| Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews | 1860–1936 | 8 |
| Roy Chapman Andrews | 1884–1960 | 1 |
| William Andrews | 1848–1908 | 1 |
| Yvette Borup Andrews | 1891–1959 | 1 |
| Leonid Andreyev | 1871–1919 | 6 |
| P. J. (Pieter Jacob) Andriessen | 1815–1877 | 1 |
| Simon Jacob Andriessen | 1831–1901 | 1 |
| Claude Anet | 1868–1931 | 1 |
| Pedro de Angelis | 1784–1859 | 4 |
| Hermannus Angelkot | 1688–1727 | 1 |
| Norman Angell | 1874–1967 | 1 |
| Auguste Angellier | 1847–1911 | 1 |
| Marion Polk Angellotti | 1887–1975 | 1 |
| Pietro Martire d' Anghiera | 1457–1526 | 1 |
| Joseph Anglade | 1868–1930 | 1 |
| Dávid Angyal | 1857–1943 | 1 |
| Adrian C. (Adrian Constantine) Anson | 1852–1922 | 1 |
| F. Anstey | 1856–1934 | 3 |
| A. V. S. (Andrew Varick Stout) Anthony | 1835–1906 | 1 |
| Wilder Anthony | 1883–1965 | 1 |
| Mary Antin | 1881–1949 | 2 |
| E. (Edward) Anwyl | 1866–1914 | 1 |
| Ludwig Anzengruber | 1839–1889 | 1 |
| William Apess | 1798–1839 | 1 |
| Guillaume Apollinaire | 1880–1918 | 3 |
| George Latimer Apperson | 1857–1937 | 1 |
| Everard Jack Appleton | 1872–1931 | 1 |
| Honor C. Appleton | 1879–1951 | 1 |
| F. (François) Arago | 1786–1853 | 1 |
| Joaquim de Araújo | 1858–1917 | 2 |
| Edward Arber | 1836–1912 | 3 |
| Jakub Arbes | 1840–1914 | 1 |
| F. F. Arbuthnot | 1833–1901 | 1 |
| George Arbuthnot | 1836–1912 | 1 |
| John Arbuthnot | 1667–1735 | 1 |
| Charles J. (Charles John) Archard | 1860–1916 | 1 |
| Charles Archer | 1861–1941 | 2 |
| W. G. (William George) Archer | 1907–1979 | 1 |
| William Archer | 1856–1924 | 10 |
| Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq | 1821–1870 | 1 |
| Jon Arfstrom | 1928–2015 | 1 |
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| Ernest A. (Ernest Alfred) Aris | 1882–1963 | 1 |
| Maxwell Armfield | 1881–1972 | 1 |
| Margaret Armour | 1860–1943 | 1 |
| Rebecca Agatha Armour | 1845–1891 | 2 |
| Andrew Campbell Armstrong | 1860–1935 | 1 |
| John Armstrong | 1709–1779 | 1 |
| Margaret Armstrong | 1867–1944 | 1 |
| Martin Armstrong | 1882–1974 | 1 |
| William Hepburn Armstrong | 1824–1919 | 1 |
| Angélique Arnaud | 1799–1884 | 1 |
| A.-V. (Antoine-Vincent) Arnault | 1766–1834 | 4 |
| Ernst Moritz Arndt | 1769–1860 | 2 |
| George B. Louis (George Byron Louis) Arner | 1883–1952 | 1 |
| Arnim, Ludwig Achim, Freiherr von | 1781–1831 | 1 |
| C. D. (Charles Dudley) Arnold | 1844–1927 | 1 |
| Ebenezer Arnold | 1816–1900 | 1 |
| Edward Arnold | 1857–1942 | 1 |
| Edwin Lester Arnold | 1857–1935 | 1 |
| Arnold, Edwin, Sir | 1832–1904 | 5 |
| George Arnold | 1834–1865 | 1 |
| Gertrude Weld Arnold | 1868–1941 | 1 |
| Matthew Arnold | 1822–1888 | 4 |
| Thomas Arnold | 1795–1842 | 1 |
| Robert Arnot | born 1860 | 2 |
| William Arnot | 1808–1875 | 1 |
| Manuel de Arriaga | 1840–1917 | 1 |
| Cletto Arrighi | 1830–1906 | 1 |
| Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta | 1780–1842 | 1 |
| Chester Alan Arthur | 1829–1886 | 1 |
| J. P. Arthur | 1865–1920 | 1 |
| John W. (John William) Arthur | 1848–1921 | 1 |
| Robert Arthur | 1909–1969 | 1 |
| T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur | 1809–1885 | 33 |
| Fred J. Arting | 1875–1922 | 3 |
| M. (Mikhail) Artsybashev | 1878–1927 | 2 |
| Peter Christen Asbjørnsen | 1812–1885 | 2 |