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- Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980)
- Neidhart von Reuenthal (c. 1190 – c. 1245)
- Johann Nestroy (1802–1862)
- Alfred Neumann (1895–1952)
- Karl Neumann (1916–1985)
- Robert Neumann (1927–1977)
- Eckhart Nickel (born 1966)
- Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811)
- Ernst Niebergall (1815–1843)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
- Dieter Noll 1927–2008
- Ingrid Noll (born 1935)
- Christine Nöstlinger (born 1936)
- Helga M. Novak (born 1935)
- Novalis, actually Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772–1801)
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