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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Alexander III (Emperor)
Alexander Nevski (Russian royalty)
Alexander Severus, Marcus Aurelius (Italian-Syrian emperor)
Alexanderson, Ernst Frederick Werner (Swedish-born American electrical engineer)
Alexandra (Russian czarina)
Alexis I Mikhailovich (Czar of Russia)
Alexius I Comnenus (Byzantine emperor)
Alfonso I (king of Portugal)
Alfonso V (king of Portugal)
Alfonso XIII (king of Spain)
Alfred (Wessex king)
Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta (Swedish physicist)
Alger, Horatio (American novelist)
Algren, Nelson (American novelist)
Ali (Rhythm & Blues Artist)
Alito, Samuel Anthony Jr. (U.S. Supreme Court Justice / Jurist)
Allen, Ethan (Revolutionary War Figure)
Allen, Fred (American humorist)
Allen, Richard (Rhythm & Blues Artist)
Allen, William (American jurist)
Allen, Woody (Filmmaker)
Allenby, First Viscount (English military leader)
Allende Gossens, Salvador (Chilean president)
Allston, Washington (American painter & writer)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, Sir (English painter)
Almeida, Francisco de (Portuguese military leader)
Alonso, Alicia (Cuban ballet dancer)
Alsop, Joseph Wright Jr. (American writer)
Altman, Robert (American film director and screenwriter)
Altman, Sidney (American-Canadian biologist)
Alva, Duke of (Spanish military leader & statesman/stateswoman)
Alvarado, Pedro de (Spanish politician)
Alvarez, Luis Walter (American physicist)
Amado, Jorge (Brazilian novelist)
Amati, Nicolò (Italian violin maker)
Ambler, Eric (English novelist)
Ambrose, Saint (Italian theologian)
Amenhotep III (King of Egypt)
Amherst, Jeffrey (English military leader)
Amin Dada, Idi (Political Leader)
Amis, Kingsley, Sir (English novelist)
Amos (Hebrew prophet of the eighth century)
Ampère, André Marie (French physicist, mathematician & philosopher)
Amundsen, Roald (Explorer)