British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh (1882–1956)
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as children's poetry.
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Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an Indian spiritual, philosophical, and religious teacher who spread the Hare Krishna mantra and the teachings of "Krishna consciousness" to the world.
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Soviet revolutionary, ambassador, diplomat, feminist
A. Kollontaĭ
Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai was a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist theoretician.
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American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
Aaron Swartz
Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist.
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Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)
Abdelkader El Djezairi
Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din, known as Emir Abdelkader or ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Hasani al-Jazaʾiri, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion of Algiers from 1831 to 1847.
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Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948)
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin.
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4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009)
Abdurrahman Wahid
Abdurrahman Wahid, more colloquially known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until he was removed from office in 2001.
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First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
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President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
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