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Anglo-Saxon scholar Alcuin of York.

Alcuin of York

(c. 732 - 804)

Giovanni Aldini

(1762 - 1834)

Black and white photograph of a mustached man wearing glasses with his hand under his chin

Sholem Aleichem

(1859 - 1916)

Author and journalist Caroline Alexander.

Caroline Alexander

Svetlana Alexievich. Sergento (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Svetlana Alexievich

Idris Ali

(1940 - 2010)

Ahmed Ali

(1910 - 1994)

Rose Allatini

(1890 - 1980)

Woody Allen in thick black rim glasses

Woody Allen

Isabel Allende

Man in gray shirt in front of bookshelf

Ian Altman

Alois Alzheimer

Alois Alzheimer

(1864 - 1915)

Jorge Amado (AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

Jorge Amado

(1912 - 2001)

Ambai

Profile of a man with wire-frame glasses and slicked-back hair looking right

B.R. Ambedkar

(1891 - 1956)

Kingsley Amis

(1922 - 1995)

Ammianus Marcellinus

(c. 330 - 395)

A.R. Ammons

(1926 - 2001)

Color portrait of Greek poet Anacreon.

Anacreon

(c. 582 BC - c. 485 BC)

Mulk Raj Anand

(1905 - 2004)

Ross Andersen

Danish author Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

(1805 - 1875)

Woman wearing glasses seated at a desk with books stacked in front of her

Elizabeth Anderson

Sherwood Anderson

(1876 - 1941)