Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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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, Judith, Dame (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 (personage in the New Testament)
Andrić, Ivo (Yugoslav novelist)
Andropov, Yuri (Russian statesman/stateswoman)
Andros, Edmund, Sir (American-English statesman/stateswoman)
Angela Merici, Saint (Italian Roman Catholic nun)
Angelico, Fra (Italian painter)
Angell, Norman, Sir (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/stateswoman)
Antiochus (Seleucid dynasty ruling in Syria)
Antipater (Macedonian general)
Antisthenes (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Antoninus Pius (Italian emperor)
Antonioni, Michelangelo (Italian filmmaker & writer)
Anuszkiewicz, Richard Joseph (American painter)
Apelles (Ancient Greek painter)
Appleton, Edward Victor, Sir (English physicist)
Apuleius, Lucius (Ancient Roman writer & rhetorician)
Aquinas, Thomas, Saint (Theologian / Philosopher)
Aquino, Corazón Cojuangco (Philippine politician)