Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2025: N

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Nader, Ralph Born 27 February 1934  (Winsted, Connecticut, USA) Independent Presidential candidate, runs on green issues. Also works as an attorney. (THEME) Peace, Love, and Death (THEME) Saturday Night Dead

Nagasaki, Kendo Born 19 October 1941  (Stoke-on-Trent, England) Born Peter Thornley, was the mysterious, samurai-dressed wrestler usually on ITV's 'World of Sport' programme with Big Daddy and the like. Now there's a wrestler I have bloody well heard of! The Forest Lawn Jockeys (THEME) Francis Of Wrestle-Easy 2025

Nagayo, Chigusa Born 8 December 1964  (Omura, Japan) Japanese female professional wrestler ,one half of The Crush Gals. Zero Hit's Wishlist

Nagazumi, Yasuko Born 4 April 1943  (Tokyo, Japan) Former actress, born 1943, known for The Protectors and You Only Live Twice. (THEME) Easy Peasy Japanesey

Nakadai, Tatsuya  Born 13 December 1932  (Tokyo, Japan) Died 8 November 2025  (Tokyo, Japan) Age at death: 92  (read death notice) Japanese film actor wo collaborated with the likes of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi. (THEME) Dead Continent

Nakamatsu, Yoshiro Born 26 June 1928  (Japan) AKA Dr. NakaMats. Japanese inventor with over 4000 patents. (THEME) Easy Peasy Japanesey

Nakano, Bull Born 8 January 1968  (Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan) real name Keiko Aoki, retired japanese golfer and wrestler, presumably not at the same time? Zero Hit's Wishlist

Namath, Joe Born 31 May 1943  (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA) NFL great with the Jets venerated for his come-from-behind victory in Superbowl III. A familiar face on US TVs to this day as a Medicare spokesman. You're Dead Now, So Shut Up!

Nano, Fatos  Born 16 September 1952  (Tirana, Albania) Died 31 October 2025  (Tirana, Albania) Age at death: 73  (read death notice) Albanian socialist politician who was the Prime Minister of Albania several times (THEME) Rolls Off The Tongue

Napoleon, Alix Princess Born 5 April 1926  (Marseille, France) Member of the Bonaparte family through marriage, considered the "Empress of France" by those who think the House of Bonaparte is still a thing. (THEME) Clinging on for a 99 Death Is International 2024 (THEME) Vive la France... et la mort

Napolitano, Grace Born 12 April 1936  (Brownsville, Texas, USA) Member of the U.S. house of Representatives from California. (THEME) MAGA Hit List

Napthine, Denis Born 6 March 1952  (Geelong, Victoria, Australia) Australian politician and Premier of Victoria. (THEME) The Lord God Slayed Them All

Nas X, Lil Born 9 April 1999  (Lithia Springs, Georgia, USA) Aggressively gay on purpose, a US rapper who hit the jackpot with country-crossover hit Old Town Road (THEME) Rappers Delight

Nash, Alanna Born 16 August 1950  (Louisville, Kentucky, United States) Acclaimed American journalist and biographer, most well-known for her works on Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley. Blueberry Crumble

Nash, Diane Born 15 May 1938  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s. (THEME) Good Trouble

Nash, Graham Born 2 February 1942  (Blackpool, Lancashire, England) Singer and songwriter with the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. (THEME) Peace, Love, and Death

Nash, Terre Born in Nanaimo, Canada  (exact date unknown) Film director who's film was so controversial that renting it got you reported to the FBI. Born 1947. (THEME) Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts

Nassar, Larry Born 16 August 1963  (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA) One of America's most prolific sex offenders, molesting at least 251 youngsters during his time as doctor for the US Gymnastics team and at Michigan University. 5 Feet and 1 to Go Say Hi to Uncle George

Navalnaya, Yulia Born 24 July 1976  (Moscow, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) Widow of Alexei Navalny who became the chairperson of the Human Right s Foundation upon his death. (THEME) Gone Solo The Long Awaited Return Of The Welsh Jury

Navratilova, Martina Born 18 October 1956  (Prague, Czechoslovakia) Czech born, but US citizen. Legendary female tennis player, one of the most successful tennis players in history. Manifest Death-stiny Stone Dead Cert (THEME) Trans Girls Hit squad's hit list

Neave, Richard Born in England  (exact date unknown) English forensic facial artist, known for his historical works on the likes of Jesus and King Midas, born 1936 Blueberry Crumble

Nedzi, Lucien Born 28 May 1925  (Hamtramck, Michigan, USA) Former US Representative from Michigan. (THEME) Fill the Century or die!

Neeson, Liam Born 7 June 1952  (Ballymena, UK) Irish actor with a very particular set of skills. The Honey Trap

Neil, Andrew Born 21 May 1949  (Paisley, Scotland) Former editor of the Sunday Times. Now plies his trade with the BBC, like so many of the TV insitiution's critics! (THEME) BYE-BYE BORING BROADCASTERS 2025

Neill, Sam Born 14 September 1947  (Omagh, United Kingdom) Popular and versatile A-List actor, best known for his main role in Jurassic Park It's Grim Up North ARSE-IN-HOLE Casket Ready Death Can Be Funny Expiry Date - 2025 John Key's List (THEME) Lego Element 4651445 Neither There Nor Thereabouts Noah Reason & the Youth in Asia SAMSONS AND DELILAHS Statik Charge Tentoesup (THEME) The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn

Nelson, Larry Born 10 September 1947  (Fort Payne, Alabama, USA) American golfer and three-time Major champion. (THEME) Hole-in-one

Nelson, Willie Born 30 April 1933  (Fort Worth, Texas, USA) Country & Western guitarist and singer-songwriter. Wrote 'Crazy', which was a hit for Patsy Cline and 'Always On My Mind', made famous by Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys. Busted for cannabis possession in November 2010. (THEME) #1 Hits 2025 Not Alive 5 Feet and 1 to Go (THEME) ARTHUR'S THEME Bladerunner BLIMEY! Casket Ready (THEME) CLOG POPPERS Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Deader than a Dead Thing DEADIES 11 Death Stinks (THEME) Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey Dr Shipman's waiting room Fiona's Frail & Cancerous Pool Graceful Deaths (THEME) Great Gig in the Sky  Wisconsin Reaper Beater 3.0 (THEME) Kill Bills, Vol. 3 Kop-ing it  Mortem Omnibus Multiple Stiffies Naked Florida Gravediggers NoSoup4U! (THEME) Old as Dirt 2  Old People Smell Of Piss Pull my finger SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS Say Hi to Uncle George Stop the Steal...ing of My Felonies Senor Trump The Choir Invisibule Colnbrook Coroner The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul  (THEME) They Were the World  Time for Me to Fly Upside Down Planet Wot The Deuce

Nesbitt, Derren Born 19 May 1935  (London, England) Actor. One of the few surviving actors to play 'Number Two' in the classic 1960s tv series 'The Prisoner'. A Submarine Torpedoes and Sinks The Love Boat Time's-2 Team

Ness, Jonathan Van Born 28 March 1987  (Quincy, Illinois, USA) One of the queer eyes for the straight guys, YAS queen! Finbarr Returns from the Dead

Netanyahu, Benjamin Born 21 October 1949  (Tel Aviv, Israel) Prominent & controversial politician in Israel, the current prime minister, his 2nd time in the job. Darling Did You Forget to Take A Breath? Warning: Dying Can Be Hazardous To Your Health Down Under the Daisies (THEME) From the Middle East to the Middle of the Ground Hunting Halos Multiple Stiffies ONE-IN-THE-CHAMBER THE DEAD C**T SCROTS

Nettles, John Born 11 October 1943  (St Austell, Cornwall, England) Actor, best known for his roles in 'Bergerac' and 'Midsomer Murders'. The Man In Black saw him as Octavius Caesar in 'Antony and Cleopatra' at the RSC don't you know! SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS

Neubauer, Luisa Born 21 April 1996  (Hamburg, Germany) German climate activist. Rotting Kanzlerin

Neville, Aaron Born 24 January 1941  (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) Singer with the sibling soul group The Neville Brothers. Had a successful solo career too. (THEME) Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today

Neville, Gary Born 18 February 1975  (Bury, Greater Manchester, England) Former Manchester United and England right-back whose taken to football punditry like a duck to water... (THEME) Where are all the Garys and Simons?

Newell, David Born 24 November 1938  (O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania, United States) American actor most notable for playing the deliveryman on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (THEME) Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies Rigor Mort Us

Newell, Mike Born 28 March 1942  (St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England) British film director of hit movies 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' among others. (THEME) Easy as ABC

Newman, Geraldine Born 18 February 1934  (Brighton, Sussex, England) English actress most notably appearing on "Ever Decreasing Circles." Bastard Must've Died

Newman, John Born 16 June 1990  (Settle, Yorkshire, England) English pop singer with three #1 hits whose career is repeatedly interrupted by a benign brain tumour. Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk

Newman, Nanette Born 29 May 1934  (Northampton, England) Winsome actress and children's author. Widow of film director Bryan Forbes. (THEME) Aaron Aardvark's Alliteration Association

Newman, Pauline Born 20 June 1927  (New York City, New York, USA) US judge known for her defence of the patent system. Perhaps' Pointless Punts Wanted Dead, Not Alive

Newman, Randy Born 28 November 1943  (Los Angeles, California, USA) American singer-songwriter and film composer, best known nowadays for his work on Disney-Pixar movies. Does the DDP have a friend in him? (THEME) Saturday Night Dead

Newmar, Julie Born 16 August 1933  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Actress, best remembered as Catwoman in the 1960s television version of Batman. (THEME) Lego Element 4651445 Manifest Death-stiny NoSoup4U! (THEME) Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel (THEME) The Golden State Strikes Back

Newsom, Gavin Born 10 October 1967  (San Francisco, California, USA) Governer of California (as of Jan 2019); anti-Trump. (THEME) The Golden State Strikes Back

Newton, Wayne Born 3 April 1942  (Roanoke, Virginia, USA) Singer & entertainer, almost exclusively based in Las Vegas. (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin' (THEME) No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!!

Nice, Natasha Born 28 July 1988  (Fontenay-sous-Bois, France) French porn starlet, previously known as "Natalie Nutsdeep". (THEME) Scrubber Out

Nicholas, Mark Born 29 September 1957  (London, England) English cricket player and now commentator, who played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995. (THEME) 2025 Exit Draft

Nicholls, Simon Born in UK  (exact date unknown) Hugely talented producer of television comedy Eg The Thick of it , Quacks.Has a strong ability to find nurture and develop talent and ideas. Born 1977 Skate Dumpers

Nichols, Bobby Born 14 April 1936  (Louisville, Kentucky, USA) American golfer, who won the PGA Championship in 1964. (THEME) Hole-in-one (THEME) In The Hole!

Nichols, Ted Born 2 October 1928  (Missoula, Montana, USA) Composer, conductor, and arranger, created the Scooby Doo & Banana Splits themes (THEME) sid and marty coffin

Nicholson, Jack Born 22 April 1937  (Neptune, New Jersey, USA) Star of such films as 'Chinatown', 'About Schmidt' and the Michael Douglas-produced 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'. Said to have retired from making films in 2013. Blasphemous Rumours 'B' Death Nebula 3000 Ghost of Alternative Deathlist God, It's Brutal Out Here Headstone Hunters (THEME) Lego Element 4651445 (THEME) Peace, Love, and Death (THEME) Sad Last Days (THEME) Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel

Nicklaus, Jack Born 21 January 1940  (Columbus, Ohio, USA) Golfer, one of the all-time greats of the sport. Dust in the Wind (THEME) Hole-in-one (THEME) In The Hole! Grief Hijackers

Nicks, John Born 22 April 1929  (Brighton, England) British figure skating coach and former pair skater. (THEME) She’s a Dead Skate, Charlie Brown

Nicks, Stevie Born 26 May 1948  (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) American singer, successful both as a solo artist and as part of Fleetwood Mac. I'll sleep when you're dead

Nicol, Jimmie Born 3 August 1939  (Barnes, London. UK) Drummer who found brief megafame when he temporarily replaced The Beatles Ringo Starr on the drums. (THEME) Can't Think of a Music Pun

Nigh, George Born 9 June 1927  (McAlester, Oklahoma, USA) American politician who was two-time governor of Oklahoma. (THEME) Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people

Nighy, Bill Born 12 December 1949  (Caterham, Surrey, England) Acclaimed actor, star of 'Love Actually' amongst others. Was strongly rumoured to take the part of the 9th Doctor Who in 2005. Ultimately though, he featured five years later playing an art critic. (THEME) Yes, I Suppose

Nikonenko, Sergey Born 16 April 1941  (Moscow, Russia) Soviet and Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was awarded with People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1991 (There is no truth in the rumour that it stands for Really Sorry For Such Rubbish) (THEME) Russian Box Players

Niven, Larry Born 30 April 1938  (Los Angeles, California, USA) American science fiction author. (THEME) Bibliogryphon's Bookworm Food

Noboa, Alvaro Born 21 November 1950  (Ecuador) Failed Presidential candiate numerous times but consolation may have arrived now that his son has achieved what his father couldnt and has been elected President of Ecuador (THEME) Hispanics and Lati-no's

Noda, Tetsuya Born 5 March 1940  (Uki, Kumamoto, Japan) Widely considered to be Japan’s most important living print-artist, and one of the most successful contemporary print artists in the world. (THEME) Dead Continent

Noe, Luis Felipe Born 26 May 1933  (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Argentinian artist and intellectual, who is probably most notable for his expressionist paintings. The Deadest Of The Dead

Nogami, Teruyo Born 24 May 1927  (Tokyo, Japan) Script supervisor and confidante to Akira Kurosawa for 40 years. (THEME) Easy Peasy Japanesey

Noguchi, Thomas Born 4 January 1927  (Japan) Former Chief Medical Officer for the County of Los Angleles and coroner on the deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Robert F. Kennedy. Any conspiracy theorists out there may consider that this is the man to talk to… (THEME) Stars on Hice

Nolan, Anne Born 12 November 1950  (Dublin, Ireland) Member of the increasingly cancer-struck Nolan family of singers Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk

Nolan, Christopher Born 30 July 1970  (London, England) Arguably the most successful British film director currently working today. Hit films include 'The Dark Knight' and 'Inception'. (THEME) Dying of Pretentiousness

Nolan, Linda  Born 23 February 1959  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Died 15 January 2025  (Blackpool, England) Age at death: 65  (read death notice) Member of the Nolan Sisters, and a singer in her own right, occasional TV presenter as well. 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying 2026? No thank you! 2025 Not Your Year Also-Ran Angus Young's Highway to Hell Are You Still Dying, Darling? ARSE-IN-HOLE A Submarine Torpedoes and Sinks The Love Boat Banana's Peel Slippers Bastard Must've Died Blasphemous Rumours 'A' BLIMEY!  Bought the Peanut Farm (THEME) CLOG POPPERS Compost Corner Crofty's Coffin Crew Darling Did You Forget to Take A Breath? Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Dave's Grim Underground BO Dead and Dusted 1 Dead Ends Deader than a Dead Thing DEADIES 11 Dead Last? Dead Right! Warning: Dying Can Be Hazardous To Your Health Deadpool Surprise Death Can Be Funny Deathlist.net Deathray's Kevorkian Clinic Deceased Hose Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Di's Dies Drop Dead Celebration Drop Dead Gorgeous Dropping Like Flies Dr Shipman's waiting room drunkasaskunk Eternity Tours Ethnic Cleansing Evil Grimace Expiry Date - 2025 Exu's Exiteers Faster Than A Dead Horse Fat Kids Always Win at Seasaw Feng Shui Pig Finbarr Returns from the Dead Fiona's Frail & Cancerous Pool Freaky Farleys Funeral Holmes GIAC - It's really Serious! Girlfriend In A Coma Going Green Going Underground Grave Danger (THEME) Great Gig in the Sky Harry Rotter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1  His and Hearse Hunting Halos Sorry For Your Trouble I'll sleep when you're dead I Told You I Was Ill It's A Grim World After All I Will Not Die, it's the World that Will End! Jellydead Jimmy Savile's Paedo FunHouse and Grill Now That's What I Call Emeli Sande's In Memoriam John Key's List They're Loving Angels Instead LL's Pool Long Story Short… It's Over! Weakend at Bernies Manuel's Stiffs Min Reaper The Misers Mortem Omnibus Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Slaughter Multiple Stiffies Noah Reason & the Youth in Asia  Octopus of Odstock Oh, What a Beautiful Mournin' Only Fools and Corpses Partridge As Reaper People I Think Might Die In 2025 United A Trophy For Atrophy (THEME) Pop goes the Wurzels  Pull my finger Puzlman's Passing Picks RIP It Up and Start Again Sad News FC SeasideEssexXile See You In Heaven  Shaun of the Dead 69 Shovelful of Dirt Simply Dead  Smart Beta So Long Farewell Southerners Stiffs Spectre of Death  Forgotten But Not Gone Stephen Hawking's Football Boots Stiff Competition Stone Dead Cert Team Cat AIDS Heading Nowhere Tentoesup The B-Team The Anfield Iron The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order The Caulkhead Coffin Kickers The Choir Invisibule Colnbrook Coroner The Crowdsourced Deathlist THE DEAD C**T SCROTS The Death Toll is Catastrophic The End of the World As We Know It The Marvelous Pneumonia Squad The Rotting Corpses of the Undead (THEME) The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn  The Sound of the Underground The Spanners The Walking Dead They Might All Die This Mortal Coil Tiny and Ellie's Pick of the Drops Today's the day the maggots have their picnic Two Coins & A Punt (THEME) Unpersons  Windsor the Troll Women's Deaths Matter Too Wormer, he's a dead man! niedermier dead! marmalard dead! You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On! You Have 1 Year To Die…Your Time Starts Now You Might Be A King or a Little Street Sweeper

Nolte, Nick Born 8 February 1941  (Omaha, Nebraska, USA) American actor - 'The Prince of Tides', 'Hotel Rwanda'. (THEME) Assorted Alliterates (THEME) Come on Karma, Where's the F@@king Justice IBetYouWon'tPrintCunt (THEME) Players in The Player

Noone, Peter Born 5 November 1947  (Davyhulme, Lancashire, England) Perky lead singer of Herman's Hermits. Dunno who Herman is though… From Here to Eternity

Norris, Chuck Born 10 March 1940  (Ryan, Oklahoma, USA) The straight-to-video actor and martial artist. 5 Feet and 1 to Go

Norris, David Born 1 July 1944  (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) Irish gay rights activist. The Forest Lawn Jockeys

Norris, Ed Born 10 April 1960  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Former law enforcement office for the NYPD, turned actor. (THEME) Cadaverous Mofos

North, Oliver Born 7 October 1943  (San Antonio, Texas, USA) Disgraced former Colonel of the US Marines, now a TV broadcaster. Wanted Dead, Not Alive

Norton (actor), Jim Born 4 January 1938  (Dublin, Ireland) Irish stage and occasional TV actor, won a Tony award for The Seafarer Time's-up Team

Novak, Kim Born 13 February 1933  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Actress, best remembered for her role in 'Vertigo'. (THEME) Drop Dead Diva Falling Off The Perch I Couldn't Eat Another Bite

Novello, Don Born 1 January 1943  (Ashtabula, OH, USA) Actor who played Guido Sarducci in SNL and several other things You're Dead Now, So Shut Up!

Nowinski, Christopher Born 24 September 1978  (Oak Park, IL, USA) Neuroscientist, author, and wrestler. May be better known as "Chris Harvard". (THEME) The Big Brain Theory

Nudd, Bob Born in Chelmsford, Essex, England  (exact date unknown) Four time winner of the World Freshwater Angling Championships who was cruelly denied the 1991 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, to the ire of the Angling Times. Born September 1944. Prowlers Goners '25

Nujoma, Sam  Born 12 May 1929  (Ongandjera, Namibia) Died 8 February 2025  (Windhoek, Namibia) Age at death: 95  (read death notice) First president of Namibia, from 1990-2005. (THEME) Complications from a fall (THEME) Hell to the Chief NoSoup4U! Plan B from Outer Space (THEME) Ruling The Afterlife

Numan, Gary Born 8 March 1958  (London, England) Influential electro-rock musician who hit the big time in the late 1970s, suffered a career decline before being rehabilitated as a pioneer. (THEME) Where are all the Garys and Simons?

Nunn, Judy Born 13 April 1945  (Perth, Western Australia) Australian actress and author known for her 15-year long stint on "Home and Away." (THEME) Gone and Away

Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane Born 20 October 1942  (Magdeburg, Germany) Biologist and co-winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for her work on embryonic development. (THEME) Nobel Loserettes

Nyad, Diana Born 22 August 1949  (New York City, New York, USA) American long-distance swimmer with many claims of dubious belief. (THEME) Dieopics

Nye, Bill Born 27 November 1955  (Washington D.C. USA) Bill Nye, the Science Guy, host of the eponymous TV show familiar to USA viewers. In hand with the TV stuff, there are also lots of books! Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by outgoing President Joe Biden. Puppy power

Nye, Doug Born 1 October 1945  (Farnham, England) Motoring journalist who won a Lifetime Achievement Award for it (THEME) Elton Welsby's Sporting Triangles

Nye, Rich Born 4 August 1944  (Oakland, California, USA) American baseball pitcher. (THEME) The Lord God Slayed Them All

Nylon, Judy Born in USA  (exact date unknown) Multidisciplinary American artist and former best pal of Patti Smith. Born 1948. Most Unique Picks 2024

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