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- A. A. K. NiaziPakistan Army Eastern Commander
- A. Philip RandolphAmerican civil rights activist (1889–1979)
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-GhafiqiMuslim general of the 8th century
- Abd el-KrimMoroccan political and military leader (1882/1883–1963)
- Abdul-Malik al-HouthiLeader of the Houthis since 2004
- Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i10th-century Iraqi Isma'ili missionary
- Abu Musab al-ZarqawiJordanian jihadist (1966–2006)
- Abu Ubayda ibn al-JarrahCompanion of Muhammad and military leader (583–639)
- Adélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de BlocquevilleAdélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de Blocqueville (8 July 1815 – 6 October 1892) was a French woma
- Adnan Khayr Allah23rd Iraqi Minister of Defense
- Adolf GallandGerman World War II flying ace and general
- Adolfo Pérez EsquivelArgentine Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1931)
- Adolphe PégoudFrench flying ace (1889–1915)
- Agnes ChowHong Kong pro-democracy activist (born 1996)
- Ahmad Shah (Taliban)Ahmad Shah (nom de guerre Mohammad Ismail; c. 1970 – c. April 2008) was an Afghan militant
- Ahmad Shah MassoudAfghan military leader (1953–2001)
- Ahmadiyya in China'Ahmadiyya under the spiritual leadership of the caliph in London is an Islamic community
- Ahmed UrabiPrime Minister of Egypt (1882)
- Ahn Chang HoKorean independence activist (1878–1938)
- Air observerAn air observer or aerial observer is an aircrew member whose duties are predominantly rec
- Akashi MotojiroGeneral in the Imperial Japanese Army
- Aki ProvinceAki Province (安藝國/安芸国, Aki no kuni) or Geishū (藝州/芸州) was a province in the Chūgoku Region
- Akira MutōJapanese officer and war criminal (1892–1948)
- Al J VenterAl J. Venter (born Albertus Johannes Venter, 25 November 1938) is a South African war jour
- Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount AlanbrookeBritish Army field marshal (1883–1963)
- Albert LuthuliSouth African politician (c. 1898–1967)
- Albrecht Gustav von MansteinAlbert Ehrenreich Gustav von Manstein (24 August 1805 in Willkischken – 11 May 1877 in Fle
- Alcocero de MolaAlcocero de Mola is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and
- Aleksandr VasilevskySoviet general (1895–1977)
- Aleksey YermolovRussian general (1777–1861)
- Alexander Duncan (police officer)Alexander Mitchell Duncan CMG (25 September 1888–1 September 1965) was a Scottish-Australi
- Alexander Nicholson (police officer)Alexander Nicholson was an Australian police officer and Chief Commissioner of Victoria Po
- Alexander Selkirk18th-century Scottish sailor and castaway
- Alexander Yegorov (general)Soviet military leader (1883–1939)
- Alexander YpsilantisGreek revolutionary and commander (1792–1828)
- Alexander ZakharchenkoUkrainian separatist leader (1976–2018)
- Alexandra KollontaiSoviet politician and diplomat (1872–1952)
- Alexandros PapagosGreek military leader and politician (1883–1955)
- Alexei NavalnyRussian opposition leader and activist (1976–2024)
- Alfred DreyfusFrench Army officer (1859–1935)
- Alfred JodlGerman general and war criminal (1890–1946)
- Alfred von SchlieffenGerman field marshal
- Alfred von TirpitzGerman naval officer (1849–1930)
- Alfredo ReinadoEast Timorese military commander and rebel (1968–2008)
- Ali Hassan al-MajidIraqi military officer and politician (1941–2010)
- Ali Sayad ShiraziIranian military general (1944–1999)
- Alice PaulAmerican activist (1885–1977)
- Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina SidoniaSpanish aristocrat (1550–1615)
- AltshausenAltshausen is a small Swabian municipality with around 4,100 inhabitants, near the city of
- Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz16th-century Spanish admiral
- Amakusa ShirōJapanese rebel and martyr (1621?–1638)
- Amaury de Montfort (died 1241)Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury, (1192 – 1241) was the son of Simon de Montf
- AmbiorixEburonian king
- Ambrogio SpinolaItalian-Spanish nobleman and general (1569–1630)
- American Slavery As It IsAmerican Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses is a book written by the Amer
- Amílcar CabralBissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean politician (1924–1973)
- Amrit KaurIndian politician (1889–1964)
- An Jung-geunKorean independence activist (1879–1910)
- An LushanRebel general in Tang China (703–757)
- André MassénaFrench Marshal (1758–1817)
- André RigaudHaitian military leader (1761–1811)
- Andrea DoriaAdmiral of the Republic of Genoa (1466–1560)
- Andrea DworkinAmerican feminist writer and activist (1946–2005)
- Andreas BaaderGerman far-left militant leader (1943–1977)
- Andrés Avelino Cáceres27th and 30th President of Peru
- Andrés BonifacioFilipino revolutionary leader (1863–1897)
- Andrew Brown (writer)Andrew Brown (born 1955 in London) is an English journalist, writer, and editor. He was on
- Angria BankAngria Bank is a bank, a shallow sunken atoll, on the continental shelf off the west coast
- Anna WalentynowiczPolish free trade union activist
- Anne HutchinsonEnglish-born religious figure (1591–1643)
- Antonio Imbert BarreraDominican army general (1920–2016)
- Antonio LunaFilipino general (1866–1899)
- Antonio MaceoCuban independence general (1845–1896)
- ArabanooIndigenous Australian captured by British colonists
- Archduke Charles, Duke of TeschenAustrian archduke and general (1771–1847)
- Ariovistus1st-century BC Germanic ruler
- Army Ground ForcesThe Army Ground Forces were one of the three autonomous components of the Army of the Unit
- Arthur HarrisMarshal of the Royal Air Force (1892–1984)
- Arthur PercivalBritish Army officer
- Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron TedderRoyal Air Force officer (1890–1967)
- Assata ShakurAmerican political activist (1947–2025)
- Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)The Atlantic Fleet was a naval fleet of the Royal Navy. It existed for two periods; 1909 u
- Attalus (general)Ancient Macedonian general
- August 1 Medal (1955)The August 1 Medal (Chinese: 八一勋章; pinyin: Bā Yī Xūn Zhāng), sometimes known as the Order
- Augustin RobespierreFrench lawyer and revolutionary (1763–1794)
- Augusto César SandinoNicaraguan anti-US-occupation leader (1895–1934)
- AullaAulla is a comune in the province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany, central Italy. It is loca
- Außerparlamentarische OppositionThe Außerparlamentarische Opposition (German for extra-parliamentary opposition, commonly
- Australian CorpsThe Australian Corps was a World War I army corps that contained all five Australian infan
- Autonomism (political doctrine)Autonomism is a political doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving political autono
- Avalon CemeteryAvalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. It was opened in 1972, d
- Ayaan Hirsi AliSomali-born activist, politician, and author (born 1969)
- Ayman al-ZawahiriEmir of al-Qaeda from 2011 to 2022
- AyyankaliIndian social reformer (1866–1941)