Nan

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Famous People Named Nan

• Andrew Cunanan was an American spree killer, who committed suicide after killing five people within a period of three months.
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este whose assassination sparked the First World War.
• Canaan Banana was the first black President of Zimbabwe.
• Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu religious leader who founded the reform movement, Arya Samaj.
• Ferdinand Foch was a French soldier and military theorist.
• Ferdinand Magellan was a famous Portuguese navigator and explorer.
• Fernando Espuelas is a Latin American business tycoon and speaker, who is known for founding the pioneer internet company ‘Starmedia’.
• Fernando Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, philosopher, literary critic, publisher and translator.
• Guru Nanak was a great Indian saint who founded Sikhism.
• Hanan Ashrawi is a political activist, legislator and scholar, from Palestine, who is famous for her work on human rights.
• Hernán Cortés was a Spanish soldier, better known as the conqueror of Mexico.
• James Buchanan was the 15 President of the United States of America who ruled during one of the most difficult phases of the American history.
• Kofi Annan was the seventh secretary general of the United Nations.
• Mata Amritanandamayi is an Indian spiritual leader, also known as the 'Hugging Saint'.
• Mulk Raj Anand was one of the first Indian writers in English to gain international fame.
• Munib Younan is the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL).
• Nancy Astor was the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons.
• Nandan Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur and bureaucrat, former Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
• Paramahansa Yogananda was a great Indian yogi who popularized the concept of Kriya Yoga to the Western World.
• Pierce Brosnan is an actor most famous for his role in the ‘James Bond’ film franchise.