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: Ashkenazy, Vladimir Davidovitch to Axelrod, Julius.
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Ashton, Frederick, Sir (British choreographer)
Ashurbanipal (Assyrian king)
Asimov, Isaac (Writer / Chemist)
Asoka (Indian emperor)
Aspasia (Ancient Greek statesman/stateswoman)
Asquith, Herbert Henry (English statesman/stateswoman)
Assad, Hafez al- (Syrian president)
Astaire, Fred (Dancer / Actor)
Astor, John Jacob (1763-1848, American merchant)
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne (English statesman/stateswoman & politician)
Asturias, Miguel Ángel (Guatemalan novelist, poet & statesman/stateswoman)
Atahualpa (Peruvian statesman/stateswoman)
Atget, Jean Eugène (French photographer)
Athanasius, Saint (Egyptian theologian)
Athelstan (Wessex king)
Attar (Persian poet)
Attila (Military Leader / Ruler)
Attlee, Clement Richard (English statesman/stateswoman)
Attucks, Crispus (Revolutionary War Figure)
Auden, W(ystan) H(ugh) (Poet / Writer)
Audubon, John James (Naturalist / Artist)
Auer, Leopold (Hungarian musician)
Auerbach, Arnold (American basketball player)
Augustine, Saint (Saint / Theologian)
Augustine, Saint (English Christian missionary)
Augustus (Emperor)
Aung San Suu Kyi (Political Figure)
Aurangzeb (Indian emperor)
Aurelian (Ancient Roman emperor)
Austen, Jane (Writer)
Austin, Stephen Fuller (American politician & pioneer)
Avedon, Richard (American photographer)
Avenzoar (Spanish-Arab physician and writer)
Averroës (Arab-Spanish philosopher)
Avery, Milton Clark (American painter)
Avicenna (Persian philosopher & physician)
Ávila Camacho, Manuel (Mexican president)
Avogadro, Amedeo (Physicist)
Axelrod, Julius (in the New Testament)