Names beginning with A

• Ahmed al-RahawiYemeni politician (1950–2025)

  being archived
• Ahmed al-SharaaPresident of Syria since 2025

  b. October 29, 1982
• Ahmet Necdet Sezer10th President of Turkey (born 1941)

  being archived
• Ahmose IPharaoh of Ancient Egypt

  1560 BCE – 1525 BCE
• Ahmose-NefertariAncient Egyptian queen consort

  1562 BCE – 1495 BCE
• Ahn Jung-geunKorean independence activist (1879–1910)

  September 2, 1879 – March 26, 1910
• Ai WeiweiChinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)

  b. August 28, 1957
• Aires AliMozambican politician and Prime-Minister of Mozambique (2010–2012)

  being archived
• Aisam-ul-Haq QureshiPakistani tennis player (born 1980)

  b. March 17, 1980
• Aisha bint Abi BakrMuhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)

  605 CE – July 13, 678 CE
• Aishwarya Rai BachchanIndian actress (1973–)

  being archived
• Aitzaz HasanPakistani schoolboy

  January 7, 1999 – January 6, 2014
• Ajay DevgnIndian film actor, director and producer

  being archived
• Ajmal KhattakPakistani writer and politician (1925–2010)

  September 15, 1925 – February 7, 2010
• Akali Phula SinghNihang General

  January 1, 1761 – March 14, 1823
• AkbarThe third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605

  October 15, 1542 – October 15, 1605
• Akbar AllahabadiPoet (1846-1921)

  November 16, 1846 – September 9, 1921
• Akbar HydariIndian politician (1869-1941)

  November 8, 1869 – 1941
• Akbarsho Iskandrov1st President of Tajikistan

  being archived
• AkhenatenEgyptian pharaoh in 18th Dynasty

  c. 1400 BCE – 1336 BCE
• Akhtar Mansour2nd leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

  1968 – May 21, 2016
• Akhtar RasoolResearcher
• Akhtar SheeraniPakistani poet (1905–1948)

  May 4, 1905 – September 9, 1948
• Akhter Hameed KhanDevelopment activist, social scientist (1914–1999)

  July 15, 1914 – October 9, 1999
• AkihitoEmperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

  b. December 23, 1933
• Akio MoritaJapanese businessman (1921-1999)

  January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999
• Akio ToyodaJapanese businessman, Chairman and former President/CEO of Toyota

  being archived
• Akira KurosawaJapanese filmmaker (1910–1998)

  March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998
• Akshay KumarActor

  being archived
• Akylbek JaparovKyrgyz head of government since 2021

  b. September 14, 1964
• Al GoreVice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

  being archived
• Al GreenAmerican singer

  b. April 13, 1946
• Al PacinoAmerican actor (born 1940)

  b. April 25, 1940
• Al-Biruni11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)

  September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
• Al-FarabiIndonesian politician (born 1982 in Surabaya)

  b. May 22, 1982being archived
• Al-GhazaliPersian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)

  1058 – December 19, 1111
• Al-Harith ibn JabalahKing of the Ghassanids from c.528 to 569

  c. 600 CE – 569 CE
• Al-JahizArabic writer (776–869)

  775 CE – 868 CE
• Al-JazariMathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)

  1164 – 1206
• Al-KhansaArab poet

  575 CE – 645 CE
• Al-KhwarizmiMathematician of Baghdad who gave the world algebra and algorithms

  c. 750 CE – 846 CE
• Al-KindiMuslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)

  801 CE – 870 CE
• Al-Ma'mun12th-century Fatimid vizier

  d. July 19, 1128
• Al-Mu'tasim8th Abbasid Caliph. (r. 833–842)

  796 CE – January 5, 842 CE
• Al-Musta'sim37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)

  1213 – February 20, 1258
• Al-MutanabbiArab poet (c. 915 – 965)

  920 CE – 965 CE
• Al-Mutawakkil10th Abbasid caliph (822–861, r. 847–861)

  822 CE – December 11, 861 CE
• Al-Nu'man III ibn al-MundhirLakhmid king of al-Hirah (582 – c. 602)

  552 CE – 609 CE
• Al-RaziPersian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)

  866 CE – 925 CE
• Al-Waleed bin TalalSaudi Arabian businessman, investor and royal

  being archived
• Al-Walid IUmayyad caliph

  668 CE – February 23, 715 CE
• Al-ZahrawiArab Andalusian physician, surgeon and chemist (936–1013)

  936 CE – 1010
• Alain BersetSwiss politicians

  being archived
• Alain Claude Bilie-By-NzePrime Minister of Gabon in 2023

  b. September 16, 1967
• Alain DelonFrench actor (1935–2024)

  November 8, 1935 – August 18, 2024
• Alain DucasseFrench chef

  being archived
• Alain PoherFrench politician (1909-1996)

  April 17, 1909 – December 9, 1996
• Alain de LilleFrench theologian and poet

  c. 1117 – December 29, 1202
• Alain-Guillaume BunyoniBurundian politician

  b. April 23, 1972
• Alam LoharPakistani singer (1928-1979)

  March 1, 1928 – July 3, 1979
• AlamgirBangladeshi actor

  b. April 3, 1950
• Alan GreenspanAmerican economist and financial advisor (1926–2026)

  being archived
• Alan RickmanBritish actor and director (1946–2016)

  February 21, 1946 – January 14, 2016
• Alan ShepardAmerican astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

  November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998
• Alan SugarBritish business magnate, media personality, and political advisor (born 1947)

  being archived
• Alan TuringMathematician who founded computer science and broke Enigma

  June 23, 1912 – June 7, 1954
• Alar KarisEstonian molecular geneticist and President of Estonia (born 1958)

  b. March 26, 1958
• Alaric IKing of the Visigoths

  c. 400 CE – 410 CE
• Alasdair MacIntyreScottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)

  being archived
• Alassane OuattaraPresident of Ivory Coast since 2010

  b. January 1, 1942
• Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari13th century South Asian Sufi saint

  February 21, 1196 – March 16, 1291
• AlaungpayaKing of Burma

  September 24, 1714 – May 11, 1760
• Albadé AboubaNigerien politician

  being archived
• Albert A. MichelsonAmerican physicist (1852–1931)

  December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931
• Albert BourlaGreek-American pharmaceutical executive

  being archived
• Albert CamusFrench philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

  November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960
• Albert EinsteinTheoretical physicist who reshaped our understanding of space, time, and energy

  March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
• Albert EkkaRecipient of Param Vir Chakra (1942–1971)

  December 27, 1942 – December 3, 1971
• Albert I of BelgiumKing of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1875–1934)

  April 8, 1875 – February 17, 1934
• Albert I, Prince of MonacoPrince of Monaco (1848-1922)

  November 13, 1848 – June 26, 1922
• Albert II of BelgiumSixth king of the Belgians

  b. June 6, 1934
• Albert II, Prince of MonacoPrince of Monaco (born 1958)

  b. March 14, 1958
• Albert OuédraogoBurkinabe politician

  b. April 6, 1969
• Albert Pahimi PadackéChadian politician, former and final Prime Minister of Chad

  b. November 15, 1966
• Albert PintatPrime Minister of Andorra

  b. June 23, 1943
• Albert PujolsDominican-American baseball player (born 1980)

  being archived
• Albert SabinJewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993)

  August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993
• Alberto FernándezPresident of Argentina from 2019 to 2023

  b. April 2, 1959
• Alberto GiacomettiSwiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966)

  October 10, 1901 – January 11, 1966
• Alberto Santos-DumontBrazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)

  July 20, 1873 – July 23, 1932
• Alberto VaquinaMozambique politician

  b. July 4, 1961being archived
• Albertus MagnusGerman-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)

  1193 – 1280
• Albin KurtiPrime Minister of Kosovo since 2021

  b. March 24, 1975
• Albrecht DurerGerman painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)

  May 21, 1471 – April 6, 1528
• Albulena HaxhiuSpeaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo

  b. May 11, 1987
• AlcibiadesAthenian statesman

  450 BCE – 404 BCE
• Alcuin8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher

  724 CE – May 19, 804 CE
• Aldous HuxleyEnglish writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

  July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963
• Aldus ManutiusItalian printer and humanist (1449-1515)

  1449 – February 6, 1515
• Alejandro GiammatteiFormer president of Guatemala

  b. March 9, 1956
• Alejandro González IñárrituMexican film director

  being archived
• Alejandro Maldonado AguirreGuatemalan lawyer, politician and judge. President 2015-2016

  b. January 6, 1936
• Aleksandar VučićPresident of the Republic of Serbia

  b. March 5, 1970
• Aleksander KwaśniewskiPresident of Poland from 1995 to 2005

  being archived
• Aleksandr LukashenkoPresident of the Republic of Belarus

  b. August 30, 1954
• Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRussian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)

  December 11, 1918 – August 3, 2008
• Alen SimonyanArmenian television presenter, actor, producer and politician (born 1980)

  b. January 5, 1980
• Alenka BratušekSlovenian politician

  being archived
• Alessandro Del PieroItalian association football player

  being archived
• Alessandro VoltaItalian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)

  February 18, 1745 – March 5, 1827
• Alex AtallahHistorical figure
• Alex BlaniaGerman entrepreneur

  b. 1993
• Alex FergusonScottish association football manager and former player (born 1941)

  being archived
• Alex GladsteinChief Strategy Officer of Human Rights Foundation
• Alex GluchowskiHistorical figure
• Alex KarpBusinessman, author

  being archived
• Alex MashinskyFounder of several technology firms

  b. October 6, 1965
• Alex RodriguezMexican film editor

  being archived
• Alex SvanevikHistorical figure
• Alex TapscottCanadian business author, and advisor (born 1986)

  b. c. 1950
• Alexander BorodinRussian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)

  October 31, 1833 – February 15, 1887
• Alexander De CrooPrime Minister of Belgium from 2020 to 2025

  b. November 3, 1975
• Alexander FlemingDiscoverer of penicillin, the first true antibiotic

  August 6, 1881 – March 11, 1955
• Alexander FrickPrime Minister of Liechtenstein (1910-1991)

  February 18, 1910 – October 31, 1991
• Alexander Graham BellCanadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)

  March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922
• Alexander HamiltonAmerican Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)

  January 11, 1757 – July 12, 1804
• Alexander II of RussiaThe 12th Emperor of Russia (1855–1881)

  April 17, 1818 – March 1, 1881
• Alexander McQueenBritish fashion designer (1969–2010)

  being archived
• Alexander NevskyPolitical and military figure of Kievan Rus' (1246–1263)

  May 13, 1220 – November 14, 1263
• Alexander OvechkinRussian ice hockey player

  being archived
• Alexander PeresvetRussian Orthodox monk warrior, later canonizated.

  c. 1301 – September 8, 1380
• Alexander PopeEnglish poet (1688–1744)

  May 21, 1688 – May 30, 1744
• Alexander PushkinRussian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)

  May 26, 1799 – January 29, 1837
• Alexander SchallenbergChancellor of Austria in 2021 and 2025

  b. June 20, 1969
• Alexander ScriabinRussian composer and pianist (1872–1915)

  January 6, 1872 – April 27, 1915
• Alexander SkidanovHistorical figure
• Alexander StubbFinnish politician and the 13th President of Finland (2024–)

  b. April 1, 1968
• Alexander SuvorovHistorical figure
• Alexander TurchynPrime Minister of the Republic of Belarus

  b. July 2, 1975
• Alexander Van der BellenPresident of Austria since 2017 (born 1944)

  b. January 18, 1944
• Alexander VinnikRussian computer expert

  b. August 16, 1979
• Alexander the GreatMacedonian king who built an empire from Greece to India by age 30

  356 BCE – 323 BCE
• Alexander von HumboldtPrussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

  September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859
• Alexandra David-NeelFrench explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer

  October 24, 1868 – September 8, 1969
• Alexandre DumasFrench writer and dramatist (1802–1870)

  July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870
• Alexandre-Ferdinand NguendetCentral African politician

  b. May 23, 1972
• Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAmerican politician (born 1989)

  being archived
• Alexandru MunteanuMoldovan economist, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova

  b. January 20, 1964
• Alexei LeonovSoviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

  May 30, 1934 – October 11, 2019
• Alexei NavalnyRussian jurist and opposition leader (1976-2024)

  June 4, 1976 – February 16, 2024
• Alexey PertsevRussian programmer, one of the developers of the Tornado Cash cryptomixer
• Alexios I KomnenosByzantine emperor (1048–1118)

  1048 – August 15, 1118
• Alexis TsiprasPrime Minister of Greece (2015; 2015–2019)

  b. July 28, 1974
• Alfonso CuarónMexican filmmaker (born 1961)

  being archived
• Alfonso VI of LeonKing of León (1065 to 1109), of Castile (1072 to 1109), and of Galicia (1071 to 1109)

  1040 – July 1, 1109
• Alfonso X of CastileKing of Castile from 1252 to 1284

  November 23, 1221 – April 4, 1284
• Alfonso XII of SpainKing of Spain from 1874 to 1885

  being archived
• Alfonso XIIIKing of Spain from 1886 to 1931 (1886–1941)

  being archived
• Alfred HilbePrime Minister of Liechtenstein, 1970 to 1974 (1928–2011)

  July 22, 1928 – October 31, 2011
• Alfred HitchcockBritish filmmaker (1899–1980)

  August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980
• Alfred I. du PontAmerican industrialist (1864–1935)

  being archived
• Alfred KruppGerman entrepreneur and inventor (1812–1887)

  being archived
• Alfred MoisiuAlbanian general and politician; former President of Albania (born 1929)

  b. December 1, 1929
• Alfred NobelSwedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

  October 21, 1833 – December 10, 1896
• Alfred P. SloanAmerican businessman (1875–1966)

  being archived
• Alfred RaoulPresident of Congo-Brazzaville from 1968 to 1969

  being archived
• Alfred Russel WallaceBritish naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)

  January 8, 1823 – November 7, 1913
• Alfred SantMaltese writer, editor, politician

  b. February 28, 1948
• Alfred de RothschildBritish banker and art collector (1842–1918)

  being archived
• Alfred the GreatKing of Wessex (r. 872–901)

  849 CE – October 26, 899 CE
• Alfred, Lord TennysonBritish Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

  August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892
• Alfredo Di StefanoArgentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)

  being archived
• Alfredo PalacioEcuadorian physician

  January 22, 1939 – May 22, 2025
• Algirdas BrazauskasLithuanian politician (1932–2010)

  September 22, 1932 – June 26, 2010
• Ali Abdullah SalehPresident of North Yemen (1978–1990) and Yemen (1990–2012)

  being archived
• Ali Akbar KhanHindustani musician (1922–2009)

  April 14, 1922 – June 18, 2009
• Ali AsadovPrime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan

  b. November 30, 1956
• Ali AzmatPakistani singer

  b. April 20, 1970
• Ali Badjo GamatiéNigerien politician and civil servant

  being archived
• Ali Bongo OndimbaPresident of Gabon (2009–2023)

  b. February 9, 1959
• Ali HamzaPakistani musician and co-founder of the band Noori
• Ali Hassan MwinyiTanzanian statesman (1925–2024)

  being archived
• Ali HujwiriSufi mystic

  1009 – September 25, 1072
• Ali KafiAlgerian politician (1928-2013)

  October 7, 1928 – April 16, 2013
• Ali Lamine ZeineNigerien politician

  b. 1965
• Ali NoorPakistani rock singer and co-founder of the band Noori
• Ali SadparaPakistani mountaineer

  February 2, 1976 – February 5, 2021
• Ali SalmanPakistani television host, actor and model
• Ali ZafarPakistani singer and film actor

  b. May 18, 1980
• Ali bin Abdullah Al ThaniQatari politician (1892–1974)

  being archived
• Ali ibn Abi TalibFourth caliph, cousin of the Prophet (PBUH), revered for wisdom and courage
• Alia BhattBritish actress

  being archived
• Alice BallHolocaust victim (born 1927)

  August 16, 1927 – c. 1940
• Alice PaulAmerican suffragist, feminist, and activist (1885–1977)

  January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977
• Alice WalkerAmerican author and activist (born 1944)

  b. February 9, 1944
• Aliko DangoteNigerian businessperson (born 1957)

  being archived
• Alisher NavoiTurkic poet and politician (1441–1501)

  February 9, 1441 – January 3, 1501
• Alisson BeckerBrazilian association football player

  being archived
• Alix Didier Fils-AiméPrime Minister of Haiti since 2024

  b. November 14, 1971
• Alla RakhaIndian tabla player (1919–2000)

  April 29, 1919 – February 3, 2000