Russian badminton player *
Nina Vyroubova Nina Vladimirovna Vyroubova (; 4 June 1921 – 25 June 2007) was a Russian-born French ballerina, considered one of the finest of her generation. Early life She was born in Gurzuf, Crimea, but moved to Paris as a child with her grandmother and ...
(1921–2007), Russian-born French ballerina *
Nina Wadia Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is a British actress. She is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', Aunty Noor in '' Citizen Khan'', Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy ''Still Open All Hours'' and for starring i ...
(born 1968), British actress *
Nina Waidacher Nina Waidacher (born 23 August 1992) is a Swiss ice hockey forward who plays internationally for the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 The year 2014 was marked b ...
(born 1992), Swiss ice hockey player * Nina Waisman, American new media artist *
Nina Y. Wang Nina Nin-Yuen Wang (born 1972) is a Taiwan-born lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court. Ear ...
(born 1972), American judge * Nina B. Ward (1885–1944), American painter * Nina Warhurst (born 1980), British journalist *
Nina Warken Nina Ingrid Warken ( Bender; born 15 May 1979) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Health in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. She has serv ...
(born 1979), German politician *
Nina Wayne Nina Wayne (born September 13, 1943) is a retired American actress. Early years Wayne was born on September 13, 1943, in Chicago. In her hometown, Wayne began taking ballet lessons when she was three years old, and at age 6 she began taking cla ...
(born 1943), American actress * Nina Weckström (born 1979), Finnish badminton player *
Nina Wedell Nina Wedell is a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. She was appointed as the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow in 2019. She will investigate the evolutionary dynamics of sexual conflict ...
, evolutionary biologist * Nina Weiss (born 1959), American artist * Nina Wengert (born 1984), German rower *
Nina Williams is a character from Namco's ''Tekken'' fighting game series. A cold-blooded professional assassin from Ireland, Nina made her first appearance in the original 1994 game. She is the only female playable character to appear in all main games of ...
(born 1990), American professional rock climber * Nina Willner, American nonfiction author, a former intelligence officer and human rights activist * Nina Windmüller (born 1987), German footballer * Nina Winthrop (born 1956), American choreohrapher *
Nina Witoszek Nina Witoszek (Fitzpatrick) is a Polish-Irish-Norwegian writer and research professor at the Center for Development and the Environment in Oslo. She is also director of the Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment (SUM) at the Un ...
, Polish-Irish-Norwegian writer and research professor *
Nina Woodford Nina Woodford-Wells is a Swedish-American songwriter. Career Nina Woodford (born 13 July 1979) Stockholm, is the daughter of the Swedish music producer Sten Sandahl, and the Black American social anthropologist Prudence Woodford-Berger. At the a ...
(born 1971), Swedish songwriter * Nina Bencich Woodside (1931–1997), American physician *
Nina Yankowitz Nina Yankowitz is an American visual artist known for her work in new media technology, site specific public works, and installation art. She is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow, and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award recipient. Biograp ...
, American visual artist * Nina Yargekov (born 1980), French writer * Nina Yeryomina (1933–2016), Russian basketball player * Nina Yevteyeva (born 1982), Russian speed skater * Nina Ynares (born 1970), Filipino politician *
Nina C. Young Nina C. Young (born 1984) is an American electro-acoustic composer of contemporary classical music who resides in New York City. She won the 2015 Rome Prize in musical composition, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 2014 Charles Ives Prize from ...
(born 1984), American composer *
Nina Young Nina Young (born 1966) is a British-Australian actress. Early life Nina Young was born in 1966. She is the daughter of Perth businessman Peter Young and Tania Verstak, a woman of Russian origin who was Miss Australia 1961 and Miss Interna ...
(born 1966), Australian actress *
Nina Youshkevitch Nina Semyonovna Youshkevitch (7 December 1920 – 3 November 1998) was a Franco-Russian ballet dancer and teacher. After a notable dancing career an injury forced her retirement, and she became a prominent ballet teacher and choreographer. From 19 ...
(1920–1998), Franco-Russian ballet dancer * Nina Yuzhanina (born 1965), Ukrainian economist and politician *
Nina Žabjek Nina Spreitzer (born Žabjek, 4 March 1998) is a Slovenian handball player for RK Krim and the Slovenian national team. She was selected to represent Slovenia at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball ...
(born 1998), Slovenian handball player *Nina Zagat, of
Tim and Nina Zagat Nina S. Zagat (née Safronoff) and her husband, Eugene Henry "Tim" Zagat, Jr. (born 1940, New York City) (pronounced ) are the founders and publishers of Zagat Restaurant Surveys. They met at Yale Law School and were both practicing attorneys when ...
, American entrepreneur and publisher *
Nina Zander Nina Zander (born 1990) is a German former professional tennis player. Zander was born in Nuremberg. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 18 August 2014, she reached her best singles ranki ...
(born 1990), German tennis player *
Nina Zanjani Nina Nasr Zanjani (born 1981) is a Swedish actress. She played one of the two lead roles in Helena Bergström's directorial debut '' Mind the Gap'' as the daughter Yasmin. Early life Zanjani was born in 1981 in Tehran. When she was six or sev ...
(born 1981), Swedish actress * Nina Zhivanevskaya (born 1977), Russian swimmer * Nina Zhuk (born 1934), Russian pair skater * Nina Ziegenhals (born 1982), German ice hockey player *
Nina Zimmer Nina Zimmer (born 1973) is a German art historian who is director of the Zentrum Paul Klee and the Museum of Fine Arts Bern. Early life Zimmer was born in 1973. She studied art history, Romance languages and media studies in Bordeaux, Göttingen ...
(born 1973), German art historian *
Nina Žižić Nina Žižić (, ; born 20 April 1985) is a Montenegrin singer. She began her career in 2004 with the group Negre. She first represented Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 alongside Who See with the song "" and did so again in the 2 ...
(born 1985), Montenegrin singer *
Nina Zulić Nina Zulić (born 4 December 1995) is a Slovenian handball player for RK Krim and the Slovenia women's national handball team, Slovenian national team. She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship. References External l ...
(born 1995), Slovenian handball player * Nina Zyuskova (born 1952), Ukrainian middle-distance athlete


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Mizz Nina Shazrina binti Azman, also known as Mizz Nina, (born 1 July 1980) is a Malaysian fashion designer, motivational speaker, television personality, humanitarian, and co-founder of Dopstv, an Islamic lifestyle channel. She first gained renown as a ...
, professional name of Shazrina binti Azman (born 1980), Malaysian fashion designer *
Nina (Spanish singer) Anna María Agustí Flores (born 1 October 1966), known professionally as Nina, is a Spanish singer, vocal coach and actress. Career Nina started her music career in the 1980s performing with bands like "Costa Brava" or "Xavier Cugat", backed ...
(born 1932), professional name of Anna Maria Agustí Flores (born 1966), Spanish actress and singer *Nina, former ring name of Lisa Mary Moretti, who has also been known as
Ivory (wrestler) Lisa Mary Moretti (born November 26, 1961) is an American retired professional wrestler, teacher and coach. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she is a three-time WWE Women's Champion and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018 ...
, Tina Ferrari and Tina Moretti (born 1961), American professional wrestler *Nina Amenta, nickname of Annamaria Beatrice Amenta, American computer scientist *Nina Bara (born Frances Joan Baur, 1920–1985), American actress *Nina Barka (born Marie Smirsky, 1908–1986), French-Ukrainian artist *Nina Bassat, nickname of Janina Bassat (born 1939), leader in the Victorian Jewish community *Nina Bo'nina Brown, stage name of Pierre Leverne Dease (born 1982), American drag performer *Nina Bonaparte, pen name of Éléonore-Justine Ruflin (1832–1905), French writer and wife of Prince Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte * Nina Bouraoui, nickname of Yasmina Bouraoui (born 1967), French author *Nina Boyle, nickname of Constance Antonina Boyle (1865–1943), British journalist *Nina Burton, nickname of Eva Ulla Burton (born 1946), Swedish poet and writer *Nina Campana (born Esperanza Susanna de Ybarrondo, 1897–1950), American actress *Nina Campbell, nickname of Henrietta Sylvia Campbell (born 1945), English interior designer *Nina Carter, (born Penelope Jane Mallett, 1952), English model and singer *Nina Cassian, pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru (1924–2014), Romanian poet, translator, journalist and composer *Nina Childress, (born Christine Childress, 1961), French-American painter based in Paris *Nina Chuba (born 1998), known professionally as Nina Katrin Kaiser, German singer *Nina M. Davies, published under the co-pen name N. de Garis Davies (1881–1965), Scottish egyptologist *Nina de Callias (1843–1884), professional name of Anne-Marie Gaillard, French composer, pianist, writer and salon hostess *Nina de la Fuente, stage name of Vicente Arias, Mexican drag performer *Nina Dimitrieff, also seen as Nina Dmitrieff and later as Nina Massell, Russian-American soprano opera singer *Nina Dobrev, professional name of Nikolina Kamenova Dobreva (born 1989), Bulgarian actress raised in Canada *Nina Donelli, professional name of Nina Vodušek (born 1997), Slovenian singer *Nina Dunic, the pen name of Nina Dragicevic (born c. 1983), Canadian writer and journalist *Nina Fehr Düsel (born 1980), professional name of Ursina Anna Fehr Düsel, Swiss jurist and politician *Nina Eik-Nes (née Nina Lange Dahler, 1900–1997), Norwegian politician *Nina Fedorova, pen name of Antonina Riasanovsky, (1895–1985), Russian author *Nina Flowers, stage name of Jorge Luis Flores Sanchez (born 1974), Puerto Rican drag queen and celebrity *Nina Fuentes (born Andreina Mercedes del Carmen Fuentes Angarita, born 1968), Venezuelan art collector, curator, philanthropist, business woman and art dealer * Nina Gademan (born 2003), Dutch racing driver * Nina García, nickname of Ninotchka García (born 1965), Colombian fashion journalist and critic *Nina Girado (full name Marifil Nina Barinos Girado-Enriquez, born 1980), Filipina singer *Nina Hagen, nickname of Catharina Hagen (born 1955), German singer *Nina Hartley, stage name of Marie Louise Hartman (born 1959), American pornographic actress *Nina F. Ichikawa, American writer and agricultural activist *Nina Iliescu, professional name of Elena Iliescu (born 1930), First Lady of Romania (1989–1996, 2000–2004) *Nina Jobst-Smith, professional name of Katarina Mina Louise Jobst-Smith (born 2001), German-Canadian ice hockey player *Nina Eva Vida Jones (1882–1966), Australian racing motorist *Nina Kaczorowski, aka Nina K (born 1975), American actress, stunt woman, model and dancer *Nina H. Kennard, professional name of Annie née Homan-Mulock Kennard (1844–1926), Irish author *Nina Las Vegas, stage name of Nina Elizabeth Agzarian (born 1984), Australian radio host, DJ and music producer *Nina Liedtke, nickname of Antonina Liedtke, Polish writer and editor *Nina Litovtseva, professional name of Nina Nikolayevna Levestamm (1878–1956), Russian actor and theatre director *Nina Lowry, professional name of Noreen Margaret Lowry (1925–2017), British barrister and judge *Nina Matejić, professional name of Aleksandar Milenkovic Lemi (born 2005), Serbian footballer *Nina Morato (born Stéphanie Morato, 1966), French singer-songwriter *Nina Murdoch (1890–1976), professional name of Madoline Murdoch, Australian writer and journalist *Nina Myral, stage name of Eugénie, Hortense Gruel (1884–1975), French actress *Nina Niovilla, professional name of Antonina Elżbieta Petrykiewicz, Polish film director, screenwriter, actress, translator and teacher *Nina Pacari (born María Estela Vega Conejo, 1961), Kichwa/Ecuadorian indigenous leader *Nina Payne (1890–1971), American dancer *Nina Pillard, nickname of Cornelia Pillard, Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard (born 1961), American Judge *Nina Polan (born Janina Katelbach; 1927–2014), Polish actress and theatre director *Nina Radojičić, nickname of Danica Prodanović (born 1989), Serbian singer *Nina Ramirez, nickname of Janina Ramirez, Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (born 1980), British historian and TV presenter *Nina Rasul, nickname of Santanina Tillah Rasul (born Santanina Centi Tillah, 1930–2024), Filipina politician * Nina Ricci (born Maria Nielli; 1883–1970), Italian fashion designer *Nina Rignano, professional name of Constanza Rignano, Italian philanthropist *Nina Rindt (also formerly known as Nina Hood, Viscountess Bridport; born 1943), Finnish fashion model *Nina Rodríguez, professional name of Carolina Rodríguez Ferrero (born 1985), Colombian pop singer-songwriter and model *
Nina Romano Nina Romano (born Isabel Craven Dilworth; October 18, 1901 - 15 October 15, 1966King, Robert Eugene; Jones, Doris Ruth Van Dusen (1980). History of the King Family in Flanders & America, 1300's-1980'. R.E. King. p. 1424. .) was an American ...
(born Isabel Craven Dilworth; (1901–1966), American actress *Nina Sadur (born Nina Nikolayevna Kolesnikova; 1950–2023), Russian prose writer and playwright *Nina Salaman, nickname of Paulina Ruth Salaman (1877–1925), British poet and translator *Nina Samuels, better known by her ring name Samantha Allen (born 1988), English professional wrestler *Nina Shivdasani (born 1946), also known as NinaSugati SR and NinaSugati SR Shivdasani Rovshen, Indian filmmaker *Nina Sicilia, nickname of Alejandrina Sicilia Hernández (born 1962), Venezuelan model and Miss International 1985 *Nina Siemaszko, nickname of Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko (born 1970), American actress *
Nina Simone Nina Simone ( ; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and po ...
, professional name of Eunice Kathleen Waymon (1933–2003), American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist *Nina Spreitzer (born 1998, Žabjek), Slovenian handball player * Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913–2006), nickname of Elisabeth Magdalena Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, wife of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler *Nina Sublatti (born Nina Sulaberidze, 1995), Georgian singer, songwriter, calligrapher and model *Nína Tryggvadóttir, nickname of Jónína Tryggvadóttir (1913–1968), Icelandic artist *Nina Tayeb, nickname of Ninet Tayeb (born 1983), Israeli entertainer *Nina Vanna, stage name of Nina Yazykova Kind Hakim Provatoroff (1899–1953), Belarusian actress *Nina Wang, (born Kung Yu Sum, 1937–2007), Chinese billionaire *Nina West, stage name of Andrew Levitt (born 1977), American drag queen, actor and singer *Nina Zilli, stage name of Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 1980), Italian singer-songwriter


Fictional characters

* Nina from ''You Were Never Really Here'', film by Lynne Ramsay * Nina, the main character of ''Nina Needs to Go!'' * Nina, the title character of ''Nina's World'' * Nina the Killer, a character from the ''creepypasta'' of the same name * Nina, a character in the Disney Junior television series ''Imagination Movers (TV series), Imagination Movers'' * Nina, a Costa Rican Wild Kratts Kids girl from the hybrid/live action series ''Wild Kratts'' * Nina Ash, from the American television series ''List of minor Angel characters#Nina Ash, Angel'' * Nina Azarova, from the American webseries, ''The OA'' * Nina Bailey, from ''List of Home and Away characters (2010)#Nina Bailey, Home and Away'' * Nina Borowski, a main character in ''The Object of My Affection'' * List of EastEnders characters (2006)#Nina Brown, Nina Brown, from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Nina Bulsara, from ''Doctors'' * Nina Caliente, from the life simulation video games ''The Sims 2'', ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims 4'' * Nina Callas, from ''List of The Clique series characters#Nina Callas, The Clique'' series of books * List of 3rd Rock from the Sun characters#Nina Campbell, Nina Campbell, from the American sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' * Nina Cortex, from the ''Crash Bandicoot'' series of games * Nina Cortlandt, from the soap opera ''All My Children'' * Nina Del Marco, a character in the Netflix series ''Grand Army (TV series), Grand Army'' * Nina Einstein, from the anime ''List of Code Geass characters#Nina Einstein, Code Geass'' * Nina Flores, from ''Clifford's Puppy Days'' * Nina Fortner, from Naoki Urasawa's anime ''Monster (manga), Monster'' * Nina Frost, from the book ''Perfect Match (novel), Perfect Match'' by Jodi Picoult * Nina Gilbert (Home and Away), Nina Gilbert, from ''Home and Away'' * Nina Gorzsky, Magneto (Marvel Comics), Magneto’s daughter in ''X-Men: Apocalypse'' * Nina Gupta (EastEnders), Nina Gupta, from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Nina Harper, from the animated series ''Braceface'' * Nina Harris, from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Nina Iseri, the main character of ''Girls Band Cry'' * Nina Jarvis, from the USA Network science fiction television series ''The 4400'' * Nina Katz, Aiden's girlfriend following Carrie Bradshaw, aka "The Face Girl" of ''Sex and the City'' * Nina Lucas, from the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Nina Mandal, from ''Coronation Street'' * List of characters in House of Anubis#Nina Martin, Nina Martin, a character from ''House of Anubis'' * Nina Mauricius–Sanders, a character from Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden * Nina Myers, a terrorism analyst in the TV series ''24'' * Nina Natsume, from the ''Urara Meirocho'' * Nina Neckerly, a giraffe from ''Camp Lazlo'' * Nina Olivera, from ''List of Home and Away characters (1989)#Nina Olivera, Home and Away'' * Nina Pickering, werewolf from the TV series ''Being Human (British TV series), Being Human'' * Nina Price, also known as Vampire by Night, a Marvel Comics character * Nina Purpleton, female lead character in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' * Nina Reeves, from ''List of General Hospital characters (2010s)#Nina Reeves, General Hospital'' * Nina Rosario, from Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical ''In The Heights'' * Nina Sakura, from ''Ultra Maniac#Nina Sakura, Ultra Maniac'' * Nina Salazar-Roberts, a main character in the Disney+ TV series, ''High School Musical: The Musical: The Series'' * Nina Sayers, from the 2010 film ''Black Swan (film), Black Swan'' * Nina Sergeevna Krilova, former KGB officer in The Americans * Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya, from Anton Chekhov's play ''The Seagull'' * Nina Sharp, from ''List of Fringe characters#Nina Sharp, Fringe'' * List of Soy Luna characters#Nina Simonetti, Nina Simonetti, a character in the Argentine-Mexican Disney Channel Latin America telenovela ''Soy Luna'' * Nina Skalka, from the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' * Smile PreCure!#Family members, Nina Swanson, from the anime series ''Smile PreCure!, Glitter Force'' (originally named Yui Midorikawa) * Nina Thumbell, the daughter of Thumbelina from the Mattel franchise ''Ever After High'' * Nina Tucker, from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters#Shou Tucker, Nina Tucker, from the anime ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' * Nina Van Horn, from American TV show, ''Just Shoot Me!#Nina Van Horn, Just Shoot Me!'' * Nina van Rooyen, from the book ''Fiela's Child'' by Dalene Matthee * Nina Vorhees, nickname of Nitia Vorhees, from ''List of The Passage characters#Nitia "Nina" Vorhees, The Passage'' * Nina Wadekar, a Season 2 contestant in ''Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman'' * Nina Walsh, from ''Smart Guy#Recurring, Smart_Guy'' * Nina Wáng, from the anime ''My-Otome, Mai Otome'' * Nina Webster, from the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' * Nina Williams, a fictional assassin from the ''Tekken'' series of games * Nina Williams, alternate name of Nene Williams, from ''List of Neighbours characters (1988)#Nene Williams, Neighbours'' * Nina Windia, from the ''Breath of Fire (series)#Nina, Breath of Fire'' series of games * Nina Yamada, from ''Mamotte! Lollipop#Nina Yamada, Mamotte! Lollipop'' * Nina Yamada, a character from ''Blue Reflection Ray'' * Nina Zenik, a character in the ''Six of Crows'' duology * Nina, a character from the TV series ''Pocoyo''


Surname

*Joe Nina, stage name of Makhosini Henry Xaba, (born 1974), South African singer *Julián Apasa Nina, birthname of Túpac Katari (c. 1750–1781), Bolivian rebel *Lorenzo Nina (1812–1885), Italian prelate *Ur-Nanshe, Ur-Nina (fl. c. 2550 BC–2500 BC), Iraqi king


See also

*Nana (surname) *Nena (name) *Nia (given name) *Nika (given name) *Nima (name) *Nin (surname) * Nina (disambiguation) * Niña (name) *Nine (disambiguation) * Nino (name) * Niño (name) *Ning (surname) *Ninja (disambiguation) *Nipa (disambiguation) *Nita (given name) *Niwa (disambiguation) *Nuna (disambiguation) * Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British royal known as Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon * Saint Nino (anglicized to Nina), an Eastern-orthodox saint * Nina Never Knew, song


References

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