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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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 (English-Ancient Roman military leader)
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (Italian military leader)
Agrippina (personage)
Agrippina (personage)
Aguinaldo, Emilio (Philippine politician)
Ahab (Israeli king)
Aiken, Conrad Potter (American writer & poet)
Ailey, Alvin Jr. (American dancer)
Aisha (personage)
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/stateswoman)
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/stateswoman & military leader)
Alcott, Amos Bronson (American educator)
Alcuin (English theologian & educator)
Alden, John (American pioneer)
Alder, Kurt (German chemist)
Aleichem, Shalom (American-Russian writer)
Aleixandre, Vicente (Spanish poet)
Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (French mathematician & philosopher)
Alexander I (czar of Russia)
Alexander I ((1876-1903) king of Serbia)
Alexander I ((1888-1934) king of Yugoslavia)
Alexander II (czar of Russia)