Names beginning with A

• A$AP RockyAmerican rapper (born 1988)

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• A. E. GoonesinhaSri Lankan politician (1891-1967)

  May 1, 1891 – August 1, 1967
• A. Hameed (writer)Pakistani film score composer

  1934 – May 20, 1991
• A. K. Fazlul HuqBengali-Pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962)

  October 26, 1873 – April 27, 1962
• A. K. GopalanIndian politician (1904-1977)

  October 1, 1904 – March 22, 1977
• A. N. R. RobinsonPresident and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1926-2014)

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• A. P. J. Abdul KalamIndian scientist, president and statesman (1931–2015)

  October 15, 1931 – July 27, 2015
• A. R. CorneliusHistorical figure
• A. R. KardarIndian actor and director

  October 2, 1904 – November 22, 1989
• A. R. RahmanIndian composer and musician

  b. January 6, 1966
• AB de VilliersSouth African cricketer

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• AP DhillonIndo-Canadian singer (born 1993)

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• AaliyahAmerican R&B singer (1979–2001)

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• Aamir KhanIndian actor

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• Aamir ZakiPakistani musician (1968–2017)

  April 8, 1968 – June 2, 2017
• Aaron CoplandAmerican composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)

  November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990
• Aaron DonaldAmerican football player (born 1991)

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• Aaron JudgeAmerican professional baseball player

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• Aaron PaulAmerican actor

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• Aaron RodgersAmerican football player (born 1983)

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• Abai QunanbaiulyKazakh poet, philosopher and composer (1845-1904)

  July 29, 1845 – June 23, 1904
• Abanindranath TagoreIndian painter and writer (1871–1951)

  August 7, 1871 – December 5, 1951
• Abba ArikhaJewish Babylonian scholar (175–247)

  160 CE – 247 CE
• Abbas El FassiMoroccan politician

  b. September 18, 1940being archived
• Abbas TyabjiIndian freedom fighter

  February 1, 1854 – June 9, 1936
• Abbas ibn Firnas9th century astronomer and physician

  810 CE – 887 CE
• Abbasuddin AhmedBengali singer

  October 27, 1901 – December 30, 1959
• Abd al-Aziz BoutafliqaPresident of Algeria from 1999 to 2019

  March 2, 1937 – September 17, 2021
• Abd al-Aziz JaradPrime Minister of Algeria from 2019 to 2021

  b. February 12, 1954
• Abd al-Aziz ibn HabtourYemeni politician (born 1955)

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• Abd al-Hamid DbeibehLibyan politician, architect and Prime Minister of Libya since 2021

  b. February 13, 1959
• Abd al-Malik ibn MarwanUmayyad caliph from 685 to 705

  646 CE – October 9, 705 CE
• Abd al-Qadir ibn SalehAlgerian politician (1941–2021)

  November 24, 1941 – September 22, 2021
• Abd al-Rahman IEmir of Córdoba from 756 to 788

  731 CE – September 30, 788 CE
• Abd al-Rahman IIIFinal Emir of Córdoba (r. 912–929); founder and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (r. 929–961)

  January 7, 891 CE – October 15, 961 CE
• Abd el-KrimWar leader and president of the Rif Republic from 1921 to 1926

  January 12, 1882 – February 6, 1963
• Abdalla HamdokSudanese public administrator and former prime minister

  b. January 1, 1956
• Abdallah Mohamed KamilDjiboutian politician

  b. 1936
• Abdel Fattah al-BurhanPresident of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan

  b. July 11, 1960
• Abdel Fattah el-SisiPresident of Egypt since 2014

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• Abdelhamid Ben BadisMuslim scholar (1889–1940)

  December 4, 1889 – April 16, 1940
• Abdelilah BenkiraneMoroccan politician

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• Abdelmadjid TebbounePresident of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria since 2019

  b. November 17, 1945
• Abderrahmane YoussoufiPrime Minister of Morocco (1924-2020)

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• Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed17th Prime Minister of Somalia

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• Abdou DioufSenegalese President

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• Abdoulaye MaïgaInterim Prime Minister of Mali

  b. May 12, 1981
• Abdoulaye Wade3rd President of Senegal

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• Abdoulkader Kamil MohamedPrime Minister of Djibouti (2013-present)

  b. July 1, 1952
• Abdourahamane TianiNigerien army general and commander of the Nigerien presidential guard

  b. 1961
• Abdrabbuh Mansour HadiPresident of Yemen from 2012 to 2022

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• Abdul Ali MazariHazara politician (1946-1995)

  1946 – March 13, 1995
• Abdul AlimBangladeshi Folk singer (1931–1974)

  July 27, 1931 – September 5, 1974
• Abdul Aziz KurdPakistani politician

  1904 – 1979
• Abdul Hafeez KardarIndian cricketer (1925-1996)

  January 17, 1925 – April 21, 1996
• Abdul Hai HabibiAfghan writer and historian (1910–1984)

  1910 – May 9, 1984
• Abdul Halim KhaddamSyrian politician (1932–2020)

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• Abdul Halim ShararIndian author, playwright, essayist and historian

  September 4, 1860 – December 1, 1926
• Abdul Halim of Kedah5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Sultan of Kedah

  November 28, 1927 – September 11, 2017
• Abdul Hameed HameediHistorical figure
• Abdul Hamid (soldier)President of Bangladesh in 2013-2023

  b. January 1, 1944
• Abdul KabirActing prime minister of Afghanistan since 2023

  b. 1958
• Abdul Karim KhanIndian singer (1872–1937)

  November 11, 1872 – October 27, 1937
• Abdul Khaliq (athlete)Ph.D. Aligarh Muslim University 1992
• Abdul Latif RashidPresident of Iraq since 2022

  b. August 10, 1944
• Abdul Momin of BruneiSultan of Brunei (1788-1885)

  May 21, 1788 – May 29, 1885
• Abdul Qadeer KhanPakistani herpetologist
• Abdul Qadir (cricketer)Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam Leader

  March 15, 1872 – February 9, 1950
• Abdul Qadir GilaniSunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)

  March 17, 1078 – February 14, 1166
• Abdul Rab al-ShadadiYemeni general (1963–2016)

  c. 2000 – October 7, 2016
• Abdul Rahim GhafoorzaiAfghan politician and diplomat (1947–1997)

  1948 – August 21, 1997
• Abdul Samad Khan AchakzaiNationalist, political leader (1907–1973)

  July 7, 1907 – December 2, 1973
• Abdul Sattar EdhiPakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian

  February 28, 1928 – July 8, 2016
• Abdul Sattar PirzadaPakistani politician

  July 4, 1907 – 1974
• Abdulhamid II34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876–1909)

  September 21, 1842 – February 10, 1918
• Abdulhashim MutalovUzbek politician

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• Abdulla Aripov4th Prime Minister of Uzbekistan

  b. May 24, 1961
• Abdulla YameenPresident of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018

  b. May 21, 1959
• Abdullah Ahmad BadawiPrime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009

  November 26, 1939 – April 14, 2025
• Abdullah EnsourJordan politician, Senator

  b. January 20, 1939
• Abdullah Gül11th President of Turkey (born 1950)

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• Abdullah HaroonNoblewoman; socialite

  1886 – 1966
• Abdullah HussainMalaysian novelist

  March 25, 1920 – December 31, 2014
• Abdullah I of JordanRuler of Transjordan and Jordan from 1921 to 1951

  February 2, 1882 – July 20, 1951
• Abdullah II of JordanKing of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

  b. January 30, 1962
• Abdullah al-ThaniLibyan politician

  b. January 7, 1954
• Abdullah bin Jassim Al ThaniRuler of Qatar (1880–1957)

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• Abdullah bin Khalifa Al ThaniPrime Minister of Qatar

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• Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al ThaniPrime Minister of Qatar (2013–2020)

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• Abdullah of Pahang16th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia & 6th and current Sultan of Pahang

  b. July 30, 1959
• Abdullah of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 (1924–2015)

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• Abdulmecid IILast caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944)

  May 29, 1868 – August 23, 1944
• Abdulsalami AbubakarNigerian general and brief head of state

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• Abdur Rahman ChughtaiPainter (1894-1975)

  September 21, 1894 – 1975
• Abdurrahman Wahid4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009)

  September 7, 1940 – December 30, 2009
• Abdus SalamTheoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient

  January 29, 1926 – November 21, 1996
• Abebe BikilaEthiopian double Olympic marathon champion

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• Abel PachecoPresident of Costa Rica (2002-2006)

  b. December 22, 1933
• Abel TasmanDutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)

  1603 – October 10, 1659
• Abelardo de la Espriella43ᵗʰ President of Colombia since 2026

  b. July 31, 1978
• Abgar V1st century AD King of Osroene

  c. 1 BCE – 50 CE
• Abhijit BanerjeeIndian American economist

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• Abid Ali (actor)Pakistani television actor

  March 17, 1952 – September 5, 2019
• Abid HasanIndian National Army officer

  June 11, 1911 – April 5, 1986
• Abida ParveenPakistani Sufi Muslim singer, composer and musician

  b. February 20, 1954
• Abigail JohnsonAmerican businesswoman, business executive, heiress, billionaire

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• Abiy AhmedPrime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

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• Ablai KhanKazakh khan

  1711 – May 23, 1781
• AbrahamPatriarch and prophet revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• Abraham CresquesCartographer from Palma, Majorca

  July 11, 1325 – 1387
• Abraham LincolnUS President who preserved the Union and ended slavery in America

  February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865
• Abraham MaslowAmerican psychologist (1908–1970)

  April 1, 1909 – June 8, 1970
• AbsalomAmerican politician, lawyer (1801–1878)

  December 18, 1801 – December 11, 1878
• AbsalonArchbishop, statesman (1128-1201)

  1128 – March 21, 1201
• Abu Bakr1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad

  October 27, 573 CE – August 23, 634 CE
• Abu Jafar al-MansurSecond Abbasid Caliph (714-775)

  714 CE – October 7, 775 CE
• Abu al-Abbas al-SaffahFirst Abbasid

  722 CE – 754 CE
• Abul A'la MaududiSouth Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)

  September 25, 1903 – September 22, 1979
• Abul Hasan Ali NadwiHistorical figure
• Abulfaz Elchibey2nd President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

  June 24, 1938 – August 22, 2000
• Accamma CherianIndian independence activist (1909-1989)

  February 14, 1909 – May 5, 1982
• Acharya Narendra DevaIndian politician

  October 30, 1889 – February 19, 1956
• Achraf HakimiMoroccan-Spanish footballer (born 1998)

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• Achyut PatwardhanIndian activist (1905–1992)

  February 5, 1905 – August 5, 1992
• Ada JafareyUrdu poet (1924-2015)

  August 22, 1924 – March 12, 2015
• Ada LovelaceMathematician who wrote the first computer program a century early

  December 10, 1815 – November 27, 1852
• Adalbert of PragueBohemian missionary and saint (c.956–997)

  956 CE – April 23, 997 CE
• Adam BackBritish cryptographer

  b. 1970
• Adam DraperHistorical figure
• Adam DriverAmerican actor (born 1983)

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• Adam GilchristAustralian cricketer

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• Adam MickiewiczHistorical figure
• Adam PeatyBritish swimmer

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• Adam RiessAmerican astrophysicist

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• Adam SmithScottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)

  June 5, 1723 – July 17, 1790
• Adam de la HalleFrench poet, composer and trouvère

  1237 – 1288
• Adam of Bremen11th-century German historian and chronicler

  c. 1100 – c. 1085
• Adama Barrow3rd President of the Gambia

  b. February 15, 1965
• Adamjee Haji DawoodRenowned businessman and philanthropist of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (1880–1948)

  June 30, 1880 – January 27, 1948
• Adelaide of ItalyHoly Roman Empress, Catholic saint (931–999)

  931 CE – December 16, 999 CE
• Adelard of Bath12th-century English natural philosopher

  1075 – 1160
• AdeleEnglish singer-songwriter (born 1988)

  b. May 5, 1988
• Adi GodrejIndian businessman

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• Adi ShankaraAn Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.

  788 CE – 820 CE
• Adib RizviHistorical figure
• Adil Abdul-MahdiIraqi politician

  b. January 1, 1942
• Aditya Vikram BirlaIndustrialist from India

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• Adly MansourEgyptian judge and statesman; former interim President of Egypt

  b. December 23, 1945
• Adnan TerzićChairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2007

  b. April 5, 1960
• Adolfo López Mateos55th President of Mexico

  May 26, 1910 – September 22, 1969
• Adolph OchsAmerican newspaper publisher (1858–1935)

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• Adolph ZukorHungarian-American film producer (1873–1976)

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• Adolphus BuschAmerican businessman (1839-1913)

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• Adriano MaleianeFormer prime Minister of Mozambique

  b. November 6, 1949being archived
• Adriano OlivettiItalian engineer, politician, and industrialist (1901–1960)

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• Adylbek KasymalievKyrgyz politician, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan since 2024

  b. December 1, 1960
• AeschylusAncient Athenian playwright

  525 BCE – 456 BCE
• AesopAncient Greek storyteller (619 BC–563 BC)

  620 BCE – 564 BCE
• Afonso HenriquesKing of Portugal from 1139 to 1185

  July 25, 1109 – December 6, 1185
• Afzal BangashPakistani politician (1924–1986)

  1924 – 1986
• Aga Khan III48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)

  November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957
• Aga Khan IV49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims

  December 13, 1936 – February 4, 2025
• Agatha ChristieEnglish mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)

  September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976
• Agha Hasan AbediPakistani banker (1922–1995)

  May 14, 1922 – August 5, 1995
• Agnes RandolphCountess of Dunbar and March

  1312 – 1369
• Agnes SorelFrench Royal mistress (1422-1450)

  1422 – February 18, 1450
• Agostinho NetoPresident of Angola (1975-1979)

  September 17, 1922 – September 10, 1979
• Agrippina the YoungerRoman empress and member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (AD 15–59)

  November 6, 1915 CE – March 17, 1959 CE
• Agustín Quesada GómezSpanish military personnel

  1931 – March 13, 2020
• AhabKing of Israel, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel (1 Kings 16)

  918 BCE – 852 BCE
• Ahad Raza MirPakistani-Canadian actor and singer
• Ahhotep IQueen consort of Egypt, c. 1560–1530 BCE

  1560 BCE – 1530 BCE
• Ahiram of ByblosHistorical figure
• Ahmad Awad Bin MubarakPrime Minister of Yemen

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• Ahmad FarazPakistani writer (1931–2008)

  January 12, 1931 – August 25, 2008
• Ahmad Hassan DaniPakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and linguist (1920–2009)

  June 20, 1920 – January 26, 2009
• Ahmad KhattuHistorical figure
• Ahmad Nadeem QasmiPakistani writer (1916–2006)

  November 20, 1916 – July 10, 2006
• Ahmad Raza Khan BarelviHistorical figure
• Ahmad Shah DurraniFounder of the Afghan Durrani Empire (r. 1747–1772)

  1722 – 1772
• Ahmad Shah MassoudTajik military leader (1953–2001)

  September 2, 1953 – September 9, 2001
• Ahmad SirhindiPhilosopher (1564-1624)

  June 26, 1564 – 1624
• Ahmad Tajuddin of BruneiSultan of Brunei (1913-1950)

  August 22, 1913 – June 3, 1950
• Ahmad ZahirAfghan singer (1946-1979)

  June 14, 1946 – June 14, 1979
• Ahmad al-KhatibSyrian politician (1933-1982)

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• Ahmad bin Ali Al ThaniEmir of Qatar

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• Ahmad ibn MajidArab navigator and cartographer

  1432 – 1500
• Ahmadou AhidjoPresident of Cameroon (1924-1989)

  August 24, 1924 – November 30, 1989
• Ahmadu BelloHistorical figure
• Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed SambiFormer President of Comoros

  b. June 5, 1958
• Ahmed Awad Ibn AufSudanese military officer

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• Ahmed DawoodEgyptian actor

  b. January 31, 1983
• Ahmed DeedatSouth African writer and orator (1918–2005)

  July 1, 1918 – August 8, 2005
• Ahmed Dini AhmedPrime Minister of Djibouti (1932–2004)

  1932 – September 12, 2004
• Ahmed HachaniTunisian politician

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• Ahmed MiitigLibyan businessman and politician

  b. 1972
• Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-SabahKuwaiti royal and politician

  b. 1956
• Ahmed OrabiEgyptian army officer and revolutionary (1841–1911)

  March 31, 1841 – September 21, 1911
• Ahmed RushdiPakistani playback singer

  April 24, 1934 – April 11, 1983
• Ahmed Tejan KabbahSierra Leonean President (1932–2014)

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