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- Sir Archibald NyeArchibald NyeLieutenant-General Sir Archibald Edward Nye, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, KCB, KBE, MC was a British Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II...
, British military officer - Aneurin "Nye" BevanAneurin BevanAneurin "Nye" Bevan was a British Labour Party politician who was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959 until his death in 1960. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people...
, British Political Leader - Ben NyeBen NyeBenjamin Emmet Nye, Sr. was a renowned makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry for over four decades, from the 1930s to the early 1980s...
, Hollywood makeup artist - Bill NyeBill NyeWilliam Sanford "Bill" Nye , popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, mechanical engineer, and scientist...
, U.S. popular scientist and TV personality - Carrie NyeCarrie Nye-Early life:Nye was born Caroline Nye McGeoy in Greenwood, Mississippi; her father was a vice president of a local bank. She attended Stephens College and then went on to the Yale School of Drama.-Career:...
, U.S. actress - David Evelyn NyeDavid Evelyn NyeDavid Evelyn Nye was a British architect, born in 1906, who practised in Surrey, England. He was best known as a cinema architect, having designed many picture houses in the 1930s for the Shipman and King cinema circuit...
, 20th century British architect - David NyeDavid NyeDavid E. Nye is Professor of American History at the University of Southern Denmark. He is the winner of the 2005 Leonardo da Vinci Medal of the Society for the History of Technology....
, U.S. historian - Edd NyeEdd NyeEdd Nye is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the US state's twenty-second House district, including constituents in Bladen and Sampson counties. An insurance professional from Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Nye is serving in his thirteenth term in the state...
, North Carolina politician - Edgar Wilson NyeEdgar Wilson NyeEdgar Wilson "Bill" Nye was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist...
, "Bill" Nye, 19th century U.S. humorist - Frank NyeFrank NyeFrank Mellen Nye was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Shirley, Piscataquis County, Maine; moved to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled on a farm near River Falls, Pierce County, in 1855; attended the common schools and the local academy in River Falls; taught school for several years...
, U.S. congressman from Minnesota - George D. NyeGeorge D. NyeGeorge D. Nye , born and died in Waverly, Ohio, was an American politician of the Democratic party.During the World War I, Nye served in the United States Navy. In 1928, Nye ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, losing to incumbent Republican Charles C. Kearns...
, U.S. Democratic politician - Gerald NyeGerald NyeGerald Prentice Nye was a United States politician, representing North Dakota in the U.S. Senate from 1925-45...
, U.S. Senator and political activist - Glenn NyeGlenn NyeGlenn Carlyle Nye III is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
, U.S. Democratic congressman from Virginia - James W. NyeJames W. NyeJames Warren Nye was a United States Senator from Nevada.-Biography:He was born in DeRuyter, New York, he attended the common schools and Homer Academy in Homer, New York; he studied law in Troy, New York, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Madison County.Nye was district attorney in 1839...
, 19th century U.S. senator - Jody Lynn NyeJody Lynn NyeJody Lynn Nye is an American science fiction writer. She has frequently collaborated as a co-author or the author of a sequel....
, U.S. science fiction author - Joseph NyeJoseph NyeJoseph Samuel Nye, Jr. is the co-founder, along with Robert Keohane, of the international relations theory neoliberalism, developed in their 1977 book Power and Interdependence. Together with Keohane, he developed the concepts of asymmetrical and complex interdependence...
, U.S. academic and political theorist - Lee NyeLee NyeLee Nye was an American photographer best known for his series of photographs entitled Eddie's Club Collection that documents Missoula, Montana's working class inhabitants....
, U.S. photographer - Louis NyeLouis NyeLouis Nye was an American comedy actor.-Early years:He was born Louis Neistat in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Neistat and Jennie Sherman . His sister was Rose Neistat...
, U.S. actor and comedian - Naomi Shihab NyeNaomi Shihab NyeNaomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Although she regards herself as a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home.-Career:...
, Palestinian-American poet and songwriter - Nye LavalleNye LavalleNye Lavalle is an American sports marketing executive, futurist, and social scientist turned consumer and investor advocate and activist. He is known for his studies on American sports, culture, charities, and media conducted during the 1980s and 1990s...
, American Social Scientist & Sports Marketing Executive - Robert NyeRobert NyeRobert Nye FRSL is an English poet who has also written novels and plays as well as stories for children. His bestselling novel Falstaff published in 1976 was described by Michael Ratcliffe as 'one of the most ambitious and seductive novels of the decade,' and went on to win both The Hawthornden...
, British novelist, poet and playwright - Russel Blaine Nye, American author and historian of popular culture
- Ruth NyeRuth NyeRuth Nye MBE, is a pianist and teacher of Australian origin.Ruth Nye, born Ruth Farren-Price, grew up in Australia. She was invited to New York to be a pupil of the Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau by Arrau himself after he heard her play in Australia...
, Australian pianist - Simon NyeSimon NyeSimon Nye is an English comic television writer, best known for creating the hit sitcom Men Behaving Badly, writing all of the four ITV Panto, co-writing the 2006 film Flushed Away, co-writing Reggie Perrin and creating the latest adaption of William Brown in the Just William CBBC...
, British comedy writer, creator of sitcom Men Behaving Badly - Steve NyeSteve NyeSteve Nye is a music producer for several artists. Some of his better known artists include Bryan Ferry , Penguin Cafe Orchestra, XTC , Japan , David Sylvian , Clannad, TM Network, Scary Thieves , as...
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Places
Bhutan- Nyes, Drukpa Kagyu Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Bhutan
Sweden
- Nye, SwedenNye, SwedenNye is a locality situated in Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 203 inhabitants in 2005....
United States
- Nye County, NevadaNye County, Nevada-National protected areas:* Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Death Valley National Park * Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest * Spring Mountains National Recreation Area -Demographics:...
- Nye, MontanaNye, MontanaNye is an unincorporated community in Stillwater County, Montana, United States....
- Nye, West VirginiaNye, West VirginiaNye is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.The community is centered on the confluences of Buzzard Creek and Sycamore Creek with Trace Creek along West Virginia Route 34, to the immediate east of the Lincoln County line....
- Nye, WisconsinNye, WisconsinNye is an unincorporated community located in the town of Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community - Nye MountainNye MountainNye Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, named after William B. Nye , an Adirondack mountain guide.Nye Mountain is part of the Street Range of the Adirondack Mountains; it is flanked to the southwest by Street Mountain....
, in the Adirondack High Peaks - Nye Beach, a historic neighborhood in Newport, OregonNewport, OregonNewport is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was incorporated in 1882, though the name dates back to the establishment of a post office in 1868...
Other
- Nye CommitteeNye CommitteeThe Nye Committee, officially known as the Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry, was a committee of the United States Senate which studied the causes of United States' involvement in World War I...
, Senate Munitions Investigating Committee (1934) - Nye Lubricants, IncNye Lubricants, IncNye Lubricants, Inc. traces its origins back to 1844 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As the whaling industry’s epicenter, New Bedford proved a hot spot to start an oil and lubricant company.-William F. Nye:...
- New Year's EveNew Year's EveNew Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...
- North YemenNorth YemenNorth Yemen is a term currently used to designate the Yemen Arab Republic , its predecessor, the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen , and their predecessors that exercised sovereignty over the territory that is now the north-western part of the state of Yemen in southern Arabia.Neither state ever...