11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Al-Biruni
Abu Reyhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, known as Biruni, was a Khwarazmian Iranian polymath of the Islamic Golden Age.
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Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali, latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath.
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President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)
Alan García
Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011.
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German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.
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President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto was a Peruvian politician, professor, agriculture engineer, and dictator who served as the president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.
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Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
Alberto Moravia
Alberto Pincherle, known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia, was an Italian novelist and journalist.
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German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus, also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia, Albert von Bollstadt, or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop.
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German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer, sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance.
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Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
Alcide De Gasperi
Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi was an Italian politician and statesman who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953.
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