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Accommodation by Historic Figure - N to O

From Nabokov to Otto III

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Listings are by surname except in the case of kings, queens and other monarchs. Hotels and other accommodation marked with an asterisk (*) denotes a particularly strong connection with the specific individual. Accommodation is within the United Kingdom unless stated otherwise.

Photograph of NietzscheNietzsche (by G A Schultze)
Nabokov, Vladimir. 1899 – 1977. Russian novelist who became internationally famous through his book Lolita. Grand Hotel Gardone (Italy) | *Montreux Palace Hotel (Switzerland)

Napoleon. See Bonaparte, Napoleon.

Napoleon III, Louis. 1808 – 1873. Nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and Emperor of the French between 1852 and 1870. The Langham London

Nelson, Lord Horatio. 1758 – 1805. Legendary naval commander who was killed during the British victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. The Oxenham Arms | The Dolphin of Southampton | Swan of Alton | The Hoste Arms | Old Bull at Burford | *Burford Bridge Hotel | Angel Posting House | George Inn of Crawley |
The Royal Clarence

Ney, Field Marshall. French military commander during the Revolutionary Wars whose nickname was “the Bravest of the Brave”. Chateau de Cocove (France)

Nicholas II, Czar. 1868 – 1918. Last Czar of Russia who was killed, along with his family, by Bolshevik revolutionaries. Schlosshotel Kronberg (Germany) | Old Cataract Aswan (Egypt)

Nietzsche, Friedrich. 1844 - 1900. German polymath most noted for his writings on philosophy. Hotel Elephant (Germany) | Goldener Anker (Germany)

Photograph of Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale
Nightingale, Florence. 1820 - 1910. Nurse who rose to fame during the Crimean War when she was given the nickname “The Lady with the Lamp”. The Greenbank Hotel | The Chapel House

Nixon, Richard Milhous. 1913 - 1994. 37th President of the United States who is arguably most famous for the Watergate Scandal of 1972. Abbaye de Talloires (France)

Nobel, Alfred. 1833 – 1896. Swedish chemist and engineer who is famous for both inventing dynamite and the creation of the Nobel Prizes. *Baur au Lac (Switzerland)

Nureyev, Rudolph. 1938 – 1993. Iconic Russian ballet dancer who famously defected to the West in 1961. Palazzo Murat (Italy)

Photograph of Alfred NobelAlfred Nobel (by Gosta Florman)
Oakley, Annie. 1860 – 1926. Wild West sharpshooter whose real name was Phoebe Ann Moses. The Irma Hotel (USA)

Orwell, George. 1903 - 1950. Writer and social commentator, real name Eric Arthur Blair, whose greatest works include Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Langham London | Hotel Scribe (France)

Otto III. 980 – 1002. King of Germany and Italy, as well as Holy Roman Emperor. La Sosta di Ottone III (Italy)



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