Biographies
Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley: Novelist, Essayist, and Social Critic
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) was an English writer whose novels, essays and later psychedelic writings examined science, society and spirituality; he is best known for the dystopia Br
Aldus Manutius
Aldus Manutius: Venetian Humanist Printer and Founder of the Aldine Press
Aldyr Schlee
Aldyr Schlee — Brazilian writer, scholar and designer of the Camisa Canarinho
Alec Holowka
Alec Holowka: Canadian indie game developer and collaborator
Alecko Eskandarian
Alejandra Da Passano
Alejandra Silva
Alejandra Silva — Spanish publicist, businesswoman and activist
Alejandra Soler
Alejandra Soler: Spanish educator, communist activist, and longtime public figure
Alejandro Jadresic
Alejandro Jadresic — Chilean industrial engineer, economist and Minister of Energy (1994–1998)
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky: filmmaker, playwright, comic author and spiritual artist
Alejandro Planchart
Alejandro Planchart: Scholar of Medieval and Early Renaissance Music
Alejandro Serrano
Alejandro Serrano (1933–2019) — Ecuadorian politician and sports leader
Alejandro Sieveking
Alejandro Sieveking — Chilean playwright, director and actor
Alejandro Zaffaroni
Alejandro Zaffaroni — Uruguayan‑American biotechnology entrepreneur
Alejo Carpentier
Alejo Carpentier — Cuban novelist, essayist and musicologist
Aleksandar Kostov
Aleksandar Kostov: Bulgarian forward and coach (1938–2019)
Aleksandar Stipčević
Aleksander Jackowski
Aleksander Jackowski: Polish Cultural Anthropologist and Ethnographer
Aleksander Mandziara
Aleksander Mandziara (1940–2015) — Polish football player and coach
Aleksandr Ezhevsky
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Ezhevsky
Aleksandr Kapto
Aleksandr Kapto: Soviet-Russian Sociologist, Diplomat and Public Intellectual
Aleksandr Kokorin
Aleksandr Kokorin — Russian footballer and forward
Aleksandr Kurlovich
Aleksandr Kurlovich (1961–2018) — Belarusian Soviet-era super-heavyweight weightlifter
Aleksandr Melentyev
Aleksandr Melentyev — Soviet sport shooter and 1980 Olympic champion
Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer
Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer: Slovenian chemist, educator and environmental advocate
Aleksei Paramonov
Aleksei Paramonov: Soviet footballer, Olympic champion and coach
Aleksey Alekseyevich Brusilov
Aleksey Botyan
Aleksey Nikolayevich Botyan
Aleksey Buldakov
Aleksey Buldakov — Soviet and Russian film actor
Aleksey Lebed
Aleksey Ivanovich Lebed — Russian military officer and regional politician
Aleksey Mozgovoy
Aleksis Kivi
Alemayehu Atomsa
Alemayehu Atomsa (1969–2014)
Alena Vrzáňová
Alena Vrzáňová — Czech figure skater and two-time World champion
Alena Vrzáňová (1931–2015), nicknamed Ája, was a Czech figure skater who won World titles in 1949 and 1950 and the 1950 European championship; later she lived and worked abroad aft
Alene Duerk
Alene Duerk — First Female Admiral and U.S. Navy Nurse Leader
Aleš Debeljak
Alessandra Mussolini
Alessandra Panaro
Alessandra Panaro — Italian film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s
Alessandro Criscuolo
Alessandro Criscuolo (1937–2020)
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni: life, major works and influence
Alessandro Moreschi
Alessandro Moreschi — last castrato and early recording artist
Alessandro Santos
Alessandro Santos (Alex) — Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
Alessandro Striggio
Alessandro Striggio (c. 1536–1592)
Alessandro Volta
Alesso
Alesso — Swedish DJ and progressive house producer
Álex Angulo
Álex Angulo (1953–2014)
Alex Badeh
Alex Badeh (1957–2018) — Nigerian Air Marshal and Chief of Defence Staff
Alex Chilton
Alex Chilton: singer-songwriter and frontman of the Box Tops and Big Star