| Tod A | American musician | 1965 |
| Jacob Aagaard | Danish-born Scottish chess gr… | 1973 |
| Aaliyah | American singer, actress and … | 1979–2001 |
| Alvar Aalto | Finnish architect and designer | 1898–1976 |
| Hank Aaron | Retired American baseball pla… | 1934 |
| Ben Aaronovitch | British television writer | 1964 |
| Frank W. Abagnale | American security consultant,… | 1948 |
| Chris Abani | Nigerian author | 1966 |
| Isabelo Caiban Abarquez | Filipino Roman Catholic priest | 1959 |
| Yousif Abba | Iraqi bishop | 1951 |
| Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Film director, Screenwriter, … | 1914–1987 |
| Lamia Abbas | Iraqi poet | 1929–2021 |
| Mahmoud Abbas | Palestinian statesman | 1935 |
| Edward Abbey | American author and essayist | 1927–1989 |
| Henry Abbey | American poet | 1842–1911 |
| Lynn Abbey | American writer | 1948 |
| Andrew Abbott | American sociologist and Prof… | 1948 |
| Berenice Abbott | American photographer | 1898–1991 |
| Derek Abbott | Physicist, engineer | 1960 |
| Diane Abbott | British Labour Party politici… | 1953 |
| Edwin Abbott Abbott | British theologian and author | 1838–1926 |
| Greg Abbott | 48th Governor of Texas | 1957 |
| Jack Abbott | Author, criminal | 1944–2002 |
| Karen Abbott | American writer | 1973 |
| Megan Abbott | American writer | 1971 |
| Shirley Abbott | | 1934 |
| Tony Abbott | Australian politician | 1957 |
| Layal Abboud | Lebanese pop singer | 1982 |
| Randa Abdel-Fattah | contemporary Australian write… | 1979 |
| Ziad K Abdelnour | Lebanese-born American invest… | 1960 |
| Sabit Damulla Abdulbaki | First Prime Minister of the T… | 1883–1934 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | American basketball player | 1947 |
| Mohamad Shukri Abdull | about Mohamad Shukri Abdull | 1960 |
| Daayiee Abdullah | Homosexual Muslim activist | 1954 |
| Omar Abdullah | Indian politician | 1970 |
| Khabibullo Abdusamatov | Russian astrophysicist | 1940 |
| Kóbó Abe | Japanese writer, playwright, … | 1924–1993 |
| Shana Abe | U.S. American novelist | |
| Niels Henrik Abel | Norwegian mathematician | 1802–1829 |
| Reuben Abel | | |
| Peter Abelard | French scholastic philosopher… | 1079–1142 |
| Isaac Abella | physicist | 1934–2016 |
| Hal Abelson | computer scientist | 1947 |
| Philip Abelson | US physicist, editor of the j… | 1913–2004 |
| Lascelles Abercrombie | Poet, academic, literary crit… | 1881–1938 |
| Aberjhani | author | 1957 |
| David Aberle | anthropologist | 1918–2004 |
| Ralph Abernathy | American Civil Rights Movemen… | 1926–1990 |
| George Abernethy | American merchant and politic… | 1807–1877 |
| Hafsat Abiola | Nigerian human rights, civil … | 1974 |
| Walter Abish | Austrian-American author | 1931 |
| Dan Abnett | British comic book writer, no… | 1965 |
| Leila Aboulela | writer, playwright | 1964 |
| James Abourezk | United States Senator | 1931 |
| Abraham | Biblical patriarch | -1813–-1638 BC |
| Daniel Abraham | speculative fiction writer fr… | 1969 |
| David Abram | American philosopher, ecologi… | 1957 |
| Marina Abramović | Yugoslav-American artist | 1946 |
| Mimi Abramovitz | non-fiction writer | 1941 |
| J. J. Abrams | American film and television … | 1966 |
| M. H. Abrams | American literary theorist | 1912–2015 |
| Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov | Soviet, Russian and American … | 1928–2017 |
| Dannie Abse | Welsh poet and physician | 1923–2014 |
| Shaker Abssi | | 1955–2008 |
| Talal Abu-Ghazaleh | Jordanian businesspeople | 1938 |
| Diana Abu-Jaber | Novelist, short story writer,… | 1960 |
| Mumia Abu-Jamal | Prisoner, Journalist, Broadca… | 1954 |
| As'ad AbuKhalil | professor | 1960 |
| Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr | poet | 967–1049 |
| Bella Abzug | American politician | 1920–1998 |
| Lucius Accius | Roman poet and scholar | -170–-84 BC |
| Vito Acconci | Designer, landscape architect… | 1940–2017 |
| Goodman Ace | Comedian, television writer a… | 1899–1982 |
| Elizabeth Acevedo | American poet and author | |
| Mario Acevedo | football player | 1969 |
| Manmohan Acharya | Poet, lyricist | 1967–2013 |
| Chinua Achebe | Nigerian novelist, poet, prof… | 1930–2013 |
| Dean Acheson | Statesman and lawyer | 1893–1971 |
| André Aciman | writer, professor | 1951 |
| Marc Acito | American novelist, humorist, … | 1966 |
| Kathy Acker | American novelist, playwright… | 1947–1997 |
| Diane Ackerman | Author, poet, naturalist | 1948 |
| Jessie Ackermann | Second Woman's Christian Temp… | 1857–1951 |
| Russell L. Ackoff | Scientist | 1919–2009 |
| Peter Ackroyd | English author | 1949 |
| Alexander Acosta | 27th and current United State… | 1969 |
| Marta Acosta | American novelist | |
| Oscar Zeta Acosta | American attorney, politician… | 1935–1974 |
| Eliza Acton | Poet, cook | 1799–1859 |
| John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton | British politician and histor… | 1834–1902 |
| Sarah Jones (stage actress) | African-American actress, pla… | 1973 |
| Cherry Adair | South African-American writer | 1951 |
| John Adair | Author, theorist | 1934 |
| Thomas Adam | clergyman, religious writer | 1701–1784 |
| Yemi Adamolekun | Executive Director of Enough … | |
| Abigail Adams | 2nd First Lady of the United … | 1744–1818 |
| Ansel Adams | American photographer and env… | 1902–1984 |
| Brooks Adams | American political writer | 1848–1927 |
| Bryan Adams | Canadian singer-songwriter | 1959 |
| Carol J. Adams | author, animal rights activist | 1951 |
