| Alphonse Allais | 1854–1905 | 4 |
| Luke Allan | 1877–1962 | 1 |
| P. B. M. (Philip Bertram Murray) Allan | 1884–1973 | 1 |
| H. J. (Hermann Jozef) Allard | 1830–1915 | 1 |
| Paul Allardyce | 1855–1895 | 1 |
| E. T. (Edward Tyson) Allen | 1875–1942 | 1 |
| Edith H. (Edith Hedden) Allen | 1869–1938 | 1 |
| Edward A. (Edward Archibald) Allen | 1843–1922 | 1 |
| Emory Adams Allen | 1854–1933 | 1 |
| F. G. (Frank Gibbs) Allen | 1836–1887 | 1 |
| Glover M. (Glover Morrill) Allen | 1879–1942 | 1 |
| Grant Allen | 1848–1899 | 17 |
| Hervey Allen | 1889–1949 | 1 |
| James Allen | 1864–1912 | 2 |
| James Lane Allen | 1849–1925 | 7 |
| Lewis F. (Lewis Falley) Allen | 1800–1890 | 1 |
| Maryland Allen | 1877–1927 | 1 |
| Nathan H. (Nathan Hale) Allen | 1848–1925 | 1 |
| P. S. (Percy Stafford) Allen | 1869–1933 | 2 |
| Paul Allen | 1775–1826 | 1 |
| R. W. (Richard Watson) Allen | 1833–1914 | 1 |
| Roland Allen | 1869–1947 | 1 |
| Walter Fox Allen | 1875–1958 | 1 |
| William Ferneley Allen | 1816–1877 | 1 |
| Allen, William G., active | 1849–1853 | 1 |
| William H. (WIlliam Harvey) Allen | 1874–1963 | 1 |
| William Allingham | 1824–1889 | 1 |
| A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson | 1852–1929 | 4 |
| Anne C. E. (Anne Crosby Emery) Allinson | 1871–1932 | 1 |
| T. R. (Thomas Richard) Allinson | 1858–1918 | 1 |
| Samuel B. (Samuel Buell) Allison | 1861–1932 | 2 |
| Young Ewing Allison | 1853–1932 | 2 |
| Washington Allston | 1779–1843 | 2 |
| José de Almada Negreiros | 1893–1970 | 9 |
| Rosauro Almario | 1886–1933 | 1 |
| Almeida Garrett, João Batista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, Visconde de | 1799–1854 | 5 |
| Fialho de Almeida | 1857–1911 | 1 |
| August W. Almqvist | born 1839 | 1 |
| C. J. L. (Carl Jonas Love) Almqvist | 1793–1866 | 1 |
| Hieronymus van Alphen | 1746–1803 | 1 |
| Eero Alpi | 1885–1933 | 1 |
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| Rasmus Larssen Alsaker | 1883–1960 | 1 |
| Ignacio Manuel Altamirano | 1834–1893 | 1 |
| Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler | 1862–1919 | 29 |
| Juan Alvarez Guerra | 1843–1905 | 3 |
| José S. (José Sixto) Alvarez | 1858–1903 | 1 |
| Margaret Blake Alverson | 1836–1923 | 1 |
| Mark Ambient | 1860–1937 | 1 |
| Azel Ames | 1845–1908 | 7 |
| Aleksandr Amfiteatrov | 1862–1938 | 1 |
| Henri Frédéric Amiel | 1821–1881 | 1 |
| Johann Conrad Amman | 1669–1724 | 1 |
| Ammyeetis | 1835–1917 | 1 |
| Flora Ross Amos | born 1881 | 1 |
| Lennox Amott | 1861–1909 | 1 |
| Roald Amundsen | 1872–1928 | 5 |
| E. (Emile) Amélineau | 1850–1915 | 3 |
| José de Anchieta | 1534–1597 | 1 |
| Martin Andersen Nexø | 1869–1954 | 5 |
| H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen | 1805–1875 | 10 |
| Ada Woodruff Anderson | 1860–1956 | 1 |
| Karl Anderson | 1874–1956 | 2 |
| Nephi Anderson | 1865–1923 | 4 |
| Poul Anderson | 1926–2001 | 1 |
| Rasmus Björn Anderson | 1846–1936 | 2 |
| Robert Gordon Anderson | 1881–1950 | 2 |
| Rufus Anderson | 1796–1880 | 2 |
| Sherwood Anderson | 1876–1941 | 6 |
| Thomas Anderson | 1819–1874 | 1 |
| Victor C. Anderson | 1882–1937 | 1 |
| Dan Andersson | 1888–1920 | 1 |
| Thomas Anderton | 1836–1903 | 1 |
| Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew | 1845–1917 | 1 |
| George T. Andrew | born 1842 | 1 |
| John Andrew | 1815–1870 | 1 |
| C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Andrews | 1829–1922 | 1 |
| Edith Alice Andrews | 1873–1958 | 1 |
| Elisha Benjamin Andrews | 1844–1917 | 6 |
| Jane Andrews | 1833–1887 | 3 |