English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher.
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Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
Cuban-French writer and musicologist (1904–1980)
Alejo Carpanter
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
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President of Poland from 1995 to 2005
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski is a Polish politician and journalist who served as the 3rd president of Poland from 1995 to 2005.
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Russian writer (1870–1938)
Aleksandr Kuprin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel and Yama: The Pit, as well as Moloch, Olesya, "Captain Ribnikov", "Emerald", and The Garnet Bracelet – the latter made into a 1965 movie.
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Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system.
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Russian-Soviet writer (1883-1945)
Aleksey Tolstoy
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian and Soviet writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction.
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Italian writer and poet (1785–1873)
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist.
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Russian poet (1880–1921)
Alexander Blok
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok was the most well-known Russian lyrical poet during the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.
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American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S.
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