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Aaliyah, rhythm-and-blues singer, actress
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Edward Abbey, writer
Berenice Abbott, photographer choreographer
Bud Abbott, comedian
George Abbott, playwright, actor, director
Barkhad Abdi, actor
Paula Abdul, TV personality, singer, choreographer
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend
King Abdullah, royalty
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, terrorist
Peter Abelard, philosopher
F. Murray Abraham, actor
Spencer Abraham, George W. Bush's secretary of energy
Lenny Abrahamson, filmmaker
Jack Abramoff, political figure
J.J. Abrams, TV producer, filmmaker
Chinua Achebe, writer
Kathy Acker, writer, performance artist
Malin Ackerman, actress
Roy Acuff, country musician, songwriter
Red Adair, firefighter
Adam, biblical figure
Abigail Adams, U.S. first lady
Amy Adams, actor
Ansel Adams, photographer
Bryan Adams, singer, songwriter
Cindy Adams, gossip columnist
Douglas Adams, writer
George Washington Adams, lawyer
Louisa Adams, First Lady
Sam Adams, political figure
Scott Adams, cartoonist
Victoria Adams, singer
Joy Adamson, writer, conservationist
Adele, singer
Sheldon Adelson, business personality, philanthropist
Freddy Adu, soccer player
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, royalty
Aerosmith, hard-rock band
Ben Affleck, actor, screenwriter
Casey Affleck, actor
Andre Agassi, tennis player
James Agee, writer
Spiro Agnew, U.S. Vice President
Christina Aguilera, singer
Jenny Agutter, actor
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, political figure, political leader
Ai, poet
Danny Aiello, actor
Clay Aiken, talent show contestant, pop singer
Troy Aikman, football player, TV personality
Alvin Ailey, Jr., modern dancer, choreographer
Daniel Kahikina Akaka , U.S. senator
Rania Al-Abdullah, royalty
Bashar al-Assad, political leader, President of Syria
Jessica Alba, actor
Edward Albee, playwright
Eddie Albert, actor
Fat Albert, animated character
Prince Albert, royal consort
Prince Albert of Monaco, royalty
Jack Albertson, actor
Horace Marden Albright, conservationist, business executive
Madeleine Albright, government official, political figure
Louisa May Alcott, writer
Alan Alda, actor
Kaiane Aldorino, 2009 Miss World, Miss Gibraltar
Lily Aldridge, model
Ira Frederick Aldridge, 19th-century American actor
Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
Archibald Alphonso Alexander, design and construction engineer
Jason Alexander, actor
Lamar Alexander, political figure
Sherman Alexie, writer
Horatio Alger, writer
Al-Ghazali, philosopher
Muhammad Ali, boxer
Saul Alinsky, activist
Samuel Alito, lawyer, jurist
Debbie Allen, actor, producer, director
Ethan Allen, Revoluationary War figure
Gracie Allen, actress
Joan Allen, actor
John R. Allen, military leader, soldier
Karen Allen, actor
Kris Allen, singer, Ã¢Â€ÂœAmerican IdolÃ¢Â€Â winner
Kirstie Alley, actress
Paul Allen, business personality, inventor
Paula Gunn Allen, poet, novelist, critic
Peter Allen, singer, songwriter
Steve Allen, TV personality, writer, composer
Tim Allen, actor
Woody Allen, filmmaker
Isabel Allende, author
Chris Van Allsburg, writer, Illustrator
Danny Almonte, baseball player
Muqtada al-Sadr, religious figure, political figure
Carol Alt, model
Jozy Altidor, soccer player
Robert Altman, filmmaker
Linda Alvarado, entrepreneur
Julia Alvarez, author
Michelle Alves, model
Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri , al-Qaeda's theological leader
Jorge Amado, novelist
Amanirenas, queen of cush
Christiane Amanpour, TV news correspondent
Stephen Ambrose, military historian, writer
Alessandra Ambrosio, model
Don Ameche, actor
Hossein Amini, screenwriter
Elias Milton Ammons, rancher, public official
Tori Amos, singer, pianist
Roald Amundsen, explorer
Rudolfo Anaya, writer
Brad Anderson, cartoonist
Gillian Anderson, actor
Ian Anderson, rock musician, songwriter
Marian Anderson, singer
Pamela Anderson, actor, model, Internet celebrity
Paul Thomas Anderson, writer, director
Wes Anderson, filmmaker
Marc Andreessen, computer scientist, business personality
Erin Andrews, TV personality
Julie Andrews, actress
Naveen Andrews, actor
Mark Andrus, screenwriter
Maya Angelou, writer, actor
Jennifer Aniston, actor
Rick Ankiel, baseball player
Kofi Annan, political figure
Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, screenwriter
Princess Anne, princess royal
Ann-Margret, actress
Jean Anouilh, playwright, screenwriter, director
Aziz Ansari, comedian, actor
Adam Ant, singer
Casey Anthony, murder suspect
Marc Anthony, singer, actor
Michael Anthony, bass player
Susan B. Anthony, social reformer
Mary Antin, writer, activist
Gabrielle Anwar, actress
Judd Apatow, filmmaker
Virginia Apgar, physician and anesthesiologist
Apollo, mythical figure
Fiona Apple, musician
Christina Applegate, actor
Johnny Appleseed, agriculturalist, missionary
Michael Apted, director, producer
Aragorn, fictional character
Gregg Araki, director, screenwriter
Jessie Arbogast, shark victim
Fatty Arbuckle, comedian, filmmaker
Diane Arbus, photographer
Kevin Archer, fraud
Jeffrey Archer, author, politician
Elizabeth Arden, beautician, business executive
Eve Arden, actress
Hannah Arendt, philosopher, writer
Ariel, animated character
Oscar Arias, political leader
Francis Arinze, religious figure
Adam Arkin, actor, director
Patricia Arquette, actor
Armand Assante, actor
Giorgio Armani, fashion designer
James Armistead, patriot of the american revolution
Karen Armstrong, writer, catholic nun
Lance Armstrong, bicycle racer
Louis Armstrong, jazz musician
Neil Armstrong, astronaut
Desi Arnaz, actor, TV producer
James Arness, actor
Darren Aronofsky, director
Patricia Arquette, actress
Rosanna Arquette, actor
Aaron Arrowsmith, cartographer
John Arrowsmith, cartographer
Shoko Asahara, religious figure, criminal
Ashanti, singer
John Ashcroft, political figure
Dame Peggy Ashcroft, actress
Arthur Ashe, tennis player
Mary Kay Ash, business executive
Elizabeth Ashley, actress
Laura Ashley, fashion designer
Ed Asner, actor
Julian Assange, activist, Internet celebrity
Fred Astaire, dancer, actor
Mary Astor, actress
Mustafa Kemal AtatÃƒÂ¼rk, political leader
David Rice Atchison, U.S. senator
Muhammed Atef, former al-Qaeda military leader
Chet Atkins, guitarist, music producer, country musician
Rowan Atkinson, actor, writer
Charles Atlas, bodybuilder
Paul Attanasio, screenwriter
Sir Richard Attenborough, director, actor
Attila the Hun, military leader, ruler
Crispus Attucks, revolutionary war figure
Margaret Atwood, writer
RenÃƒÂ© Auberjonois, actor
W. H. Auden, poet, dramatist
Jean Auel, writer
Marcus Aurelius, emperor
Gene Autry, singer, actor
Frankie Avalon, singer, actor
Eric Avery, bassist
Tex Avery, animator
Avi, writer
Teresa of Avila, saint, mystic
Amedeo Avogadro, physicist
Dan Aykroyd, comedian, actor
Anne Ayres, protestant nun
Lew Ayres, actor
Hank Azaria, actor

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