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Andalusian geographer (1100–1165)

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi, was an Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily.

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Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)

Abu Bakr al-Razi

Abū Bakr al-Rāzī, also known as Rhazes, 864 or 865 – 925 or 935 CE, was a Persian physician, philosopher and alchemist who lived during the Islamic Golden Age.

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8th-century classical Arabic poet

Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern poetry that developed during the first years of the Abbasid Caliphate.

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English mathematician (1815–1852)

Ada Lovelace

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine.

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Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)

Adam Smith

Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment.

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Pope

Adeodatus II

Pope Adeodatus II, sometimes called Deodatus, was the bishop of Rome from 672 to his death on 17 June 676.

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An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasti

Ādi Shankara

Adi Shankara, also called Adi Shankaracharya, was an Indian Vedic scholar-monk, philosopher, and teacher of Advaita Vedanta.

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President of France from 1871 to 1873 (1797-1877)

Adolphe Thiers

Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French statesman and historian who served as President of France from 1871 to 1873.

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Ancient Athenian playwright

Aeschylus

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian, often described as the father of tragedy.

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