List of people by name: Ao - Az...

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  • Ao, Li, (born 1935), Chinese historian, author
  • Aosta, Duke Amadeo of, Italian governor of Ethiopia
  • Apaza, Leandro, musician
  • Apelles, (4th century BC)
  • Apollinaire, Guillaume, (1880-1918), (born Russian) poet
  • Apolloni, Giuseppe, Italian opera composer
  • Apollonio, Zvest, (born 1935), painter and graphic artist.
  • Apollonius, Greek philosopher
  • Apollonius of Perga, (265 BC-170 BC), euclidean geometry
  • Appel, Karel, (born 1921), painter
  • Apple, Fiona, (born 1977), musician
  • Appleseed, Johnny, (1774-1847)
  • Appleton, Brian, as Jilted John and Graham Shuttleworth
  • Applewhite, Marshal, leader of Heaven's Gate
  • Appleyard, Geoffrey, commando major
  • Apps, Syl
  • Apt, Jerome, astronaut
  • Apuleius, poet
  • Aquino, Benigno, Philippines senator
  • Aquino, Corazon, President of Philippines
  • Aquirre, Lope de, conquistador
  • Aquinas, Thomas, (1225-1274),

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  • Arafat, Yasser, (born 1929), Palestinian leader
  • Arago, Dominique, (1786-1853), scientist
  • Aragon, Louis, (1897-1982), poet
  • Aragonés, Sergio, comic creator
  • Aranzadi, Rafael Moreno, (1892-1922), athlete
  • Aratus, (circa 315 BC/310 BC-240 BC ??), botanist
  • Arau, Alfonso, film director
  • Arau, Fernando, actor, show host
  • Arber, Werner, (born 1929), 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Arbor, Brush, musician
  • Arbour, Louise, (born 1947), Supreme Court Justice (The Hague & Canada)
  • Arbus, Diane, photographer
  • Archambault, Gilles, novelist and commentator
  • Archer, Anne, actress
  • Archer, Jeffrey Howard, English novelist
  • Arigo, Jose, alleged "psychic surgeon"
  • Archimedes, (circa 287-212 BC), mathematician
  • Arc, Joan of, (1412-1431), medieval swordswoman and French saint
  • Arcadius, (ruled 395-408 AD), Roman Emperor
  • Arcimboldo, Giussepe, (1527-1593), painter

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  • Ardant, Fanny, (born 1949), French actor
  • Ardashir II of Persia, from 379 to 383.
  • Ardashir III of Persia, from 628 to 630.
  • Arden, Eve, actor
  • Ardengus, scholastic philosopher
  • Ardens, Raoul, scholastic philosopher
  • Ardiles, Osvaldo, athlete
  • Arduino, Giovanni, (1714-1795), first classification of geological time.
  • Arellano, Jesus, soccer player
  • Arellano-Felix, Ramon, (1964-2002), gang member
  • Arendt, Hannah, (1906-1975), political theorist
  • Arfvedson, Johann, (1792-1841), chemist
  • Arghezi, Tudor, (greatest Romanian poet)
  • Arguello, Alexis, (born 1952), world champion boxer
  • Aribau, Bonaventura Carles, (1798-1862), poet
  • Arida, Antoun, Maronite Patriarch
  • Ariosto, Ludovico, (1474-1533), Italian poet
  • Aristarchus, (circa 310 BC-circa 230 BC), astronomer
  • Aristippus, Henry, scholastic philosopher
  • Aristophanes, (ca. 446 BC-385 BC), Greek philosopher
  • Aristotle, (384 BC-322 BC), Greek philosopher

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  • Arledge, Roone, (1931-2002), broadcaster
  • Arlen, Harold, "Blues in the Night"
  • Arliss, George, actor
  • Arlosoroff, Hayim, Zionist
  • Armatrading, Joan, singer-songwriter
  • Armfelt, Gustaf Mauritz, (1757-1814)
  • Arminius, (17 BC-19 AD), (War chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci)
  • Armitage, Peter, statistician
  • Armitage, Simon, (born 1963), poet
  • Armstrong, Billie Joe, (born 1972), of Green Day
  • Armstrong, Charles, President of Seattle Mariners (Purdue University)
  • Armstrong, Dido, (born 1971), British singer
  • Armstrong, Edwin, (1890-1954), engineer
  • Armstrong, Henry, (1912-1988), world champion boxer
  • Armstrong, Jeannette, Canadian writer
  • Armstrong, Lance, (born 1971), cyclist
  • Armstrong, Lee, actor
  • Armstrong, Lil Hardin, (February 3, 1898-1971), pianist & bandleader
  • Armstrong, Louis "Satchmo, (August 4, 1901-July 6, 1971), jazz great
  • Armstrong, Neil, (born 1930), US astronaut, first on the Moon
  • Armstrong, William H., Sounder

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  • Arnason, David, Canadian writer
  • Arnaud, William, scholastic philosopher
  • Arnaz, Desi, (March 2, 1917-November 2, 1986), Cuban television personality
  • Arnaz, Lucy, American born actress, half-Cuban
  • Arndt, Ernst Moritz, poet
  • Arne, Michael, (1740-1786), songwriter
  • Arne, Thomas, (1710-1778), songwriter
  • Arnett, Peter, (born 1934), British journalist
  • Arnim, Achim von, German poet
  • Arnold, Benedict, (1741-1801), US traitor
  • Arnold, Eddy, musician
  • Arnold, Henry H., (1886-1950), USAAF general
  • Arnold, Malcolm, (born 1921), composer
  • Arnold, Matthew, (1822-1888), English poet
  • Arnold, Tom, comedian
  • Arnold, Vladimir, (born 1937), mathematician
  • Aronofsky, Darren, (born 1969), film director
  • Arp, Jean, (1886-1966), sculptor, painter, and poet
  • Arquer, Giovanni
  • Arquer, Pietro
  • Arquer, Sigismondo

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  • Arraras, Maria Celeste news reporter
  • Arrau, Claudio, (1903-1991), Clasical piano player.
  • Arrhenius, Svante August, (1859-October 2, 1927), chemist and physicist
  • Arrian, historian
  • Arrieta, Emilio, Italian opera composer
  • Arrow, Kenneth, (born 1921), economist
  • Arsenius Autoreianus, patriarch of Constantinople
  • Arsenius, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
  • Arses of Persia, (338-336 BCE)
  • Artaud, Antonin, (1896-1948), actor, playwright, poet, essayist
  • Artaxerxes I, (465-425 BCE), Persian king
  • Artaxerxes II, (approx. 436-358 BC), Perisan king
  • Artemova, Ioulia Vladimirovna, astrophysicist
  • Arthansius, (1564-1566), Metropolitan of Moscow
  • Arthur, Bea, actor
  • Arthur, Chester A., (1830-1886)
  • Arthur, Jean, actor
  • Artsebarsky, Anatoly, astronaut
  • Artyuhin, Yuri, astronaut
  • Arum, Bob boxing promoter
  • Arundel, Thomas, (1353-1413), Archbishop of Canterbury

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  • As-Suli, (circa 880-880), chess player
  • as-Suli, Abu-Bakr Muhammad ben Yahya, (circa 880-946)

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  • Ashdown, Paddy, (born 1941), British politician
  • Asahara Shoko, Japanese cult leader
  • Asanga, (born 300 C)
  • Asaro, Catherine, author
  • Ascari, Alberto, race car driver
  • Asch, Sholom, (1880-1957), novelist
  • Ascheberg, Rutger von, (1621-1693), Swedish soldier
  • Aseev, Konstantin, chess player
  • Ashbery, John, poet
  • Ashby, Hal, actor, director, editor, producer
  • Ashby, Jeffrey, astronaut
  • Ashe, Arthur, (United States)
  • Ashe, Thomas, (1836-1889), poet
  • Ashford, Emmett L., first African-American umpire in organized baseball
  • Ashford, Evelyn, (born 1957), Olympic champion
  • Ashley, Laura, designer
  • Ashley, Maurice, chess player
  • Ashoka, (reigned 273 BC-232 BC), India
  • Asimov, Isaac, (1920-1992),US science fiction writer
  • Asimov, Janet, (born 1926), author
  • Askerc, Anton, (1856-1912), poet
  • Askey, Arthur, comedian

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  • Aspel, Michael, television presenter
  • Aspen, Jennifer, actress
  • Asper, Douglas, poet
  • Asprin, Robert, (born 1946), author
  • Asproni, Giorgio
  • Asquith, Anthony, film director
  • Asquith, Herbert, (1852-1928)
  • Asquith, Margot, writer and wit
  • Asser, Bishop of Sherborne, (died 908), author
  • Assia, Lys, (born 1926), singer
  • Astaire, Fred, (1899-1987), US actor
  • Astley, Thea, novelist
  • Aston, Mick, (born 1946), British archaeologist
  • Astor, John Jacob, (1763-1848)
  • Astor, Mary, US actress
  • Astor, Nancy, (1879-1964), British MP
  • Astrid of Sweden, Belgian monarch

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  • Atalay, Erdogan, actor
  • Atanasoff, John Vincent, (1903-1995)
  • Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, (1881-1938), Turkish leader
  • Atchison, David Rice, (August 11, 1807-1886), USA President for a day?
  • Athanasios II of Alexandria, (489-496), Coptic Pope
  • Athanasios of Alexandria, (1250-1261), Coptic Pope
  • Athanasius of Alexandria, (328-373), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
  • Athelm, (died 923), Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Athenagoras, Patriarch, (1886-1972), patriarch of Constantinople
  • Athendodorus, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
  • Atherton, Gertrude, The Conqueror
  • Atiyah, Michael Francis, mathematician
  • Atkins, Chet, (1924-2001), composer, musician
  • Atkinson, Bill, Macintosh Finder, HyperCard
  • Atkinson, Rowan, (born 1955), (Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Bean)
  • Atkov, Oleg, astronaut

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  • Atlas, Natacha, (born 1964), singer
  • Atsumi, Kiyoshi, (1929-1996)
  • Atta, Mohammed, (1968-2001), illeged terrorist
  • Attar, (c. 1130-c. 1230), poet
  • Attel, Dave, comedian
  • Attell, Abe, (1885-1970), world champion boxer
  • Attenborough, Richard, (born 1923), Brittish actor, director
  • Atticus, Cosmas, patriarch of Constantinople
  • Atticus, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
  • Attila the Hun, (A.D. 406?-453), King of the Huns
  • Attlee, Clement, (1883-October 8, 1967), British prime minister
  • Attucks, Crispus, (1723-1770), killed in Boston Massacre
  • Atwood, Margaret, (born 1939), The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Alias Grace, Surfacing

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  • Auber, Daniel, opera composer
  • Auber, Daniel François Esprit, (1782-1871), composer, opera composer
  • Aubert, Pierre Swiss Federal Councilor
  • Auch, Susan, (1901-1970)
  • Auchinleck, Claude, (1884-1981), British WW2 military commander
  • Auden, W. H., (1907-1973), English poet
  • Audran, Stephane, actor
  • Auerbach, Frank, (born 1931), painter
  • Aurobindo, (August 15, 1872- December 5, 1950), Indian author, guru
  • August, Bille, (born 1948), Danish director
  • Augustinavichute, Aushra, psychologist
  • Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Augustine of Hippo, philosopher
  • Augustodunensis, Honorius, scholastic philosopher
  • Augustus, (62 BC-August 19, A.D. 14), Roman Emperor
  • Aukrust, Kjell, author

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  • Aung San Suu Kyi, (born 1945), political activist in Myanmar
  • Aung San, Burmese WW2 general
  • Aubakirov, Toktar, (born 1946), cosmonaut
  • Aurelian, (214-275), Roman Emperor
  • Aurelius, Marcus, (121- 180), Roman Emperor
  • Auric, Georges, (1899-1983)
  • Auriol, Peter, scholastic philosopher
  • Ausonius, poet
  • Austen, Jane, (December 16, 1775-July 28, 1817), British novelist
  • Auster, Paul, (born 1947), postmodernist mystery writer extrordinaire, author of the City of Glass trilogy, Leviathan
  • Austin, J. L., (1911-1960), philosopher
  • Austin, Kent, athlete
  • Austin, Sherrie, musician
  • Austin, Stephen F., (1793-1836)
  • Autoreianus, Michael, patriarch of Constantinople

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  • Avanzo, Miha, (born 1949), poet
  • Avdeyev, Sergei, astronaut
  • Avedon, Richard, photographer
  • Avercamp, Hendrick, (1585-1634), painter
  • Averescu, Alexandru
  • Averroes, (1126-1198), (Ibn Rushd)
  • Avery, Frederick Bean "Tex", (1908-1980), US animator
  • Avery, Milton, (1885-1965), American painter
  • Avicenna, (980-1037), Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist
  • Avitus, Roman Emperor
  • Avila, Yiye, (born 1929), former Mr. Universe and current US Christian leader
  • Avildsen, John, film director
  • Avildsen, John G. movie director
  • Avilius of Alexandria, (83-95), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
  • Avison, Margaret, (born 1918), poet, has published 8 volumes of poetry
  • Avogadro, Amedeo, (1776-1856), Italian physicist
  • Avsenik, Slavko, (born 1949), composer and musician.
  • Avsenik, Vilko, composer and musician.

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  • Awad, Jacob, Maronite Patriarch
  • Awad, Symeon, Maronite Patriarch
  • Ayala, Paulie, world boxing champion
  • Ayanna, Charlotte, (born 1976)
  • Ayckbourn, Alan, modern British playwright
  • Ayer, Alfred, (1910-1989), philosopher
  • Ayers, Roy, jazz vibes player.
  • Aykroyd, Dan, actor/comedian
  • Ayler, Albert, (1936-1970), (alto, tenor)
  • Ayton, Robert, (1570-1638), poet
  • Azaria, Hank, (born 1964), comedian
  • Aznavour, Charles, French composer, singer-songwriter, musician