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Cole was born the in USA to Canadian parents who soon returned to Canada, and she grew up in Toronto. She began violin lessons at three and piano at four, but the family moved frequently, and when they were in Saudi Arabia and unable to find a piano teacher Naida took up the flute.
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Naim Kattan, writer, literary critic (b at Baghdad, Iraq 26 Aug 1928). Kattan studied law at the University of Baghdad before studying literature at the Sorbonne. His fictionalized memories of these years appeared as Adieu, Babylone (1975) and Les Fruits arrachés (1977).
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Nancy Argenta (b Herbison). Soprano, b Nelson, BC, 17 Jan 1957; B MUS (Western Ontario) 1980. She spent most of her childhood in Argenta, a small settlement north of Nelson, where her mother taught piano and her father taught at the (Quaker) Friends' School.
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Nancy Ellen Telfer, née Linsey, composer, choral clinician, teacher (b at Brampton, Ont 8 May 1950).
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Nancy Louise Huston, novelist, essayist (b at Calgary, Alta, 16 Sep 1953). Nancy Huston grew up in Calgary and Wilton, New Hampshire. In 1973, after attending Sarah Lawrence College, she moved to France, where she studied at the Université de Paris under Roland Barthes.
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(Anne) Nancy Paisley Benn (b Paisley). Teacher, conductor, b London 7 Dec 1894, d Vancouver 23 Oct 1972; LRAM ca 1911. She studied and taught piano and voice in England before coming to Canada ca 1920 with her husband, also a pianist.
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Nancy Richler, writer (born 16 May 1957 in Montreal, QC; died 18 January 2018 in Vancouver, BC). Nancy Richler began writing at seven years of age. She graduated from Brandeis University with a degree in History, then completed an MSW and worked with youth for several years.
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Telfer (b Lindsey), Nancy (Ellen). Composer, choral conductor, clinician, teacher, b Brampton, Ont, 8 May 1950; BA (Western) 1971, B MUS (Western) 1979, honorary licentiate (Canadian National Conservatory of Music) 2004.
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Nancy (Fraser) Vogan. Educator. b Moncton, NB, 22 Mar 1945; BA music (Mount Allison) 1967, M MUS music education (ESM) 1969, PH D music education (ESM) 1979.
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Nancy (Adele) White. Songwriter, singer, guitarist, b Charlottetown 11 Nov 1944; BA English (Dalhousie) 1967. She sang in choirs, studied piano as a child and later, while attending Dalhousie University, performed in musical comedy.
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Nanette Workman. Singer, songwriter, actress, b Brooklyn, NY, 20 Nov 1945. Her father played trumpet in Tommy Dorsey's orchestra, and her mother acted in Broadway theaters. She began her career at 11 in Jackson, Miss, where she appeared in the television series 'Mr. Magic'.
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Naomi Yanova Adaskin (b Granatstein). Pianist, teacher, editor, b Toronto 6 May 1908, d Toronto 1 Mar 1996. She was a student at the Hambourg Conservatory, and studied with Healey Willan at the Toronto College of Music and the University of Toronto.
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Napoléon Aubin (baptized Aimé-Nicolas), editor, journalist, printer, poet, scientist, conductor and composer (born 9 November 1812 in Chêne-Bougeries, suburb of Geneva, Switzerland; died 12 June 1890 in Montréal, Québec).
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(Joseph Georges) Napoléon Bisson. Baritone, b Montreal 17 Dec 1922, d Chambly, Que 17 Apr 2008; premier prix Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (CMM) 1953.
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Napoléon Bourassa, sculptor, architect, author, painter (b at L'Acadie, LC 21 Oct 1827; d at Lachenaie, Qué 27 Aug 1916).
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