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Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Aesop to Aleichem, Shalom.
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Aesop (Writer)
Aga Khan III (Indian leader of the Ismaili Muslim sect)
Agassiz, (Jean) Louis (Rodolphe) (American-Swiss zoologist & geologist)
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary (American writer & educator)
Agee, James (American writer)
Agesilaus II (Spartan king)
Agnes, Saint (Italian religious leader)
Agnew, Spiro Theodore (U.S. Vice President)
Agnon, Shmuel Yosef (Israeli writer)
Agricola, Gnaeus Julius (Italian military leader)
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (Italian military leader)
Agrippina (Italian stateswoman)
Agrippina (Italian stateswoman)
Aguinaldo, Emilio (Philippine politician)
Ahab (Israeli king)
Aiken, Conrad Potter (American author & poet)
Ailey, Alvin, Jr. (American dancer)
Aisha (favorite wife of Muhammad)
Akbar (Indian emperor)
Akhenaton (Ancient Egyptian king)
Akhmatova, Anna (Russian poet)
Akiba ben Joseph (Palestinian theologian)
Akihito (Japanese emperor)
Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de (Spanish writer, politician & statesman)
Alaric (Visigoth king)
Albee, Edward Franklin (American dramatist)
Albéniz, Isaac (Spanish musician)
Albers, Josef (American-German artist & educator)
Albert I (king of the Belgians)
Albert II (king of the Belgians)
Albert, Prince (Royal Consort)
Alberti, Leon Battista (Italian architect, musician & painter)
Albertus Magnus, Saint (French theologian & philosopher)
Alboin (Italian king)
Albright, Horace Marden (American conservationist and cofounder)
Albright, Madeleine Korbel (U.S. Secretary of State)
Albuquerque, Affonso de (Portuguese military leader)
Alcaeus (Ancient Greek poet)
Alcibiades (Ancient Greek statesman & military leader)
Alcott, Amos Bronson (American educator)
Alcuin (English theologian & educator)
Alden, John (American pioneer)
Alder, Kurt (German chemist)
Aleichem, Shalom (American-Russian writer)