Preface -- Table of contents -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- A -- Abbas II (1874-1944) -- also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha, -- Abbas I, the Great (c. 1571-1629) -- Abbasid dynasty -- Abd al-Hamid II (1842-1918) -- Abd al-Karim (1880-1963) -- also known as Abd al-Karim el-Khettabi, -- Abd Allah (1846-1899) -- also known as Abd Allah ibn Muhammad at-Tai'shi, -- Abd al-Malik Ibn Marwan (647-705) -- Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad (1905-1982) -- Abdullah ibn Hussein (1882-1951) -- Abdullah ibn Hussein (1962- ) -- Abelard, Peter (1079-1142) -- French Pierre Abélard, -- Peter Abelard -- French scholastic philosopher -- Peter Abelard -- French scholastic philosopher -- Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860) -- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Aberdeen -- English statesman -- Achaemenid dynasty -- Acheson, Dean (Gooderham) (1893-1971) -- Dean (Gooderham) Acheson -- US Democratic politician -- Dean (Gooderham) Acheson -- US Democratic politician -- Dean (Gooderham) Acheson -- US Democratic politician -- Adams, John (1735-1826) -- John Adams -- 2nd president of the USA -- John Adams -- US president -- Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) -- Adams -- John Adams -- US Federalist president -- Adams, Samuel (1722-1803) -- Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844) -- Henry Addington -- British prime minister -- Adelaide (1792-1849) -- Adenauer, Konrad (1876-1967) -- Konrad Adenauer -- German Christian Democrat politician -- Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159) -- born Nicholas Breakspear, -- Afonso I (1094-1185) -- Agricola, Gnaeus Julius (40-93) -- Gnaeus Julius Agricola -- Roman general -- Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (c. 63-12 BC) -- Ahab (c. 875-854 BC) -- Ahasuerus -- Persian Khshayarsha, Greek Xerxes, -- Ahmad Shah Durrani (1724-1773).

Aidid, Muhammad Farah (1936-1996) -- Akbar, Jalal ud-Din Muhammad (1542-1605) -- Akbar -- Akhenaton (or Ikhnaton) -- Akhenaton -- Akihito (1933- ) -- Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke (1883-1963) -- 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, -- Alaric (c. 370-410) -- Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) -- Albert -- Consort of Queen Victoria -- Albert -- Prince Consort -- Albert I (1875-1934) -- Albert I -- King of the Belgians -- Albuquerque, Afonso de (1453-1515) -- Alcibiades (451/0-404/3 BC) -- Alcock, John William (1892-1919) -- Alcuin (735-804) -- born Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, -- Alcuin -- Alcuin -- English scholar -- Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George (1891-1969) -- 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, -- Alexander -- Alexander III (died 1181) -- born Orlando Bandinelli, -- Alexander VI (1430 or 1432-1503) -- born Rodrigo Borgia or Rodrigo Borja, -- Alexander -- Alexander I (1777-1825) -- Alexander I -- Tsar of Russia -- Alexander II (1818-1881) -- Alexander II -- Alexander II -- Tsar of Russia -- Alexander III (1845-1894) -- Alexander -- Alexander I (c. 1078-1124) -- Alexander II (1198-1249) -- Alexander III (1241-1286) -- Alexander I, Karageorgevich (1888-1934) -- Alexander Nevski, St (1220-1263) -- Alexander Severus (AD 208-235) -- born Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, -- Alexander (III) the Great (356-323 BC) -- Alexander the Great -- Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) -- Alexandra -- Tsarina of Russia -- Alexius -- Alexius I, Comnenus (1048-1118) -- Alexius III, Angelos (died 1210) -- Alexius IV, Angelos (1182-1204) -- Alexius IV -- Emperor of Constantinople -- Alfonso -- Alfonso VII (c. 1107-1157) -- Alfonso (X), the Wise (1221-1284) -- Alfonso (XI), the Avenger (1311-1350) -- Alfonso XII (1857-1885) -- Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) -- Alfonso XIII -- King of Spain -- Alfred the Great (c. 849-c. 901) -- Alfred -- King of Wessex -- Alfred -- King of Wessex from 871.

Welsh monk Asser -- Saxon chronicler -- Ali (c. 598-661) -- Ali Pasha, Mehmed Emin (1815-1871) -- Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (1861-1936) -- 1st Viscount Allenby, -- Allende (Gossens), Salvador (1908-1973) -- Almohad -- Almoravid -- Alva, Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo (1508-1582) -- Duke of Alva or Alba, -- Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo Alva -- Spanish politician and general -- Alvarado, Pedro de (c. 1485-1541) -- Amanullah Khan (1892-1960) -- Amenhotep -- Amenhotep III (1391-1353 BC) -- Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003) -- Andrássy, Gyula (1823-1890) -- Count Andrássy, -- Andrew, Andrew Albert Christian Edward (1960- ) -- Andropov, Yuri (1914-1984) -- Anna Comnena (1083-after 1148) -- Anna Comnena -- Byzantine historian -- Anne (1665-1714) -- Anne -- Queen of Great Britain and Ireland -- Anne, Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise (1950- ) -- Anne (full name Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise) -- HRH the Princess Royal, president of Save the Children -- Anne -- Princess Royal of the UK -- Anne of Austria (1601-1666) -- Anne of Austria -- Queen of France -- Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) -- Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) -- Anson, George (1697-1762) -- 1st Baron Anson, -- Antall, József (1932-1993) -- Anthony, Susan B(rownell) (1820-1906) -- Anonymous -- Susan B(rownell) Anthony -- US campaigner for women's rights -- Susan B(rownell) Anthony -- US campaigner for women's rights -- Antigonus (382-301 BC) -- Antigonus -- Macedonian general -- Antiochus -- Antiochus I (c. 324-c. 261 BC) -- Antiochus I -- Antiochus I -- King of Syria -- Antiochus II (c. 286-c. 246 BC) -- Antiochus (III) the Great (c. 241-187 BC) -- Antiochus IV (c. 215-164 BC) -- Antiochus VII (c. 159-129 BC) -- Antiochus VII -- King of Syria -- Antiochus XIII (lived 1st century BC) -- Antonescu, Ion (1886-1946) -- Antoninus Pius, Titus Aurelius Fulvus (AD 86-161) -- Titus Aurelius Fulveus Boionius Antoninus Pius.

Emperor of Rome -- Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274) -- St Thomas Aquinas -- Italian philosopher and theologian -- St Thomas Aquinas -- Italian philosopher and theologian -- St Thomas Aquinas -- Italian philosopher and theologian -- Arafat, Yassir (1929-2004) -- born Muhammad Yassir Abdul-Ra'ouf Arafat As Qudwa al-Husseini, -- Yassir Arafat -- Leader of the PLO -- Arbenz Guzmán, Jácobo (1913-1971) -- Arendt, Hannah (1906-1975) -- Hannah Arendt -- American philosopher and political theorist -- Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll (1530-1573) -- Aristides (c. 530-468 BC) -- Arkwright, Richard (1732-1792) -- Arkwright -- Edward Baines -- English historian -- Arminius (c. 18 BC-19 AD) -- German Hermann, -- Arminius, Jacobus (1560-1609) -- Dutch Jakob Harmensen, -- Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801) -- Arrian (lived 2nd century AD) -- Arsacid dynasty -- Arthur (lived 6th century) -- Arthur, Chester Alan (1830-1886) -- Anonymous -- Ashikaga -- Ashmole, Elias (1617-1692) -- Asoka (or Ashoka) (lived c. 272-228 BC) -- Asoka -- Indian king and sage -- Asquith, Herbert Henry (1852-1928) -- 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, -- Herbert Henry Asquith -- British Liberal politician and prime minister -- Herbert Henry Asquith -- British Liberal politician and prime minister -- Herbert Henry Asquith -- British Liberal politician and prime minister -- Margot Asquith -- Second wife of Herbert Asquith -- Margot Asquith -- Second wife of Herbert Asquith -- Assad, Hafez al (1930-2000) -- Astor -- Nancy Astor -- US-born British politician -- Nancy Astor -- US-born British politician -- Astor, Nancy (1879-1964) -- born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, -- Atahualpa (c. 1502-1533) -- Atatürk, Kemal (1881-1938) -- born Mustafa Kemal Pasha, -- (Turkish 'Father of the Turks') -- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk -- Turkish president -- Athelstan (895-939) -- Attila (c. 406-453).

Attlee, Clement (Richard) (1883-1967) -- 1st Earl Attlee, -- Clement (Richard) Attlee -- British Labour politician -- Clement (Richard) Attlee -- British Labour politician -- Clement (Richard) Attlee -- British Labour politician -- Clement (Richard) Attlee -- British Labour politician -- Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre (1884-1981) -- called 'the Auk', -- Auckland, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784-1849) -- Augustus (63 BC-AD 14) -- the Second Triumvirate -- Battle of Actium -- the principate -- foreign policy -- administrative reforms -- later years of Augustus' reign -- Augustus -- First of the Roman emperors -- Augustus Caesar -- Roman emperor -- Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) -- Roman emperor -- Aung San (1916-1947) -- Aurangzeb (or Aurungzebe) (1618-1707) -- Aurangzeb -- Mogul emperor of North India -- Aurelian (c.AD 215-275) -- born Lucius Domitius Aurelianus, -- Aurelius, Marcus -- Aurelius Antoninus -- Auriol, Vincent (1884-1966) -- Avicenna (979-1037) -- Arabic Ibn Sina, -- Avicenna -- Arabian philosopher and physician -- Ayesha (611-678) -- Ayub Khan, Muhammad (1907-1974) -- Azaña, Manuel (1880-1940) -- B -- Babeuf, François-Noël (1760-1797) -- Babington, Anthony (1561-1586) -- Anthony Babington -- English traitor -- Babur (1483-1530) -- born Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, -- (Arabic 'lion') -- Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) -- 1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans, -- Francis Bacon -- English politician, philosopher, and essayist -- Francis Bacon -- English politician, philosopher, and essayist -- Francis Bacon -- English politician, philosopher, and essayist -- Francis Bacon -- English politician, philosopher, and essayist -- Francis Bacon -- English politician, philosopher, and essayist -- Francis Bacon -- English politician, philosopher, and essayist -- Francis Bacon -- English politician, philosopher, and essayist -- Francis Bacon.

English politician, philosopher, and essayist.