Nye

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Nye is a surname, and may refer to:

• Sir Archibald Nye, British military officer
• Ben Nye, Hollywood makeup artist
• Bill Nye, U.S. popular scientist and TV personality
• Carrie Nye, U.S. actress
• Edd Nye, North Carolina politician
• Edgar Wilson Nye, "Bill" Nye, 19th century U.S. humorist
• Frank Nye, U.S. congressman from Minnesota
• George D. Nye, U.S. Democrat politician
• Gerald Nye, U.S. senator and political activist
• James W. Nye, 19th century U.S. senator
• Jody Lynn Nye, U.S. science fiction author
• Joseph Nye, U.S. academic and political theorist
• Lee Nye, U.S. photographer
• Louis Nye, U.S. actor and comedian
• Naomi Shihab Nye, Palestinian-American poet and songwriter
• Robert Nye, British novelist, poet and playwright
• Ruth Nye, Australian pianist
• Simon Nye, British comedy writer, creator of sitcom Men Behaving Badly
• Steve Nye, music producer

[edit] Places

• Nye County, Nevada
• Nye, Montana
• Nye, West Virginia
• Nye Mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks
• Nye Beach
• Nye, Sweden

[edit] Other

• Nye Committee, Senate Munitions Investigating Committee (1934)
• New Year's Eve