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Authors (A)

This is an index of authors whose last names begin with the letter "A". Authors whose names appear in bold are very well-known authors or authors with very well-known works. See also the category Authors-A, which is by nature a (usually) more complete but less organized list.

Index of Authors:	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

Aa

• Aaron

Ab

• d'Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel (1815–1893)
• Abbe, Cleveland (1838–1916)
• Abbe, George (1911–1989)
• Abbey, Henry (1842–1911)
• Abbot, Austin (1831–1896)
• Abbot, Henry Larcom (1831–1927)
• Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan (1830–1890)
• Abbott, Charles Conrad (1843–1919)
• Abbott, Edwin Abbott (1838–1926)
• Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell (1872–1958)
• Abbott, Evelyn (1843–1901)
• Abbott, Jacob (1803–1879)
• Abbott, John (1821–1893)
• Abbott, John Stevens Cabot (1805–1877)
• Abbott, Lawrence Fraser (1859–1933)
• Abbott, Lyman (1835–1922)
• Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill (1829–1913)
• `Abdu'l-Bahá (Abbas Effendi) (1844–1921)
• King Abdullah II (1962–present)
• Abdullah, Achmed (1881–1945)
• A'Becket, John Joseph (1849–1911)
• Abedi, Colet (1966–present)
• Abel, Annie Heloise (1873–1947)
• Abélard, Pierre (1079–1142)
• Abercrombie, John (1780–1844)
• Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881–1938)
• Abercrombie, Patrick (1656–1716)
• Abney, William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920)
• About, Edmond François Valentin (1828–1885)
• Abraham (2nd millenium BCE)
• Abrahams, Israel (1858–1925)
• Abu'l-Fawaris, Shirdil (c. 960–c. 988/9)

Ac

• Achard, Amédée (1814–1875)
• Acharius, Erik (1757–1819)
• Acheson, Anne
• Acheson, Arthur (1688–1748)
• Acheson, Dean (1893–1971)
• Ackerman, Forrest James (1916–2008)
• Acland, Reginald (1856–1924)
• Acosta, José de (1539–1600)
• John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, Lord (1834–1902)

Ad

• Adalbold II of Utrecht (975–1026)
• Adam
• Adam, Adolphe Charles (1803–1856)
• Adam, Graeme Mercer (1830–1912)
• Adamkus, Valdas (1926–present)
• Adams, Andy (1859–1935)
• Adams, Braman Blanchard (1851–1944)
• Adams, Brooks (1848–1927)
• Adams, Charles Follen (1842–1918)
• Adams, Charles Francis (1807–1886)
• Adams, Charles Kendall (1835–1902)
• Adams, Cyrus Cornelius (1849–1928)
• Adams, Francis (1796–1861)
• Adams, F. Colburn (1800's)
• Adams, Francis William Lauderdale (1862–1893)
• Adams, Frank Dawson (1859–1942)
• Adams, Franklin Pierce (1881–1960)
• Adams, Frederick Upham (1859–1921)
• Adams, George Burton (1851–1925)
• Adams, Hannah (1755–1831)
• Adams, Henry Brooks (1838–1918)
• Adams, James "Grizzly" (1812–1860)
• Adams, James Truslow (1878–1949)
• Adams, John (1735–1826)
• Adams, John (1857–1934)
• Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848)
• Adams, Nehemiah (1806–1878)
• Adams, Samuel (1722–1803)
• Adams, Samuel Hopkins (1871–1958)
• Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower (1805–1848)
• Adams, Thomas Sewall (1873–1933)
• Adams, William Henry Davenport (1828–1891)
• Adams, Willie (1934–present)
• Adams-Reilly, Anthony (1836–1885)
• Adamson, Robert (1852–1902)
• Adanson, Michel (1727–1806)
• Addams, Jane (1860–1935)
• Addison, Daniel Dulany (1863–1936)
• Addison, Joseph (1672–1719)
• Addison, William (1803–1881)
• Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848–1933)
• Ade, George (1866–1944)
• Adelardus Bathensis (c. 1080–c. 1152)
• Aderibigbe, P. O.
• Adler, Felix (1851–1933)
• Adler, Hermann (1839–1911)
• Adler, Mortimer (1902–2001)
• Adolphus, John (1768–1845)
• Advis, Luis (1935–2004)
• Ady, Mrs. (William) Henry (1851–1924)

Ae / Æ

• Ælfric (c. 955–c. 1020)
• Aemilianus, Lucius Octavius Cornelius Publius Salvius Julianus (c. 110–c. 170)
• Aeschines (389 BCE–314 BCE)
• Aeschylus (525–456 BC)
• Aesop (c. 620–c. 560 BC)

Af

• Afewerki, Isaias (1946–present)
• ibn Aflaḥ, Abū Muḥammad Jābir (1100–1150)

Ag

• Agassiz, Louis (1807–1873)
• Agnes, Sister (19th century)
• Agrippa, Henry Cornelius (1486–1535)
• d'Aguesseau, Henri François (1668–1751)
• Aguilar, Grace (1816–1847)
• Aguinaldo, Emilio (1869–1964)

Ah

• Ahlborn, Ida A. (1800's–1900's)
• Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam (1835 - 1908)
• Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (1956–present)
• Ahmes (fl. c. mid-17th century B.C.E.)
• Ahmose (fl. c. mid-17th century B.C.E.)
• Ahrons, Ernest Leopold (1866–1926)

Ai

• Aiken, Conrad (1889–1973)
• Aikin, Arthur (1773–1854)
• Aikin, John (1747–1822)
• Lucy Aikin (Mary Godolphin) (1781-1864)
• Aikman, William (1824–1909)
• Aimée de Marie, Sister (dates unknown)
• Ainger, Alfred (1837–1904)
• Ainslie, Douglas (1865–1948)
• Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805–1882)
• Aird, Thomas (1802–1876)
• Airy, Osmund (1845–1928)
• Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801–1892)
• Airy, Wilfrid (1836 - 1925)
• Aitchison, George (1825–1910)
• Aitken, George Atherton (1860–1917)
• Aitken, John (1839–1919)
• Aitken, William Hay Macdowall Hunter (1841–1927)
• Aiton, William (1731–1793)

Ak

• Akaka, Daniel (1924–present)
• Akbarpour, Ahmad (1970–present)
• Akenside, Mark (1721–1770)
• Akers, Charles Edmond (1861 - 1915)
• Akpan, Eme Etim
• Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke (1892–1927)

Al

• Alain-Fournier (1886–1914)
• Alabaster, Chaloner Grenville (1880–1958)
• Alavi, Bozorg (1904–1997)
• Alberti, Barbara (1943–present)
• Albert the Great (c. 1193–1280)
• Albright, Madeleine (1937–)
• Alcibiades (450 BCE–404 BCE)
• Alcock, Charles William (1842–1907)
• Alcock, Deborah (1825–1913)
• Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799–1888)
• Alcott, Louisa May (1832–1888)
• Alcott, William Andrus (1798–1859)
• Aldásy, Antal (1869–1932)
• Alden, Isabella Macdonald (1841–1930)
• Alden, William Livingston (1837–1908)
• Alderman, Edwin Anderson (1861–1931)
• Aldington, Richard (1892–1962)
• Aldrich, Anne Reeve (1866–1892)
• Aldrich, Mildred (1853–1928)
• Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836–1907)
• Aldunate Phillips, Arturo (1902–1985)
• Alecsandri, Vasile (1821–1890)
• Alegría, Fernando (1918–2005)
• Alekseyev, Valery (1929–1991)
• d'Alembert, Jean le Rond (1717–1783)
• Alesius, Alexander (1500–1565)
• Alexander of Alexandria (?–326)
• Alexander of Hales (1185–1245)
• Alexander of Jerusalem (?–251)
• Alexander of Lycopolis (4th century)
• Alexander I, Pope (?–115)
• Alexander I of Russia (1777–1825)
• Alexander II, Pope (?–1073)
• Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)
• Alexander III of Macedon (356 BCE–323 BCE)
• Alexander III, Pope (?–1181)
• Alexander IV, Pope (1185/1199–1261)
• Alexander VI, Pope (1431–1503)
• Alexander VII, Pope (1599–1667)
• Alexander VIII, Pope (1610–1691)
• Alexander, Archibald (1772-1851)
• Alexander, Cecil Frances (1818–1895)
• Alexander, Edward Porter (1835–1910)
• Alexander, Hartley Burr (1873–1939)
• Alexander, Joel W. (1900's)
• Alexander, William Lindsay (1808 - 1884)
• Alexandre, Aaron (1756–1850)
• Alexis, Joseph
• Aley, Robert Judson (1863–1935)
• Alfieri, Vittorio (1749–1803)
• Alford, Henry (1810–1871)
• Alfred the Great (849–899)
• Alger, Horatio (1832–1899)
• Alger, John Goldworth (1836–1907)
• Alger, William Rounseville (1822–1905)
• Ali, Hafiz Abdullah Yusuf (1872–1953)
• Ali, Maulana Muhammad (1874–1951)
• Ali, Syed Nawab (1800's–1900's)
• Alighieri, Dante (1265–1321)
• Alikhani, Yousef (1975–present)
• Alison, Archibald (disambiguation)
• Alito, Samuel (1950–present)
• Allan, William (1837–1899)
• Allard, Wayne (1943–present)
• Allbutt, Thomas Clifford (1836–1925)
• Alleine, Joseph (1633-1688)
• Alleine, Richard (1610-1681)
• Allen, Alexander (1814–1842)
• Allen, Elizabeth Chase (1832–1911)
• Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie (1848–1899)
• Allen, Chester G. (1838–1878)
• Allen, Edward Ellis (1861–1941)
• Allen, Emory Adams (1853–1933)
• Allen, Ethan (1739–1789)
• Allen, Hervey (1889–1949)
• Allen, James (1864–1912)
• Allen, James Lane (1849–1925)
• Allen, James Oswald (1734-1804)
• Allen, John James (1797–1871)
• Allen, John William (1865–1944)
• Allen, Joseph Henry (1820–1898)
• Allen, Littlebury Woodson (1803–1871)
• Allen, Nathan (1813–1889)
• Allen, Percy Stafford (1869 - 1933)
• Allen, Thomas William (1862 - 1950)
• Allen, Winfred Emory (1873–1947)
• Allende, Salvador (1908 - 1973)
• Allibone, Samuel Austin (1816–1889)
• Allin, Thomas (1838–1909)
• Allingham, William (1824–1889)
• Allinson, Alfred Richard (1854–1929)
• Allinson, Thomas Richard (1858-1918)
• Allison, Young E. (1853–1932)
• Allman, George James (1812–1898)
• Allman, George Johnston (1824-1904)
• Allston, Washington (1779–1843)
• Alpen, Hugo (1842–1917)
• Alphandéry, Paul Daniel (1875–1932)
• Altsheler, Joseph Alexander (1862–1919)

Am

• Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji (1891–1956)
• Ambrosiaster (4th century)
• Ambrose of Milan (333–397)
• Ambrose, Robert Steele (1824–1908)
• American Youth Congress (1935-1940)
• Ames, Azel (1845–1908)
• Ames, Charles Gordon (1828–1912)
• Ames, Herman V. (1865–1935)
• Ames, James Barr (1846–1910)
• Ames, Winthrop (1870–1937)
• Amhurst, Nicholas (1697–1742)
• Amiel, Henri Frédéric (1821–1881)
• Amirkhani, Reza (1973–present)
• Amitābha (immeasurably ancient)
• Amjentan, Frank (1957–1987)
• Ammaniti, Niccolò (1966–present)
• Ammianus Marcellinus (320s - 390s)
• Amos (d. 745 BCE)
• Amos, Sheldon (1835–1886)
• Ampère, André-Marie (1775–1836)
• Amphlett, John (1845–1918)
• Amsbury, Clifton Holman (1910–2007)
• Amyclas of Heraclea

An

• Anburey, Thomas (1759-1840)
• Anchel, Robert (1880 - 1951)
• Andagoya, Pascual (1495–1548)
• Anastasius I, Pope (?–401)
• Anastasius I, Emperor (430-518)
• Anastasius II, Pope (?–498)
• Anastasius III, Pope (?–913)
• Anastasius IV, Pope (c. 1073–1154)
• Anaximander (c. 610 B.C.E.–c. 546 B.C.E.)
• Anaximenes of Miletus (585 B.C.E.–528 B.C.E.)
• Anderson, Adelaide Mary (1863 - 1936)
• Anderson, Alexander (1845–1909)
• Anderson, Doris (1921–2007)
• Anderson, Elizabeth (1800's–1900's)
• Anderson, Frank Maloy (1871–1961)
• Anderson, Frederick William (1866–1891)
• Andersen, Hans Christian (1805–1875)
• Anderson, James (1824–1893)
• Anderson, Joseph (1832–1916)
• Anderson, John George Clark (1870–1952)
• Anderson, Margaret Steele (1867–1921)
• Anderson, Nephi (1865–1923)
• Anderson, Peter John (1852–1926)
• Anderson, Robert Gordon (1881–1950)
• Anderson, Rocky (1951–present)
• Anderson, Sherwood (1876–1941)
• Anderson, William Edwin (1842 - 1900)
• Anderson, William Patrick (1851 - 1927)
• Andersson, Dan (1888–1920)
• Andrade, David A. (1859–1928)
• André, John (1750-1780)
• Andrew (1st century)
• Andrew, Elizabeth Wheeler (1845–1917)
• Andrewes, Lancelot (1555–1626)
• Andrews, Charles Freer (1871–1940)
• Andrews, Christopher Columbus (1829–1922)
• Andrews, Eliza Frances (1840–1931)
• Andrews, Ethan Allen (1787–1858)
• Andrews, Henry Charles (1770–1830)
• Andrews, Herbert Tom (1864–1928)
• Andrews, Jane (1833–1887)
• Andrews, John Arthur (1865–1903)
• Andrews, John Paul
• Andrews, Scott (1974–present)
• Andreychuk, Raynell (1944–present)
• Andreyev, Leonid Nikolayevich (1871–1919)
• Angell, James Burrill (1829–1916)
• Angell, Ralph Norman (1872-1967)
• Angellotti, Marion Polk (1894–1979)
• Angelou, Maya (1928–2014)
• Annand, William (1808–1887)
• Annesley, Arthur (1678–1737)
• d'Annunzio, Gabriele (1863–1938)
• Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
• Anstey, Christopher (1724–1805)
• Anstice, Joseph (1809–1836)
• Anthony of Padua (1195–1231)
• Anthony the Great (251-356)
• Anthony, Alfred Webster (1865–1939)
• Anthony, Anthony (?–1562?)
• Anthony, C. H. (1812-1872)
• Anthony, Susan B. (1820–1906)
• Anthony, William Arnold (1835–1908)
• Antiphon the Sophist (fl. 400 B.C.E.)
• Antonius, Marcus (83 BCE–30 BCE)
• Antoninus Augustus, Marcus Aurelius (121–180)
• Antonio, Nicolás (1617–1684)
• Antrobus, Reginald Laurence (1853 - 1942)
• Anukulchandra, Thakur (1888–1969)
• Anwar, Chairil (1922 - 1949)

Ap

• Apel, Johann August (1771–1816)
• Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880–1918)
• Apollonius of Perga (263 B.C.E.–191 B.C.E.)
• Apparao, Gurajada (1861–1915)
• Apperson, John Samuel (1837–1908)
• Appleby, Thomas
• Appleton, Thomas Gold (1812–1884)
• Appleton, Victor (pen name for a syndicate formed in 1904)
• Apthorp, William Foster (1848–1913)
• Apuleius, Lucius (c. 123–180)

Aq

• Aquinas, St. Thomas (1225–1274)
• Aquino, Corazon (1933–2009)
• Aquino, Benigno (1960 - present)

Ar

• Arafat, Yasser (1929–2004)
• Arago, François Jean Dominique (1786–1853)
• Arber, Agnes (1879–1960)
• Arber, Edward (1836–1912)
• Arbuthnot, Sir Alexander John (1822–1907)
• Arbuthnot, John (1667–1735)
• Arbuthnot, Robert
• Arbuthnot-Lane, William (1856–1943)
• Archard, Charles John (1860–1916)
• Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1865–1947)
• Archer, Edward Caulfield
• Archer, Thomas Andrew (1853–1905)
• Archer, William (1856–1924)
• Archer, W. G. (1907–1979)
• Arendt, Hannah (1906–1975)
• Arendzen, John Peter (1873–1949)
• Ariosto, Ludovico (1474–1533)
• Aristaeus the Elder (fl. 370 B.C.E.–300 B.C.E.)
• Aristophanes (448–385 BC)
• Aristotle (384–322 BC)
• Arius (256–336)
• Arkwright, Godfrey Edward Pellew (1864–1944)
• Armitage, Elkanah (1844–1929)
• Armour, Rebecca Agatha (1846–1891)
• Armsby, Henry Prentiss (1853–1921)
• Armstrong, Andrew Campbell (1860–1935)
• Armstrong, Edward (1846–1928)
• Armstrong, Henry Edward (1848–1937)
• Armstrong, Henry W. (1879–1951)
• Armstrong, John (1709–1779)
• Armstrong, Walter (1850–1918)
• Armstrong, William George (1859–1941)
• Arndt, Walter Tallmadge (1873–1932)
• Arne, Thomas (1710–1778)
• Arnim, Elizabeth Gräfin von (1866–1941)
• Arnold, Benedict (1741–1801)
• Arnold, Charles Thomas (1823–1900)
• Arnold, Edwin (1832–1904)
• Arnold, Edwin Lester (1857–1935)
• Arnold, Frederick (1833–1891)
• Arnold, H.F. (1902–1963)
• Arnold, Henry Harley (1886–1950)
• Arnold, Isaac N. (1815–1884)
• Arnold, Matthew (1822–1888)
• Arnold, Thomas (1795–1842)
• Arnold, Thomas James (1804?–1877)
• Arnot, William (1808-1875)
• Arnott, George Arnott Walker (1799–1868)
• Arps, George Frederick (1874–1939)
• Arraño Acevedo, José (1921–2009)
• Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal- (1947–present)
• Arthur, Chester A. (1829–1886)
• Arthur, Timothy Shay (1809–1885)
• Arthur, William (1819-1901)
• Artsybashev, Mikhail Petrovich (1878–1927)
• Arvers, Félix (1806–1850)
• Aryabhata (476–550)

As

• Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen (1812–1885)
• Ascham, Roger (1515–1568)
• Sholem Asch (1880–1957)
• Ascoli. Graziadio Isaia (1829–1907)
• Asgill, John (1659–1738)
• Ash, Roy Lawrence (1918–2011)
• Ashbee, Henry Spencer dates unknown
• Ashby, Thomas Almond (1874–1931)
• Asher (16th century BCE)
• Ashmole, Elias (1617–1692)
• Ashton, John (1834–1911)
• Ashworth, Philip A. (1853–1921)
• Ashworth, Thomas Ramsden (1864–1935)
• Asimov, Isaac (c. 1920–1992)
• Assadi, Mina (1943–present)
• al-Asturlabi, Abu Hamid Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Saghani (?–990)
• Asquith, Herbert Henry (1852–1928)
• Aston, William George (1841–1911)

At

• Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal (1881–1938)
• St. Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296–373)
• Atchley, Chewton (1850–1922)
• Athenaeus of Naucratis (fl. c. 200)
• Athenagoras I (1886–1972)
• Atherton, Gertrude (1857–1948)
• Atkinson, Arthur Richmond (1863–1935)
• Atkinson, Charles Francis (1880–1960)
• Atkinson, Edmund (1831–1901)
• Atkinson, Edward (1827–1905)
• Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse (1863–1964)
• Atkinson, Frederick Cook (1841–1896)
• Atkinson, George H. (1819–1889)
• Atkinson, James Augustus (1832–1911)
• Atkinson, Joseph Beavington (1822–1886)
• Atkinson, William Parsons (1820–1890)
• Atlay, James Beresford (1860–1912)
• Atterbury, Francis (1663–1732)
• Atteridge, Andrew Hilliard (1844–1912)
• Atwater, Wilbur Olin (1844–1907)
• Atwood, Isaac Morgan (1838–1917)

Au

• Aubigné, Jean-Henri Merle de (1794–1872)
• Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée (1720–1778)
• Aubrey, John (1626–1697)
• Auden, W.H. (1907–1973)
• Audiffredi, Giovanni Battista (1734–1794)
• Audouin, Jean Victoire (1797–1841)
• Audoux, Marguerite (1863–1937)
• Audubon, John James (1785–1851)
• Aufderheide, May (1888–1972)
• Auffenberg, Moritz von (1852–1928)
• Aughey, Samuel (1831–1912)
• St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430)
• Augustus, Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76–138)
• Aurobindo, Sri (1871–1950)
• Aust, Sarah (1744–1811)
• Austen, Ernest Edward (1867–1938)
• Austen, Jane (1775–1817)
• Austin, Alfred (1835–1913)
• Austin, Caroline (1800's)
• Austin, Jane Goodwin (1831–1894)
• Austin, Kate (1864–1902)
• Austin, Mary Hunter (1868–1934)
• Austin, Preston Bruce (1859–1927)

Av

• Avallone, Silvia (1984–present)
• Aveling, Francis (1875–1941)
• Avenarius, Richard (1843–1896)
• Averchenko, Arkady (1881–1925)
• Avery, Harold (1869–1943)
• Averroës (1126–1198)

Aw

• Awdry, Wilbert (1911 - 1997)

Ax

• d'Axa, Zo (1864–1930)
• Axon, Ernest Charles Armytage (1868–1947)
• Axon, William Edward Armytage (1846–1913)

Ay

• Aydelotte, Frank (1880 - 1956)
• Ayres, William Orville (1817–1887)
• Ayton, Sir Robert (1570–1638)
• Aytoun, William Edmonstoune (1813–1865)

Az

• Azevedo, Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de (1857–1913)
• Azuela, Mariano (1873–1952)

Ál

• Álvarez de Toledo, Fadrique (1537–1583)
• Álvarez de Toledo, Fernando (1507–1582)