Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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Antisthenes (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Antoninus Pius (Italian emperor)
Antonioni, Michelangelo (Italian filmmaker & writer)
Anuszkiewicz, Richard Joseph (American painter)
Apelles (Ancient Greek painter)
Appleton, Sir Edward Victor (English physicist)
Apuleius, Lucius (Ancient Roman writer & rhetorician)
Aquinas, Saint Thomas (Theologian / Philosopher)
Aquino, Corazón Cojuangco (Philippine politician)
Arafat, Yasir (Politician)
Aragon, Louis (French writer)
Arber, Werner (Swiss microbiologist)
Arbus, Diane (Photographer)
Arbuthnot, John (Scottish writer, scientist & physician)
Arcaro, George Edward (American athlete)
Archimedes (Mathematician / Engineer)
Archipenko, Alexander Porfirievich (American-Russian sculptor)
Arden, Elizabeth (Canadian-born American businesswoman)
Arendt, Hannah (American-German politician)
Aretino, Pietro (Italian writer)
Arias Sanchez, Oscar (Costa Rican president)
Ariosto, Ludovico (Italian poet)
Aristarchus (Ancient Greek scholar)
Aristarchus of Samos (Ancient Greek astronomer & mathematician)
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand (Political Figure)
Aristides (Ancient Greek military leader & statesman)
Aristippus of Cyrene (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Aristophanes (Ancient Greek dramatist, poet & writer)
Aristophanes of Byzantium (Ancient Greek scholar)
Aristotle (Philosopher)
Arius (Libyan theologian)
Arkwright, Sir Richard (English inventor)
Arlen, Harold (Soundtrack Artist)
Arminius (German military leader)
Arminius, Jacobus (Dutch theologian)
Armstrong, Lance (Bicycle Racer)
Armstrong, Louis (Jazz Musician)
Arnauld, Antoine (French Jansenist theologian)
Arne, Thomas Augustine (English musician)
Arnold, Benedict (Traitor / Military Leader)
Arnold, Matthew (English poet & critic)
Arnold, Thomas (English educator)
Arp, Jean (French sculptor & painter)
Arpád (chief of the Magyars)