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Historical Figures — A
459 people whose names start with “A”
Athlete(75)Musician(38)actress(23)actor(18)politician(5)playwright(4)
A Boogie wit da HoodieMusicianA. A. MilnewriterA. Bartlett GiamattiAthleteA. E. DouglassA. J. FoytAthleteA. J. P. TaylorhistorianAamir Khanactor and filmmakerAaron BurrAaron CoplandMusicianAaron EckhartactorAaron JudgeAthleteAaron PaulactorAaron PeirsolAthleteAaron RodgersAthleteAbby WambachAthleteAbdelaziz BouteflikaAbdul QadirAthleteAbe AttellboxerAbebe BikilaAthleteAbel Tasmanseafarer, explorer and merchantAbigail AdamsAbiy AhmedAbraham GesnerInventor of keroseneAbraham Kuyperprime minister and theologianAbraham LincolnAbraham MaslowpsychologistAbu Bakr al-BaghdadiAda E. YonathchemistAda LovelacemathematicianAdam ClaytonMusicianAdam Clayton Powell Jr.pastor and politicianAdam DriveractorAdam OndraAthleteAdam OpelAthleteAdam PeatyAthleteAdam Sandleractor and comedianAdam SilverAthleteAdam Smitheconomist and philosopherAdam YauchmusicianAdam YoungMusicianAdeleMusicianAdlai Stevenson IIpolitician and diplomatAdolf EichmannNazi official and war criminalAdolf HitlerAdolph GreendramatistAdrian QuistAthleteAdriana LimamodelAdrien BrodyactorAdrienne Bailonsinger, actress, and television personalityAdut AkechSudanese-Australian modelAfonso de Albuquerquegeneral and conquistadorAfonso VAga Khan IIIAgatha Christiemystery and detective writerAgnes MooreheadactressAgnetha FältskogMusicianAgnieszka RadwańskaAthleteAgostino DepretispoliticianAgrippina the ElderMember of the Julio-Claudian dynastyAgrippina the YoungerRoman empress from AD 49 to 54Agustín de IturbideAhmad Shah Massoudmilitary leaderAhmed Ben BellaAi MoriAthleteAi WeiweiAimé Bonplandexplorer and botanistAishwarya RaiactressAjay Devganfilm actor, director and producerAkbarAkechi Mitsuhide16th-century samurai; assassin of Oda NobunagaAkihitoAkio MoritaentrepreneurAkio Toyodabusiness executiveAkira Kurosawafilm directorAkira Toriyamamanga artistAkonMusicianAl ArbourAthleteAl Caponegangster and businessmanAl DavisAthleteAl GoreAl GreenMusicianAl GrossAl JolsonentertainerAl KalineAthleteAl LópezAthleteAl MichaelsAthleteAl OerterAthleteAl PacinoactorAl SharptonBaptist minister, activist and talk show hostAl UnserAthleteAl Unser Jr.AthleteAlain DelonactorAlain ProstAthleteAlan AldaactorAlan AyckbournplaywrightAlan DaviesentertainerAlan Greenspaneconomist and financial advisorAlan Hale Jr.actorAlan JacksonMusicianAlan Jay Lernerlyricist and librettistAlan Kaycomputer scientistAlan MenkencomposerAlan PatonAfrican authorAlan RickmanactorAlan ShearerAthleteAlan Shepardastronaut and lunar explorerAlan SugarAthleteAlan Turingcomputer scientistAlanis MorissetteMusicianAlbert AnastasiaItalian-American mob bossAlbert B. FallpoliticianAlbert Camusphilosopher and writerAlbert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistAlbert FinneyactorAlbert FrederickAlbert HofmannchemistAlbert KahnarchitectAlbert Kesselringmilitary officerAlbert of PrussiaAlbert PujolsAthleteAlbert SabinPolish-American medical researcherAlbert SpeerarchitectAlbert Uderzocomic book artistAlberto Ascariracing driverAlberto FujimoriAlberto SalazarAthleteAlbrecht von WallensteinBohemian military leader and statesmanAldo MoroAldous Huxleywriter and philosopherAldrich AmesCIA analyst and Soviet spyAlec BaldwinactorAlec BedserAthleteAlec Douglas-HomeAlec GuinnessactorAlec Issigoniscar designerAleksandr OstrovskyplaywrightAleksandr SolzhenitsynSoviet-Russian author and dissidentAleksei LeontievAlessandra AmbrosiomodelAlessandro Voltachemist and physicistAlessia CaraMusicianAlex FergusonAthleteAlex HaleywriterAlex JohnsonAthleteAlex Jonesradio host and conspiracy theoristAlex MorganAthleteAlex OlmedoAthleteAlex OvechkinAthleteAlex PuccioAthleteAlex RodriguezAthleteAlex TrebekCanadian-American TV personalityAlexander CaldersculptorAlexander CartwrightAthleteAlexander DubčekAlexander Flemingphysician and microbiologistAlexander Graham BellInventor of the telephoneAlexander GretchaninovMusicianAlexander H. StephensAlexander HaigpoliticianAlexander HamiltonFounding FatherAlexander HuberAthleteAlexander IAlexander IIAlexander IIIAlexander LukashenkoAlexander MackenzieAlexander Mackenzie (Explorer)explorer and fur traderAlexander NevskyAlexander PatchUnited States Army generalAlexander PopepoetAlexander S. WienerAlexander the GreatMilitary commander, King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BCAlexander VIIAlexander von HumboldtpolymathAlexander Wangfashion designerAlexander ZverevAthleteAlexandra FeodorovnaAlexandre BilodeauAthleteAlexandre de Beauharnaisrevolutionary politician and generalAlexandre Dumaswriter and dramatistAlexandria Ocasio-Cortezpolitician and activistAlexei KosyginSoviet politicianAlexei LeonovSoviet cosmonautAlexei Navalnyopposition leader and activistAlexei NikolaevichHeir to the Russian throneAlexis DenisofactorAlexis OhanianentrepreneurAlexis SánchezAthleteAlexis TsiprasAlfonso CuarónfilmmakerAlfonso VKing of Aragon from 1416 to 1458Alfonso XIIIKing of Spain from 1886 to 1931Alfre WoodardactressAlfred AdlerpsychotherapistAlfred Carlton Gilbertinventor and athleteAlfred DeakinAlfred DreyfusArmy officerAlfred Gwynne VanderbiltAthleteAlfred HitchcockfilmmakerAlfred Jodlgeneral and war criminalAlfred Nobelchemist and inventorAlfred North Whiteheadmathematician and philosopherAlfred Russel WallacenaturalistAlfred StieglitzphotographerAlfred TennysonPoet LaureateAlfred Wegenerclimatologist and geophysicistAlfredo Di StéfanoAthleteAlfredo StroessnerAli Hosseini KhameneiAli LandryActorAli MacGrawactressAlice CooperMusicianAlice EveAmerican actressAlice MarbleAthleteAlice Mary RobertsonpoliticianAlice PaulactivistAlice Walkerauthor and activistAlicia KeysMusicianAlicia SilverstoneactressAlison Brieactress and writerAlison KraussMusicianAllan BorderAthleteAllen DullesAllen Ginsbergpoet and writerAllen NewellAllen ToussaintMusicianAllie ReynoldsAthleteAllison JanneyactressAlois Alzheimerpsychiatrist and neuropathologistAlonzo CushingUnion Army officerAlphonse DaudetnovelistAlthea GibsonAthleteAlva BelmontsuffragistAlyson Hanniganactress and television presenterAlyssa MilanoactressAmadeo GianniniAmancio OrtegaAmanda Gormanpoet and activistAmanda PeetactressAmanda SeyfriedactressAmartya Seneconomist and Nobel laureateAmber HeardactressAmbrose BiercewriterAmbrose Burnsidegeneral and politicianAmedeo AvogadroscientistAmelia Earhartaviation pioneerAmélie MauresmoAthleteAmerigo Vespucciexplorer and navigatorAmitabh BachchanactorAmon Göthmilitary officer and war criminalAmy AdamsactressAmy AlcottAthleteAmy BeachMusicianAmy Fisherwriter and porn starAmy JohnsonaviatorAmy LeeMusicianAmy Poehleractress and comedianAmy Schumercomedian and actressAmy Winehousesinger and songwriterAna IvanovićAthleteAnastasia NikolaevnaDaughter of Nicholas IIAnastasio Somoza DebayleAnatoly KarpovAthleteAnders Celsiusastronomer and physicistAndre AgassiAthleteAndré Bretonco-founder of SurrealismAndré CitroënAndre DawsonAthleteAndré Gideauthor and Nobel laureateAndré Malrauxnovelist, art theorist, and statesmanAndré MichelinindustrialistAndré the Giantwrestler and actorAndrea BocelliMusicianAndrea JaegerAthleteAndreas Baaderfar-left militant leaderAndreas VesaliusAnatomist, physician and authorAndrei SakharovSoviet nuclear physicist and human rights activistAndrei TarkovskySoviet filmmakerAndrej BabišAndrés Manuel López ObradorAndrew Carnegieindustrialist and philanthropistAndrew Cuomolawyer and politicianAndrew Dice Claycomedian and actorAndrew Fisherprime ministerAndrew GarfieldAmerican actorAndrew GroveAndrew JacksonAndrew JohnsonAndrew Lloyd WebberMusicianAndrew Mellonbusinessman and politicianAndrew NgAndrew ScottactorAndrew SymondsAthleteAndy GibbsingerAndy MurrayAthleteAndy RoddickAthleteAndy Warholartist and filmmakerAndy WilliamssingerAng LeeTaiwanese filmmakerAngela LansburyBritish-American-Irish actress and singerAngela MerkelAngela MortimerAthleteAngela StanfordAthleteAngelina Grimkéabolitionist and feministAngelina JolieactressAngelique KerberAthleteAngourie RiceactressAngus YoungMusicianAnita BakerMusicianAnita EkbergactressAnita SarkeesianCanadian-American feminist media criticAnjelica HustonactressAnke HuberAthleteAnn Haydon-JonesAthleteAnn LeeFounder of the ShakersAnna AtkinsphotographerAnna FarisactressAnna Howard ShawAnna KournikovaAthleteAnna MagnaniactressAnna Nicole Smithactress and television personalityAnna StöhrAthleteAnna WintourAmerican media executiveAnne BancroftactressAnne BoleynQueen of England from 1533 to 1536Anne BonnyAnne FrankDiarist and Holocaust victimAnne HathawayactressAnne HecheactressAnne McCaffreyscience fiction writerAnne Morrow Lindberghaviator and authorAnne of ClevesAnne RiceauthorAnne StuartAnne-MarieMusicianAnnette BeningactressAnni-Frid LyngstadMusicianAnnie Jump CannonastronomerAnnie LeibovitzphotographerAnnie LennoxMusicianAnnie OakleysharpshooterAnnika SörenstamAthleteAnsel Adamsphotographer and environmentalistAnte PavelićCroatian fascist politician and dictatorAnthony AlbaneseAnthony Burgesswriter and composerAnthony DavisAthleteAnthony EdenAnthony Edwardsactor and directorAnthony FauciimmunologistAnthony Fokkeraviation pioneerAnthony HopenovelistAnthony HopkinsWelsh actorAnthony KennedyAnthony PerkinsMusicianAnthony QuinnactorAnthony Ramosactor and singerAnthony Waynestatesman and soldierAnthony WildingAthleteAntoine de Saint-Exupérywriter and aviatorAntoine GriezmannAthleteAnton BrucknerMusicianAnton Chekhovdramatist and authorAnton GeesinkAthleteAnton Rubinsteinpianist, composer and conductorAntoni GaudiCatalan architectAntonie van LeeuwenhoekmicrobiologistAntonín DvořákMusicianAntoninus PiusRoman emperor from 138 to 161Antonio BanderasactorAntónio de Oliveira SalazarAntonio GramsciAlbanian-Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politicianAntónio GuterresAntonio Saliericomposer and teacherAntonio SegniAntonio VivaldiMusicianAntony Blinkenlawyer and diplomatAnwar SadatAnya Taylor-JoyActressArantxa Sánchez VicarioAthleteArchduke Charlesarchduke and generalArcher John Porter MartinchemistArchibald MacLeishpoet and 9th Librarian of CongressArchibald McIndoeZealand plastic surgeonArchibald PrimroseArchie Mooreprofessional boxerArd SchenkAthleteAretha FranklinMusicianAriana GrandeMusicianArianna HuffingtonAmerican businesswomanAriel DuranthistorianAriel SharonAristide BriandstatesmanArlo GuthrieMusicianArmand PeugeotindustrialistArna Bontempspoet, novelistArnold J. ToynbeehistorianArnold PalmerAthleteArnold Rothsteincrime bossArnold SchoenbergMusicianArnold SchwarzeneggerAmerican actor and politicianArnoldo AlemanArsenio Hallcomedian, actor and TV hostArt Carneyactor and comedianArt ModellAthleteArthur Ashetennis playerArthur BalfourArthur C. Clarkescience fiction writerArthur Conan Doylewriter and physicianArthur CurrieWWI generalArthur Godfreyradio personality and television entertainerArthur Griffithpolitician and writer, founder of Sinn FéinArthur HoneggerMusicianArthur IIArthur KopitplaywrightArthur Leonard Schawlowphysicist; co-inventor of the laserArthur M. Schlesinger Jr.intellectualArthur MeighenArthur Millerplaywright and essayistArthur PhillipRoyal Navy Admiral and colonial administratorArthur RimbaudpoetArthur SullivanMusicianArthur WellesleyArmy officer and statesmanArthur Wesley DowartistArturo ToscaniniconductorAshensYouTuber and product reviewerAshley CooperAthleteAshley Olsenbusinesswoman, fashion designer and actressAshley Tisdaleactress and singerAshraf GhaniAshton KutcheractorAstrid Lindgrenchildren's writerAstronaut Michael CollinsastronautAtahualpaLast Inca EmperorAtal Bihari VajpayeeAubrey Beardsleyillustrator and authorAudra McDonaldactress and singerAudrey HepburnactressAugust HorchAugust KroghphysiologistAugust WilsonplaywrightAuguste Comtephilosopher, mathematician and sociologistAuguste RodinsculptorAugusto PinochetAugustus CaesarRoman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14Augustus FitzRoyAung Sanindependence activistAung San Suu KyipoliticianAurangzebAurelia CottaRoman noblewoman, mother of Julius CaesarAurelianRoman emperorAva GardneractressAva MaxMusicianAviciiDJ and music producerAvril LavigneMusicianAxl RoseMusicianAyatollah KhomeiniAyrton SennaAthleteAziz Ansariactor and comedian
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