| Name | Functions  | Event Dates | Events | Resources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Noller | Director | 1931 - 1950 | 3 | |||
| Friedrich Neubauer | Director | 1933 - 1935 | 2 | |||
| Vladimir Nemirovič-Dančenko | Director | 1900 - 1908 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Yukio Ninagawa | Director | 1990 - 1994 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Kristine Nordby | Director | 2006 | 1 | |||
| Gustaf Nessler | Director | 1919 - 1928 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dieter E. Neuhaus | Director | 1973 | 1 | |||
| Adolph Naud | Director | 1894 | 1 | |||
| Nicolás Nuñez | Director | 1976 | 1 | |||
| Masao Noguchi | Director | 1923 | 1 | |||
| Lee R. Norvelle | Director | 1932 - 1933 | 2 | |||
| Chris Nelson | Director | 2009 | 1 | |||
| Martin Nordal | Director | 1984 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Petter Næss | Director | 2014 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Neilson | Director | 1984 | 1 | |||
| Eva Niedermeiser | Director | 1990 | 1 | |||
| Gail Nettels | Director | 1987 | 1 | |||
| Claudia Nowotny | Director | 1990 | 1 | |||
| Otto Nes | Director | 1956 - 2006 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yuichiro Nakajima | Director | 1991 | 1 | |||
| Iván Nagy | Director | 1986 - 1996 | 2 | |||
| Louis Naef | Director | 1995 | 1 | |||
| Amélie Niermeyer | Director | 1995 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terrence J. Nolen | Director | 1998 - 2018 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kay Neumann | Director | 1997 - 2019 | 5 | |||
| Barbara Neureiter | Director | 1997 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Martin Nimz | Director | 1999 - 2017 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Takao Nakamura | Director | 1968 | 1 | |||
| Kiyoshi Nakayama | Director | 1958 - 1973 | 3 | |||
| Andreas Nathusius | Director | 2002 - 2022 | 4 | |||
| Klaus-Peter Nigey | Director | 2003 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ingo Normet | Director | 2014 | 1 | |||
| Sukumar Nayar | Director | 2003 | 1 | |||
| Filip Nuckolls | Director | 2011 | 1 | |||
| Nguyen Ngoc Phuong | Director | 2004 - 2006 | 2 | |||
| Jan Novák | Director | 1973 - 2001 | 2 | |||
| Scott Nolte | Director | 2005 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Zbigniew Najmola | Director | 2000 | 1 | |||
| Kathryn C. Nocero | Director | 2005 | 1 | |||
| Sebastian Nübling | Director | 2001 - 2008 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tuija-Maija Niskanen | Director | 1968 - 1974 | 2 | |||
| Lisa Nielebock | Director | 2007 | 2 | |||