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A Aaliyah, rhythm-and-blues singer, actress Claudio Abbado, conductor Edward Abbey, writer Berenice Abbott, photographer choreographer Bud Abbott, comedian George Abbott, playwright, actor, director Barkhad Abdi, actor Paula Abdul, TV personality, singer, choreographer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend King Abdullah, royalty Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, terrorist Peter Abelard, philosopher F. Murray Abraham, actor Spencer Abraham, George W. Bush’s secretary of energy Lenny Abrahamson, filmmaker Jack Abramoff, political figure J.J. Abrams, TV producer, filmmaker Chinua Achebe, writer Kathy Acker, writer, performance artist Malin Ackerman, actress Roy Acuff, country musician, songwriter Red Adair, firefighter Adam, biblical figure Abigail Adams, U.S. first lady Amy Adams, actor Ansel Adams, photographer Bryan Adams, singer, songwriter Cindy Adams, gossip columnist Douglas Adams, writer George Washington Adams, lawyer Louisa Adams, First Lady Sam Adams, political figure Scott Adams, cartoonist Victoria Adams, singer Joy Adamson, writer, conservationist Adele, singer Sheldon Adelson, business personality, philanthropist Freddy Adu, soccer player King Bhumibol Adulyadej, royalty Aerosmith, hard-rock band Ben Affleck, actor, screenwriter Casey Affleck, actor Andre Agassi, tennis player James Agee, writer Spiro Agnew, U.S. Vice President Christina Aguilera, singer Jenny Agutter, actor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, political figure, political leader Ai, poet Danny Aiello, actor Clay Aiken, talent show contestant, pop singer Troy Aikman, football player, TV personality Alvin Ailey, Jr., modern dancer, choreographer Daniel Kahikina Akaka , U.S. senator Rania Al-Abdullah, royalty Bashar al-Assad, political leader, President of Syria Jessica Alba, actor Edward Albee, playwright Eddie Albert, actor Fat Albert, animated character Prince Albert, royal consort Prince Albert of Monaco, royalty Jack Albertson, actor Horace Marden Albright, conservationist, business executive Madeleine Albright, government official, political figure Louisa May Alcott, writer Alan Alda, actor Kaiane Aldorino, 2009 Miss World, Miss Gibraltar Lily Aldridge, model Ira Frederick Aldridge, 19th-century American actor Buzz Aldrin, astronaut Archibald Alphonso Alexander, design and construction engineer Jason Alexander, actor Lamar Alexander, political figure Sherman Alexie, writer Horatio Alger, writer Al-Ghazali, philosopher Muhammad Ali, boxer Saul Alinsky, activist Samuel Alito, lawyer, jurist Debbie Allen, actor, producer, director Ethan Allen, Revoluationary War figure Gracie Allen, actress Joan Allen, actor John R. Allen, military leader, soldier Karen Allen, actor Kris Allen, singer, âAmerican Idolâ winner Kirstie Alley, actress Paul Allen, business personality, inventor Paula Gunn Allen, poet, novelist, critic Peter Allen, singer, songwriter Steve Allen, TV personality, writer, composer Tim Allen, actor Woody Allen, filmmaker Isabel Allende, author Chris Van Allsburg, writer, Illustrator Danny Almonte, baseball player Muqtada al-Sadr, religious figure, political figure Carol Alt, model Jozy Altidor, soccer player Robert Altman, filmmaker Linda Alvarado, entrepreneur Julia Alvarez, author Michelle Alves, model Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri , al-Qaeda’s theological leader Jorge Amado, novelist Amanirenas, queen of cush Christiane Amanpour, TV news correspondent Stephen Ambrose, military historian, writer Alessandra Ambrosio, model Don Ameche, actor Hossein Amini, screenwriter Elias Milton Ammons, rancher, public official Tori Amos, singer, pianist Roald Amundsen, explorer Rudolfo Anaya, writer Brad Anderson, cartoonist Gillian Anderson, actor Ian Anderson, rock musician, songwriter Marian Anderson, singer Pamela Anderson, actor, model, Internet celebrity Paul Thomas Anderson, writer, director Wes Anderson, filmmaker Marc Andreessen, computer scientist, business personality Erin Andrews, TV personality Julie Andrews, actress Naveen Andrews, actor Mark Andrus, screenwriter Maya Angelou, writer, actor Jennifer Aniston, actor Rick Ankiel, baseball player Kofi Annan, political figure Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, screenwriter Princess Anne, princess royal Ann-Margret, actress Jean Anouilh, playwright, screenwriter, director Aziz Ansari, comedian, actor Adam Ant, singer Casey Anthony, murder suspect Marc Anthony, singer, actor Michael Anthony, bass player Susan B. Anthony, social reformer Mary Antin, writer, activist Gabrielle Anwar, actress Judd Apatow, filmmaker Virginia Apgar, physician and anesthesiologist Apollo, mythical figure Fiona Apple, musician Christina Applegate, actor Johnny Appleseed, agriculturalist, missionary Michael Apted, director, producer Aragorn, fictional character Gregg Araki, director, screenwriter Jessie Arbogast, shark victim Fatty Arbuckle, comedian, filmmaker Diane Arbus, photographer Kevin Archer, fraud Jeffrey Archer, author, politician Elizabeth Arden, beautician, business executive Eve Arden, actress Hannah Arendt, philosopher, writer Ariel, animated character Oscar Arias, political leader Francis Arinze, religious figure Adam Arkin, actor, director Patricia Arquette, actor Armand Assante, actor Giorgio Armani, fashion designer James Armistead, patriot of the american revolution Karen Armstrong, writer, catholic nun Lance Armstrong, bicycle racer Louis Armstrong, jazz musician Neil Armstrong, astronaut Desi Arnaz, actor, TV producer James Arness, actor Darren Aronofsky, director Patricia Arquette, actress Rosanna Arquette, actor Aaron Arrowsmith, cartographer John Arrowsmith, cartographer Shoko Asahara, religious figure, criminal Ashanti, singer John Ashcroft, political figure Dame Peggy Ashcroft, actress Arthur Ashe, tennis player Mary Kay Ash, business executive Elizabeth Ashley, actress Laura Ashley, fashion designer Ed Asner, actor Julian Assange, activist, Internet celebrity Fred Astaire, dancer, actor Mary Astor, actress Mustafa Kemal Atatí¼rk, political leader David Rice Atchison, U.S. senator Muhammed Atef, former al-Qaeda military leader Chet Atkins, guitarist, music producer, country musician Rowan Atkinson, actor, writer Charles Atlas, bodybuilder Paul Attanasio, screenwriter Sir Richard Attenborough, director, actor Attila the Hun, military leader, ruler Crispus Attucks, revolutionary war figure Margaret Atwood, writer René Auberjonois, actor W. H. Auden, poet, dramatist Jean Auel, writer Marcus Aurelius, emperor Gene Autry, singer, actor Frankie Avalon, singer, actor Eric Avery, bassist Tex Avery, animator Avi, writer Teresa of Avila, saint, mystic Amedeo Avogadro, physicist Dan Aykroyd, comedian, actor Anne Ayres, protestant nun Lew Ayres, actor Hank Azaria, actor top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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  • Aaliyah, rhythm-and-blues singer, actress
  • Claudio Abbado, conductor
  • Edward Abbey, writer
  • Berenice Abbott, photographer choreographer
  • Bud Abbott, comedian
  • George Abbott, playwright, actor, director
  • Barkhad Abdi, actor
  • Paula Abdul, TV personality, singer, choreographer
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend
  • King Abdullah, royalty
  • Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, terrorist
  • Peter Abelard, philosopher
  • F. Murray Abraham, actor
  • Spencer Abraham, George W. Bush’s secretary of energy
  • Lenny Abrahamson, filmmaker
  • Jack Abramoff, political figure
  • J.J. Abrams, TV producer, filmmaker
  • Chinua Achebe, writer
  • Kathy Acker, writer, performance artist
  • Malin Ackerman, actress
  • Roy Acuff, country musician, songwriter
  • Red Adair, firefighter
  • Adam, biblical figure
  • Abigail Adams, U.S. first lady
  • Amy Adams, actor
  • Ansel Adams, photographer
  • Bryan Adams, singer, songwriter
  • Cindy Adams, gossip columnist
  • Douglas Adams, writer
  • George Washington Adams, lawyer
  • Louisa Adams, First Lady
  • Sam Adams, political figure
  • Scott Adams, cartoonist
  • Victoria Adams, singer
  • Joy Adamson, writer, conservationist
  • Adele, singer
  • Sheldon Adelson, business personality, philanthropist
  • Freddy Adu, soccer player
  • King Bhumibol Adulyadej, royalty
  • Aerosmith, hard-rock band
  • Ben Affleck, actor, screenwriter
  • Casey Affleck, actor
  • Andre Agassi, tennis player
  • James Agee, writer
  • Spiro Agnew, U.S. Vice President
  • Christina Aguilera, singer
  • Jenny Agutter, actor
  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, political figure, political leader
  • Ai, poet
  • Danny Aiello, actor
  • Clay Aiken, talent show contestant, pop singer
  • Troy Aikman, football player, TV personality
  • Alvin Ailey, Jr., modern dancer, choreographer
  • Daniel Kahikina Akaka , U.S. senator
  • Rania Al-Abdullah, royalty
  • Bashar al-Assad, political leader, President of Syria
  • Jessica Alba, actor
  • Edward Albee, playwright
  • Eddie Albert, actor
  • Fat Albert, animated character
  • Prince Albert, royal consort
  • Prince Albert of Monaco, royalty
  • Jack Albertson, actor
  • Horace Marden Albright, conservationist, business executive
  • Madeleine Albright, government official, political figure
  • Louisa May Alcott, writer
  • Alan Alda, actor
  • Kaiane Aldorino, 2009 Miss World, Miss Gibraltar
  • Lily Aldridge, model
  • Ira Frederick Aldridge, 19th-century American actor
  • Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
  • Archibald Alphonso Alexander, design and construction engineer
  • Jason Alexander, actor
  • Lamar Alexander, political figure
  • Sherman Alexie, writer
  • Horatio Alger, writer
  • Al-Ghazali, philosopher
  • Muhammad Ali, boxer
  • Saul Alinsky, activist
  • Samuel Alito, lawyer, jurist
  • Debbie Allen, actor, producer, director
  • Ethan Allen, Revoluationary War figure
  • Gracie Allen, actress
  • Joan Allen, actor
  • John R. Allen, military leader, soldier
  • Karen Allen, actor
  • Kris Allen, singer, âAmerican Idolâ winner
  • Kirstie Alley, actress
  • Paul Allen, business personality, inventor
  • Paula Gunn Allen, poet, novelist, critic
  • Peter Allen, singer, songwriter
  • Steve Allen, TV personality, writer, composer
  • Tim Allen, actor
  • Woody Allen, filmmaker
  • Isabel Allende, author
  • Chris Van Allsburg, writer, Illustrator
  • Danny Almonte, baseball player
  • Muqtada al-Sadr, religious figure, political figure
  • Carol Alt, model
  • Jozy Altidor, soccer player
  • Robert Altman, filmmaker
  • Linda Alvarado, entrepreneur
  • Julia Alvarez, author
  • Michelle Alves, model
  • Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri , al-Qaeda’s theological leader
  • Jorge Amado, novelist
  • Amanirenas, queen of cush
  • Christiane Amanpour, TV news correspondent
  • Stephen Ambrose, military historian, writer
  • Alessandra Ambrosio, model
  • Don Ameche, actor
  • Hossein Amini, screenwriter
  • Elias Milton Ammons, rancher, public official
  • Tori Amos, singer, pianist
  • Roald Amundsen, explorer
  • Rudolfo Anaya, writer
  • Brad Anderson, cartoonist
  • Gillian Anderson, actor
  • Ian Anderson, rock musician, songwriter
  • Marian Anderson, singer
  • Pamela Anderson, actor, model, Internet celebrity
  • Paul Thomas Anderson, writer, director
  • Wes Anderson, filmmaker
  • Marc Andreessen, computer scientist, business personality
  • Erin Andrews, TV personality
  • Julie Andrews, actress
  • Naveen Andrews, actor
  • Mark Andrus, screenwriter
  • Maya Angelou, writer, actor
  • Jennifer Aniston, actor
  • Rick Ankiel, baseball player
  • Kofi Annan, political figure
  • Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, screenwriter
  • Princess Anne, princess royal
  • Ann-Margret, actress
  • Jean Anouilh, playwright, screenwriter, director
  • Aziz Ansari, comedian, actor
  • Adam Ant, singer
  • Casey Anthony, murder suspect
  • Marc Anthony, singer, actor
  • Michael Anthony, bass player
  • Susan B. Anthony, social reformer
  • Mary Antin, writer, activist
  • Gabrielle Anwar, actress
  • Judd Apatow, filmmaker
  • Virginia Apgar, physician and anesthesiologist
  • Apollo, mythical figure
  • Fiona Apple, musician
  • Christina Applegate, actor
  • Johnny Appleseed, agriculturalist, missionary
  • Michael Apted, director, producer
  • Aragorn, fictional character
  • Gregg Araki, director, screenwriter
  • Jessie Arbogast, shark victim
  • Fatty Arbuckle, comedian, filmmaker
  • Diane Arbus, photographer
  • Kevin Archer, fraud
  • Jeffrey Archer, author, politician
  • Elizabeth Arden, beautician, business executive
  • Eve Arden, actress
  • Hannah Arendt, philosopher, writer
  • Ariel, animated character
  • Oscar Arias, political leader
  • Francis Arinze, religious figure
  • Adam Arkin, actor, director
  • Patricia Arquette, actor
  • Armand Assante, actor
  • Giorgio Armani, fashion designer
  • James Armistead, patriot of the american revolution
  • Karen Armstrong, writer, catholic nun
  • Lance Armstrong, bicycle racer
  • Louis Armstrong, jazz musician
  • Neil Armstrong, astronaut
  • Desi Arnaz, actor, TV producer
  • James Arness, actor
  • Darren Aronofsky, director
  • Patricia Arquette, actress
  • Rosanna Arquette, actor
  • Aaron Arrowsmith, cartographer
  • John Arrowsmith, cartographer
  • Shoko Asahara, religious figure, criminal
  • Ashanti, singer
  • John Ashcroft, political figure
  • Dame Peggy Ashcroft, actress
  • Arthur Ashe, tennis player
  • Mary Kay Ash, business executive
  • Elizabeth Ashley, actress
  • Laura Ashley, fashion designer
  • Ed Asner, actor
  • Julian Assange, activist, Internet celebrity
  • Fred Astaire, dancer, actor
  • Mary Astor, actress
  • Mustafa Kemal Atatí¼rk, political leader
  • David Rice Atchison, U.S. senator
  • Muhammed Atef, former al-Qaeda military leader
  • Chet Atkins, guitarist, music producer, country musician
  • Rowan Atkinson, actor, writer
  • Charles Atlas, bodybuilder
  • Paul Attanasio, screenwriter
  • Sir Richard Attenborough, director, actor
  • Attila the Hun, military leader, ruler
  • Crispus Attucks, revolutionary war figure
  • Margaret Atwood, writer
  • René Auberjonois, actor
  • W. H. Auden, poet, dramatist
  • Jean Auel, writer
  • Marcus Aurelius, emperor
  • Gene Autry, singer, actor
  • Frankie Avalon, singer, actor
  • Eric Avery, bassist
  • Tex Avery, animator
  • Avi, writer
  • Teresa of Avila, saint, mystic
  • Amedeo Avogadro, physicist
  • Dan Aykroyd, comedian, actor
  • Anne Ayres, protestant nun
  • Lew Ayres, actor
  • Hank Azaria, actor

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