Anarkali born Nadira Begum or Sharf-un-Nissa, was a legendary slave girl. It is believed that... more » | |
Andreas Hinterstoisser was a German mountain climber active in the 1930s. He died during an... more » | |
Ángel Sanz-Briz was a Spanish professional diplomat of the Francoist Spain during World War II... more » | |
Angela Sheehan was the mother of Frank McCourt. more » | |
Anja Spiegelman is the subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, written and... more » | |
Anna Cornelia van Gogh was the sister of Vincent van Gogh. more » | |
Anna Stepanovna Demidova was a maid in the service of Tsarina Alexandra of Russia. She acquired... more » | |
Anna Klimt was the mother of Gustav Klimt. more » | |
Anne Elizabeth "Annie" Darwin was the second child and eldest daughter of Charles and Emma... more » | |
Annie Glenn, born Anna Margaret Castor, is the wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn. more » | |
Anthony Babington was convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England and... more » | |
Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard was a French physician who was born in the village of Sompuis,... more » | |
Antonia Bianchi was a singer. more » | |
Antonia Mirabel was a Dominican political dissident who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael... more » | |
Antony Baekeland was not yet 30 when he died in a Riker's Island prison by suffocation. He was... more » | |
Aristides Inácio da Silva was the father of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. more » | |
Aristodemus was a Spartan warrior, one of the many sent to the Battle of Thermopylae. He was one... more » | |
Armand, Seigneur de Sillègue, d'Athos, et d'Autevielle, better known as Armand d'Athos, was a... more » | |
Arthur R. Barker was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the... more » | |
Asenath or Asenith is a figure in the Book of Genesis, an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to... more » | |
Augusta Maria Byron, later Augusta Maria Leigh, styled "The Honourable" from birth, was the only... more » |