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.
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Amenhotep III (King of Egypt)
Amherst, Jeffrey (English military leader)
Amin Dada, Idi (Political Leader)
Amis, Sir Kingsley (English novelist)
Amos (Hebrew prophet of the eighth century)
Ampère, André Marie (French physicist, mathematician & philosopher)
Amundsen, Roald (Explorer)
Anacreon (Ancient Greek poet)
Anaxagoras (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Anaximander (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Anaya, Rudolfo (American writer)
Andersen, Hans Christian (Danish poet & novelist)
Anderson, Carl David (American physicist)
Anderson, Dame Judith (English actress)
Anderson, Margaret Caroline (American writer)
Anderson, Marian (Singer / Civil Rights Figure)
Anderson, Maxwell (American dramatist)
Anderson, Philip Warren (American physicist)
Anderson, Sherwood (American novelist)
André, John (English criminal)
Andrea del Sarto (Italian painter)
Andrew, Saint (Christian personage in the New Testament)
Andrić, Ivo (Yugoslav novelist)
Andropov, Yuri (Russian statesman)
Andros, Sir Edmund (American-English statesman)
Angela Merici, Saint (Italian Roman Catholic nun)
Angelico, Fra (Italian painter)
Angell, Sir Norman (English economist & writer)
Angelou, Maya (Writer / Actor)
Ångström, Anders Jonas (Swedish physicist)
Anna Ivanovna (czarina of Russia)
Annan, Kofi (Political Figure)
Anne (queen of Great Britain)
Anne of Austria (French queen)
Anne of Cleves (English royalty)
Anouilh, Jean (French dramatist)
Anquetil, Jacques (French athlete)
Anselm, Saint (Philosopher/Theologian)
Anthemius of Tralles (Ancient Greek architect, engineer & mathematician)
Anthony of Padua, Saint (Portuguese theologian)
Anthony, Saint (Egyptian theologian)
Anthony, Susan Brownell (Social Reformer)
Antigonus I (Asian military leader & statesman)
Antiochus (Seleucid dynasty ruling in Syria)
Antipater (Macedonian general)