Names beginning with A

• António José SeguroPresident of Portugal

  b. March 11, 1962
• António Ramalho EanesPresident of Portugal

  being archived
• Anura Kumara DissanayakePresident of Sri Lanka since 2024

  b. November 24, 1968
• Anurag ArjunHistorical figure
• Anurag KashyapIndian filmmaker (born 1972)

  being archived
• Anushka SharmaIndian actress

  being archived
• Anwar IbrahimPrime Minister of Malaysia since 2022

  being archived
• Anwar MaqsoodPakistani writer

  b. 1935
• Anwar MasoodPunjabi poet

  b. November 8, 1935
• Anwar SadatPresident of Egypt from 1970 to 1981

  December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981
• Anwar Shah KashmiriIslamic scholar

  November 26, 1875 – May 28, 1933
• Anya Taylor-JoyAmerican actress and model (born 1996)

  being archived
• Aníbal Cavaco SilvaPortuguese politician (born 1939)

  being archived
• Apa SherpaNepalese mountain climber

  b. January 20, 1960
• Apirana NgataNew Zealand politician and lawyer (1874-1950)

  July 3, 1874 – July 14, 1950
• Apisai IelemiaPrime Minister of Tuvalu (1955-2018)

  being archived
• Apolinario MabiniPrime Minister of the Philippines in 1899

  July 22, 1864 – May 13, 1903
• Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de TambèlaPrime Minister of Burkina Faso

  b. June 11, 1958
• Apollodorus of Damascus2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer

  50 CE – 125 CE
• Apolo NsibambiUgandan Prime MInister (1940-2019)

  being archived
• Aram KhachaturianSoviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)

  May 24, 1903 – May 1, 1978
• Arati SahaIndian swimmer

  September 24, 1940 – August 23, 1994
• Arcangelo CorelliItalian violinist and composer (1653–1713)

  February 17, 1653 – January 8, 1713
• ArchimedesGreatest mathematician of antiquity, pioneer of mechanics and hydrostatics

  287 BCE – 212 BCE
• Ardashir IFounder of the Sassanid Empire (r. 224–242)

  180 CE – 242 CE
• Ardeshir CowasjeePakistani businessman and journalist (1926-2012)

  April 13, 1926 – November 24, 2012
• Ardeshir IraniIndian film director (1886–1969)

  December 5, 1886 – October 14, 1969
• Aretas IVKing of the Nabataeans (ruled 9 BC-40 AD)

  c. 100 BCE – c. 60 BCE
• Aretha FranklinAmerican singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

  March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018
• Arfa KarimPakistani computer scientist (1995–2012)

  February 2, 1995 – January 14, 2012
• Ari MeilichHistorical figure
• Ariana GrandeAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1993)

  b. June 26, 1993
• Arianna HuffingtonHistorical figure

  being archived
• Ariel HenryHaitian politician and neurosurgeon (born 1949)

  b. November 6, 1949
• Ariel SharonPrime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006 (1928-2014)

  February 26, 1928 – January 11, 2014
• Arif Alvi13th President of Pakistan from 2018 to 2024

  being archived
• Arif HabibPakistani businessman

  b. 1952
• Arif LoharPakistani singer

  b. April 18, 1966
• Arijit SinghIndian playback singer

  being archived
• Aristarchus of SamosGreek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)

  310 BCE – 230 BCE
• Aristides GomesBissau-Guinean politician

  b. November 8, 1954
• Aristides PereiraCape Verdean politician, and first president of Cape Verde (1923-2011)

  November 17, 1923 – September 22, 2011
• AristophanesClassical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)

  448 BCE – 386 BCE
• AristotleGreek philosopher and polymath, tutor of Alexander, father of formal logic

  384 BCE – 322 BCE
• Aristotle OnassisGreek shipping magnate (1906–1975)

  being archived
• Arjuna RanatungaSri Lankan cricketer

  b. December 1, 1963
• Armand DuplantisSwedish-American pole vaulter

  being archived
• Armand HammerAmerican businessman (1898–1990)

  being archived
• Armando Calderón SolPresident of El Salvador (1948-2017)

  June 24, 1948 – October 9, 2017
• Armando Guebuza3rd President of Mozambique

  b. January 20, 1943being archived
• Armen Sarkissian4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors of Eurasia House, physicist, diplomat, politician (born 1953)

  b. June 23, 1953
• Arminius1st century chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe, defeated the Romans in 9 AD

  17 BCE – 21 CE
• Arnhim EustaceSaint Vincent and the Grenadines politician

  being archived
• Arnold PalmerAmerican golfer (1929–2016)

  September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016
• Arnold RüütelEstonian politician, former President of Estonia (1928–2024)

  May 10, 1928 – December 31, 2024
• Arnold SchoenbergAustrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)

  September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951
• Arnold SchwarzeneggerAustrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

  b. July 30, 1947
• Arnold of BresciaCanon regular and revolutionary

  1100 – June 18, 1155
• Arnoldo AlemánPresident of Nicaragua from 1997 to 2002

  being archived
• ArpadGrand Prince of the Hungarians

  845 CE – 907 CE
• Arsaces I of ParthiaFirst Parthian king (247–217 BC)

  d. 217 BCE
• Arsenii YatseniukUkrainian lawyer, economist and politician

  being archived
• Arshad NadeemPakistani Olympic javelin thrower

  b. January 2, 1997
• Arsinoe IIPtolemaic Greek Princess of Ancient Egypt and Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia

  316 BCE – 270 BCE
• Artaxerxes ISixth Achaemenid emperor (475–424 BC)

  c. 500 BCE – 424 BCE
• Artaxerxes IIThe 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)

  453 BCE – 358 BCE
• Artemisia GentileschiItalian Baroque painter (1593-1651)

  July 8, 1593 – 1653
• Artemisia I of Caria5th century BC queen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos

  c. 500 BCE – c. 500 BCE
• Artemisia II of Caria4th-century BC female ruler of Caria

  d. 350 BCE
• Arthur AsheAmerican tennis player (1943–1993)

  July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993
• Arthur BreitmanCryptocurrency entrepreneur
• Arthur BudovskyHistorical figure
• Arthur C. ClarkeBritish science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)

  December 16, 1917 – March 19, 2008
• Arthur Conan DoyleBritish writer and physician (1859–1930)

  May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930
• Arthur EddingtonBritish astrophysicist (1882-1944)

  December 28, 1882 – November 22, 1944
• Arthur Hayes1923-1997

  January 3, 1923 – April 1, 1997
• Arthur MillerAmerican playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

  October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005
• Arthur RubinsteinPolish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

  January 28, 1887 – December 20, 1982
• Arthur SchopenhauerGerman philosopher (1788-1860)

  February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860
• Arthur V. DiasSri Lankan activist

  February 10, 1886 – July 31, 1960
• Artur Rasizade6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan

  b. February 26, 1935
• Artur SilvaPolitician

  b. 1956
• Arturo PratChilean naval officer, lawyer, and professor

  April 3, 1848 – May 21, 1879
• Arturo ToscaniniItalian conductor (1867–1957)

  March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957
• Artyom NovikovRussian politician

  b. January 13, 1987
• Artūras PaulauskasLithuanian politician (born 1953)

  b. August 23, 1953
• Arun KhetarpalRecipient of Param Vir Chakra

  October 14, 1950 – December 16, 1971
• Aruna Asaf AliIndian independence activist (1909-1996)

  July 16, 1909 – July 29, 1996
• Arundhati RoyIndian novelist, essayist, and activist

  being archived
• Arvind KejriwalIndian politician (born 1968)

  being archived
• Arvo PartEstonian composer (born 1935)

  b. September 11, 1935
• Arwa al-SulayhiYemeni queen and ruler (c. 1048–1138)

  1048 – 1138
• AryabhataPioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.

  476 CE – 550 CE
• Aryna SabalenkaBelarusian tennis player

  being archived
• Asa Griggs CandlerAmerican mayor and businessman (1851-1929)

  being archived
• Asa Singh MastanaPunjabi singer

  August 22, 1927 – 1999
• Asad Amanat Ali KhanPakistani singer

  September 25, 1955 – April 8, 2007
• AsakeNigerian singer and songwriter

  being archived
• Asha BhosleIndian playback singer (1933–2026)

  September 8, 1933 – April 12, 2026
• Ashapurna DeviIndian writer (1909–1995)

  January 8, 1909 – July 12, 1995
• Ashfaq AhmedResearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-4973-4764)
• Ashfaqulla KhanIndian poet and fighter for independence (1900-1927)

  October 22, 1900 – December 19, 1927
• Ashleigh BartyAustralian tennis player

  being archived
• AshokaMauryan emperor who renounced conquest and spread Buddhist values

  304 BCE – 232 BCE
• Ashraf Ali ThanwiIndian Muslim scholar (1863–1943)

  August 19, 1863 – July 20, 1943
• Ashraf AmanPakistani mountain climber

  b. January 15, 1938
• Ashraf Jahangir SemnaniIndian Sufi saint

  1309 – July 26, 1405
• AshurbanipalAssyrian ruler

  685 BCE – 631 BCE
• Ashurnasirpal IIAssyrian king

  c. 1000 BCE – 859 BCE
• Asif Ali ZardariPresident of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)

  b. July 26, 1955
• Asif IqbalBangladeshi lyricist and composer
• Asim MunirChief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan (born 1968)

  b. 1968
• Asima ChatterjeeIndian chemist (1917–2006)

  September 23, 1917 – November 22, 2006
• Askia Mohammad IEmperor of the Songhai empire

  1443 – 1538
• Aslam PehlwanHistorical figure
• Asma JahangirPakistani human rights activist and lawyer (1952–2018)

  January 27, 1952 – February 11, 2018
• Asma KhanIndian-born British chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author

  being archived
• Aspy EngineerIndian Air Marshal and diplomat

  December 15, 1912 – May 1, 2002
• Asqar MaminFormer Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

  b. October 23, 1965
• AsserDanish bishop
• Assimi GoïtaMali's president and military officer

  b. November 9, 1983
• Astor PiazzollaArgentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger

  March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992
• Astrid LindgrenSwedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)

  November 14, 1907 – January 28, 2002
• AstyagesThe fourth and last king of the Medes (585–550 BC)

  c. 700 BCE – c. 600 BCE
• Ata TeaotaiGilbertese politician

  b. c. 2000
• AtahualpaLast Incan emperor

  March 20, 1502 – August 29, 1533
• Atal Bihari VajpayeePrime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)

  December 24, 1924 – August 16, 2018
• Athanasius of AlexandriaPope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)

  296 CE – May 2, 373 CE
• Atif AslamPakistani playback singer and songwriter

  b. March 12, 1983
• Atifete JahjagaPresident of Kosovo from 2011 to 2016

  b. April 20, 1975
• AtossaPersian Achaemenid empress (550–475 BC)

  550 BCE – 475 BCE
• Atta-ur-RahmanResearcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1837-2446)
• Attar of NishapurPersian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)

  1145 – April 26, 1221
• Attaullah Khan EsakhelviPakistani musician

  b. August 19, 1951
• Attila the Hun5th-century ruler of the Hunnic Empire

  395 CE – 453 CE
• Attiya FaizeeHistorical figure
• Aud the Deep-Minded9th-century Icelandic settler

  834 CE – 900 CE
• Audrey HepburnBritish actress (1929–1993)

  May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993
• August KekuleGerman organic chemist (1829–1896)

  September 7, 1829 – July 13, 1896
• August ThyssenGerman industrialist (1842-1926)

  being archived
• Auguste EscoffierFrench chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)

  being archived
• Auguste RodinFrench sculptor (1840–1917)

  November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917
• Augustine of Canterbury6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint

  c. 550 CE – c. 605 CE
• Augustine of HippoChristian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)

  November 13, 354 CE – August 28, 430 CE
• AugustusFirst emperor of the Roman Empire and founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

  63 BCE – August 19, 1914 CE
• Aung Lin DweSpeaker of Amyotha Hluttaw (2026-Present)

  being archived
• Aung San Suu KyiFormer State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

  b. June 19, 1945
• AurangzebThe sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707

  November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707
• Aureliu CiocoiMoldovan diplomat

  b. June 5, 1968
• Aurelius MariePolitician and jurist from Dominica who served as the second President of Dominica (1904-1995)

  December 23, 1904 – September 28, 1995
• Ausias MarchValencian poet and knight

  1400 – March 3, 1459
• Austin ButlerAmerican actor (born 1991)

  being archived
• Ava DuVernayAmerican film director

  being archived
• AvantibaiIndian Freedom Fighter

  1831 – March 20, 1858
• Avdullah HotiKosovan politician

  b. February 4, 1976
• Averell HarrimanAmerican businessman, politician and diplomat (1891–1986)

  being archived
• AverroesArab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)

  April 14, 1126 – December 10, 1198
• Avi LoebIsraeli astrophysicist (1962-)

  being archived
• AviciiSwedish electronic music producer (1989–2018)

  being archived
• Avraham EisenbergHistorical figure
• Avril LavigneCanadian singer-songwriter (born 1984)

  b. September 27, 1984
• AvvaiyarHonorific title used by multiple Tamil women poets from different periods of Tamil literature
• AyHistorical figure
• Aya MiyaguchiHistorical figure
• Ayaz MutallibovPresident of Azerbaijan from 1990 to 1992

  May 12, 1938 – March 27, 2022
• Ayeza KhanPakistani actress and model

  b. January 15, 1991
• Ayman ibn Abd ar-RahmanAlgerian politician

  b. August 30, 1966
• Ayn RandRussian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)

  February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982
• Ayra StarrBeninese-Nigerian singer

  being archived
• Ayrton SennaBrazilian racing driver (1960–1994)

  March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994
• Ayub KhanPresident of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969

  May 14, 1907 – April 19, 1974
• Ayub KhuhroHistorical figure
• AyyankaliIndian Social reformer

  August 28, 1863 – 1914
• Azali AssoumaniPresident of Comoros

  b. January 1, 1959
• Azam Khan (squash)Pakistani bureaucrat
• Azim PremjiIndian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist

  being archived
• Azimullah KhanAfghan revolutionary, man behind the Indian War of Independence

  1830 – 1858
• Aziz AkhannouchPrime Minister of Morocco since 2021

  b. August 16, 1961
• Aziz BhattiHistorical figure
• Aziz MianCanadian political candidate