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Yu Hua |
Chinese writer (1960–) |
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Yvette Cooper |
British politician (born 1969) |
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Zach Galifianakis |
American actor and comedian |
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Zach Hadel |
American Internet celebrity |
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Zakir Naik |
Indian Islamic preacher |
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Zemfira |
Russian rock musician and songwriter |
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Zeno of Citium |
Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism |
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Zeno of Elea |
Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC) |
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Zoe Kazan |
American actress |
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Zora Neale Hurston |
African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960) |
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Zoroaster |
founder of Zoroastrianism |
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A. A. Gill |
British writer and critic (1954–2016) |
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A. A. Milne |
British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh (1882–1956) |
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Aaron Becker |
American illustrator and writer |
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Abbas Kiarostami |
Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016) |
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Abdelkader El Djezairi |
Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883) |
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Abdullah II of Jordan |
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
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Abraham Van Helsing |
fictional character from Dracula |
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Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari |
poet |
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Abu Bakr al-Razi |
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925) |
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Abu Bakr As-Siddiq |
1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad |
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Abul Ala Maududi |
South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979) |
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Adam Brody |
American actor |
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Adam Carolla |
American radio personality |
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Adam Grant |
American organizational psychologist (b. 1981) |
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Adam Müller |
German publicist, literary critic, political economist, and theorist of the state |
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Adrian Lamo |
American hacker and threat analyst (1981–2018) |
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Aeschylus |
ancient Athenian playwright |
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Aesop |
ancient Greek storyteller (619 BC–563 BC) |
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Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj |
Moroccan actor and playwright (1928-2012) |
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Ainsley Earhardt |
American television host and author (born 1975/1976) |
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Akala |
British rapper, journalist, author, and activist |
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Akon |
Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, and record producer (born 1973) |
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Alain de Benoist |
French political theorist |
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Alan Arkin |
American actor, filmmaker (1934–2023) |
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Alan Dean Foster |
American fiction writer |
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Alan Melikdjanian |
Latvian filmmaker (born 1980) |
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Alan Ruck |
American actor and writer |
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Alan Tudyk |
American actor |
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Alan Wake |
fictional character from Alan Wake |
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Alasdair MacIntyre |
Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025) |
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Alastair Reynolds |
British science fiction author (born 1966) |
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Albert Pike |
American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Freemason (1809–1891) |
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Albert Schweitzer |
French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965) |
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Alden Nowlan |
Canadian writer (1933–1983) |
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Aleksei Balabanov |
Russian film director and screenwriter (1959-2013) |
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Alenka Zupančič |
contemporary Slovenian philosopher |
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Alexa Chung |
English television presenter, model and contributing editor |
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Alexander Alekhine |
Russian-French chess player (1892–1946) |
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Alexander Druzhinin |
Russian writer and magazine editor (1824–1864) |