# Nat (name)

Nat is a unisex given name, a nickname and a surname. It is a nickname for Nathan, Nathanael, Nathaniel, Natalie, or Natalia. It may refer to the following people:

## 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 (born 1925), 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 (born 1940), French film and television actress
* Yves Nat (1890–1956), French pianist and composer