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Aa

• Aarne, Antti (1867–1925)
• Aaron
• Aaron, Samuel Francis (1862–1947)

Ab

• d'Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel (1815–1893)
• Abbas, Mahmoud (b. 1935)
• Abbas I of Egypt (1813–1854)
• Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629)
• Abbay, Richard (1844–1927)
• Abbe, Cleveland (1838–1916)
• Abbey, Henry (1842–1911)
• Abbot, Anne Wales (1808–1908)
• Abbot, Austin (1831–1896)
• Abbot, Charles Greeley (1872–1973)
• Abbot, Henry Larcom (1831–1927)
• Abbot, William Greene (1848–1889)
• Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan (1830–1890)
• Abbott, Charles Conrad (1843–1919)
• Abbott, Edward (1801–1869)
• Abbott, Edwin (1808–1882)
• Abbott, Edwin Abbott (1838–1926)
• Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell (1872–1958)
• Abbott, Evelyn (1843–1901)
• Abbott, Frances Matilda (1857–1939)
• Abbott, Frank Frost (1860–1924)
• Abbott, George Francis (1872–1957)
• Abbott, Harold Henry (1891–1976)
• Abbott, Jacob (1803–1879)
• Abbott, Jane Ludlow Drake (1881–1968)
• Abbott, John (1821–1893)
• Abbott, John Henry Macartney (1874–1953)
• Abbott, John Stevens Cabot (1805–1877)
• Abbott, Joseph (1790–1862)
• Abbott, L. A. (1813–?)
• Abbott, Lawrence Fraser (1859–1933)
• Abbott, Lemuel (c. 1730–1776)
• Abbott, Lyman (1835–1922)
• Abbott, Robert (1588–1662)
• Abbott, Robert Tucker (1919–1995)
• Abbott, Thomas Eastoe (1786–1854)
• Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill (1829–1913)
• Abbott, William Henry (1822–1869)
• Caliph Abd al-Malik (646–705)
• Caliph Abd al-Mu'min (1100–1163)
• Abd-ar-Rahman III (889–961)
• Abd-ar-Rahman IV (?–1018)
• Abd-ar-Rahman V (1001–1024)
• Caliph Abd-ul-Aziz (1830–1876)
• Abd-ul-Hamid I (?–1789)
• Abd-ul-Hamid II (1842–1918)
• Abd-ul-Mejid I (1823–1861)
• Abderhalden, Emil (1877–1950)
• Abdul Mejid II (1868–1944)
• `Abdu'l-Bahá (Abbas Effendi) (1844–1921)
• King Abdullah II (1962–present)
• Abdullah, Achmed (1881–1945)
• Abdy, Edward Strutt (1791–1846)
• Abdy, John Thomas (1822–1899)
• Abdy, Maria (1797–1867)
• Abe Shinzō (1954–)
• A'Becket, John Joseph (1849–1911)
• Abel, Annie Heloise (1873–1947)
• Abel, Clarke (1780–1826)
• Abel, Félix Marie (1878–1953)
• Abélard, Pierre (1079–1142)
• Aber, Mary Alling (1856–1915)
• Aber, William Martin (1848–1919)
• Abercrombie, John (1726–1806)
• Abercrombie, John (1780–1844)
• Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881–1938)
• Abercrombie, Neil (1938– )
• Abercromby, John (1841–1924)
• Abercromby, Patrick (1656–1716)
• Abercromby, Ralph (1842–1897)
• Aberigh-Mackay (1848–1881)
• Abernethy, John (1764–1831)
• Abgar V (?BCE–50)
• Abhedananda (Swami) (1866–1939)
• Abidor, Mitchell (present day)
• Abney, William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920)
• Abot, Eugène Michel Joseph (1836–1894)
• About, Edmond François Valentin (1828–1885)
• Abraham (2nd millenium BCE)
• Abraham, George Dixon (1871–1965)
• Abraham, Max (1875–1922)
• Abraham, Robert John (1836–1877)
• Abraham, Władysław Henryk Franciszek (1861–1941)
• Abrahams, Barnett Lionel (1869–1919)
• Abrahams, Israel (1858–1925)
• Abrams, Floyd (1936– )
• Abrams, Leroy (1874–1956)
• Abstemius, Laurentius (1440–1508)
• Abu Abdullah Muhammad III ibn Muhammad (1257–1314)
• Abu Bakr (c. 573–634)
• Abu'l-Fawaris, Shirdil (c. 960–c. 988/9)
• Abulfeda (1273–1331)

Ac

• Achard, Amédée (1814–1875)
• Acharius, Erik (1757–1819)
• Acher, Rudolph Adolph (1874–1955)
• Acheson, Anne
• Acheson, Arthur (1688–1748)
• Acheson, Dean Gooderham (1893–1971)
• Ackerman, Albert Ammerman (1859–1932)
• Ackerman, Carl William (1890–1970)
• Ackerman, Forrest James (1916–2008)
• Ackermann, Louise-Victorine (1813–1890)
• Ackermann, Lourens (1934– )
• Ackermann, Rudolph (1764–1834)
• Ackers, Benjamin St John (1839–1915)
• Acland, Arthur Henry Dyke (1811–1857)
• Acland, Charles (1813–1845)
• Acland, John Barton Arundel (1823–1904)
• Acland, Reginald (1856–1924)
• Acland, Thomas Dyke (1809–1908)
• Acosta, José de (1539–1600)
• Acrel, Olof (1717–1806)
• John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, Lord (1834–1902)
• Acton, Edward Birt (fl. 1875)
• Acworth, Harry Arbuthnot (1849–1933)
• Acworth, William Mitchell (1850–1925)

Ad

• Adair, James (1709–1783)
• Adalbert of Prague (955–997)
• Adalbold II of Utrecht (975–1026)
• Adam
• Adam of Bremen (?–1080s)
• Adam of Saint Victor (1122–1192)
• Adam, Adela Marion (1866–1944)
• Adam, Adolphe Charles (1803–1856)
• Adam, George Jeffreys (1883–1930)
• Adam, Graeme Mercer (1830–1912)
• Adam, Thomas (1701–1784)
• Adam, Thomas Beat (fl. 1890)
• Adam, William Augustus (1865–1940)
• Adamič, Louis (1898–1951)
• Adamnan (?625–704)
• Adams, Abigail (1744–1818)
• Adams, Andrew Leith (1827–1882)
• Adams, Andy (1859–1935)
• Adams, Arthur (1820–1878)
• Adams, Braman Blanchard (1851–1944)
• Adams, Brooks (1848–1927)
• Adams, Charles Darwin (1856–1938)
• Adams, Charles Follen (1842–1918)
• Adams, Charles Francis (1807–1886)
• Adams, Charles Francis (1835–1915)
• Adams, Charles Kendall (1835–1902)
• Adams, Charles Warren (1833–1903)
• Adams, Cyrus Cornelius (1849–1928)
• Adams, Francis (1796–1861)
• Adams, Francis Alexandre (1874–1975)
• Adams, Francis Colburn (1800's)
• Adams, Francis Mantell (1841–1886)
• Adams, Francis Ottiwell (1825–1889)
• 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, Harriet Ada (1845–1885)
• Adams, Henry Brooks (1838–1918)
• Adams, Henry Cadwallader (1817–1889)
• Adams, Henry Carter (1851–1921)
• Adams, Henry Gardiner (1811–1881)
• Adams, James "Grizzly" (1812–1860)
• Adams, James Truslow (1878–1949)
• Adams, John (1735–1826)
• Adams, John (1857–1934)
• Adams, John Coleman (1849–1922)
• Adams, John Couch (1819–1892)
• Adams, John G. (1932–2003)
• Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848)
• Adams, John Wolcott (1874–1925)
• Adams, Joseph Quincy (1880–1946)
• Adams, Lionel Ernest (1854–1945)
• Adams, Mabel Ellery (1865–1935)
• Adams, Mary Newbury (1837–1901)
• Adams, Maxwell Richard Peers (1849–1921)
• Adams, Nehemiah (1806–1878)
• Adams, Oscar Fay (1855–1919)
• Adams, Peter Chardon Brooks (1848–1927)
• Adams, Robert Dudley (1829–1912)
• Adams, Samuel (1722–1803)
• Adams, Samuel Hopkins (1871–1958)
• Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower (1805–1848)
• Adams, Thomas (1583–1652)
• Adams, Thomas Albert Smith (1839–1888)
• Adams, Thomas Sewall (1873–1933)
• Adams, W. H. (fl. 1880s)
• Adams, Walter Marsham (1838–1899)
• Adams, William (1706–1789)
• Adams, William Bridges (1797–1872)
• Adams, William Grylls (1836–1915)
• Adams, William Henry Davenport (1828–1891)
• Adams, William Lysander (1821–1906)
• Adams, William Taylor (1822–1897)
• Adams-Reilly, Anthony (1836–1885)
• Adamson, Henry (1581–1639)
• Adamson, Henry Thomas (1816–1882)
• Adamson, John Ernest (1867–1950)
• Adamson, Robert (1852–1902)
• Adamson, Sydney (1872–1958)
• Adanson, Michel (1727–1806)
• Adcock, Arthur St. John (1864–1930)
• Adcock, Frank Ezra (1886–1968)
• Addams, Jane (1860–1935)
• Adderley, Charles Bowyer (1814–1905)
• Adderley, Henry Arden (1854–1945)
• Addington, Henry (1757–1844)
• Addis, Henry (1864–1934)
• Addis, John (1831–1876)
• Addis, William Edward (1844–1917)
• Addison, Charles Greenstreet (1812–1866)
• Addison, Daniel Dulany (1863–1936)
• Addison, George Augustus (1792–1814)
• Addison, Joseph (1672–1719)
• Addison, Lancelot (1632–1703)
• Addison, William (1803–1881)
• Additon, Lucia Hatch Faxon (1847–1919)
• Addleshaw, William Percy (1866–1916)
• Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848–1933)
• Ade, George (1866–1944)
• Adelardus Bathensis (c. 1080–c. 1152)
• Adeney, Walter Ernest (1857–1935)
• Adeney, Walter Frederic (1849–1920)
• Adeodatus I (570–618)
• Adeodatus II (?–676)
• Aderibigbe, P. O.
• Adkisson, Richard Blanks (1932–2011)
• Adler, Cyrus (1836–1940)
• Adler, Felix (1851–1933)
• Adler, George J. (1821–1868)
• Adler, Herman Morris (1876–1935)
• Adler, Hermann (1839–1911)
• Adler, Mortimer (1902–2001)
• Adlington, William (fl. 1566)
• Adolphus, John (1768–1845)
• Adolphus, John Leycester (1795–1862)
• Adomnán of Iona (c. 624–704)
• Adorni, Catherine Fieschi (1447–1510)
• Adrian I (700–795)
• Adrian II (792–872)
• Adrian III (?–885)
• Adrian IV (?–1159)
• Adrian V (1205–1276)
• Adrian VI (1459–1523)
• Ady, Mrs. (William) Henry (1851–1924)
• Ady, Thomas (1606–1704)
• Abdallah al-Adil (1170–1227)

Ae/Æ

• Ælfric (c. 955–c. 1020)
• Aelianus, Claudius (?–235)
• Aemilianus, Lucius Octavius Cornelius Publius Salvius Julianus (c. 110–c. 170)
• Lucius Æmilius Paullus Macedonicus (229 BCE–160 BCE)
• Aeschines (389 BCE–314 BCE)
• Aeschylus (525–456 BCE)
• Aesop (c. 620–c. 560 BCE)

Af

• Afanasyev, Alexander Nikolaevich (1826–1871)
• Affleck, James Ormiston (1840–1922)
• Affleck, William (1838–1923)
• ibn Aflaḥ, Abū Muḥammad Jābir (1100–1150)
• Afong, Lai (1839–1890)
• Afranius, Lucius (c. 150 BCE–90 BCE)
• Africanus, Scipio (235 BCE–183 BCE)
• Africanus, Sextus Julius (c. 160–c. 240)
• Afzelius, Adam (1750–1837)

Ag

• Agabeg, Aviet (1844–?)
• Agander, Nils Georg (1760–1792)
• Agapetus I (?–536)
• Agapetus II (?–955)
• Agardh, Carl Adolph (1785–1859)
• Agassiz, Alexander (1835–1910)
• Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot (1822–1907)
• Agassiz, George Russell (1862–1951)
• Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolophe (1807–1873)
• Agatharchides (208 BCE–? BCE)
• Agathias (536–c. 580)
• Agatho (574–681)
• Ager, John Curtis (1835–1913)
• Agnes, Sister (19th century)
• Agnetti, Mary Prichard (1870–1948)
• Agnew, Andrew Noel (1850–1928)
• Agnew, David Carnegie (1821–1887)
• Agnew, William Thomas Fischer (1847–1903)
• Agricola, Georgius (1494–1555)
• Agrippa, Henry Cornelius (1486–1535)
• d'Aguesseau, Henri François (1668–1751)
• Aguilar, Grace (1816–1847)
• Aguinaldo, Emilio (1869–1964)

Ah

• Ahaus, Hubert (1877–1944)
• Ahern, Thomas L. (fl. 1979)
• Ahern, Michael Joseph (1877–1951)
• Aherne, Cornelius (1861–1929)
• Aherne, James (1867–1955)
• Ahlborn, Ida A. (fl. 1900)
• Ahle, Johann Rudolph (1625–1673)
• Ahlqvist, August (1826–1889)
• Ahmad Khan, Syed (1817–1898)
• Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam (1835–1908)
• Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (1956– )
• Ahmed I (1590–1617)
• Ahmed II (1643–1695)
• Ahmed III (1673–1736)
• Ahmose (fl. c. mid–17th century B.C.E.)
• Aho, Juhani (1861–1921)
• Ahrons, Ernest Leopold (1866–1926)

Ai

• Aidé, Charles Hamilton (1826–1906)
• Aiken, Charles Francis (1863–1925)
• Aiken, Conrad (1889–1973)
• Aikin, Arthur (1773–1854)
• Aiken, George David (1892–1984)
• Aikin, John (1747–1822)
• Lucy Aikin (Mary Godolphin) (1781–1864)
• Aikin-Kortright, Fanny (1821–1900)
• Aikins, Herbert Austin (1867–1946)
• Aikman, John Logan (1820–1885)
• Aikman, William (1824–1909)
• d'Ailly, Pierre (1350/1351–1420)
• Aimée de Marie, Sister (dates unknown)
• Ainger, Alfred (1837–1904)
• Ainger, Arthur Campbell (1841–1919)
• Ainslie, Douglas (1865–1948)
• Ainslie, Whitelaw (1767–1837)
• Ainsworth, William Francis (1807–1896)
• Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805–1882)
• Aird, David Mitchell (c. 1822–1876)
• Aird, Thomas (1802–1876)
• Airy, Osmund (1845–1928)
• Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801–1892)
• Airy, Wilfrid (1836–1925)
• Aitchison, Charles Umpherston (1832–1896)
• Aitchison, George (1825–1910)
• Aitken, Edward Hamilton (1851–1909)
• Aitken, George Atherton (1860–1917)
• Aitken, John (1820–1884)
• Aitken, John (1839–1919)
• Aitken, Robert Grant (1864–1951)
• Aitken, William Hay Macdowall Hunter (1841–1927)
• Aiton, William (1731–1793)
• Aiton, William Townsend (1766–1849)

Ak

• Akbarpour, Ahmad (1970–present)
• Akenside, Mark (1721–1770)
• Akerman, John Yonge (1806–1873)
• Akers, Charles Edmond (1861–1915)
• Akhenaten (?–1336 BCE)
• Akhmatova, Anna (1889–1996)
• Akpan, Eme Etim (fl. 1978)
• Aksakov, Sergey Timofeyevich (1791–1859)
• Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke (1892–1927)

Al/Ál

• Alain-Fournier (1886–1914)
• Alabaster, Chaloner Grenville (1880–1958)
• Alamia, Gennady (1949–)
• Alavi, Bozorg (1904–1997)
• Albert I of Belgium (1875–1934)
• Albert the Great (c. 1193–1280)
• Albright, Madeleine (1937–)
• Alcaeus of Mytilene (fl. 6th c. BCE)
• Alcibiades (450 BCE–404 BCE)
• Alcock, Charles William (1842–1907)
• Alcock, Deborah (1825–1913)
• Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799–1888)
• Alcott, Louisa May (1832–1888)
• Aleš, Mikoláš (1852–1913)
• 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, Annie Charlotte Catharine
• Aldrich, Mildred (1853–1928)
• Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836–1907)
• Aldunate Phillips, Arturo (1902–1985)
• Alecsandri, Vasile (1821–1890)
• 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, George Gardiner (1821–1897)
• Alexander, George William (1802–1890)
• Alexander, Hartley Burr (1873–1939)
• Alexander, Joel W. (1900's)
• Alexander, Samuel Davies (1819–1894)
• 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)
• Alison, Archibald (disambiguation)
• Alito, Samuel (1950–present)
• Aliyev, Ilham (1961–)
• Allan, William (1837–1899)
• 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)
• Álvarez de Toledo, Fadrique (1537–1583)
• Álvarez de Toledo, Fernando (1507–1582)
• Alvero, Aurelio Sevilla (1913–1958)

Am

• Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji (1891–1956)
• Ambrosiaster (4th century)
• Ambrose of Milan (333–397)
• Ambrose, Robert Steele (1824–1908)
• Amedroz, Henry Frederick (1819–1893)
• Amedroz, Henry Frederick (1855–1917)
• 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)
• 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)
• Amu, Ephraim (1899–1995)
• Amyclas of Heraclea

An

• Anacreon c. 582 BCE – c. 485 BCE)
• 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.)
• Andersen, Hans Christian (1805–1875)
• Anderson, Adelaide Mary (1863–1936)
• Anderson, Alexander (1845–1909)
• Anderson, Elizabeth (1800's–1900's)
• Anderson, Frank Maloy (1871–1961)
• Anderson, Frederick Irving (1877–1947)
• Anderson, Frederick William (1866–1891)
• Anderson, James (1824–1893)
• Anderson, John (1814–1886)
• Anderson, John (1833–1900)
• Anderson, John George Clark (1870–1952)
• Anderson, John Parker (1841–1925)
• Anderson, Joseph (1832–1916)
• Anderson, Margaret Steele (1867–1921)
• Anderson, Nephi (1865–1923)
• Anderson, Peter John (1852–1926)
• Anderson, Robert Gordon (1881–1950)
• Anderson, Sherwood (1876–1941)
• Anderson, William Edwin (1842–1900)
• Anderson, William Patrick (1851–1927)
• Andersson, Dan (1888–1920)
• Andonov-Poljanski, Hristo (1927–1985)
• Andrade, David A. (1859–1928)
• André, John (1750–1780)
• André, Peter Fox (1831–c. 1869)
• 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 (1837–1906)
• Andrews, John Arthur (1865–1903)
• Andreyev, Leonid Nikolayevich (1871–1919)
• Angell, James Burrill (1829–1916)
• Angell, Ralph Norman (1872–1967)
• Angellotti, Marion Polk (1894–1979)
• Angers, François-Réal (1812–1860)
• Angulo, Jaime de (1887–1950)
• 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)
• Antin, Mary (1881–1949)
• 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, Clara Louisa (1846–1919)
• Antrobus, Reginald Laurence (1853–1942)
• Anukulchandra, Thakur (1888–1969)

Ap

• Apel, Johann August (1771–1816)
• Aplin, Oliver Vernon (1858–1940)
• 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)
• Aratus (c. 315 BCE – c. 240 BCE)
• 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, John Wykeham (1808–1864)
• Archer, Thomas Andrew (1853–1905)
• Archer, Thomas Croxen (1817–1885)
• Archer, William (1856–1924)
• Archer, W. G. (1907–1979)
• Arendt, Hannah (1906–1975)
• Arendzen, John Peter (1873–1949)
• Arima, Sumitomo (?–1908)
• 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)
• Arlen, Michael (1895–1956)
• Armitage, Elkanah (1844–1929)
• Armour, Rebecca Agatha (1846–1891)
• Armsby, Henry Prentiss (1853–1921)
• Armstrong, A. (fl. 1859)
• 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)
• Arnett, Edward John (1876–1940)
• Arnim, Elizabeth Gräfin von (1866–1941)
• Arnold, Arthur (1833–1902)
• Arnold, Benedict (1741–1801)
• Arnold, Charles Thomas (1823–1900)
• Arnold, Edward Carleton (1868-1949)
• 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, Mary Foote (1851–1930)
• 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)
• Arrianus, Lucius Flavius (c. 89–c. 175)
• Arrigoni degli Oddi, Ettore (1867–1942)
• Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal- (1947–present)
• Arthur, Chester A. (1829–1886)
• Arthur, Timothy Shay (1809–1885)
• Arthur, William (1819–1901)
• Arthur, William (1837–1885)
• 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 (1834–1900)
• Ashbrook, Harriette
• Ashby, Thomas Almond (1874–1931)
• Asher (16th century BCE)
• Asher, Georg Michael (1827–1905)
• Ashley, William James (1860–1927)
• Aškerc, Anton (1856–1912)
• Ashmole, Elias (1617–1692)
• Ashton, John (1834–1911)
• Ashworth, Philip A. (1853–1921)
• Ashworth, Thomas Ramsden (1864–1935)
• Asimov, Isaac (c. 1920–1992)
• 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)
• Atcherley, Charlotte (1818–1891)
• Atchley, Chewton (1850–1922)
• Athenaeus of Naucratis (fl. c. 200)
• Athenagoras I (1886–1972)
• Atherton, Gertrude (1857–1948)
• Atkins, John (1685–1757)
• 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

• Auber, Charles Bransby (1820–1867)
• Auber, Henry Peter (1770–1866)
• 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)
• Audsley, George Ashdown (1838–1925)
• 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)
• Auředníček, Otakar (1868–1947)
• Aurobindo, Sri (1871–1950)
• Aust, Sarah (1744–1811)
• Austen, Ernest Edward (1867–1938)
• Austen, Jane (1775–1817)
• Austen-Leigh, Cholmeley (1829–1899)
• Austin, Alfred (1835–1913)
• Austin, Caroline (1800's)
• Austin, Frederick Britten (1885–1941)
• Austin, Jane Goodwin (1831–1894)
• Austin, Kate (1864–1902)
• Austin, Mary Hunter (1868–1934)
• Austin, Preston Bruce (1859–1927)
• Austin, Wiltshire Stanton (1826–1875)

Av

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

Ax

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

Ay

• Aydelotte, Frank (1880–1956)
• Ayres, Kristen
• Ayres, William Orville (1817–1887)
• Ayrton, William Scrope (1804–1885)
• Ayton, Sir Robert (1570–1638)
• Aytoun, William Edmonstoune (1813–1865)

Az

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