| Bella Andre | | |
| Carl Andre | American artist | 1935 |
| Bavua Ntinu André | Spiritual master of the PSV | 1939–2013 |
| Giles Andreae | British artist, poet | 1966 |
| Brian Andreas | American artist | 1956 |
| Marc Andreessen | American entrepreneur, invest… | 1971 |
| Constantine Andreou | painter and Sculptor | 1917–2007 |
| Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen | Portuguese poet and writer | 1919–2004 |
| Björn Andrésen | actor, musician | 1955 |
| Stanislav Andreski | Polish-British sociologist | 1919–2007 |
| Mario Andretti | Italian-American racing driver | 1940 |
| Brother Andrew | Christian missionary | 1928–2022 |
| Keith Andrew | | |
| Lancelot Andrewes | English divine | 1555–1626 |
| Andy Andrews | author and corporate speaker | 1959 |
| Ilona Andrews | American husband-and-wife nov… | |
| Julie Andrews | British actress, singer, auth… | 1935 |
| Kenneth R. Andrews | Business scholar | 1916–2005 |
| Lucilla Andrews | British romance novelist | 1919–2006 |
| Mary Kay Andrews | American writer(original name… | 1954 |
| Roy Chapman Andrews | American explorer, adventurer… | 1884–1960 |
| Ivo Andrič | novelist, short story writer | 1892–1975 |
| François Andrieux | French man of letters and pla… | 1759–1833 |
| Yuri Andropov | General Secretary of the Comm… | 1914–1984 |
| Yurii Andrukhovych | Ukrainian writer, poet, essay… | 1960 |
| Aneirin | Brythonic (Welsh) poet; autho… | 525–600 |
| Henri Frederic Angel | | |
| Jake Angeli | American far-right activist | 1988 |
| Fiorenzo Angelini | Catholic cardinal | 1916–2014 |
| Barbara De Angelis | American psychologist | 1951 |
| Norman Angell | British politician | 1872–1967 |
| Maya Angelou | American author and poet | 1928–2014 |
| Natalie Angier | American writer | 1958 |
| Sharron Angle | Former member of the Nevada A… | 1949 |
| James Jesus Angleton | chief of the CIA's counterint… | 1917–1987 |
| Joan Walsh Anglund | American poet and children's … | 1926 |
| Jessica Minh Anh | Vietnamese model | 1988 |
| Mordechai Anielewicz | Leader of the Jewish Combat O… | 1919–1943 |
| Anirvan | Indian Hindu philosopher | 1896–1978 |
| Jennifer Aniston | television and film actress f… | 1969 |
| Jo Ankier | British athlete and televisio… | 1982 |
| Ma Anliang | Qing dynasty army general | 1855–1918 |
| Kofi Annan | 7th Secretary-General of the … | 1938–2018 |
| Gerolf Annemans | Flemish politician | 1958 |
| Ann-Margret | Swedish-American actress, sin… | 1941 |
| Hideaki Anno | Japanese animator and film di… | 1960 |
| Núria Añó | Catalan writer novelist | 1973 |
| Anonymous | | |
| Jean Anouilh | French playwright | 1910–1987 |
| Aziz Ansari | American actor and stand-up c… | 1983 |
| Khwaja Abdullah Ansari | Persian writer | 1006–1089 |
| Tamim Ansary | Afghan-American author/public… | 1948 |
| G. E. M. Anscombe | British analytic philosopher | 1919–2001 |
| Ruth Nanda Anshen | American philosopher, author … | 1900–2003 |
| Wang Anshi | Song Dynasty chancellor and p… | 1021–1086 |
| Andrus Ansip | Estonian chemist and politici… | 1956 |
| Harry J. Anslinger | 1st Commissioner of the Feder… | 1892–1975 |
| Igor Ansoff | American mathematician | 1918–2001 |
| F. Anstey | English novelist and journali… | 1856–1934 |
| George Antheil | American avant-garde composer… | 1900–1959 |
| Piers Anthony | English-American writer in th… | 1934 |
| Robert Anthony | professional wrestler | 1982 |
| Susan B. Anthony | American women's rights activ… | 1820–1906 |
| Mary Antin | American memoirist | 1881–1949 |
| Ignatius of Antioch | Patriarch of Antioch and mart… | 35–108 |
| Antisthenes | Greek philosopher | -444–-365 BC |
| Maria Rosa Antognazza | professor, author | 1964–2023 |
| Marie Antoinette | last Queen of France prior to… | 1755–1793 |
| Ion Antonescu | prime minister and conducător… | 1882–1946 |
| Ilario Antoniazzi | Catholic archbishop | 1948 |
| Orlando Antonini | Italian priest | 1944 |
| Michelangelo Antonioni | Italian film director and scr… | 1912–2007 |
| Laura Antoniou | American novelist | 1963 |
| Anatoly Antonov | Russian diplomat and statesma… | 1955 |
| Raymond Antrobus | | 1986 |
| António Lobo Antunes | Portuguese writer | 1942 |
| Qasem-e Anvar | Iranian poet | 1356–1434 |
| Anvari | Persian poet | 1126–1190 |
| Chairil Anwar | Indonesian poet | 1922–1949 |
| Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo | Kenyan Roman Catholic archbis… | 1956 |
| Gloria E. Anzaldúa | Chicana cultural theory, femi… | 1942–2004 |
| Eiji Aonuma | Japanese video game designer | 1963 |
| Guillaume Apollinaire | French poet | 1880–1918 |
| Sidonius Apollinaris | Gaulish poet, aristocrat and … | 430–489 |
| Thomas the Apostle | Apostle of Jesus Christ | |
| Jacob M. Appel | American author, bioethicist,… | 1973 |
| Karel Appel | Dutch painter, sculptor, and … | 1921–2006 |
| Charles James Apperley | Welsh sportsman and writer | 1778–1843 |
| Fiona Apple | singer-songwriter, musician | 1977 |
| Anne Applebaum | journalist | 1964 |
| Christina Applegate | American actress | 1971 |
| Jon Appleton | American composer | 1939 |
| Thomas Gold Appleton | American artist | 1812–1884 |
| Apuleius | Berber prose writer in Latin | 125–170 |
| Thomas Aquinas | Italian Dominican scholastic … | 1225–1274 |
| Ibn Arabi | Arab Andalusian Sufi mystic a… | 1165–1240 |
| Shadida Arabi | | |
| Abdullah of Saudi Arabia | former King of Saudi Arabia | 1924–2015 |
| Faisal of Saudi Arabia | King of Saudi Arabia | 1906–1975 |
| William Arabin | | 1773–1841 |
