People

Marie Antoinette

Born: November 2, 1755 Vienna (now in Austria) Died: October 16, 1793 Paris, France French queen M arie Antoinette wa...

Mark Antony

Born: c. 83 B.C.E. Rome (now in Italy) Died: 30 B.C.E. Alexandria, Egypt Roman politician ...

Judd Apatow

Writer, producer, and director Born December 6, 1967; married Leslie Mann (an actress); children: Maude, Iris. Education: Attended the University of ...

Virginia Apgar

Born: June 7, 1909 Westfield, New Jersey Died: August 7, 1974 New York, New York American medical researcher and educator ...

Karel Appel

Born Karel Christian Appel, April 25, 1921, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; died of a heart ailment, May 3, 2006, in Zurich, Switzerland. Artist. Expressionist painter Karel Appel made a na...

Fiona Apple

Singer and songwriter Born Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart, September 13, 1977, in New York, NY; daughter of Brandon Maggart (an actor) and Diane McAfee (a dancer and singer). ...

Benigno Aquino

Born: November 27, 1932 Tarlac Province, Luzon, Philippines Died: August 21, 1983 Manila, Philippines Filipino politician ...

Avi Arad

1948 • Poland Producer, executive, toy designer Avi Arad may have the coolest job in the world, considering that he gets to hang around...

Yasir Arafat

Born: October 24, 1929 Cairo, Egypt Palestinian political leader, military leader, and president Yasir Arafat was elected chairman of the Palestine Lib...

Catherine of Aragon

Born: December 16, 1485 Alcalá de Henares, Spain Died: January 7, 1536 Kimbolton, Huntingdon, England Spanish queen consort ...

Shizuka Arakawa

Figure skater Born December 29, 1981, in Tokyo, Japan; daughter of Koichi and Sachi Arakawa. Education: Graduated from Waseda University, 2004. ...

Louise Arbour

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Born February 10, 1947, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; daughter of Ruth Laberge (a retail store owner); partner for 27 years, Larry...

Joan of Arc

Born: c. 1412 Domrémy, France Died: May 30, 1431 Rouen, England French heroine The French national heroine Joan of Ar...

Eddie Arcaro

Eddie Arcaro (1916–1997) was one of American thoroughbred racing's legendary figures. A jockey who racked up an impressive string of wins during his peak years in the 1940s and ...

Archimedes

Born: c. 287 B.C.E. Syracuse Died: 212 B.C.E. Syracuse Greek mathematician ...

The Lee Miller Archives

Science and education

The Lee Miller Archives is a small privately run archive which is dedicated to conserving, publishing and cataloguing the lifestyle and holding of work by Lee Miller, the photography of her husband Ro

Hannah Arendt

Born: October 14, 1906 Hanover, Germany Died: December 4, 1975 New York, New York German philosopher and writer A Jew...

Argus

Advertising and media

Argus is an independent media organisation with almost 1100 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 26 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres. Argus produ

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

July 15, 1953 • Port-Salut, Haiti Political leader, priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former president of Haiti, has had a political h...

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Born: July 15, 1953 Douyon, Haiti Haitian president Aman of the people and loved by many in his home country, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was first el...