Kazakh poet, philosopher and composer (1845-1904)
Abay Kunanbaiuly
Abai Qūnanbaiūly was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher.
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Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016)
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer.
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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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32th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
Abdülaziz
Abdulaziz was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup.
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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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Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion
Abebe Bikila
Shambel Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion.
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Indian actor and film producer (Born 1976)
Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor, film producer, and voice artist known for his work in Hindi films.
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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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