| Aalto; Alvar (1898- ); Finland; architect (Finlandia House) |
| Aarestrup; Emil (1800- ); Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen) |
| Aaron; Hank (1934- ); baseball legend |
| Ab; Hieronymus Fabricius (1537- ); Aquapend Italy; physician (De Formato Foetu) |
| Abadie; Paul (1812- ); Paris; French architect |
| Abauzit; Firmin (1679- ); French huguenot/scientist |
| Abbado; Claudio (1933- ); Milan; Italy; composer/conductor; (London Symph-1982) |
| Abbe; Cleveland (1838- ); US; meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau) |
| Abbott; Berenice (1898- ); Springfield Oh; photographer (World of Atget) |
| Abdul; Paula (1963- ); singer; dancer |
| Abdulmajid; Iman Mohamed (1955- ); model |
| Abell; Kjeld (1901- ); Danish playwright/director (Tivoli) |
| Abercrombie; Patrick (1879- ); Irish architect |
| Abetti; Giorgio (1882- ); Italian astronomer (Solar physics) |
| Abo; Olivia d' (1967- ); London; England; actress (Wonder Years; Single Guy) |
| Abo; Maryam D' (1960- ); London; actress; (Living Daylights; Xtro Until Sept) |
| Abraham; Paul (1892- ); [Ábrahám Pál]; Hungarian; composer; (Viktoria und ihr Huzar) |
| Abraham; F. Murry (1940- ); actor; Pittsburg.Penns.USA; (Ad'har Ru'afo in the Star Trek) |
| Abraham; Paul (1892- ); Hungarian composer (Viktoria und ihr Huzar) |
| Abravanel; Maurice (1903- ); Saloniki; Greece; conductor/composer |
| Abreu; Casimiro de (1839- ); Brazil; poet (Camoes e o jau) |
| Ace; Mellow Man (1967- ); Cuba; spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong) |
| Achard; Marcel (1899- ); French screen/playwright (Jean de la Lune) |
| Achebe; Chinua (1930- ); Nigerian author; (Christmas in Biafra) |
| Ackermann; Max (1887- ); German "entartet" painter |
| Ackles; Jensen (1978- ); Richardson; Texas; USA; actor |
| Acquin; d' (1694- ); [Louis-Claude Daquin]; French organist/composer; (La Rose) |
| Acuna; Manuel (1849- ); Mexican poet (Nocturno) |
| Adam; Adolphe Charles (1803- ); French composer/critic |
| Adamov; Arthur (1908- ); Kislovodsk; Russia; French playwright (Paolo Paoli) |
| Adams; Douglas (1952- ); Cambridge; England; author (Last Chance to See) |
| Adams; John Couch (1819- ); English mathematician/astronomer (co-discoverers of Neptune) |
| Adams; Brooks (1848- ); US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions) |
| Adams; John Quincy (1767- ); Braintree (Quincy) Mass; 6th Pres (D) (1825-1829) |
| Adams; Samuel (1722- ); revolutionary rabble rouser |
| Adams; John (1735- ); Braintree (Quincy) Mass.; USA.; 2nd president (1797-1801) |
| Adams; Bryan (1959- ); Vancouver; BC; Canada; singer; (Heaven) |
| Adamson; Joy (1910- ); naturalist/author (Born Free) |
| Adamson; William Stuart (1958- ); Manchester; rock guitarist (Big Country) |
| Addams; Charles (1912- ); Westfield; New Jersey; USA.; cartoonist (New Yorker; Addams Family) |
| Addams; Jane (1860- ); US; pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931) |
| Addison; John (1920- ); Surrey England; composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award) |
| Ader; Clément (1841- ); French inventor (1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft) |
| Adjani; Isabelle (1955- ); Paris; France; actress |
| Adler; Max (1873- ); Austria; sociologist/socialist theorist |
| Adler; Alfred (1870- ); Austria; psychiatrist; (Inferiority Complex) |
| Adler; Jankel (1895- ); Polish painter |
| Adler; Richard (1921- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; composer/lyricist (Pajama Game) |
| Adler; Guido (1855- ); Austria; musicologist; (Still in the Music) |
| Adorno; Theodor (1903- ); German philosopher/sociologist |
| Adriaenssen; Alexander (1587- ); Flemish painter |
| Adrian; Edgar D (1889- ); English physiologist (Nobel 1932) |
| Ad-Rock; (1966- ); [Adam Horowitz]; rocker (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight) |
| Ady; Helen [Sade Ibadan] (1959- ); [Helen Ady] Nigeria; rocker (Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer) |
| Ady; Endre (1877- ); Hungarian poet |
| Aelst; Pieter Coecke van (1502- ); Flemish painter/carpet designer |
| Aepinus; (1724- ); [Franz UT Hoch]; German physician/physicist |
| Aeschbacher; Hans (1906- ); Swiss sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours) |
| Affleck; Casey (1975- ); actor; Falmouth; Massachusetts; USA; (Oceans 11) |
| Affleck; Ben (1972- ); actor; Berkeley; California; USA |
| Afonso I; (1109- ); the Conqueror; king of Portugal (1143-85) |
| Afonso IV; of Portugal (1291- ); Lisbon; known as the Brave (Port. o Bravo) |
| Agam; Yaacov (1928- ); Israeli sculptor/painter |
| Agar; John (1921- ); Chicago; Illinois; USA.; actor (Fort Apache; Sands of Iwo Jima) |
| Agassi; Andre (1970- ); Las Vegas Nev; tennis star (Oly-gold-96; US Open 1994) |
| Agassiz; Louis (1807- ); Switzerland; naturalist/geologist/teacher |
| Agazzari; Agostino (1578- ); composer |
| Agnesi; Maria G (1718- ); Italy; mathematician |
| Agnew; Spiro Theodore (1918- ); 39. VP (1968-75); crook |
| Agnon; Shmuel (1888- ); Israel; novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) |
| Agricola; Johann Friedrich (1720- ); German; (court)composer/organist |
| Agricola; Martin (1486- ); German composer/cantor |
| Agricola; Georgius (1494- ); Germany; mineralogist (De Re Metallica) |
| Agricola; BC! Gnaeus Julius (0039- ); Roman general; conquered Wales No England |
| Agrippa; Théodore- d'Augbiné ( - ); |
| Aguilera; Christina (1980- ); actress; singer |
| Ahbez; Eden (Alexander Aberle) (1908- ); Brooklyn; New York; NY.; USA.; poet/musician/songwriter (Nature Boy) |
| Ahlin; Lars G (1915- ); Swedish writer (Death of Me) |
| Ahmed; III (1673- ); 23rd sultan (Turkey; 1703-30) |
| Aho; Kalevi (1949- ); Finnish composer |
| Aho; Juhani (1961- ); Fins journalist/writer (Panu; Tuomio) |
| Aiken; Joan (1924- ); Romania; writer |
| Aimee; Anouk (1932- ); Paris; France; actress (Montparnasse 19; La dolce vita) |
| Aivazovsky; Ivan (1817- ); Feodosia; Crimea; Armenian painter |
| Akihito; (1933- ); emperor of Japan |
| Akutagawa; Ryunosuke (1892- ); Japan; writer (Rashomon in Kappa) |
| Alain; Marie-Claire (1926- ); St Germain-en-Laye; French organist/composer |
| Alain-Fournier; Henri (1886- ); French novelist (Great Adventure) |
| Alamanni; Luigi (1495- ); Italian poet (Opere Toscane; La Coltivazione) |
| Alamgir; Aurangzeb (1618- ); Emperor of India (1658-1707) |
| Al-Arabi; Muid ad-Din ibn (1165- ); Islamic mystic philosopher (1165-1240) |
| Al-Aziz; Faisal ibn Abd (1906- ); King Saudi-Arabia (1964-75) |
| Alba; Jessica (1981- ); Pomona; California; USA |
| Albanese; Licia (1913- ); Bari; Italy; operatic soprano (NY Met Opera) |
| Albani; Francesco (1578- ); Bologna; Italian painter; Bolognese School (Mary's Ascension) |
| Albee; Edward (1928- ); Washington DC; playwright (Virgina Woolfe; Zoo Story) |
| Albeniz; Isaac (1840- ); Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia) |
| Albéniz; Isaac (1840- ); Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia) |
| Albers; Josef (1888- ); German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus) |
| Alberti; Friedrich [August] von (1795- ); German geologist (Triasic Age) |
| Alberti; Rafael (1903- ); Spanish poet; El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz); (El hombre deshabitado) |
| Albertinelli; Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo (1885- ); Hungary; mathematician |
| Albini; Franco (1905- ); Italian architect |
| Albinoni; Tomaso (1671- ); Italian composer; (Adagio in G-minor) |
| Alboretto; Michele (1956- ); formula-1 racer; (Ferrari) |
| Albright; Ivan (1897- ); Illinois; painter (Door; Window) |
| Alciatus; Andreas (1492- ); [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato]; Italian lawyer |
| Alcock; John (1892- ); English pilot; (1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean) |
| Alcott; Amos Bronson (1799- ); US educator/poet (Concord Days) |
| Alder; Kurt (1902- ); German chemist (Nobel 1950) |
| Aldrich; Robert (1918- ); US director/producer; (Dirty Dozen) |
| Aldrich; Thomas Bailey (1836- ); US author/editor; (Story of a Bad Boy) |
| Aldrovandi; Ulisse (1522- ); Italian biologist/medical |
| Aleardi; Aleardo [Gaetano] (1812- ); Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria) |
| Alechinsky; Pierre (1927- ); Belgian painter/director (Cobra) |
| Aleichem; Sholem (1859- ); [Solomon Rabinowitz]; author (Fiddler on the Roof) |
| Aleixandre; Vicente (1898- ); Spain; writer (Ambito; Bird of Paper; Nobel 1977) |
| Alekhine; Alexander (1892- ); Russia; world chess champion; (1927-35; 37-46) |
| Alembert; Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d' (1717- ); French philosopher/mathematician |
| Alencar; José de (1825- ); Brazilian writer/Minister of Justice |
| Alesius; Alexander (1500- ); [Aless/Alane]; Edinburg; England; System theologist/physician |
| Alexander; Samuel (1859- ); English philosopher (Moral order & progress) |
| Alexander VII; (1599- ); [Fabio Chigi]; Siena; Italy; pope (1655-67) |
| Alexander[Quigley]; Jane (1939- ); Boston; actress (Betsy; Kramer vs Kramer) |
| Alexis; Willibald (1798- ); [Georg W Haring]; German writer (Schloss Avalon) |
| Alfano; Franco (1876- ); Posillipo; near Naples; Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) |
| Alfven; Hannes Olof Gösta (1908- ); Swedish physicist; Nobel 1970 (1/2 of the prize: Louis Eugène Félix Néel) |
| Alfvén; Hannes Olof Gösta (1908- ); Swedish physicist; Nobel 1970 (1/2 of the prize: Louis Eugène Félix Néel) |
| Algardi; Alessandro (1595- ); Italian sculptor/architect |
| Algarotti; Francesco (1712- ); Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) |
| Alger; Horatio Jr. (1832- ); Revere; Mass.; author (Lost at Sea; work & Win) |
| Ali; Muhammed (1942- ); who floats like a butterfly stings like a bee |
| Ali; Tatyana (1979- ); Brooklyn; NY; US; Child star singer |
| Alighieri; Dante (1265- ); Italian poet (Divina Commedia) |
| Alison; Archibald (1792- ); cottish historian (History of Europe) |
| Aljechin; Alexander A (1892- ); Russian/French chess champ (1927-35; 37-46) |
| Allais; Alphonse (1854- ); Honfleur (Calvados); French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) |
| Allegret; Yves (1907- ); director; Asnieres; France; (Germinal; Johnny Banco) |
| Allégret; Yves (1907- ); director; Asnieres; France; (Germinal; Johnny Banco) |
| Allegret; Marc (1900- ); French director; Basle; Switzerland; (Heart of Paris; Lady Chatterley's Lover) |
| Allégret; Marc (1900- ); French director; Basle; Switzerland; (Heart of Paris; Lady Chatterley's Lover) |
| Allen; Debbie (1950- ); Houston; Tx.; dancer/actress (3 Girls 3; Lydia-Fame) |
| Allen; Peter (1944- ); Tenterfield; Australia; vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio; Legs Diamond) |
| Allen; Krista (1972- ); Ventura; California; USA; actress |
| Allen; Chad (1974- ); actor; Cerritos; California; USA |
| Allen; Tim (1953- ); Denver Colo; comedian (Tim-Home Improvement; Jungle2Jungle) |
| Allen; Nancy (1950- ); NYC; actress (Carrie; 1941; Robocop; Dress to Kill) |
| Allen; James Van (1914- ); Mount Pleasant; Iowa; US physicist (discovered Van Allen radiation belts) |
| Allen; Thomas (1944- ); County Durham; England; UK.; opera singer |
| Allen; Karen (1951- ); Illinois; actress; (Cruising; Starman; Wanderers) |
| Allen; Woody (1935- ); [Allen Konigsberg]; Bkln; actor; (Zelig; Annie Hall) |
| Allen; Steve (1921- ); New York; USA; actor; writer; comedian |
| Allen; Rex (1920- ); Wilcox; Az.; USA.; cowboy singer (Dr Baxter-Frontier Doctor) |
| Allende; Salvador (1908- ); Gossens; Chile's last elected president (1970-73) |
| Alley; Kirstie (1951- ); Wichita; Ks.; USA.; actress (Star Trek II; Cheers-Rebecca) |
| Alley; Rewi (1897- ); NZ; writer (Americans in China) |
| Alliluyeva; Svetlana (1926- ); daughter of Josef Stalin; author (My Life) |
| Allingham; William (1821- ); Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland) |
| Allori; Alessandro [Agnolo] (1535- ); Italian painter/carpet designer |
| Allori; Cristofano (1577- ); Italian painter (Judith) |
| Allouache; Merzak (1944- ); Alger; Algeria; director (Salut Cousin; Amour a Paris) |
| Alma - Tadema; Lawrence (1836- ); Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps |
| Almeida; Laurindo (1917- ); Brazilian guitarist; (developed bossa nova) |
| Almodovar; Pedro (1951- ); Spain director/screenwriter; (Kika Matador) |
| Alonso; Damaso (1898- ); Spanish poet (Hijos de la ira) |
| Alonso; Alicia (1921- ); Havana; Cuba; ballerina (American Ballet Theatre) |
| Alpini; Prospero (1553- ); Italy; botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) |
| Alt; Rudolf von (1812- ); Austrian painter |
| Altamirano; Ignacio M (1834- ); Mexican author; (El Zarco) |
| Althusser; Louis (1918- ); French philosopher; (For Marx Strangled His Wife) |
| Altieri Emilio; [Clement X] (1590- ); Rome; Italy; Pope (1670-76) |
| Altink; Jan (1885- ); Dutch painter |
| Altman; Robert (1925- ); Kansas City; MO; director (Nashville; M*A*S*H) |
| Altolaguirre; Manuel (1905- ); Spanish poet/publisher (La lenta libertad) |
| Alvaro; Corrado (1895- ); San Luca; Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte) |
| Alverio; Rosa Dolores (1931- ); [Rita Moreno]; Humacao (West Side Story) |
| Alves; Antonio de Castro (1847- ); Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes) |
| Alzheimer; Alois (1864- ); Germany; psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease) |
| Amado; Jorge (1912- ); Brazilian writer; (O Pais do Carnaval) |
| Amanshauser; Gerhard (1928- ); Salzburg; Austrian writer |
| Amati; Nicolo (1596- ); Italy; violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri) |
| Amboise; Jacques d' (1934- ); Dedham; Mass.; USA.; ballet dancer; founder of the National Dance Institute (NYC Ballet Company) |
| Ameling; Elly (1933- ); Rotterdam; Holland; soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo) |
| Amerling; Friedrich von (1830- ); Austrian painter |
| Amicis; Edmondo de (1846- ); Italian writer (Cuore) |
| Amick; Madchen (1970- ); Reno; NV.; USA.; actress (Shelly Johnson-Twin Peaks) |
| Amiel; Henri-Frédéric (1821- ); Swiss/French writer (Grains de Mil; Journal Intime) |
| Ammanati; Bartolomeo (1511- ); Italian sculptor/architect |
| Amontons; Guillaume (1633- ); French physicist |
| Amorim; Enrique (1900- ); Salto Oriental; Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola) |
| Amoroso; Alceu (1893- ); Lima; Brazilian author |
| Amos; Myra Ellen (1963- ); [Tori Amos]; singer; Songewriter |
| Amritraj; Vijay (1953- ); India; tennis player/actor (Octopussy) |
| Amsdorf; Nicolaus von (1483- ); German reformation theologist |
| Amstel; Cornelis Ploos van (1726- ); Dutch; engraver/art collector |
| Amsterdam; Morey (1914- ); Chicago; Ill; comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show) |
| Amundsen; Roald (1872- ); Norway explorer; discovered South Pole |
| Amyot; Jacques (1513- ); Auxerre; French humanist/ translator of Plutarch |
| Ancerl; Karel (1908- ); Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto) |
| Anda; Géza (1921- ); Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bartók) |
| Andersen; Eric (1943- ); Pittsburgh; Pa.; USA.; vocalist (Avalanche; Be True to You) |
| Andersen; Hans Christian (1805- ); Denmark; author of 150 fairy tales |
| Anderson; Kevin (1960- ); Gurnee; Illinois; USA .; actor (Hoffa; Sleeping with the Enemy) |
| Anderson; Judith (1898- ); Adelaide; Australia; actress (Laura; Rebecca; Tycoon; Santa Barbara) |
| Anderson; Marian (1902- ); Phila.; operatic contralto |
| Anderson; Lindsay (1923- ); Bangalore; India; director (Thursday's Children) |
| Anderson; Alexander (1775- ); US; engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare) |
| Anderson; Pamela Lee (1967- ); actress; Ladysmith; British Columbia; Canada (lifeguard) |
| Anderson; Rick (1947- ); St. Paul; Minnesota; USA rock bassist (Tubes) |
| Anderson; Loni (1946- ); St. Paul; Minnesota; USA; actress |
| Anderson; Gillian (1965- ); Chicago; Ill.; USA; (Special Agent Scully; The X-Files) |
| Anderson; Ian (1947- ); Scotland; rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle) |
| Anderson; Carl David (1905- ); NYC; physicist; 1936 Nobel Prize; 1/2 of the prize: Victor Franz Hess (Austria) |
| Anderson; Lynn (1947- ); ND; country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden) |
| Anderson; Brett (1967- ); Haywards Heath; England; vocalist (Suede) |
| Anderson; Roberta J (1943- ); [Joni Mitchell]; Alberta Canada; singer (Clouds) |
| Anderson; Fryeda (1945- ); [Anni-Frid Lyngsdtad]; Sweden; rocker (ABBA) |
| Anderson; Maxwell (1888- ); US; dramatist (Winter Set; High Tor) |
| Anderssen; Adolf (1818- ); Prussia; mathematics teacher; world chess champion (1851-58; 1862-66) |
| Andersson; Ulf (1951- ); Sweden; International Chess Grandmaster (1972) |
| Andersson; Bibi (1934- ); Sweden actress; (Scenes From a Marriage) |
| Andersson; Benny (1946- ); Stockholm; Sweden; singer (ABBA-Money! Money! Money!) |
| Andrade; Olegario Victor (1841- ); Argentina; poet (El nido de c¢ndores) |
| Andrassy; Gyula (1860- ); Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs (1918-20) |
| Andrássy; Gyula (1860- ); Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs (1918-20) |
| Andre; Carl (1935- ); US sculptor; (minimal/conceptual art) |
| Andreä; Jakob (1528- ); German theologist |
| Andrea-Alciato; Giovanni (1492- ); [Andreas Alciatus]; Italian lawyer |
| Andreae; Johann V (1586- ); German vicar/writer (Christenburg) |
| Andree; Solomon A (1854- ); Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer |
| Andress; Ursula (1936- ); Bern; Switzerland; actress |
| Andretti; Michael (1962- ); Bethlehem; Pa; USA; Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986) |
| Andrew; Prince (1960- ); Duke of York; pilot |
| Andrews; Dana (1909- ); Covington County; Miss.; USA; actor (Battle of the Bulge; Laura) |
| Andrews; Anthony (1948- ); London; England; actor (Under the Volcano) |
| Andrews; Sybil (1898- ); English/Canadian painter |
| Andrews; Giuseppe (1979- ); Key Largo; Florida; USA; actor |
| Andrews; Julie (1935- ); England; actress/singer (Sound of Music; Mary Poppins) |
| Andrews; Thomas (1813- ); Belfast; Ireland; chemist/physicist (ozone) |
| Andric; Ivo (1892- ); Yugoslavia; novelist (Bridge on Drina; Nobel; 1961) |
| Andriessen; Mari (1897- ); Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker) |
| Andropov; Yuri (1914- ); Russian KGB chief/1st secretary |
| Andrzejewski; Jerzy (1909- ); Warsaw; Poland; writer; (Ashes & Diamonds) |
| Angeles; Victoria de los (1924- ); Spain; soprano; (Mimi-La Bohéme) |
| Angell; Norman (1874- ); English journalist (Nobel - Peace; 1933) |
| Angelou; Maya (1928- ); [Marguerite Johnson]; Poet; author |
| Angers; Pierre-Jean David d' (1788- ); French sculptor |
| Anguier; Michel (1613- ); French sculptor |
| Aniston; Jennifer (1969- ); actress; Sherman Oaks; Calif; USA (Friends) |
| Anka; Paul (1941- ); Ottawa; Ontario; singer (Put Your Head on My ShouldeM) |
| Annaeus; Lucanus Marcus (0039- ); [Lucan]; roman poet |
| Annaud; Jean-Jacques (1943- ); director; (Bear Black & White Coup de Tete) |
| Ann-Margret; (1941- ); Valsjöbyn; Sweden; actress (The Tiger and the Pussycat; Tommy; A New Life) |
| Annunzio; Gabriele D' (1863- ); Pescara (Abruzzi); Italy; writer/military hero (Intruder; The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian) |
| Anouilh; Jean (1910- ); France; dramatist (Thieves' Carnival) |
| Ansermet; Ernest (1883- ); Vevey; Switzerland; conductor (Ruilles de Printemps) |
| Antes; Horst (1936- ); Heppenheim; German painter |
| Anthony; Little (1940- ); [Gourdine]; rocker (& The Imperials) |
| Anthony; Michael (1955- ); rock bassist/singer (Van Halen-Pretty Woman) |
| Antoine; Jacques-Denis (1733- ); Paris; French master builder (Hotel - Fleury; - Monnaie - Maillebois ) |
| Antonelli; Laura (1941- ); Pola; Italy - now Pula; Croatia; actress (Wifemistress; Divine Nymph) |
| Antonescu; Ion (1882- ); fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia |
| Antoniano; Silvio (1540- ); Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) |
| Antonioni; Michelangelo (1912- ); Ferrara; Italy director (Blow-up Red Desert) |
| Antropov; Nikolai (1980- ); Ust'-Kamenogorsk; Kazakhsatan; present team: Toronto Maple Leaves; hockey player |
| Antschell; (1920- ); [Paul Celan]; Czernovitz; Romania; French poet who written in German (Collected Prose) |
| Anville; Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d' (1697- ); French geographer/cartographer |
| Anzengruber; Ludwig (1839- ); Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck) |
| Apol; Louis F H [Louis] (1850- ); painter/etcher/literary |
| Apollinaire; Guillaume (1880- ); France poet/movie critic (Alcoola) |
| Appelfel; Aharon (1932- ); Czernowitz; Bukovina (now Ukraine); writer |
| Appelmans; Sabine (1972- ); Aalst (Belgium).; tennis star |
| Appert; Nicolas (1752- ); inventor (food canning; bouillon tablet) |
| Appia; Adolphe (1862- ); Swiss set designer/theorist |
| Appice; Carmine (1946- ); NYC; rock drummer (Vanilla Fudge) |
| Appleby; Shiri (1978- ); Los Angeles; California; USA.; actress |
| Applegate; Christina (1972- ); Hollywood; actress; (Kelly-Married With Children) |
| Appleton; Jon (1939- ); Hollywood; California; USA.; composer |
| Apshoven; Thomas of (1622- ); Flemish painter (baptized) |
| Aquino; Corazon (1933- ); president of Philippines (1986-92) |
| Aquino; Iva Toguri D' (1916- ); [Tokyo Rose]; propagandist (WW II) |
| Aquino Jr.; Benigno (1932- ); Philippine opposition leader; assassinated |
| Arafat; Yasser (1929- ); leader; (Palestine Liberation Organization; Nobel; 1994) |
| Aragon; Louis (1897- ); French poet/writer; (Feu de joie) |
| Aragon; Catherine of (1485- ); Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII |
| Arambillet; (1917- ); [Fernando Rey]; La Coruna Spain; actor (Matter of Time) |
| Aranguren; Jose Luis Lopez (1909- ); philosopher |
| Arany; János (1817- ); Nagyszalonta; Hungarian epic poet (Toldi; Death of Buda; Bards of Wales) |
| Arber; Agnes (1879- ); English biologist/philosopher (Mind & the Eye) |
| Arbuthnot; John (1667- ); Inverbervie; physician and satirist (Alexander Pope) |
| Arc; Jeanne d' (1412- ); (Joan of Arc); Domremy martyr |
| Archer; Anne (1947- ); LA; Calif; actress (Fatal Attraction; Patriot Games) |
| Archipenko; Alexander (1887- ); Ukraine sculptor/lithographer |
| Ardant; Fanny (1949- ); Saumur; Maine-et-Loire; France; actress |
| Arden; John (1930- ); England; novelist/playwright (Left Handed Liberty) |
| Arena; Tina (1967- ); Melbourne; Victoria; Australia; singer |
| Arendt; Hannah (1906- ); Germany historian (Origins of Totalitarianism) |
| Argent; Rod (1945- ); St. Albans; England; UK.; rocker (She's Not There-Zombies; Hold Your Head Up-Argent) |
| Argento; Dario (1940- ); Rome; Italy; director (Creepers; Deep Red; Tenebrae) |
| Argerich; Martha (1941- ); Buenos Aires Argentina; pianist (debut 1949) |
| Arhenius; Svante August (1859- ); Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) |
| Aridjis; Homero (1940- ); Contepec; Michoacán; Mexico; poet; ovellist |
| Ariosto; Ludovico (1474- ); Italy; poet; (Orlando Furioso) |
| Ariyoshi; Sawako (1931- ); Japanese writer (Compound Pollution; Doctor's Wife) |
| Armani; Giorgio (1934- ); Fashion Designer |
| Armaou; Lindsay (1980- ); Athens; Greece; singer |
| Armitage; Kenneth (1916- ); English sculptor |
| Armont; Charlotte Corday d' (1768- ); murdered Jean-Paul Marat in bath |
| Armstrong; Louis "Satchmo" (1901- ); New Orleans; jazz musician (Hello Dolly) |
| Armstrong; Neil (1930- ); first Moonwalker |
| Armstrong; Sheila (1942- ); soprano; Ashington; Northumberland; England |
| Armstrong; Bess (1953- ); Balt. Md.; actress (Julia-On Our Own; 4 Seasons Jaws) |
| Armstrong; Gillian (1950- ); Melbourne; Aust; director (High Tide; Mrs Soffel) |
| Armstrong-Jones; Anthony (1930- ); [Lord Snowdon]; London; photographer |
| Arnauld; Antoine (1612- ); French lawyer/theologist; (Grand Arnauld) |
| Arnaz; Lucie (1951- ); LA Calif; actress; singer (Kim-Here's Lucy; Jazz Singer) |
| Arndt; Johann (1555- ); German; Lutherian theologist |
| Arnim; Ludwig Joachim von (1781- ); German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) |
| Arnold; Matthew (1822- ); England; poet/critic (Dover Beach) |
| Arnoldson; Klas (1847- ); Sweden; politician/pacifist (Nobel 1908) |
| Arnoul; Francoise (1931- ); actress/composer (French Cancan; Jacko & Lise) |
| Arp; Jean/Hans (1887- ); French/Swiss statues artist/poet |
| Arquette; Patricia (1968- ); NYC; actress (Ed Wood; Nightmare on Elm Street 3) |
| Arquette; Rosanna (1959- ); NYC.; USA.; actress (Desperately Seeking Susan; After Hour) |
| Arquette; David (1971- ); Winchester; Virginia; USA; actor (Parenthood - TV; A Foreign Affair) |
| Arrabal; Fernando (1932- ); Spanish song/romance writer; (Baal Babilonia) |
| Arrau; Claudio (1904- ); Chile; composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra) |
| Art; Carol (1960- ); topmodel |
| Artaud; Antonin (1896- ); Marseilles; France; poet; Theatre Seraphin) |
| Artigas; José Gervasio (1764- ); general/father of Uruguay |
| Asahara; Shoko [Chizuo Matsumoto] (1955- ); Japanese sect leader |
| Asch; Sholem (1880- ); Kutno; Poland; Polish-born U.S. novelist/playwright (Three Cities) |
| Ashby; Linden (1960- ); Atlantic Beach; Florida; actor |
| Ashcroft; Peggy (1907- ); Croydon; England; actress (Dear Brutus; Happy Days) |
| Ashkenazy; Vladimir (1937- ); Gorki; Rus.; pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961) |
| Ashley; Merrill (1950- ); St Paul; Minn.; ballerina (NYC Ballet) |
| Ashton; Frederick (1904- ); British choreographer (Cinderella) |
| Asimov; Issac (1920- ); Petrovichi; Russia; USA; famous science fiction author; Ph.D. in biochemistry; (I; Robot) |
| Assis; Joaquim Maria Machado de (1839- ); Rio de Janeiro; Brasilian writer |
| Astaire; Fred (1899- ); tap dancer |
| Astin; Sean (1971- ); Santa Monica; California; USA; actor |
| Astor; Mary (1906- ); Quincy; Illinois; USA; The Delicate Velvet-voiced Actress |
| Asturias; Miguel (1899- ); Guatemala; writer/diplomat (Weekend in Guatemala; The Green Pope; Hombres de Maiz; Nobel 67) |
| Atkins; Christopher (1958- ); Rye; NY; actor (Peter-Dallas; Blue Lagoon) |
| Atkins; Chet (1924- ); Luttrell; Tennessee; USA; gitarist |
| Atkinson; Rowan (1949- ); England; comedian/actor (Mr Bean; Blackadder) |
| Atkinson; Paul (1946- ); Cuffley; England; UK.; rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought) |
| Attenborough; Sir David (1926- ); London; England; UK; scientist/producer/TV host |
| Attenborough; Richard (1923- ); England; actor/director (Gandhi; Young Winston) |
| Atterbom; Per Daniel Amadeus (1790- ); Swedish poet (Lycksalighetens) |
| Auber; Daniel-François-Esprit (1782- ); French opera composer (Fra Diavolo) |
| Auden; Wystan Hugh (1907- ); York; North Yorkshire; England; poet (Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948) |
| Audiberti; Jacques (1899- ); French writer/poet/playwright (Race of Men) |
| Audran; Stephane (1932- ); Versailles; France; actress (Just Before Nightfall) |
| Audubon; John James (1785- ); Haiti; bird watcher/artist |
| Auer; Leopold von (1845- ); Hungarian/US violinist |
| Auger; Claudine (1942- ); Paris; France; actress |
| August; Bille (1948- ); Brede; Denmark; director (Best Intentions; Twist & Shout) |
| Aukrust; Olav (1883- ); Norway poet |
| Aurelius; Antonius Marcus (0121- ); [Marcus A Verus]; Emperor of Rome (161-180) |
| Austin; Alfred (1835- ); Leeds England; poet laureate of England (Garden) |
| Austin; Patti (1948- ); New York; NY.; USA.; soul singer/actress (Real Me) |
| Austin; Jane (1775- ); Steventon; Hampshire; England; novelist (Pride & Prejudice) |
| Autant-Lara; Claude (1901- ); Luzarches; France; director (Love Letters; The Red Inn; The Green Mare) |
| Avati; Pupi (1938- ); Bologna Italy; director (Festival; Bix; Impiegati) |
| Avigad; Nahman (1905- ); Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem) |
| Avogadro; Amedeo (1776- ); Italy; 6.022 x 10 ^ 23 (Avogadro's Law) |
| Ax; Emmanuel (1949- ); Lvov Poland; pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974) |
| Ayala; Francisco (1906- ); Granada; Spain; writer |
| Ayckbourn; Alan (1939- ); London; England; playwright |
| Ayers; Roy (1940- ); LA.; California; USA.; disco jazz artist/composer (Fever; You Send Me) |
| Aykroyd; Dan (1952- ); Ottawa; Ontario; Canada; actor |
| Ayme; Marcel (1902- ); Joigny; France; French writer (Jument Verte) |
| Aymé; Marcel (1902- ); Joigny; France; French writer (Jument Verte) |
| Aznavour; Charles (1924- ); Armenia; French singer (Monsieur Carnavel; Tin Drum) |
| Azuela; Mariano (1873- ); Lagos de Moreno; Mexico; novelist (The Flies; The Bosses)
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