Nat (name)

Given name or nickname

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 (1925–2017), 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 (1940–2019), French film and television actress
• Yves Nat (1890–1956), French pianist and composer