Wikisource:Authors-A

Aa

 * Aarne, Antti (1867–1925)
 * Aaron
 * Aaron, Samuel Francis (1862–1947)

Ab

 * d'Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel (1815–1893)
 * Abbas, Mahmoud (b. 1935)
 * Abbas I of Egypt (1813–1854)
 * Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629)
 * Abbay, Richard (1844–1927)
 * Abbe, Cleveland (1838–1916)
 * Abbey, Henry (1842–1911)
 * Abbot, Anne Wales (1808–1908)
 * Abbot, Austin (1831–1896)
 * Abbot, Charles Greeley (1872–1973)
 * Abbot, Henry Larcom (1831–1927)
 * Abbot, William Greene (1848–1889)
 * Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan (1830–1890)
 * Abbott, Charles Conrad (1843–1919)
 * Abbott, Edward (1801–1869)
 * Abbott, Edwin (1808–1882)
 * Abbott, Edwin Abbott (1838–1926)
 * Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell (1872–1958)
 * Abbott, Evelyn (1843–1901)
 * Abbott, Frances Matilda (1857–1939)
 * Abbott, Frank Frost (1860–1924)
 * Abbott, George Francis (1872–1957)
 * Abbott, Harold Henry (1891–1976)
 * Abbott, Jacob (1803–1879)
 * Abbott, Jane Ludlow Drake (1881–1968)
 * Abbott, John (1821–1893)
 * Abbott, John Henry Macartney (1874–1953)
 * Abbott, John Stevens Cabot (1805–1877)
 * Abbott, Joseph (1790–1862)
 * Abbott, L. A. (1813–?)
 * Abbott, Lawrence Fraser (1859–1933)
 * Abbott, Lemuel (c. 1730–1776)
 * Abbott, Lyman (1835–1922)
 * Abbott, Robert (1588–1662)
 * Abbott, Robert Tucker (1919–1995)
 * Abbott, Thomas Eastoe (1786–1854)
 * Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill (1829–1913)
 * Abbott, William Henry (1822–1869)
 * Caliph Abd al-Malik (646–705)
 * Caliph Abd al-Mu'min (1100–1163)
 * Abd-ar-Rahman III (889–961)
 * Abd-ar-Rahman IV (?–1018)
 * Abd-ar-Rahman V (1001–1024)
 * Abd-ul-Aziz (1830–1876)
 * Abd-ul-Hamid I (?–1789)
 * Abd-ul-Hamid II (1842–1918)
 * Abd-ul-Mejid I (1823–1861)
 * Abderhalden, Emil (1877–1950)
 * Abdul Mejid II (1868–1944)
 * `Abdu'l-Bahá (Abbas Effendi) (1844–1921)
 * King Abdullah II (1962–present)
 * Abdullah, Achmed (1881–1945)
 * Abdurehim Kashgar, Kasim
 * Abdy, Edward Strutt (1791–1846)
 * Abdy, John Thomas (1822–1899)
 * Abdy, Maria (1797–1867)
 * Abe no Nakamaro (698–770)
 * Abe Shinzō (1954–)
 * A'Becket, John Joseph (1849–1911)
 * Abel, Annie Heloise (1873–1947)
 * Abel, Clarke (1780–1826)
 * Abel, Félix Marie (1878–1953)
 * Abélard, Pierre (1079–1142)
 * Aber, Mary Alling (1856–1915)
 * Aber, William Martin (1848–1919)
 * Abercrombie, John (1726–1806)
 * Abercrombie, John (1780–1844)
 * Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881–1938)
 * Abercrombie, Neil (1938– )
 * Abercromby, John (1841–1924)
 * Abercromby, Patrick (1656–1716)
 * Abercromby, Ralph (1842–1897)
 * Aberigh-Mackay (1848–1881)
 * Abernethy, John (1764–1831)
 * Abgar V (?BCE–50)
 * Abhedananda (Swami) (1866–1939)
 * Abidor, Mitchell (present day)
 * Abney, William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920)
 * Abot, Eugène Michel Joseph (1836–1894)
 * About, Edmond François Valentin (1828–1885)
 * Abraham (2nd millenium BCE)
 * Abraham, George Dixon (1871–1965)
 * Abraham, Max (1875–1922)
 * Abraham, Robert John (1836–1877)
 * Abraham, Władysław Henryk Franciszek (1861–1941)
 * Abrahams, Barnett Lionel (1869–1919)
 * Abrahams, Israel (1858–1925)
 * Abrams, Floyd (1936– )
 * Abrams, Leroy (1874–1956)
 * Abstemius, Laurentius (1440–1508)
 * Abu Abdullah Muhammad III ibn Muhammad (1257–1314)
 * Abu Bakr (c. 573–634)
 * Abu'l-Fawaris, Shirdil (c. 960–c. 988/9)
 * Abulfeda (1273–1331)

Ac

 * Achard, Amédée (1814–1875)
 * Acharius, Erik (1757–1819)
 * Acher, Rudolph Adolph (1874–1955)
 * Acheson, Anne
 * Acheson, Arthur (1688–1748)
 * Acheson, Dean Gooderham (1893–1971)
 * Ackerman, Albert Ammerman (1859–1932)
 * Ackerman, Carl William (1890–1970)
 * Ackerman, Forrest James (1916–2008)
 * Ackermann, Louise-Victorine (1813–1890)
 * Ackermann, Lourens (1934– )
 * Ackermann, Rudolph (1764–1834)
 * Ackers, Benjamin St John (1839–1915)
 * Acland, Arthur Henry Dyke (1811–1857)
 * Acland, Charles (1813–1845)
 * Acland, Emily Anna (1859–1942)
 * Acland, John Barton Arundel (1823–1904)
 * Acland, Reginald (1856–1924)
 * Acland, Thomas Dyke (1809–1908)
 * Acosta, José de (1539–1600)
 * Acrel, Olof (1717–1806)
 * John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, Lord (1834–1902)
 * Acton, Edward Birt (fl. 1875)
 * Acworth, Harry Arbuthnot (1849–1933)
 * Acworth, William Mitchell (1850–1925)

Ad

 * Adair, James (1709–1783)
 * Adalbert of Prague (955–997)
 * Adalbold II of Utrecht (975–1026)
 * Adam
 * Adam of Bremen (?–1080s)
 * Adam of Saint Victor (1122–1192)
 * Adam, Adela Marion (1866–1944)
 * Adam, Adolphe Charles (1803–1856)
 * Adam, George Jeffreys (1883–1930)
 * Adam, Graeme Mercer (1830–1912)
 * Adam, Thomas (1701–1784)
 * Adam, Thomas Beat (fl. 1890)
 * Adam, William Augustus (1865–1940)
 * Adamič, Louis (1898–1951)
 * Adamnan (?625–704)
 * Adams, Abigail (1744–1818)
 * Adams, Andrew Leith (1827–1882)
 * Adams, Andy (1859–1935)
 * Adams, Arthur (1820–1878)
 * Adams, Braman Blanchard (1851–1944)
 * Adams, Brooks (1848–1927)
 * Adams, Charles Darwin (1856–1938)
 * Adams, Charles Follen (1842–1918)
 * Adams, Charles Francis (1807–1886)
 * Adams, Charles Francis (1835–1915)
 * Adams, Charles Kendall (1835–1902)
 * Adams, Charles Warren (1833–1903)
 * Adams, Cyrus Cornelius (1849–1928)
 * Adams, Ellinor Davenport (1859–1913)
 * Adams, Francis (1796–1861)
 * Adams, Francis Alexandre (1874–1975)
 * Adams, Francis Colburn (1800's)
 * Adams, Francis Mantell (1841–1886)
 * Adams, Francis Ottiwell (1825–1889)
 * Adams, Francis William Lauderdale (1862–1893)
 * Adams, Frank Dawson (1859–1942)
 * Adams, Franklin Pierce (1881–1960)
 * Adams, Frederick Upham (1859–1921)
 * Adams, George Burton (1851–1925)
 * Adams, Hannah (1755–1831)
 * Adams, Harriet Ada (1845–1885)
 * Adams, Henry Brooks (1838–1918)
 * Adams, Henry Cadwallader (1817–1889)
 * Adams, Henry Carter (1851–1921)
 * Adams, Henry Gardiner (1811–1881)
 * Adams, James "Grizzly" (1812–1860)
 * Adams, James Truslow (1878–1949)
 * Adams, John (1735–1826)
 * Adams, John (1857–1934)
 * Adams, John Coleman (1849–1922)
 * Adams, John Couch (1819–1892)
 * Adams, John G. (1932–2003)
 * Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848)
 * Adams, John Wolcott (1874–1925)
 * Adams, Joseph Quincy (1880–1946)
 * Adams, Lionel Ernest (1854–1945)
 * Adams, Mabel Ellery (1865–1935)
 * Adams, Mary Newbury (1837–1901)
 * Adams, Maxwell Richard Peers (1849–1921)
 * Adams, Nehemiah (1806–1878)
 * Adams, Oscar Fay (1855–1919)
 * Adams, Peter Chardon Brooks (1848–1927)
 * Adams, Robert Dudley (1829–1912)
 * Adams, Samuel (1722–1803)
 * Adams, Samuel Hopkins (1871–1958)
 * Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower (1805–1848)
 * Adams, Thomas (1583–1652)
 * Adams, Thomas Albert Smith (1839–1888)
 * Adams, Thomas Sewall (1873–1933)
 * Adams, W. H. (fl. 1880s)
 * Adams, Walter Marsham (1838–1899)
 * Adams, William (1706–1789)
 * Adams, William Bridges (1797–1872)
 * Adams, William Grylls (1836–1915)
 * Adams, William Henry Davenport (1828–1891)
 * Adams, William Lysander (1821–1906)
 * Adams, William Taylor (1822–1897)
 * Adams-Reilly, Anthony (1836–1885)
 * Adamson, Henry (1581–1639)
 * Adamson, Henry Thomas (1816–1882)
 * Adamson, John Ernest (1867–1950)
 * Adamson, Robert (1852–1902)
 * Adamson, Sydney (1872–1958)
 * Adanson, Michel (1727–1806)
 * Adcock, Arthur St. John (1864–1930)
 * Adcock, Frank Ezra (1886–1968)
 * Addams, Jane (1860–1935)
 * Adderley, Charles Bowyer (1814–1905)
 * Adderley, Henry Arden (1854–1945)
 * Addington, Henry (1757–1844)
 * Addis, Henry (1864–1934)
 * Addis, John (1831–1876)
 * Addis, William Edward (1844–1917)
 * Addison, Charles Greenstreet (1812–1866)
 * Addison, Daniel Dulany (1863–1936)
 * Addison, George Augustus (1792–1814)
 * Addison, Joseph (1672–1719)
 * Addison, Lancelot (1632–1703)
 * Addison, William (1803–1881)
 * Additon, Lucia Hatch Faxon (1847–1919)
 * Addleshaw, William Percy (1866–1916)
 * Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848–1933)
 * Ade, George (1866–1944)
 * Adelardus Bathensis (c. 1080–c. 1152)
 * Adeney, Walter Ernest (1857–1935)
 * Adeney, Walter Frederic (1849–1920)
 * Adeodatus I (570–618)
 * Adeodatus II (?–676)
 * Adkisson, Richard Blanks (1932–2011)
 * Adler, Cyrus (1836–1940)
 * Adler, Felix (1851–1933)
 * Adler, George J. (1821–1868)
 * Adler, Herman Morris (1876–1935)
 * Adler, Hermann (1839–1911)
 * Adler, Mortimer (1902–2001)
 * Adlington, William (fl. 1566)
 * Adolphus, John (1768–1845)
 * Adolphus, John Leycester (1795–1862)
 * Adomnán of Iona (c. 624–704)
 * Adorni, Catherine Fieschi (1447–1510)
 * Adrian I (700–795)
 * Adrian II (792–872)
 * Adrian III (?–885)
 * Adrian IV (?–1159)
 * Adrian V (1205–1276)
 * Adrian VI (1459–1523)
 * Ady, Mrs. (William) Henry (1851–1924)
 * Ady, Thomas (1606–1704)
 * Abdallah al-Adil (1170–1227)

Ae/Æ

 * Ælfric (c. 955–c. 1020)
 * Aelianus, Claudius (?–235)
 * Aemilianus, Lucius Octavius Cornelius Publius Salvius Julianus (c. 110–c. 170)
 * Æmilius Paullus Macedonicus, Lucius (229 BCE–160 BCE)
 * Aeschines (389 BCE–314 BCE)
 * Aeschylus (525–456 BCE)
 * Aesop (c. 620–c. 560 BCE)

Af

 * Afanasyev, Alexander Nikolaevich (1826–1871)
 * Affleck, James Ormiston (1840–1922)
 * Affleck, William (1838–1923)
 * ibn Aflaḥ, Abū Muḥammad Jābir (1100–1150)
 * Afong, Lai (1839–1890)
 * Afranius, Lucius (c. 150 BCE–90 BCE)
 * Africanus, Scipio (235 BCE–183 BCE)
 * Africanus, Sextus Julius (c. 160–c. 240)
 * Afzelius, Adam (1750–1837)

Ag

 * Agabeg, Aviet (1844–?)
 * Agander, Nils Georg (1760–1792)
 * Agapetus I (?–536)
 * Agapetus II (?–955)
 * Agardh, Carl Adolph (1785–1859)
 * Agassiz, Alexander (1835–1910)
 * Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot (1822–1907)
 * Agassiz, George Russell (1862–1951)
 * Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolophe (1807–1873)
 * Agatharchides (208 BCE–? BCE)
 * Agathias (536–c. 580)
 * Agatho (574–681)
 * Ager, John Curtis (1835–1913)
 * Agnes, Sister (19th century)
 * Agnetti, Mary Prichard (1870–1948)
 * Agnew, Andrew Noel (1850–1928)
 * Agnew, David Carnegie (1821–1887)
 * Agnew, William Thomas Fischer (1847–1903)
 * Agricola, Georgius (1494–1555)
 * Agrippa, Henry Cornelius (1486–1535)
 * d'Aguesseau, Henri François (1668–1751)
 * Aguilar, Grace (1816–1847)
 * Aguinaldo, Emilio (1869–1964)

Ah

 * Ahaus, Hubert (1877–1944)
 * Ahern, Thomas L. (fl. 1979)
 * Ahern, Michael Joseph (1877–1951)
 * Aherne, Cornelius (1861–1929)
 * Aherne, James (1867–1955)
 * Ahlborn, Ida A. (fl. 1900)
 * Ahle, Johann Rudolph (1625–1673)
 * Ahlqvist, August (1826–1889)
 * Ahmad Khan, Syed (1817–1898)
 * Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam (1835–1908)
 * Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (1956– )
 * Ahmed I (1590–1617)
 * Ahmed II (1643–1695)
 * Ahmed III (1673–1736)
 * Ahmose (fl. c. mid–17th century B.C.E.)
 * Aho, Juhani (1861–1921)
 * Ahrons, Ernest Leopold (1866–1926)

Ai

 * Aidé, Charles Hamilton (1826–1906)
 * Aiken, Charles Francis (1863–1925)
 * Aiken, Conrad (1889–1973)
 * Aikin, Arthur (1773–1854)
 * Aiken, George David (1892–1984)
 * Aikin, John (1747–1822)
 * Lucy Aikin (Mary Godolphin) (1781–1864)
 * Aikin-Kortright, Fanny (1821–1900)
 * Aikins, Herbert Austin (1867–1946)
 * Aikman, John Logan (1820–1885)
 * Aikman, William (1824–1909)
 * d'Ailly, Pierre (1350/1351–1420)
 * Aimée de Marie, Sister (dates unknown)
 * Ainger, Alfred (1837–1904)
 * Ainger, Arthur Campbell (1841–1919)
 * Ainslie, Douglas (1865–1948)
 * Ainslie, Whitelaw (1767–1837)
 * Ainsworth, William Francis (1807–1896)
 * Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805–1882)
 * Aird, David Mitchell (c. 1822–1876)
 * Aird, Thomas (1802–1876)
 * Airy, Osmund (1845–1928)
 * Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801–1892)
 * Airy, Wilfrid (1836–1925)
 * Aitchison, Charles Umpherston (1832–1896)
 * Aitchison, George (1825–1910)
 * Aitken, Edward Hamilton (1851–1909)
 * Aitken, George Atherton (1860–1917)
 * Aitken, John (1820–1884)
 * Aitken, John (1839–1919)
 * Aitken, Robert Grant (1864–1951)
 * Aitken, William Hay Macdowall Hunter (1841–1927)
 * Aiton, William (1731–1793)
 * Aiton, William Townsend (1766–1849)

Ak

 * Akazome Emon (956–11th cent.)
 * Akbarpour, Ahmad (1970–present)
 * Akenside, Mark (1721–1770)
 * Akerman, John Yonge (1806–1873)
 * Akers, Charles Edmond (1861–1915)
 * Akhenaten (?–1336 BCE)
 * Akhmatova, Anna (1889–1996)
 * Aksakov, Sergey Timofeyevich (1791–1859)
 * Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke (1892–1927)

Al/Ál

 * Alabaster, Chaloner Grenville (1880–1958)
 * Alain-Fournier (1886–1914)
 * Alamia, Gennady (1949–)
 * Alavi, Bozorg (1904–1997)
 * Albert I of Belgium (1875–1934)
 * Albert the Great (c. 1193–1280)
 * Albornoz, Denisse
 * Albright, Madeleine (1937–)
 * Alcaeus of Mytilene (fl. 6th c. BCE)
 * Alcibiades (450 BCE–404 BCE)
 * Alcock, Charles William (1842–1907)
 * Alcock, Deborah (1825–1913)
 * Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799–1888)
 * Alcott, Louisa May (1832–1888)
 * Aleš, Mikoláš (1852–1913)
 * Alcott, William Andrus (1798–1859)
 * Aldásy, Antal (1869–1932)
 * Alden, Isabella Macdonald (1841–1930)
 * Alden, William Livingston (1837–1908)
 * Alderman, Edwin Anderson (1861–1931)
 * Aldington, Richard (1892–1962)
 * Aldrich, Anne Reeve (1866–1892)
 * Aldrich, Annie Charlotte Catharine
 * Aldrich, Mildred (1853–1928)
 * Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836–1907)
 * Aldunate Phillips, Arturo (1902–1985)
 * Alecsandri, Vasile (1821–1890)
 * d'Alembert, Jean le Rond (1717–1783)
 * Alesius, Alexander (1500–1565)
 * Alexander of Alexandria (?–326)
 * Alexander of Hales (1185–1245)
 * Alexander of Jerusalem (?–251)
 * Alexander of Lycopolis (4th century)
 * Alexander I, Pope (?–115)
 * Alexander I of Russia (1777–1825)
 * Alexander II, Pope (?–1073)
 * Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)
 * Alexander III of Macedon (356 BCE–323 BCE)
 * Alexander III, Pope (?–1181)
 * Alexander IV, Pope (1185/1199–1261)
 * Alexander VI, Pope (1431–1503)
 * Alexander VII, Pope (1599–1667)
 * Alexander VIII, Pope (1610–1691)
 * Alexander, Archibald (1772–1851)
 * Alexander, Cecil Frances (1818–1895)
 * Alexander, Edward Porter (1835–1910)
 * Alexander, George Gardiner (1821–1897)
 * Alexander, George William (1802–1890)
 * Alexander, Hartley Burr (1873–1939)
 * Alexander, Joel W. (1900's)
 * Alexander, Samuel Davies (1819–1894)
 * Alexander, William Lindsay (1808–1884)
 * Alexandre, Aaron (1756–1850)
 * Alexis, Joseph
 * Aley, Robert Judson (1863–1935)
 * Alfieri, Vittorio (1749–1803)
 * Alford, Henry (1810–1871)
 * Alfred the Great (849–899)
 * Alger, Horatio (1832–1899)
 * Alger, John Goldworth (1836–1907)
 * Alger, William Rounseville (1822–1905)
 * Ali, Hafiz Abdullah Yusuf (1872–1953)
 * Ali, Maulana Muhammad (1874–1951)
 * Ali, Syed Nawab (1800's–1900's)
 * Alighieri, Dante (1265–1321)
 * Alison, Archibald (disambiguation)
 * Alito, Samuel (1950–present)
 * Aliyev, Ilham (1961–)
 * Allan, William (1837–1899)
 * Allbutt, Thomas Clifford (1836–1925)
 * Alleine, Joseph (1633–1688)
 * Alleine, Richard (1610–1681)
 * Allen, Alexander (1814–1842)
 * Allen, Elizabeth Chase (1832–1911)
 * Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie (1848–1899)
 * Allen, Chester G. (1838–1878)
 * Allen, Edward Ellis (1861–1941)
 * Allen, Emory Adams (1853–1933)
 * Allen, Ethan (1739–1789)
 * Allen, Hervey (1889–1949)
 * Allen, James (1864–1912)
 * Allen, James Lane (1849–1925)
 * Allen, James Oswald (1734–1804)
 * Allen, John James (1797–1871)
 * Allen, John William (1865–1944)
 * Allen, Joseph Henry (1820–1898)
 * Allen, Littlebury Woodson (1803–1871)
 * Allen, Nathan (1813–1889)
 * Allen, Percy Stafford (1869–1933)
 * Allen, Thomas William (1862–1950)
 * Allen, Winfred Emory (1873–1947)
 * Allende, Salvador (1908–1973)
 * Allibone, Samuel Austin (1816–1889)
 * Allin, Thomas (1838–1909)
 * Allingham, William (1824–1889)
 * Allinson, Alfred Richard (1854–1929)
 * Allinson, Thomas Richard (1858–1918)
 * Allison, Young E. (1853–1932)
 * Allman, George James (1812–1898)
 * Allman, George Johnston (1824–1904)
 * Allston, Washington (1779–1843)
 * Alpen, Hugo (1842–1917)
 * Alphandéry, Paul Daniel (1875–1932)
 * Altschul, Ernst (1864–?)
 * Altsheler, Joseph Alexander (1862–1919)
 * Álvarez de Toledo, Fadrique (1537–1583)
 * Álvarez de Toledo, Fernando (1507–1582)
 * Alvero, Aurelio Sevilla (1913–1958)

Am

 * Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji (1891–1956)
 * Ambrosiaster (4th century)
 * Ambrose of Milan (333–397)
 * Ambrose, Robert Steele (1824–1908)
 * Amedroz, Henry Frederick (1819–1893)
 * Amedroz, Henry Frederick (1855–1917)
 * American Youth Congress (1935–1940)
 * Ames, Azel (1845–1908)
 * Ames, Charles Gordon (1828–1912)
 * Ames, Herman V. (1865–1935)
 * Ames, James Barr (1846–1910)
 * Ames, Winthrop (1870–1937)
 * Amhurst, Nicholas (1697–1742)
 * Amiel, Henri Frédéric (1821–1881)
 * Amirkhani, Reza (1973–present)
 * Amitābha (immeasurably ancient)
 * Amjentan, Frank (1957–1987)
 * Ammianus Marcellinus (320s–390s)
 * Amos (d. 745 BCE)
 * Amos, Sheldon (1835–1886)
 * Ampère, André-Marie (1775–1836)
 * Amphlett, John (1845–1918)
 * Amsbury, Clifton Holman (1910–2007)
 * Amu, Ephraim (1899–1995)
 * Amyclas of Heraclea

An

 * Anacreon c. 582 BCE – c. 485 BCE)
 * Anburey, Thomas (1759–1840)
 * Anchel, Robert (1880–1951)
 * Andagoya, Pascual (1495–1548)
 * Anastasius I, Pope (?–401)
 * Anastasius I, Emperor (430–518)
 * Anastasius II, Pope (?–498)
 * Anastasius III, Pope (?–913)
 * Anastasius IV, Pope (c. 1073–1154)
 * Anaximander (c. 610 B.C.E.–c. 546 B.C.E.)
 * Anaximenes of Miletus (585 B.C.E.–528 B.C.E.)
 * Andersen, Hans Christian (1805–1875)
 * Anderson, Adelaide Mary (1863–1936)
 * Anderson, Alexander (1845–1909)
 * Anderson, Elizabeth (1800's–1900's)
 * Anderson, Frank Maloy (1871–1961)
 * Anderson, Frederick Irving (1877–1947)
 * Anderson, Frederick William (1866–1891)
 * Anderson, James (1824–1893)
 * Anderson, John (1814–1886)
 * Anderson, John (1833–1900)
 * Anderson, John George Clark (1870–1952)
 * Anderson, John Parker (1841–1925)
 * Anderson, Joseph (1832–1916)
 * Anderson, Margaret Steele (1867–1921)
 * Anderson, Nephi (1865–1923)
 * Anderson, Peter John (1852–1926)
 * Anderson, Robert Gordon (1881–1950)
 * Anderson, Sherwood (1876–1941)
 * Anderson, William Edwin (1842–1900)
 * Anderson, William Patrick (1851–1927)
 * Andersson, Dan (1888–1920)
 * Andonov-Poljanski, Hristo (1927–1985)
 * Andrade, David A. (1859–1928)
 * André, John (1750–1780)
 * André, Peter Fox (1831–c. 1869)
 * Andrew (1st century)
 * Andrew, Elizabeth Wheeler (1845–1917)
 * Andrewes, Lancelot (1555–1626)
 * Andrews, Charles Freer (1871–1940)
 * Andrews, Christopher Columbus (1829–1922)
 * Andrews, Eliza Frances (1840–1931)
 * Andrews, Ethan Allen (1787–1858)
 * Andrews, Henry Charles (1770–1830)
 * Andrews, Herbert Tom (1864–1928)
 * Andrews, Jane (1833–1887)
 * Andrews, John (1837–1906)
 * Andrews, John Arthur (1865–1903)
 * Andreyev, Leonid Nikolayevich (1871–1919)
 * Angell, James Burrill (1829–1916)
 * Angell, Ralph Norman (1872–1967)
 * Angellotti, Marion Polk (1894–1979)
 * Angers, François-Réal (1812–1860)
 * Angulo, Jaime de (1887–1950)
 * Annesley, Arthur (1678–1737)
 * d'Annunzio, Gabriele (1863–1938)
 * Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
 * Anstey, Christopher (1724–1805)
 * Anstice, Joseph (1809–1836)
 * Anthony of Padua (1195–1231)
 * Anthony the Great (251–356)
 * Anthony, Alfred Webster (1865–1939)
 * Anthony, Anthony (?–1562?)
 * Anthony, C. H. (1812–1872)
 * Anthony, Susan B. (1820–1906)
 * Anthony, William Arnold (1835–1908)
 * Antin, Mary (1881–1949)
 * Antiphon the Sophist (fl. 400 B.C.E.)
 * Antonius, Marcus (83 BCE–30 BCE)
 * Antoninus Augustus, Marcus Aurelius (121–180)
 * Antonio, Nicolás (1617–1684)
 * Antrobus, Clara Louisa (1846–1919)
 * Antrobus, Reginald Laurence (1853–1942)
 * Anukulchandra, Thakur (1888–1969)

Ap

 * Apel, Henry Ferdinand Augustus (1840–1880)
 * Apel, Johann August (1771–1816)
 * Apel, Johann Heinrich Jakob (c.1810 – 1881)
 * Aplin, Oliver Vernon (1858–1940)
 * Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880–1918)
 * Apollonius of Perga (263 B.C.E.–191 B.C.E.)
 * Apparao, Gurajada (1861–1915)
 * Apperson, John Samuel (1837–1908)
 * Appleby, Thomas
 * Appleton, Thomas Gold (1812–1884)
 * Appleton, Victor (pen name for a syndicate formed in 1904)
 * Apthorp, William Foster (1848–1913)
 * Apuleius, Lucius (c. 123–180)

Aq

 * Aquinas, St. Thomas (1225–1274)
 * Aquino, Corazon (1933–2009)
 * Aquino, Benigno (1960–2021)

Ar

 * Arafat, Yasser (1929–2004)
 * Arago, François Jean Dominique (1786–1853)
 * Aratus (c. 315 BCE – c. 240 BCE)
 * Arber, Agnes (1879–1960)
 * Arber, Edward (1836–1912)
 * Arbes, Jakub (1840–1914)
 * Arbuthnot, Sir Alexander John (1822–1907)
 * Arbuthnot, John (1667–1735)
 * Arbuthnot, Robert
 * Arbuthnot-Lane, William (1856–1943)
 * Archard, Charles John (1860–1916)
 * Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1865–1947)
 * Archer, Edward Caulfield
 * Archer, John Wykeham (1808–1864)
 * Archer, Thomas Andrew (1853–1905)
 * Archer, Thomas Croxen (1817–1885)
 * Archer, William (1856–1924)
 * Archer, W. G. (1907–1979)
 * Arendt, Hannah (1906–1975)
 * Arendzen, John Peter (1873–1949)
 * Arima, Sumitomo (?–1908)
 * Ariosto, Ludovico (1474–1533)
 * Aristaeus the Elder (fl. 370 B.C.E.–300 B.C.E.)
 * Aristophanes (448–385 BC)
 * Aristotle (384–322 BC)
 * Arius (256–336)
 * Ariwara no Narihira (825–880)
 * Ariwara no Yukihira (818–893)
 * Arkwright, Godfrey Edward Pellew (1864–1944)
 * Arlen, Michael (1895–1956)
 * Armitage, Elkanah (1844–1929)
 * Armour, Rebecca Agatha (1846–1891)
 * Armsby, Henry Prentiss (1853–1921)
 * Armstrong, A. (fl. 1859)
 * Armstrong, Andrew Campbell (1860–1935)
 * Armstrong, Edward (1846–1928)
 * Armstrong, Henry Edward (1848–1937)
 * Armstrong, Henry W. (1879–1951)
 * Armstrong, John (1709–1779)
 * Armstrong, Walter (1850–1918)
 * Armstrong, William George (1859–1941)
 * Arndt, Walter Tallmadge (1873–1932)
 * Arne, Thomas (1710–1778)
 * Arnett, Edward John (1876–1940)
 * Arnim, Elizabeth Gräfin von (1866–1941)
 * Arnold, Arthur (1833–1902)
 * Arnold, Benedict (1741–1801)
 * Arnold, Charles Thomas (1823–1900)
 * Arnold, Edward Carleton (1868-1949)
 * Arnold, Edwin (1832–1904)
 * Arnold, Edwin Lester (1857–1935)
 * Arnold, Frederick (1833–1891)
 * Arnold, H.F. (1902–1963)
 * Arnold, Henry Harley (1886–1950)
 * Arnold, Isaac N. (1815–1884)
 * Arnold, Mary Foote (1851–1930)
 * Arnold, Matthew (1822–1888)
 * Arnold, Thomas (1795–1842)
 * Arnold, Thomas James (1804?–1877)
 * Arnot, William (1808–1875)
 * Arnott, George Arnott Walker (1799–1868)
 * Arps, George Frederick (1874–1939)
 * Arrianus, Lucius Flavius (c. 89–c. 175)
 * Arrigoni degli Oddi, Ettore (1867–1942)
 * Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal- (1947–present)
 * Arthur, Chester A. (1829–1886)
 * Arthur, Timothy Shay (1809–1885)
 * Arthur, William (1819–1901)
 * Arthur, William (1837–1885)
 * Artsybashev, Mikhail Petrovich (1878–1927)
 * Arvers, Félix (1806–1850)
 * Aryabhata (476–550)

As

 * Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen (1812–1885)
 * Ascham, Roger (1515–1568)
 * Sholem Asch (1880–1957)
 * Ascoli. Graziadio Isaia (1829–1907)
 * Asgill, John (1659–1738)
 * Ash, Roy Lawrence (1918–2011)
 * Ashbee, Henry Spencer (1834–1900)
 * Ashbrook, Harriette
 * Ashby, Thomas Almond (1874–1931)
 * Asher (16th century BCE)
 * Asher, Georg Michael (1827–1905)
 * Ashley, William James (1860–1927)
 * Aškerc, Anton (1856–1912)
 * Ashmole, Elias (1617–1692)
 * Ashton, John (1834–1911)
 * Ashworth, Philip A. (1853–1921)
 * Ashworth, Thomas Ramsden (1864–1935)
 * Asimov, Isaac (c. 1920–1992)
 * Asquith, Herbert Henry (1852–1928)
 * Assing, Volker Matthias (1956–2022)
 * Aston, William George (1841–1911)
 * al-Asturlabi, Abu Hamid Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Saghani (?–990)
 * Asukai Masatsune (1170–1221)

At

 * Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal (1881–1938)
 * St. Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296–373)
 * Atcherley, Charlotte (1818–1891)
 * Atchley, Chewton (1850–1922)
 * Athenaeus of Naucratis (fl. c. 200)
 * Athenagoras I (1886–1972)
 * Atherton, Gertrude (1857–1948)
 * Atkins, John (1685–1757)
 * Atkinson, Arthur Richmond (1863–1935)
 * Atkinson, Charles Francis (1880–1960)
 * Atkinson, Edmund (1831–1901)
 * Atkinson, Edward (1827–1905)
 * Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse (1863–1964)
 * Atkinson, Frederick Cook (1841–1896)
 * Atkinson, George H. (1819–1889)
 * Atkinson, James Augustus (1832–1911)
 * Atkinson, Joseph Beavington (1822–1886)
 * Atkinson, William Parsons (1820–1890)
 * Atlay, James Beresford (1860–1912)
 * Atterbury, Francis (1663–1732)
 * Atteridge, Andrew Hilliard (1844–1912)
 * Atwater, Wilbur Olin (1844–1907)
 * Atwood, Isaac Morgan (1838–1917)

Au

 * Auber, Charles Bransby (1820–1867)
 * Auber, Henry Peter (1770–1866)
 * Aubigné, Jean-Henri Merle de (1794–1872)
 * Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée (1720–1778)
 * Aubrey, John (1626–1697)
 * Auden, W.H. (1907–1973)
 * Audiffredi, Giovanni Battista (1734–1794)
 * Audouin, Jean Victoire (1797–1841)
 * Audoux, Marguerite (1863–1937)
 * Audsley, George Ashdown (1838–1925)
 * Audubon, John James (1785–1851)
 * Aufderheide, May (1888–1972)
 * Auffenberg, Moritz von (1852–1928)
 * Aughey, Samuel (1831–1912)
 * St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430)
 * Augustus, Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76–138)
 * Auředníček, Otakar (1868–1947)
 * Aurobindo, Sri (1871–1950)
 * Aust, Sarah (1744–1811)
 * Austen, Ernest Edward (1867–1938)
 * Austen, Jane (1775–1817)
 * Austen-Leigh, Cholmeley (1829–1899)
 * Austin, Alfred (1835–1913)
 * Austin, Andrew Donald
 * Austin, Caroline (1800's)
 * Austin, Frederick Britten (1885–1941)
 * Austin, Jane Goodwin (1831–1894)
 * Austin, Kate (1864–1902)
 * Austin, Mary Hunter (1868–1934)
 * Austin, Preston Bruce (1859–1927)
 * Austin, Wiltshire Stanton (1826–1875)

Av

 * Aveling, Francis (1875–1941)
 * Avenarius, Richard (1843–1896)
 * Averchenko, Arkady (1881–1925)
 * Avery, Harold (1869–1943)
 * Averroës (1126–1198)

Ax

 * d'Axa, Zo (1864–1930)
 * Axon, Ernest Charles Armytage (1868–1947)
 * Axon, William Edward Armytage (1846–1913)

Ay

 * Aycard, Marie (1794–1859)
 * Aydelotte, Frank (1880–1956)
 * Ayres, Kristen
 * Ayres, William Orville (1817–1887)
 * Ayrton, William Scrope (1804–1885)
 * Ayton, Sir Robert (1570–1638)
 * Aytoun, William Edmonstoune (1813–1865)

Az

 * Azevedo, Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de (1857–1913)
 * Azuela, Mariano (1873–1952)