Nat (name)

Nat is a unisex given name, a nickname and a surname. It is a nickname for Nathan, Nathanael, Nathaniel, Natalie, or Natalia. It may refer to the following people:

Men

 * Nat Adderley (1931–2000), American jazz cornet and trumpet player
 * Nat Adderley, Jr. (born 1955), American pop and rhythm and blues music arranger and pianist, son of the above
 * Nat Ayer (1887–1952), American composer, pianist, singer and actor
 * Nat Bailey (1902–1978), American-born Canadian restaurateur, founder of the White Spot restaurant chain
 * Nat Bentham (1900–1975), English rugby league footballer
 * Nat Brown (born 1981), English footballer
 * Nathaniel Burbank (1838–1901), American humorist, drama critic, and newspaper editor
 * Nat King Cole (1919–1965), American singer and jazz pianist
 * Nat Faxon (born 1975), American actor, comedian and Academy Award-winning screenwriter
 * Nat Fyfe (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
 * Nat Gonella (1908–1998), English jazz trumpeter, bandleader, vocalist and mellophonist
 * Nat Hentoff (born 1925), American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic and syndicated columnist
 * Nat Hickey (1902–1979), American basketball and minor league baseball player and coach
 * Nat Hiken (1914–1968), American radio and television writer, producer and songwriter
 * Nat Holman (1896–1995), American early professional basketball player and innovator, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
 * Nat Lofthouse (1925–2011), English footballer
 * Nat Love (1854-1921), African-American cowboy and freed slave
 * Nat Militzok (1923–2009), American basketball player who played in the first National Basketball Association game
 * Nat Moore (born 1951), American retired National Football League player
 * Nat Pendleton (1895-1967), American actor and Olympic wrestler
 * Nat Perrin (1905–1998), American comedy writer
 * Nat Pierce (1925-1992), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
 * Nat Quansah, botanist from Ghana
 * Nat Rogers (1893-?), American baseball player in the Negro leagues
 * Nat Shapiro (1922-1983), American jazz writer and record producer
 * Nat Mayer Shapiro (1919-2005), American visual artist
 * Nat Simon (1900–1979), American composer, pianist, bandleader and songwriter
 * Nat Stuckey (1933-1988), American country music singer
 * Nat Towles (1905–1963), African-American musician and jazz and big band leader
 * Nat Turner (1800-1831), African-American slave who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks
 * Nat Walton (1866–1930), English international footballer
 * Nat Wolff (born 1994), American actor and lead singer for the TV series The Naked Brothers Band
 * Nat Young (born 1947), Australian surfer and author
 * Nat of the YouTube channel Nat's What I Reckon, Australian who refuses to disclose his surname

Women

 * Nat Cook, Australian politician first elected in 2022
 * Nat Exon (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
 * Nat Grider (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
 * Nat Puff (born 1996), American singer-songwriter and comedian
 * Nat Sciver-Brunt (born 1992), English cricketer

Surname

 * Marie-José Nat (born 1940), French film and television actress
 * Yves Nat (1890–1956), French pianist and composer