List of people by name: Ao - Az...
From Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia written in simple English for easy reading.
Contents |
[edit] Roads to more of this list
List of people by name:
A: Aa - Ak... | Al... | Am - An... | Ao - Az...
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
[edit] Ao - Aq...
- 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),
[edit] Ar...
[edit] Ara - Arc...
- 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
[edit] Ard - Ari...
- 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
[edit] Arl - Arm...
- 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
[edit] Arn - Arq...
- 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
[edit] Arr - Aru...
- 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
[edit] As...
[edit] As as first unit of multi-part name
- As-Suli, (circa 880-880), chess player
- as-Suli, Abu-Bakr Muhammad ben Yahya, (circa 880-946)
[edit] Ash - Ask...
- 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
[edit] Asp - Ast...
- 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
[edit] At...
[edit] Ata - Atk...
- 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
[edit] Atl - Atw...
- 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
[edit] Au...
[edit] Aub - Auk...
- 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
[edit] Aun - Aut...
- 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
[edit] Av...
- 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.
[edit] Aw - Az...
- 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