# Nathaniel

Nathaniel is an English variant of the biblical Hebrew name Nathanael. It can be a given or surname. == People with the name Nathaniel == === Given name === Nathaniel Archibald (1952–2018), American basketball player Nate Archibald (born 1948), American basketball player Nathaniel Ayers (born 1951), American musician who is the subject of the 2009 film The Soloist Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist who instigated Bacon's Rebellion Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816–1894), American politician and American Civil War General Nat Bates (born 1931), two-term mayor of Richmond, California Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician, father of modern maritime navigation Nathaniel Buzolic (born 1983), Australian actor Nathaniel Chalobah (born 1994), English footballer Nathaniel Clayton (1833–1895), British politician Nat King Cole (1919–1965), American singer and musician Nathaniel Clyne (born 1991), English footballer Nathaniel W. Depee (1812–1868), American abolitionist Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943), American composer and choir director Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (born 1984), Canadian politician Nathaniel Fick (born 1977), former US Marine captain Nathaniel Greene Foster (1809–1869), American politician and military officer Nathaniel M. Gorton (born 1938), American federal judge Nathaniel Everett Green (1823–1899), English painter Nathaniel Greene (journalist) (1797–1877), American journalist Nathaniel Hackett (born 1979), American football coach Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), American novelist Nathaniel J. Jacobson (1916–1996), American artist Nathaniel Jarvis (born 1991), Welsh footballer Nathaniel Bar-Jonah (1957–2008), convicted kidnapper, suspected serial killer and cannibal Nathaniel Lammons (born 1993), American tennis player Nathaniel Ledbetter (born c.