F.P.A.: Franklin Pierce Adams (journalist/member of the Algonquin Wits, b1881 d1960)
Dr. A: Isaac Asimov (writer)
Aaliyah: Aaliyah Haughton (hip-hop singer, b1979) {'Aaliyah' is Swahili for "highest, most exalted one"}
Alysse Aallyn: Melissa Clark (author)
Willie Aames: William Upton (movie & tv actor [8 Is Enough, Charles in Charge], b1960)
Aapeli: Simo Puupponen (Finnish journalist/novelist/humorous columnist, b1915 d1967)
Abe Aaron: Alvin Aaron (jazz musician, b1910)
Hank Aaron: Henry Louis Aaron (great baseball player)
Anne Merton Abbey: Jean Brooks-Janowiak (author)
Christina Abbey: John Sawyer & Nancy Buckingham (collaborating authors)
Lynn Abbey: Marilyn Lorraine Abbey (writer)
Margaret Abbey: Margaret York (author)
Ruth Abbey: Ruth Pattison (author)
Laura Abbot: Laura A. Schoffner (author)
Alice Abbott: Kathryn Borland & Helen Speicher (collaborating authors)
Bud Abbott: William A. Abbott (comedian/actor, b1895? b1897? d1974)
Dolly Abbott: Emily Horn (stage actress, b1887? d1955)
Habit Abbott: Charles Henry Abbott (educator, b1865 d1946)
Jack Abbott: Rufus Jack Henry Abbott (author/murderer)
Jane Worth Abbott: Stella Cameron & Virginia Myers (collaborating authors)
Margot Abbott: Marie D. Tracy (author)
Dear Abby: Pauline "Popo" Esther Friedman [aka Abigail van Buren] (newspaper advice columnist)
Dr. N.T. Abdou: Nagib Antonius Abdou (Syrian physician/author, b1876)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. (professional basketball player, b1947)
Kobo Abe: Kimifusa Abe (Japanese novelist/poet, b1924 d1993)
Taffy Abel: Clarence John Abel (professional hockey player, b1900 d1964)
Toughey Abell: Earl C. Abell (professional football player/coach, b1892)
Tom Abernathy: George Thomas Abernathy (movie actor, b1968)
Don Abney: John Donald Abney (jazz pianist, b1923 d2000)
F. Murray Abraham: Fahrid Murray Abraham (movie & tv actor, b1939)
Solly Abrahams: Sidney Abrahams (British track & field athlete, b1885 d1957)
Victoria Abril: Victoria Merida Rojas (Spanish movie actress, b1957)
Mumia Abu-Jamal: Wesley Cook (radio reporter/Black Panther/death-row resident for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer, b1954)
Johnny Ace: John Marshall Alexander, Jr. (soul singer/pianist/organist/songwriter/Russian-roulette loser, b1929 d1954)
Mellow Man Ace: Ulpiano Sergio Reyez (rap singer)
Caran d'Ache: Emmanuel Poire' (Russian caricaturist/developed the French comic strip, b1858 d1909) {from Russian word for 'pencil'}
Chinua Achebe: Albert Chinualumogu (Nigerian novelist)
Peter Achilles: Paul Jarrico (Hollywood-blacklisted writer)
Lord Acton: John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (English historian and member of Parliament)
Roy Acuff: Claxton Roy Acuff (country music singer/songwriter/fiddler/radio host/music publisher, b1903 d1992)
Cherry Adair: Cherry Wilkinson (author)
Red Adair: Paul Neal Adair (oil fire extinguisher extraordinaire, b1915)
Audra Adams: Marie D. Tracy (author)
Babe Adams: Charles Benjamin Adams (professional baseball player, b1882? d1968)
Buster Adams: Elvin Clark Adams (professional baseball player, b1915)
Candice Adams: Lois Arvin Walker (author)
Daniel Adams: Christopher Nicole (author)
Don Adams: Donald James Yarmy (would you believe, a movie & tv actor/director? b1923)
Edie Adams: Elizabeth Edith Enke (movie, stage & tv actress/singer/Miss U.S. Television (1950)/author, b1929)
Faye Adams: Faye Swoboda (author)
Jill Adams: Julia Adams (British actress, b1931)
Joey Adams: Joseph Abramowitz (comedian/author/tv actor/columnist)
Jolene Adams: Olivia Harper (author)
Jovial Jawn Adams: John J. Adams (Canadian-born professional hockey player/coach/league official, b1895 d1968)
Julie Adams: Betty Mae Adams [aka Betty Adams, Julia Adams - two reoccuring roles] (movie & tv actress, b1926)
Kasey Adams: Val Whisenand (author)
Kelly Adams: Linda Buechting (author)
Maud Adams: Maud Solveig Christina Wikstrom (Swedish model/movie & tv actress, b1945)
Maude Adams: Maude Kiskadden (movie & stage actress, known for title performances in Peter Pan, b1872 d1953)
Nick Adams: Nicholas Adamshock (movie & tv actor/Rebel, b1931 d1968)
Nicholas Adams: John Peel (writer)
Patch Adams: Dr. Hunter Adams [aka "The World's Funniest Physician"] (WV physician/director of the Gesundheit! Institute/subject of 1998 film, b1946)
Pepper Adams: Park Adams (jazz musician, b1930)
Pepper Adams: Deborah Morris & Pat Shaver (collaborating authors)
Stephen Adams: Trevor Vickerstaff (author)
Tracy Adams: Mary Arlene Hale (author)
Tree Adams: John W. Adams (professional football player, b1921 d1969)
Joy Adamson: Joy Gessner (Austrian-born free painter/nature photographer/writer, b1916 d1980)
Linda Adamson: Franklin B. King (author)
Yvonne Adamson: Mary Jo Adamson & Yvonne Montgomery (collaborating authors)
Mariella Adani: Laura Adani (Italian opera singer, b1934)
Cannonball Adderley: Julian Edwin Adderley (jazz alto saxophonist/bandleader, b1928 d1975)
Jayne Addison: Jane Atkin (author)
Adeline: Adeline Halliday (French tv actress/ex-wife of singer Johnny Halliday)
Trace Adkins: Tracy Darrell Adkins (country western entertainer, b1962)
Buzz Adlam: Basil G. Adlam (British-born musician/composer/conductor)
Buddy Adler: Maurice Adler (Eternity's film producer, b1906 d1960)
Elizabeth Adler: Ariana Scott (author)
Luther Adler: Lutha Adler (movie & tv actor, b1903 d1984)
Adolfo: Adolfo Sardina (Cuban fashion designer)
Joe Adonis: Joe Doro (Italian mobster/bootlegger)
Renee Adoree: Jeanne de LaFonte (French movie actress/circus performer, b1898 d1933)
Adrian: Adrian Adolph Greenberg [aka Gilbert Adrian] (costume designer, b1903 d1959)
Iris Adrian: Iris Hostetter (movie & tv actress, b1912 d1994)
Max Adrian: Max Bor (Irish movie, stage & tv actor, b1903 d1973)
Afrique: Alexander Witkin (South African stage actor, b1907 d1961)
Aga Khan III: Aga Sultan Sir Mohammed Shah (Muslim leader)
Aga Khan IV: Shah Karim al-Husainy (Muslim leader)
Agent K-13: Fang (untrained mutt who played a secret agent on the tv show Get Smart)
Agnetha: Agnetha Fältskog (Swedish singer)
Spiro Agnew: Spiro Theodore Anagnostopoulos (American politician/Governor of Maryland/Vice President under Richard Nixon, b1918 d199?)
Countess Agoult: Marie Catherine Sophie de Flaqvigny (French writer)
Agrippina the Elder: Vipsnaia Agrippina (Roman noblewoman)
Brian Aherne: William Brian de Lacy Aherne (British movie actor, b1902 d1986)
Philip Ahn: Pil Lip Ahn (Korean-American movie & tv actor/restauranteur, b1905 d1978)
Hooley Ahola: Sylvester Ahola (musician, b1902)
Yu Aihara: Yasuko Obara (Japanese tv personality)
Ginny Aiken: Ginny Anikieno (author)
Joan Aiken: Joan Aiken Hodge (author)
Anouk Aimee: Françoise Sorya Dreyfus (French movie actress/heartthrob, b1932)
Linda Ainsbury: Linda Mather (author)
Catherine Aird: Kinn McIntosh (author)
Catherine Airlie: Jean S. MacLeod (author)
Jak Airport: Jack Stafford (punk rocker with X-ray Spex)
AirTran: Value Jet (commercial passenger airline with a less than stellar reputation)
Akbar: Jalalud din Muhammed (Indian Moghul emperor)
Akebono: Chad George Rowan (625-pound Hawaiian sumo wrestler/1st non-Japanese yokozuna, b1970)
Rhett Akins: Thomas Rhett Akins (country western entertainer, b1969)
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin: H. Rap Brown (60's black militant leader/Islamic disciple/ex-con/wanted felon)
al-Mansur: Abu Djafar Abdallah (Eastern caliph/founder of Bagdad)
Aladdin: Ala Ad-Din (14th-century Turkish prince/military fighter)
Petrus Alamire: Petrus van den Hove (Flemish illuminator/composer/diplomat, b@1470 d@1534)
Skip Alan: Alan Skipper (English rock & roll drummer with Them, b1948)
Alanis: Alanis Morissette (Canadian singer/songwriter/dancer)
Maria Alba: Maria Casajuana (Spanish dancer/movie actress, b1905)
James Albany: Hugh C. Rae (author)
Edward F. Albee: Edward Franklin Albee, III (fearless dramatist/playwright)
Eddie Albert: Edward Albert Heimberger (movie & tv actor, b1908)
Elizabeth Albright: Karen Lahey (author)
Hardie Albright: Hardie Albrecht (movie & tv actor/voicist - voice of Bambi, b1903 d1975)
Alan Alda: Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo (movie, stage & tv actor, b1936)
Robert Alda: Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo (movie, stage & tv actor/singer/game show host, b1914 d1986) {stagename created from 1st 2 letters of first & surnames}
Elizabeth Alden: Charlene Joy Galbot (author)
Theresa Alderton: Theresa Grazia (author)
Peter Alding: Roderic Jeffries (author)
Aldo: Cataldo Baglio (Italian movie actor/director/writer, b1958)
G.R. Aldo: Aldo Graziati (Italian cinematographer, b1902 d1953)
Ann Aldrich: Marijane Meaker (writer)
Buzz Aldrin: Dr. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. (U.S. astronaut/2nd man to walk on moon (1969), b1930) {given nickname at age 2; mother's maiden name was Marion Moon! Coincidence?}
Aleck: F. Russell Alexander (journalist, b1902)
Sholom Aleichem: Solomon Rabinowitch (Russian author) {NdG means 'peace be unto you' in Yiddish}
Alexander I: Alexander Karageorgevich (King of Yugoslavia)
Alexander I: Alexander Obrenovic' (King of Serbia 1889-1903)
Alexander I: Aleksandr Pavlovich (Czar of Russia 1801-25)
Alexander II: Aleksandr Nikolaevich (Czar of Russia 1855-81)
Alexander III: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (Czar of Russia 1881-94) [aka, Alexander the Great]
Ben Alexander: Nicholas Benton Alexander (movie & tv actor [Dragnet], b1911 d1969)
Bruce Alexander: Bruce Cook (author of the Sir John Fielding mysteries - Blind Justice, Murder In Grub Street)
Carrie Alexander: Carrie Antilla (author)
Donna Alexander: Donna Kimel Vitek (author)
Fatty Alexander: Frank Alexander [aka Tiny Alexander] (movie actor, b1879 d1937)
Jan Alexander: Victor Banis (author)
Jane Alexander: Jane Quigley (movie & tv actress/producer, b1939)
Jason Alexander: Jason 'Jay' Scott Greenspan (stage & tv actor/director/singer, b1959)
Kate Alexander: Tilly Armstrong (author)
Megan Alexander: Mildred Fish (author)
Monty Alexander: Montgomery Bernard Alexander (Jamaican jazz pianist, b1944)
Mousie Alexander: Elmer Alexander (jazz musician, b1922)
Serena Alexander: Alice Ramirez (author)
Texas Alexander: Alger Alexander (guitarist/vocalist)
Thelma Alexander: Thelma Zirkelbach (author)
Trisha Alexander: Patricia A. Kay (author)
Victoria Alexander: Cheryl Griffin (author)
Grigori Alexandrov: Grigori Vasilyevich Moromenko (Russian movie director/writer/editor/cinematographer/actor, b1903 d1983)
Angela Alexie: Angela Talias (author)
Alfie: Barnaby (Old English Sheepdog co-star of the film Serpico)
Ali: &3192;li ibn-abi-talib (4th Muslim caliph, 656-661)
George Ali: George Bolingbroke (silent movie actor, b1866 d1947)
Mohammed Ali: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. (professional heavyweight boxer/movie & tv actor, b1942)
Alice: Alice May Brock (owner of Alice's Restaurant, made famous by an Arlo Guthrie song)
alien autopsy cameraman: Jack Barrett (cameraman hired by Ray Santilli & Volker Spielberg, b1913) [note: Volker is no relation to the other famous producer of fictional films]
Aliki: Alyce Liacouras Brandenberg (author of children's books)
Samir al-Khalil: Kanan Makiya (Iraqi dissident writer, author of "Republic of Fear" about Saddam Hussein's regime)
Gary Allan: Gary Herzberg (country western entertainer, b1967)
Paula Allardyce: Ursula Torday (author)
Anita Allen: Anita Allen Schenck (author)
Barbara Allen: Vivian Stuart Mann (author)
Betsy Allen: Betty Cavanah (author)
Chad Allen: Chad Allen Lazzari (movie & tv actor, b1974)
Jeanne Allen: Barbara Blackman (author)
Laine Allen: Elaine Lasko (author)
Margaret Allan: William Thomas Quick (science fiction author)
Deborah Allen: Deborah Lynn Thurmond (country western entertainer, b1953)
Elizabeth Allen: Elizabeth Gillease (movie, stage & tv actress, b1934)
Fred Allen: John Florence Sullivan (comedian/radio & tv actor/vaudvillian, b1894 d1956)
Gracie Allen: Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (movie, radio & tv actress/comedienne, b1902 d1964)
Mel Allen: Melvin Allen Israel [nn: Mr. TV Baseball] (baseball sportscaster/attorney, b1913 d1996)
Papa Dee Allen: Thomas Sylvester Allen (rhythm & blues singer/songwriter/keyboardist/percussionist, b1931 d1988)
Rae Allen: Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo (actress/director, b1926)
Rosalie Allen: Julie Marlene Bedra (country western entertainer, b1924)
Tim Allen: Timothy Alan Dick (actor/comedian/writer/ex-con/handyman, b1953)
Woody Allen: Allen Stewart Konigsberg (writer/director/comedian/confused innocent, b1935)
G.G. Allin: Kevin Michael Allin (scatologically-incendiary rock singer, b1957 d1993)
Elizabeth Allison: Alice Orr (author)
Heather Allison: Heather W. MacAllister (author)
Moeth Allison: Mollie Aghadjian (author)
Penny Allison: Carol Katz (author)
Barbara Allister: Barbara Teer (author)
Claud Allister: William Claud Michel Palmer (silly, monocled British movie & stage actor, b1888 d1970)
Greg Allman: Gregory Lenoir (singer/musician with The Allman Brothers' Band, b1947)
Ashley Allyn: Susan Leslie (author)
June Allyson: Ella Geisman (dancer/movie & tv commercial actress - whether she'll do a particular commercial Depends on the product, b1917)
Kym Allyson: John M. Kimbro (author)
Pedro Almodovar: Pedro Almodóvar Caballero [aka Pepe Patatia] (Spanish movie actor/director/writer/composer/producer, b1951)
Marc Almond: Peter Marc Almond (English rock & roll singer/composer, b1959)
Dore Alpert: Herb Alpert (trumpet player/singer) [used pseudonym prior to his bandleader days]
Thomas Altman: Campbell Black (author)
Alurista: Alberto Baltazar Urista (poet/teacher/community activist/lecturer/author)
Duke of Alva: Fernando Alvarez de Toledo (Spanish general)
Kirk Alyn: John Feggo, Jr. (vaudevillian/movie, stage & tv actor - Superman from 1948-50, b1910 d1999)
A-Mei: Chang Hui-mei (Taiwanese pop singer)
Susan Amarillas: Karen L. Amarillas (author)
Giuseppe Amato: Giuseppe Vasaturo [aka Peppino Amato] (Italian movie producer/writer/director, b1899 d1964)
Don Ameche: Dominic Felix Amici (movie, radio, stage & tv actor/singer, b1908 d1993)
Amenemnisu: Nephercheres [aka Neferkarehikwast] (2nd pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty of Egypt, 1040BC)
Amenope: Amunemope [aka Amenophthis, Usermare-setepenamun] (4th pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty of Egypt, 993-984BC)
Francis Amery: Brian Stableford (author)
Ed Ames: Ed Urick (stage & tv actor/singer/perfecter of the art of tomahawk-circumcision, b1927)
Joe Ames: Joe Urick (singer with 'The Ames Brothers')
Laurel Ames: Barbara J. Miller (author)
Leon Ames: Leon Wycoff [aka Leon Waycoff] (movie & tv actor {Mr. Ed's neighbor}, b1902 d1993)
Leslie Ames: W.E. Daniel Ross (author)
Ramsay Ames: Ramsay Phillips (movie & tv actress/composer, b1919? b1924? d1998)
Vic Ames: Vic Urick (singer with The Ames Brothers, b1926 d1978)
Winter Ames: Phyllis Taylor Pianka (author)
Amicus: Peter Dodds McCormick (Australian songwriter who wrote Australian national anthem, b1834 d1916)
Idi Amin: Idi Amin Dada Oumee (former Ugandan self-proclaimed "President-for-Life", b1925)
Abu Ammar: Yassir Arafat [aka Mohammed Abder Rauf al-Kudwa al-Husseini] (terrorist with a checkered past hanging over his head/Palestinian president/cheesy snack food, b1929)
Guy Amory: Ray Bradbury (sci-fi author, b1920) {used this NdG in Spaceways, April 1940}
Amos: Freeman Fisher Gosden [of Amos & Andy] (movie, radio & tv actor/comedian, b1899 d1982)
Famous Amos: Wally Amos (chocolate-chip cookie magnate)
Tori Amos: Myra Ellen Amos (musician/singer/songwriter, b1963)
Dev Anand: Devdutt Pishorimal Anand (Indian actor/director/un-Indira-ing political candidate)
Anastacia: Anastacia Newkirk (singer/dancer, b1975)
Merry Anders: Merry Anderson (movie actress, b1932)
Bronco Billy Anderson: Gilbert Max Aaronson (vaudvillian/movie & stage actor/director/producer, b1882 d1971)
Cadillac Anderson: Greg Anderson (professional basketball player w/the Atlanta Hawks, b1964)
Daphne Anderson: Daphne Scrutton (British movie, stage & tv actress, b1922)
Donny Anderson: Gary Donny (professional football player)
Gilbert M. Anderson: Max Aaronson [nn: Bronco Billy] (vaudvillian/movie & stage actor/director/producer, b1882 d1971)
Hans Christian Anderson: Villiam Christian Walter (author)
Jane Anderson: Jane Toombs (author)
John Anderson: John David Alexander (country western entertainer, b1954)
Dame Judith Anderson: Frances Margaret Anderson [aka Francee Anderson] (Australian-born movie, radio, stage & tv actress, b1898 d1992)
Lindsay Anderson: Gordon Anderson (movie actor/movie & stage director/producer/writer/critic, b1923 d1994)
Liz Anderson: Elizabeth Jane Haaby (country western entertainer, b1930)
Sparky Anderson: George Lee Anderson (profession baseball team manager)
Whispering Bill Anderson: James William Anderson III (country western entertainer, b1937)
Bibi Andersson: Birgitta Berit Andersson (Swedish movie & stage actress, b1935)
Stig Andersson: Stikkan Andersson (record producer, b1931 d1997)
Andre the Giant: Andre Rene Rousimoff [aka Jean Ferre] (French-born professional wrestler of colossal size {7'4", 520 lb.} and gentle demeaner, b1946 d1993)
Lesley Andress: Lawrence Sanders (author)
Thomas Andrew: Edward Thomas Andrulewicz (opera personality, b1932 d1984)
Andrews Sisters: Laverne Rogers (singer, b1916 d1967), Maxine Anglyn (singer, b1916 d1995) & Patty (singer, b1920)
Carolyn Andrews: Carolyn Hanion (author)
Dana Andrews: Carver Dana Andrews (movie & tv actor, known for playing 'tough-guy' roles, b1909 d1992)
Felicia Andrews: Charles L. Grant (author)
Joey Andrews: Giuseppe Andrews (movie, music video & tv actor)
Julie Andrews: Julia Elizabeth Wells (British movie & stage actress/singer, b1935)
Molly Andrews: Martha J. Jones (author)
Nicola Andrews: Orania Papazoglou (author)
Tige Andrews: Tiger Androwaous (movie & tv actor, best known for playing Sgt. Greer in The Mod Squad/singer/oil painter, b1920) {his first film role (1955) was as Tiger Andrews in Mr. Roberts}
V.C. Andrews: Virginia Cleo Andrews (movie actress/author, b1924 d1986)
V.C. Andrews: Andrew Neiderman (author, continued work of Virginia Cleo Andrews' Casteel series books after her death)
Andy: Andranik Madadian [nn: The Persian Elvis] (Iranian superstar singer)
Andy: Charles J. Correll [of Amos & Andy] (radio & tv actor/comedian, b1890 d1972)
Anémone: Anne Bourguignon (French movie & tv actress, b1950)
Pier Angeli: Anna Maria Pierangeli (sensitive Italian movie actress, b1932 d1971)
Fra Angelico: Guido di Pietro [aka Giovanni da Fiesole] (Italian monk/painter who liked pink & blue colors)
Maya Angelou: Marguerite Johnson (1st black San Francisco streetcar conductor/whorehouse madam/civil rights activist/author/actress/director/producer/playwright/professor/Poet Laureate of the USA, b1928) {her brother, Bailey, gave her the NdG of 'Maya'}
Muriel Angelus: Muriel Angelus Findlay (Scotish-born movie & stage actress, b1909)
Red Anglin: Van Buren Anglin (country western entertainer, b1910)
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Fela Ransome-Kuti (jazz & reggae musician/Nigerian Afro-beat founder/political activist, b1938 d1997)
Jennifer Aniston: Jennifer Anistonapoulos (movie, stage & tv actress/Friend, b1969)
Ann-Margaret: Ann-Margaret Olsson (Swedish movie & tv actress/singer/dancer, b1941)
Annabella: Suzanne Georgette Charpentier (French movie actress, b1910 d1996)
Annabella: Charlotte Lowe (author)
Barbara Annandale: Jean Bowden (author)
S. Ansky: Shloyme Zanul Rappoport (Byelorussian Yiddish author, b1863 d1920)
Cap Anson: Adrian Constantine Anson (professional baseball player/manager w/the Chicago White Stockings & N.Y. Giants/racial bigot, b1852 d1922)
F. Anstey: Thomas Anstey Guthrie (British humourous novelist, b1856 d1934)
Ant: Anthony David McPartlin (English movie & tv actor, b1975)
Adam Ant: Stuart Leslie Goddard (English rock singer/movie & tv actor, b1954)
C.L. Anthony: Dorothy Gladys Smith (British dramatist/novelist, author of 101 Dalmations, b1896 d1990)
Diana Anthony: Diane Antonio (author)
Evelyn Anthony: Evelyn Ward-Thomas (author)
Joseph Anthony: Joseph Anthony Deuster (movie, stage & tv director/actor, b1912 d1993)
Laura Anthony: Laura Blalock Moeller (author)
Lysette Anthony: Countess Lysette Chodski (British-born Polish movie & tv actress/producer/Playboy Magazine nudist, b1963)
Marc Anthony: Marco Antonio Muniz (salsa singer/movie & stage actor)
Marc Anthony: Marcus Antonius (Roman soldier/politician)
Peter Anthony: Anthony & Peter Shaffer (collaborating authors)
Piers Anthony: Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (British-born American fantasy/science fiction novelist, b1934)
Ray Anthony: Raymond Antonini (bandleader/trumpeter/songwriter/tv variety show host, b1922)
Susan B. Anthony: Susan Brownell Anthony (teacher/fighter for women's rights/1st woman to be honored with a U.S. coin, b1820 d1906)
Dr. Pessimist Anticant: Thomas Carlyle (Scotish writer/philosopher, b1795 d1881)
Antiochus IV: Antiochus Epiphanes (King of Syria 223-187 B.C.)
Rafaela Aparicio: Rafael Diaz Valiente (Spanish movie actor, b1906 d1996)
Ape: Carlo Pellegrini (Italian cartoonist, b1839 d1889)
Apex: Eric Chalkley (English crossword puzzle compiler, b1917)
Guillaume Apollinaire: Guillaume de Kostrowitski (French modernist poet)
Appalachia Vagabond: Hays Shepherd (folk singer)
Fiona Apple: Fiona Apple Maggart (singer/songwriter, b1977)
Johnny Appleseed: John Chapman (pioneer known for planting apple trees, b1774 d1845? d1847?)
Victor Appleton: Edward Stratemeyer (d1930) & later, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (b1893 d1982) (writer/creator of the 'Tom Swift' novels)
Aquanetta: Burnuacquanetta [aka Burnu Davenport; nn: 'The Venezualan Volcano'] (exotic model/movie actress, born on an Arapaho indian reservation in Wyoming, b1920)
Arabelle: Garbo (trusted German WW II spy that was actually a British agent, and who misdirected Hitler's forces away from Normandy for the D-Day invasion)
+ Yasser Arafat: Mohammed Abder Rauf Arafat al-Kudwa al-Husseini [aka Abu Ammar] (Egyptian-born terrorist with a checkered past hanging over his head/PLO leader, b1929 d2004) {Yasser means 'easy-going'}
Fatty Arbuckle: Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle [aka William Goodrich] (movie actor/director/vaudvillian, b1887 d1933)
Eddie Arcaro: George Edward (jockey/sports announcer, b1916 d1997)
E.L. Arch: Rachel Cosgrove Payes (writer)
Ellen Archer: Ellen Recknor (author)
John Archer: Ralph Bowman (movie & tv actor, b1915 d1999) {Archer to Bowman, get it?}
Lee Archer: Harlan Ellison (writer)
Helen Archery: Helen Argyris (author)
Elizabeth Arden: Florence Nightingale Graham Lewis (Canadian-born cosmetics company executive, b1878? b1884? d1966)
Eve Arden: Eunice Quedens [aka Eve Arden West] (radio, stage & tv actress/author, b1907? b1908? d1990) {a blend of "Evening in Paris" and Elizabeth Arden}
La Argentina: Antonia Mercé y Luque (Argentine-born Spanish ballet dancer, b1888 d1936)
La Argentinita: Encarnación Lopez Julves (Argentine-born Spanish ballet dancer, b1895 d1945)
Helen Argers: Helen Argyris (author)
Ellen Argo: Ellen Argo Johnson (author)
Pearl Argyle: Pearl Wellman (British ballet dancer, b1910 d1947)
Carina Ari: Carina Janssen (Swedish ballet dancer/stage actress, b1897 d1970)
Arkan: Zeljko Raznjatovic (Serbian militia leader/international indicted (1999) war criminal)
Candice Arkham: Alice Ramirez (author)
John Arledge: Johnson Lundy Arledge (movie actor, b1906 d1947)
Daniel Arlen: Christopher Nicole (author)
Harold Arlen: Hyman Arluck (composer/songwriter, b1905 d1986)
Leslie Arlen: Christopher Nicole (author)
Michael Arlen: Dikran Kouyoumdjian (British popular novelist)
Richard Arlen: Richard Cornelius Van Mattemore (movie & tv actor, b1899 d1976)
Arletty: Leonie Bathiat (French model/movie & stage actress, b1898 d1992)
George Arliss: George Augustus Andrews (British movie actor/writer, b1868 d1946)
Armida: Armida Vendrell (Mexican singer/dancer/movie actress, b1911? b1913? d1989)
Armillita: Fermin Espinosa (Spanish matador, b1911 d1980)
Aileen Armitage: Aileen Quigley (author)
Campbell Armstrong: Campbell Black (author)
Hammerin' Henry Armstrong: Henry Jackson (professional championship boxer, b1912 d1988)
Louis Armstrong: Daniel Louis Armstrong (musician/singer/band leader, b1901 d1971)
R.G. Armstrong: Robert Golden Armstrong (movie & tv actor/Pruneface, b1917? b1920?)
Robert Armstrong: Donald Robert Smith (actor, b1890 d1973)
Desi Arnaz: Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha (Cuban singer/bongo player/bandleader, who also had a Ball acting in movies & on tv, b1915? b1917? d1986)
Peter Arne: Peter Arne Albrecht (British movie actor, b1920 d1983)
James Arness: James Aurness (movie & tv actor/Thing, b1923)
Achim von Arnim: Karl Joachim Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (German author of fantastic romance novels and folk songs, b1781 d18??)
Peter Arno: Curtis Arnoux Peters Jr. (editorial cartoonist, b1904 d1968)
Sig Arno: Siegfried Aron (German comedic movie actor, last seen a bit Hungry in Fast Company, b1895 d1975)
Danny Arnold: Arnold Rothman (tv producer)
Eddy Arnold: Richard Edward Arnold [nn: The Tennessee Plowboy] (country western singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1918)
Edward Arnold: Guenther Edward Arnold Schneider (dynamic & rotund movie actor, b1890 d1956)
Jack Arnold: Jack Arnold Waks (movie & tv director, b1916 d1972)
Judith Arnold: Barbara Keiler (author)
Kokomo Arnold: James Arnold [aka Gitfiddle Jim] (bootlegger/guitarist)
Margot Arnold: Petronelle Cook (author)
P.P. Arnold: Pat "P.P." Arnold (singer/movie & tv actress, b1946)
Rosanna Arquette: Rosanna Lauren (movie & tv actress/inspiration of Toto's song Rosanna, b1959)
Carlos Arruza: Carlos Ruiz Camino (Mexican matador, b1920 d1966)
Antonin Artaud: Antoine-Marie-Joseph Artaud (French actor/writer/designer/surrealist poet/lecturer, b1896 d1948)
Bea Arthur: Bernice Frankel (acerbic, witty movie, stage & tv actress/comedienne/Golden Girl, b1926)
George K. Arthur: Arthur George Brest (Scottish movie actor/producer, b1889 d1985)
Jean Arthur: Gladys Georgianna Greene (movie & tv actress/model/comedienne, b1900 d1991)
Johnny Arthur: John Williams (movie & stage actor, known for playing timid or whiny characters, b1883 d1951)
King Arthur: Arthur Pendragon (legendary ruler of Camelot)
Robert Arthur: Robert Arthaud (radio announcer/movie actor, b1925)
Robert Arthur: Robert Arthur Feder (movie producer, b1909 d1986)
Mathias Ascher: Nathan Birnbaum (writer/Zionist, b1864 d1937)
Melissa Ash: June E. Casey (author)
Ashanti: Ashanti Douglas (hip-hop singer/performer, b1981)
Juliet Ashby: Louise Outlaw-Shallit (author)
Laura Ashcroft: Janice Carlson (author)
Dame Peggy Ashcroft: Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft (English movie, stage & tv actress, b1907 d1991)
Gordon Ashe: John Creasey (British mystery writer)
Megan Ashe: Virginia Anderson (author)
Helen Ashfield: Pamela Bennetts (author)
Jane Ashford: Jane Lecompte (author)
Jeffrey Ashford: Roderic Jeffries (author)
Amanda Ashley: Madeline Baker (author)
Edward Ashley: Edward Ashley Cooper (Australian-born movie & tv actor, b1904)
Elizabeth Ashley: Elizabeth Ann Cole (movie & tv actress/author/rape victim, b1939)
Jacqueline Ashley: Jackie Casto (author)
Leon Ashley: Leon Walton (country western entertainer, b1936)
Rebecca Ashley: Lois Arvin Walker (author)
Suzanne Ashley: Susan Brown (author)
April Ashmore: Lisa Wingate (author)
Ashton: John Kenneth Austin [of Ashton & Vesta] (English circus & variety performer, b1911 d1999)
Ann Ashton: John M. Kimbro (author)
Kate Ashton: Margaret Ball (author)
Mollie Ashton: Mollie Aghadjian (author)
Ed Asner: Isaac Edward Asner (hairy movie & tv actor, b1929)
Fred Asparagus: Fred Reveles (movie & tv actor, b1947 d1998)
Faarooq Assad: Ron Simmons (professional wrestler)
Fred Astaire: Frederick Austerlitz (consummate dancer/movie & tv actor/singer, b1899 d1987)
Sharon Aston: Helen Van Slyke (author)
Lady Astor: Nancy Witcher Langhorne (American-born socialite/politician/1st woman to hold a seat in Parliament, b1879 d1964)
Mary Astor: Lucille Vasconsellos Langhanke (actress/novelist, b1906 d1987)
Astro: Tralfaz (the Jetson's animated, albeit previously-owned, canine)
Astro: Terence Wilson (English reggae singer/trumpeter with UB40, b1957)
Bob Atcher: James Robert Owen Atcher (country western entertainer, b1914 d1993)
William Atheling: James Blish (author)
William Atherton: William Knight (movie & tv actor, b1947)
Chet Atkins: Chester Burton Atkins (country western entertainer, b1924)
Dr. Atl: Gerardo Murillo (painter/writer/volanologist)
Charles Atlas: Angelo Siciliano (bodybuilder, b1892? b1894? d1972)
Kiyoshi Atsumi: Yasuo Tadoroko (Japanese actor, b1928 d1996)
Attar: Farid ud-Din (Persian Sufi poet/druggist)
Attila the Hun: Raymond Quevedo (calypso singer)
Clement Richard Attlee: Earl Clement Richard Attlee (British Prime Minister, 1945-51)
The Atom: Alan Pratt (fictional superhero)
Clement Attlee: Clement Richard (British statesman, b1883 d1967)
Katheryn Atwood: Kathryn Ptacek (author)
Michael Auclair: Vladimir Vujovic (French actor, b1922)
Kevyn Aucoin: Kevin Aucoin (make-up artist of the superstar divas, b1962)
W.H. Auden: Wystan Hugh Auden (English Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, b1907 d1973)
Stephane Audran: Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville (French movie & tv actress, b1932)
Mischa Auer: Mischa Ounskowski (Russian movie, stage & tv actor, b1905 d1967)
Claudine Auger: Claudine Oger (French movie actress, b1942)
Edwin August: Edwin August Philip Von der Butz [aka Montague Lawrence off screen] (movie & stage actor/film director/author, b1883 d1964)
Elizabeth August: Bettie Marie Wilhite (author)
Tom August: Alfred Lewis Levitt (Hollywood-blacklisted writer)
Augustus: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Roman emperor)
Georgie Auld: John Altwerger (jazz tenor saxophonist/occasional movie actor, often seen in New York, New York, b1919 d1990)
Countess Aulnoy: Marie Catherine Jumel de Berneville (French writer)
Marie Ault: Mary Cragg (British comedic actress known for many dialects, b1870 d1951)
Alan Aumbry: Barrington J. Bayley (author)
Jean-Pierre Aumont: Jean-Pierre Salomons (French movie actor, b1909)
Aurelian: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (Roman emperor with a lot of Gaul, 270-275)
Marcus Aurelius: Marcus Annius Verus (Stoic philosopher & Roman emperor, 161-180)
Cassandra Austen: Sandra Detrixhe (author)
Charlotte Austen: Adele Leone (author)
'Stone Cold' Steve Austin: Steve Williams [aka Ringmaster] (professional wrestler)
Vivian Austin: Vivian Coe (movie actress, b1919)
The Auto Doctor: Junior Damato (syndicated automotive columnist)/Master ASE Technician)
Autolycus: Leonard Bacon (U.S. poet, b1887 d1954)
Alan Autry: Carlos Alan Autry {aka Carlos Brown} (professional football player w/the Green Bay Packers/tv actor In the Heat of the Night/mayor of Fresno CA, b1952)
Gene Autry: Orvon Gene Autry (western singer/actor/composer/producer/writer, b1907 d1998) [his horse's name was Champion]
Frankie Avalon: Francis Thomas Avallone (singer/movie & tv actor, b1939)
Avenue of the Americas: 6th Avenue (New York City thoroughfare)
Averroes: ibn-Rushd (Spanish-Arabian philosopher/physician)
Richard Avery: Edmund Cooper (author)
Tex Avery: Frederick Bean Avery (movie actor/director/cartoonist/descendent of Judge Roy Bean, b1908 d1980)
Avi: Avi Wortis (author of children's books, b1937)
Elizabeth Awbrey: Elizabeth Beach (author)
Rev. W. Awdry: Wilbert Vere Awdry (English author of Thomas The Tank Engine children's books)
Axis Sally: Mildred Elizabeth Sisk Gillars & Rita Louise Zucca [aka "Midge at the mike"] (American WWII pro-Nazi radio propagandists, b1901 d1988)
Axl: Bill Bailey (heavy-metal musician - G'N'R)
David Axton: Dean Ray Koontz (writer)
Jonathan Aycliffe: Denis MacEoin (writer)
Catherine Aydy: Emma Tennant (writer)
Lew Ayers: Lewis Ayer (movie & tv actor/director/producer/writer/cinematographer with a 7-decade career! b1908 d1996)
Rose Ayers: Lillian Greenwood (author)
Dan Aykroyd: Daniel Edward Agraluscasacra (Canadian movie & tv actor/director/writer/producer, b1952)
Jonathan Aylcliffe: Denis McEoin (author)
Sir Felix Aylmer: Felix Edward Aylmer-Jones (British movie, stage & tv actor/actors' trade union president, b1889 d1979)
Allen Aynesworth: E. Abbott-Anderson (British actor, b1864 d1959)
Charles Aznavour: Shahnour Varenagh Aznavourian (French-Armenian singer/songwriter/movie actor, b1924)
Azorin: Jose' Martinez Ruiz (Spanish writer & critic)
Candice Azzara: Matilda Azzara (tv actress - played Gloria in the All In The Family pilot episode, b1945)
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