Ala

• Alain, archbishop of Auxerre, scholastic philosopher
• Alamanni, Luigi, (1495-1556), poet
• Alan, Ray, ventriloquist
• Alarcon, Pablo, actor
• Alas, Leopoldo, author of 'La Regenta'

• Alba, Jessica Marie, (born 1981), US actor
• Albanel, Charles (1616-1696), Jesuit explorer of Canada
• Albani, Emma, (1847-1930), canadian soprano
• Albano, E. Fernández, Chilean president
• Albarn, Damon, (born 1968), singer-songwriter
• Al-Batani, (850-929), astronomer
• Albategnius, (see Al-Batani)

• Albee, Edward, (born 1928), dramatist
• Albéniz, Isaac, (1860-1909), Spanish pianist and composer

• Alberich of Reims, (ca.1085-1141) scholastic philosopher
• Alberoni, Giulio, (1664-1752), cardinal
• Albers, Josef, (1888-1976), painter
• Albert (as first name) of ...

• • Albert of Aix, (fl. c. AD 1100), historian of the first crusade
  • Albert I of Belgium, (1875-1934), king of Belgium
  • Albert II of Belgium, (born June 6, 1934), king of Belgium
  • Albert I of Brandenburg, (c. 1100-1170), Margrave of Brandenburg
  • Albert III of Brandenburg, (1414-1486), Margrave of Brandenburg
  • Albert I of Habsburg, (ca 1250-1308), German emperor, duke of Austria
  • Albert II of Habsburg, (1397-1439), German emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary, and (as Albert V) duke of Austria
  • Albert of Mainz, (June 28, 1490-September 24, 1545), elector and archbishop of Mainz (Germany), and archbishop of Magdeburg
  • Albert I of Monaco, (1848-1922), Monaco prince
  • Albert of Prussia, (1490-1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and first duke of Ducal Prussia
  • Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, (1819-1861), Queen Victoria's husband & consort
  • Albert III of Saxony, (1443-1500), duke and elector of Saxony
• Albert (as first name) the ...
  • Albert The Degenerate, (ca. 1240-1314), count of Thuringia and Saxony
  • Albert The Warlike, (1522-1557), prince of Bayreuth, (Germany)
• Albert (as last name)
  • Albert, Charles of Savoy, (1798-1849), King of Sardinia
  • Albert, Frederick Augustus, (1828-1902), king of Saxony
• Alberti, Domenico, (1710-1740), composer
• Alberti, Leone Battista, (1404-1472), architect
• Albertinelli, Mariotto, (1474-1515), Italian painter
• Albertson, Jack, (1907-1981), actor
• Albertus Magnus, (died 1280), (a.k.a. Saint Albert the Great; Albert of Cologne)
• Albertz, Heinrich, (1915-1993), theologian and politician

• Albinoni, Tomaso, (1671-1751), Italian composer
• Albinus, Clodius, (died 197), Roman emperor
• Albion, Robert G, historian
• Albita, singer
• Albornoz, Severo Ochoa de, (1905-1993), Spanish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate
• Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg (1736-1809), composer
• Albreht, Fran, (1889-1965), poet
• Albreht, Ivan, poet
• Albreht, Vera, poet
• d'Albret, Jeanne, Queen of Navarre
• Albric of London, scholastic philosopher
• Albright, Madeleine, (born 1937), US Secretary of State
• Albritton, Rogers, philosopher

• Albuquerque, Afonso de, Portuguese naval general and viceroy of India
• Albuquerque, Matias de
• Albuquerque, Mouzinho de
• Albuquerque, Teresa de

• Alcántara, Francisco Linares, Venezuelan president
• Alcazar, Pedro 'El Rockero', (born 1975), world champion boxer
• Alchimowicz, Kazimierz, Polish painter
• Alcibiades, (ca 450 BC-404 BC), Athenian general and politician
• Alcidamas, (born 4th century BC), Greek rethorician
• Alcott, Louisa May, (1832-1888), British author
• Alcuin, (ca. 735-May 19 804), English monk

• Alda, Alan, (born 1936), US actor
• Aldag, Roger, Canadian athlete
• Alden, Howard, musician
• Alderton, Terry
• al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Jalal, (1207-1273), poet
• Aldini, Giovanni, (1762-1834), physicist
• Aldington, Richard, (1892-1962), poet
• Aldiss, Brian, (born 1925), British science fiction writer
• Aldrich, Henry, (1647-1710), English theologian, philosopher
• Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, US novelist
• Aldringer, Johann, (died 1634), Austrian soldier
• Aldrich, Robert, film director
• Aldrin, Edwin "Buzz, (born 1930), US astronaut

• Alechinsky, Pierre, (born 1927)
• Alegria, Claribel, poet
• Aleichem, Sholom, (1859-1916), (real name Solomon Rabinovitz), Fiddler on the Roof
• Alenio, Giulio, (1582-1649), missionary
• Aleixandre, Vicente, (died 1984), literature Nobelist
• Alekhine, Alexandre, (1892-1946), world chess champion
• Aleksandrov, Josip Murn, (1879-1901), poet
• Alekseev, Mikhail
• Aleksey I of Russia, (1629-1676)
• Aleman, Mateo, (1547-ca 1609)
• d'Alembert, Jean le Rond, (1717-1783), French physicist and encyclopædist
• Alen, William van, architect
• Ales, Alexander, (1500-1565), Scottish theologian
• Ales, Mikolas, (1852-1913), painter
• Alessi, Galeazzo, (1512-1572), architect

• Alexander (as first name)
  • Alexander, (1857-1893), patriarch of Constantinople
  • Alexander Aetolus, (3rd century BC), Greek poet
  • Alexander of Alexandria, Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria between 313 and 328
  • Alexander II of Alexandria, Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
  • Alexander of Aphrodisias, (2nd century AD), greek philosopher
  • Alexander Balas, ruler of the Seleucid kingdom between 150 and 146 BC
  • Alexander of Battenberg, (1857-1893), king of Bulgaria
  • Alexander III of Byzantium, Byzantine Emperor
  • Alexander Cornelius, (1st century BC), Greek grammarian
  • Alexander I of Epirus, king of Epirus 4th century BC
  • Alexander II of Epirus, (died ca. 260 BC), king of Epirus 3th century BC
  • Alexander of Greece (rhetorician), Greek rhetorician
  • Alexander of Greece (king), (1917-1920), king of Greece
  • Alexander of Hales, (died 1475), scholastic philosopher
  • Alexander Jannaeus, king of Judaea 103-76 BC
  • Alexander III of Macedonia, the Great, (356 BC-323 BC), king of Macedonia, conqueror of Persia and India
  • Alexander Obrenovich, (1876-1903)
  • Alexander of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
  • Alexander of Pherae, despot of Pherae between 369 and 358 BC
  • Alexander of Poland, (1461-1506),
  • Alexander I, Pope, (pope 97-105)
  • Alexander II, Pope, (pope 1058-1061)
  • Alexander III, Pope, (pope 1164-1168)
  • Alexander IV, Pope, (pope 1243-1254)
  • Alexander V, Pope, (Peter Philarges ca. 1339-May 3, 1410)
  • Alexander VI, Pope, (1431-1503), Roman pope
  • Alexander VII, Pope, (1599-1667)
  • Alexander VIII, Pope, (pope 1689-1691),
  • Alexander I of Russia, (1777-1825), Russian, Polish ruler
  • Alexander II of Russia, (1818-1881)
  • Alexander III of Russia, (1845 - 1894)
  • Alexander I of Scotland, (ca 1078 - April, 1124)
  • Alexander II of Scotland, (1198 - July 6, 1249)
  • Alexander III of Scotland, ( 1241 - 1286), Scottish king
  • Alexander I of Serbia, (1842-1858), Serbian king
  • Alexander Severus, (208-235), Roman emperor
  • Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888-1934), first king of Yugoslavia
• Alexander (as last name)
  • Alexander, Arthur, musician
  • Alexander, Bruce, author
  • Alexander, Christopher, (1822-1882), Victorian architect
  • Alexander, Grover Cleveland, (1887-1950), baseball Hall of Famer
  • Alexander, Sir Harold, (1891-1969), British Field Marshal
  • Alexander, Jason, (born 1959), comedian
  • Alexander, Lloyd, (born 1924), US fantasy author
  • Alexander, Mark Boyd, (1563-1601), poet

• Alexandra of Denmark, (1844-1925), consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
• Alexandra of Hesse, (1872-1918), wife of the czar Nicolai Romanov, killed with her family
• Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, Princess, cousin of King Edward VII
• Alexandra of Kent, Princess, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
• Alexandros II of Alexandria, Coptic Pope 702-729
• Alexandrov, Alexander, (1883-1946), Russian composer

• Alexeev, Vasily, weightlifter
• Alexiou, Haris, musician
• Alexis (b about 394 BC) Greek comic poet
• Alexius (as first name)
  • Alexius I Comnenus, (1048-1118), Byzantine Emperor
  • Alexius II Comnenus, (1167-1183), Byzantine Emperor
  • Alexius III Angelus, Byzantine Emperor
  • Alexius IV, Byzantine Emperor
  • Alexius V, Byzantine Emperor
  • Alexius I, Patriarch, Patriarch of Constantinople, Metropolitan of Moscow 1945-1970
  • Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow between 1354 and 1378
  • Alexius II, Patriarch, Metropolitan of Moscow

• Alfano, Franco, Italian opera composer
• Alfaro, Carlota (born 1933), fashion designer
• Al-Farabi, (870-950), scientist
• Al-Fayed, Dodi, (1955-1997), playboy
• Alfelt, Else, (1910-1974), painter
• Alferov, Zhores Ivanovich, (born 1930), physicist
• Alfonsi, Peter, scholastic philosopher
• Alfonso (as first name)
  • Alfonso I of Aragon, (1082-1134), king of Aragon and Navarre in 1104
  • Alfonso II of Aragon, (1154-1196), king in 1162
  • Alfonso III of Aragon, (1265-1291), king in 1285
  • Alfonso IV of Aragon, (1299-1336), king in 1327
  • Alfonso V of Aragon, (1394-1458), king in 1416
  • Alfonso I of Asturias, (693-757), king in 737
  • Alfonso II of Asturias, (759-842), king in 791
  • Alfonso VI of Castile, (1040-1109), king of Castille in 1072 and of León in 1065
  • Alfonso VII of Castile, (1105-1157), the Emperor, king of Castille and León in 1126
  • Alfonso VIII of Castile, (1155-1214), king of Castille in 1158
  • Alfonso IX of Castile, (1171-1230), king of Leon 1188-1230
  • Alfonso X of Castile, (1221-1284), king of Castille 1252
  • Alfonso XI of Castile, (1311-1350), king of Castille and León in 1312
  • Alfonso III of Leon, (848-910), the Great, king in 866
  • Alfonso IV of Leon, (ca900-933), king of León between 926 and 931
  • Alfonso V, (ca999-1028), king of León and Galicia
  • Alfonso I Henriques, (1109-1185), first king of Portugal
  • Alphonso II of Portugal, (1185-1233), king in 1212
  • Alphonso III of Portugal, (1210-1279), king in 1247
  • Alphonso IV of Portugal, (1290-1357), king in 1325
  • Alphonso V of Portugal, (1432-1481), king in 1438
  • Alphonso VI of Portugal, (1643-1683), king in 1656
  • Alfonso XII of Spain, (1880-1904), later one of the Kings of Spain
  • Alfonso XIII of Spain, (1886-1941)
• Alfred (as first name)
  • Alfred the Great, (847?-899), of Wessex, English
  • Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, (1844-1900), later Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, second son of Victoria of the United Kingdom
  • Alfred of Sareshel, scholastic philosopher
• Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta, (1908-1995), physicist
• Alfvén, Hugo, Swedish musician

• Algardi, Alessandro, (1598-1654), sculptor, painter
• Algarotti, Francesco, (December 11 1712 – May 3 1764)
• Alger, Horatio, Jr, (1832-1899), Unitarian minister, author
• Algren, Nelson, (1909-1981), The Man With the Golden Arm

• Alhazen (Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Alhasan)

• Ali (as first name)
  • Ali Ben Abu Talib, (c. 600-661), caliph and imam
• Ali (as last name)
  • Ali, Laila, (born 1977), US world champion female boxer, daughter of Muhammad Ali
  • Ali, Muhammad, (born 1942), US world champion boxer, The Greatest
  • Ali, Ramadan (born approx. 1940), brother, trainer of Muhammad Ali.
  • Ali, Rashied, musician
  • Ali, Tatyana, (born 1979), actress, singer
• Alia, Ramiz, Albanian president 1985-1992
• Alibekov, Kanatjan, Senior Soviet Bioweapons Expert from 1970-1992.
• Alice of Albany, Princess, cousin of King George V
• Alice of Battenberg, Princess, mother of Prince Philip
• Aliev, Geidar, former President of Azerbaijan
• Alighieri, Dante, (1265-September 14, 1321), Italian poet
• Alinsky, Saul, grandfather of community organizing
• Alison, Archibald, (died 1839), Scottish author
• Ali Pasha, Mohammad, Ottoman governor in Egypt
• Alisoun, poet
• Alizoti, Fejzi, Albanian politician

• Alkan, Siegfried, (1858 - 1941), German composer
• al-Kashi, Ghiyath, (circa 1370), Arab mathematician
• al-Kathiri, Hussein
• al-Kathiri, Ja'far bin Mansur
• Al-Khwarizmi, (780-850), (Al-Khwarazmi) founder of Algorithm algebra, mathematician, astronomer

• Allacci, Leone, (1586-1669), Greek scholar and theologian
• Allan, David, (1744-1796), painter
• Allansson, Ove, Swedish writer
• Allectus, Roman Emperor

• Allegri, Gregorio, (1582-1652), Italian composer
• Allen
  • Allen, A. A, US televangelist
  • Allen, Andrew, astronaut
  • Allen, Carl, musician
  • Allen, Charlotte Vale, (born 1941), romantic novels writer
  • Allen, Chesney, British comedian
  • Allen, Daevid, musician
  • Allen, Damon, athlete
  • Allen, Donald, (New American Poetry)
  • Allen, Ethan, (1738-1789), American patriot leader
  • Allen, Fred, (1894-1956), comedian
  • Allen, George, (born 1922), American football coach
  • Allen, Ginger Lynn, (born 1962), actress
  • Allen, Grant, (1848-1899), The Woman Who Did
  • Allen, Joseph, astronaut
  • Allen, Paul, (born 1953), entrepreneur
  • Allen, Red, (1908-1967), musician
  • Allen, Richard, (1760-1831), ex-slave, religious leader, A.M.E. Church founder
  • Allen, Richard V, United States National Security Advisor, 1981-82.
  • Allen, Richard, pen name of British author James Moffat
  • Allen, Roger MacBride, author
  • Allen, Steve, (1921-2000), actor, composer, writer
  • Allen, William, (1803-1879)
  • Allen, Cardinal William, (died 1594), English cardinal.
  • Allen, Woody, (born 1935), US comedian actor and director
• Allenby, Edmund, (1861-1936), British soldier
• Allende, Isabel, (born 1942), Chilean author
• Allende, Salvador, (1908-1973), Chilean president
• Allesbrook, Geoffrey Pole, (1956-1959)
• Alley, Kirstie, (born 1955), US actress

• Alliksaar, Artur, Estonian poet
• Alliluyeva, Svetlana (born 1926), Soviet defector, daughter of Stalin
• Allingham, Margery, (1904-1966), author
• Allingham, William, (1828?-1889), poet
• Allinson, Sidney, Canadian writer
• Allison, Ben
• Allison, Mose, (born 1927), musician
• Allison, William Boyd, (1813-1894),
• Allix, Pierre, (1641-1717), French protestant writer
• Allman, Duane, (1946-1971), of the Allman Brothers Band
• Allman, Eric, sendmail
• Allman, Greg, musician
• Allmers, Hermann, (born 1821)
• Allori, Alessandro, (1535-1607), Italian painter
• Allori, Cristofano, (1577-1621), Italian painter.
• Allred, James V, American Governor of Texas (1935-1939)
• Allston, Washington, (1779-1843), painter
• Allsup, Tommy, musician

• Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, (1836-1912), painter
• Almada, Mario, actor
• Almagro, Diego De, (1475-1538)
• al-Mahdi, Mulay Hassan bin
• al-Maktoum, Rashid Bin Said, (1979-1991), prime minister
• Almeida, Joaquim de, portuguese actor
• Almodovar, Pedro, (born 1951), Spanish film director
• Almqvist, Carl Jonas Love, Swedish writer

• al-Nahayan, Zaid bin Sultan
• Alonso, Alicia, prima ballerina
• Alonso, Damaso, poet
• Alonso, Maria Conchita, Cuban born, [Venezuela|Venezuelan]] nationalized actress
• Alphege, (954-1023), Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint
• Alphonso (as first name)
  • Alphonso I of Portugal, (1109-1185), first king of Portugal in 1139
  • Alphonso II of Portugal, (1185-1233), king in 1212
  • Alphonso III of Portugal, (1210-1279), king in 1247
  • Alphonso IV of Portugal, (1290-1357), king in 1325
  • Alphonso V of Portugal, (1432-1481), king in 1438
  • Alphonso VI of Portugal, (1643-1683), king in 1656
• Alpini, Prospero, (1553-1617), Italian botanist

• al-Qu'aiti, Awadh bin Saleh
• al-Qu'aiti, Saleh bin Ghalib
• al-Raschid, Haroun, caliph of Baghdad
• al-Rasheed, Mohammed Ahmad
• Al-Saud, Sultan Salman, astronaut
• Alsop, Vincent, (ca. 1630-1703)
• Alsted, Johann Heinrich, (1588-1638), German theologian
• Alston, Charles, (1907-1977), painter
• Alston, William
• Altamirano, Luis, Chilean president
• Altdorfer, Albrecht, (1480-1538), German painter
• Alterman, Natan, poet
• Altishoven, Eduard Pfyffer von, Swiss president
• Altman, Robert, (born 1925), film director
• Altman, Scott, astronaut
• Altman, Sid, Molecular Biologist
• Alured of Beverley
• Al-Uqlidisi, (920-990) , mathematician