American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet.
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American general and politician
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time governor of Rhode Island, as well as being an inventor and industrialist.
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Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)
Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France.
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American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight.
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French tennis player
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo is a French former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and tournament director.
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Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
Amélie Nothomb
Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb, better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb, is a Belgian Francophone novelist.
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American actress and producer (born 1984)
America Ferrera
America Georgina Ferrera is an American actress.
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Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom the Americas are named.
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Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances
Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf is a Lebanese French author who has lived in France since 1976.
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