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Ayi Kwei Armah

Louis Armstrong

(1901 - 1971)

Arnobius the Elder

(c. 250 - c. 330)

Benedict Arnold

(1741 - 1801)

Svante Arrhenius

(1859 - 1927)

Arrian

(c. 86 - c. 160)

Artemidorus

(c. 101 - c. 200)

Herbert Asbury

(1889 - 1963)

American writer Barbara Lazear Ascher.

Barbara Lazear Ascher

Asclepiades

(c. 330 BC - c. 260 BC)

Emperor of India Ashoka.

Ashoka

(c. 304 BC - c. 238 BC)

Headshot of man in horn-rimmed glasses

Isaac Asimov

(1920 - 1992)

Painting of Persian Muslim poet Farid ud-Din Attar.

Farid ud-Din Attar

(c. 1142 - c. 1220)

Harry Atwood

(1870 - 1930)

Margaret Atwood

W.H. Auden

(1907 - 1973)

Painting of ornithologist and artist John James Audubon.

John James Audubon

(1785 - 1851)

Saint Augustine (detail), by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1645.

Saint Augustine

(354 - 430)

Decimus Magnus Ausonius

(c. 310 - c. 395)

Color drawing of Jane Austen sitting in a chair wearing a blue dress

Jane Austen

(1775 - 1817)

Photograph of American novelist Mary Austin.

Mary Austin

(1868 - 1934)

Persian philosopher and scientist Avicenna.

Avicenna

(980 - 1037)

B. Traven

(c. 1890 - 1969)

British inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage.

Charles Babbage

(1791 - 1871)