Nathan (given name)

Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb meaning gave (standard Hebrew Natan, Yiddish Nussen/Nosson, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān).

In the Bible

 * Nathan (prophet), a prophet who lived in the time of Kings David and Solomon
 * Nathan (son of David), son of David and his wife Bathsheba

Notable people with this name

 * Rabbi Nathan (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nathan of Gaza, 17th century prophet

A

 * Nathan Adams (born 1991), footballer
 * Nathan Adrian (born 1988), American swimmer
 * Nathan Aké (born 1995), footballer currently playing for Manchester City
 * Nathan Alterman (1910–70), Israeli poet, journalist, and translator
 * Nathan Amos (born 1979), South African born-Israeli rugby player
 * Nathan Azarcon Filipino bass player and nationalist

B

 * Nathan Beauregard (1890s–1970), American musician
 * Nathan Birnbaum (1864–1937), Austrian journalist and Jewish philosopher
 * Nathan Bostock (born 1960), British banker
 * Nathan Brown (rugby league, born 1993), Australian rugby player

C

 * Nathan Camargo (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
 * Nathan Carter (born 1990), Irish country singer
 * Nathan Chen (born 1999), American figure skater
 * Nathan Cleary (born 1997), Australian rugby league player
 * Nate Clements (born 1979), American football player
 * Nathan Coe (born 1984), Australian soccer player
 * Nathan Cohen (critic) (1923–1971), Canadian theatre critic and broadcaster
 * Nathan Cohen (rower) (born 1986), New Zealand rower
 * Nathan Daniel Beau Connolly (born 1977), American historian, professor, and podcaster
 * Nathan Connolly (born 1981), lead guitarist for Snow Patrol
 * Nathan Cooper (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nathan Cottrell (born 1996), American football player

D

 * Nathan Deal (born 1942), American politician and 82nd Governor of Georgia
 * Nate Diaz (born 1985), American mixed martial artist and UFC fighter

E

 * Nate Ebner (born 1988), American football player and rugby Olympian

F

 * Nathan Fagan-Gayle (born 1986), British musician known as Nathan
 * Nathan Fernandes (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
 * Nathan Feuerstein (born 1991), American rapper, known by his stage name NF
 * Nathan Fielder (born 1983), Canadian comedian and host of Comedy Central series Nathan For You.
 * Nathan Fillion (born 1971), Canadian actor
 * Nathan Fong (1959–2020), Canadian chef
 * Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877), Civil War general in the Confederate Army
 * Nate Freiman (born 1986), American baseball player

G

 * Nathan Gamble (born 1998), American actor
 * Nathan Gerry (born 1995), American football player
 * Nathan Glantz, American jazz bandleader
 * Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843–1920), US Congressman from West Virginia

H

 * Nathan Hale (1755–1776), American patriot serving as a spy during the American Revolution
 * Nathan Handwerker (1891–1974), Polish-American businessman
 * Nathan Hartono (born 1991), Singaporean-Indonesian singer-songwriter
 * Nathan Hauritz (born 1981), Australian cricketer
 * Nathan Head (born 1980), British actor notable for his work in the horror genre

J

 * Nate James (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nathan Jawai (born 1986), Australian basketball player
 * Nathan Johnson (disambiguation), several people
 * Nathan Leigh Jones, Australian musician and speaker
 * Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison (1975–2021), American drummer for the band Slipknot
 * Nathan Jung (1946–2021), American actor and stuntman

K

 * Nathan King (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nathan Konstandopoulos (born 1996), Australian footballer
 * Nathan Kress (born 1992), American actor

L

 * Nathan Lane (born 1956), American actor
 * Nathan Larson (born 1970), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author
 * Nathan Law (born 1993), Hong Kong politician
 * Nathan Lawrence, American actor
 * Nathan Lawson (ice hockey) (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Nathan Longpre (born 1988), Canadian professional ice hockey player
 * Nathan Lopez (born 1991), Filipino actor
 * Nathan Lukes (born 1994), American baseball player
 * Nathan Lyon (born 1987), Australian cricketer
 * Nathan Lyons (1930–2016), American photographer, curator and educator

M

 * Nate Mack (1891–1965), Polish-born American banker; co-founder of the Bank of Las Vegas
 * Nathan MacKinnon (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Nathan Mavila (born 1995), English footballer
 * Nathan McCall (born 1955), American author
 * Nate McLouth (born 1981), American baseball player
 * Nathan Mensah (born 1998), Ghanaian basketball player
 * Nathan Merritt (born 1982), Australian rugby player
 * Nathan Méténier (born 1999), French climate activist
 * Nathan Militzok (1923–2009), American basketball player
 * Nathan Milstein (1903–1992), Ukrainian-American violinist

P

 * Nathan Peats (born 1990), Australian rugby player
 * Nathan Perkovich (born 1985), American professional ice hockey player
 * Nathan Peterman (born 1994), American football player
 * Nathan Post (1881–1938), 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa

R

 * Nathan J. Robinson (biologist) (1986), British Marine Biologist and Science Communicator.
 * Nathan Rosen (1909–1995), American-Israeli theoretical physicist; originator of the concept of Einstein-Rosen Bridges, also known as wormholes
 * Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), German Jewish banker

S

 * Nate Saint (1923–1956), American missionary pilot
 * Nathan Santos (born 2001), Brazilian footballer
 * Nathan Seiberg (born 1956), Israeli theoretical physicist
 * Nathan Shepherd (born 1993), Canadian-American football player
 * Nate Silver (born 1978), American statistician and writer
 * Nathan Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (born 1985), British actor
 * Nathan Sykes (born 1974), English rugby player
 * Nathan James Sykes (born 1993), English singer, songwriter and record producer

T

 * Nate Teut (born 1976), Former Major League pitcher for Florida Marlins
 * Nathan Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nathan Tjoe-A-On (born 2001), Indonesian footballer
 * Nathan Trupp (born 1947), American serial killer

Z

 * Nathan Zach (1930–2020), Israeli poet

Fictional characters

 * Nathan the Wise, eponymous protagonist in the 1779 play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
 * Big Nate, eponymous comic strip character
 * Nate the Great, eponymous protagonist of the book series by Marjorie W. Sharmat
 * Nathan, a customer played by Andrew Black in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
 * Nathan Bailey, a character in the British soap opera, Doctors
 * Nathan Cuddington, a character in the British Soap opera, Brookside
 * Nathan Detroit, from the stage musical Guys and Dolls, played by Frank Sinatra in the film adaptation.
 * Nathan Drake, protagonist of the Uncharted video games
 * Nathan Explosion, a character in the cartoon series Metalocalypse
 * Nathan "Nate" Ford, the main character and "mastermind" in the action crime drama caper TV series Leverage
 * Nathan Never, eponymous protagonist of the Italian science fiction comic book
 * Nathan Petrelli, a character in the NBC science fiction series Heroes
 * Nathan Prescott, antagonist of the Life Is Strange video games
 * Nathan Roberts, a character in the Australian soap opera, Home and Away
 * Nathan Sallery, a character in the British soap opera Doctors
 * Nathan Scott, a character in the television series One Tree Hill
 * Nathan Sears, a character in the Final Destination 5
 * Nathan Stark, a character in the television series Eureka
 * Nathan Summers, a Marvel Comic Book character who is a mutant and Super-Hero from the X-Men and X-Force
 * Nathan Williams, a character in the British Soap opera EastEnders
 * Nathan Young character from the British Channel 4 science fiction comedy-drama Misfits
 * Nathan Zuckerman, narrator or protagonist in many of Philip Roth's works of fiction