| A-No. 1 | 1872–1944 | 1 |
| A. L. O. E. | 1821–1893 | 2 |
| Jeppe Aakjær | 1866–1930 | 2 |
| S. F. (Samuel Francis) Aaron | 1862–1947 | 2 |
| Alexander Aaronsohn | 1888–1948 | 1 |
| Giuseppe Cesare Abba | 1838–1910 | 1 |
| Arnauld d' Abbadie | 1815–1893 | 1 |
| Ernst Abbe | 1840–1905 | 1 |
| Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey | 1833–1919 | 1 |
| Henry Abbey | 1842–1911 | 1 |
| Anne W. (Anne Wales) Abbot | 1808–1908 | 1 |
| Francis Ellingwood Abbot | 1836–1903 | 1 |
| Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot | 1863–1934 | 2 |
| Belle K. (Belle Kendrick) Abbott | 1842–1893 | 1 |
| David P. (David Phelps) Abbott | 1863–1934 | 1 |
| Edwin Abbott Abbott | 1838–1926 | 3 |
| Eleanor Hallowell Abbott | 1872–1958 | 5 |
| Frank Frost Abbott | 1860–1924 | 1 |
| G. F. (George Frederick) Abbott | 1874–1947 | 1 |
| Jacob Abbott | 1803–1879 | 33 |
| Jane Abbott | 1881–1968 | 2 |
| John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott | 1805–1877 | 11 |
| Keene Abbott | 1876–1941 | 1 |
| L. A. Abbott | born 1813 | 1 |
| Lawrence F. (Lawrence Fraser) Abbott | 1859–1933 | 1 |
| Lyman Abbott | 1835–1922 | 3 |
| Thomas Kingsmill Abbott | 1829–1913 | 3 |
| Annie Heloise Abel | 1873–1947 | 1 |
| Peter Abelard | 1079–1142 | 1 |
| David Abercrombie | 1909–1992 | 1 |
| John Abercrombie | 1780–1844 | 1 |
| Lascelles Abercrombie | 1881–1938 | 3 |
| George Aberigh-Mackay | 1848–1881 | 1 |
| J. W. (Julian Willis) Abernethy | 1853–1923 | 1 |
| Swami Abhedananda | 1866–1939 | 1 |
| Eugène-Michel-Joseph Abot | 1836–1894 | 1 |
| Edmond About | 1828–1885 | 5 |
| Israel Abrahams | 1858–1925 | 3 |
| Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair) Abrams | 1845–1931 | 1 |
| G. de Vasconcellos (Guilherme) Abreu | 1842–1907 | 1 |
| Abu al-Ala al-Maarri | 973–1057 | 1 |
| Friedrich Christian Accum | 1769–1838 | 1 |
| Amédée Achard | 1814–1875 | 3 |
| Gottfried Achenwall | 1719–1772 | 1 |
| Arthur Acheson | 1864–1930 | 1 |
| Arthur Achleitner | 1858–1927 | 4 |
| Carl W. (Carl William) Ackerman | 1890–1970 | 1 |
| T. S. (Thomas Suter) Ackland | 1817–1892 | 1 |
| John Edward Acland | 1848–1932 | 1 |
| Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron | 1834–1902 | 2 |
| G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam | 1830–1912 | 2 |
| Juliette Adam | 1836–1936 | 1 |
| Paul Adam | 1862–1920 | 1 |
| Andy Adams | 1859–1935 | 6 |
| Brooks Adams | 1848–1927 | 2 |
| Charles Francis Adams | 1835–1915 | 2 |
| E. E. (Ezra Eastman) Adams | 1813–1871 | 1 |
| Edward F. (Edward Francis) Adams | 1839–1929 | 1 |
| Ephraim Douglass Adams | 1865–1930 | 1 |
| F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams | 1850–1891 | 7 |
| Francis A. (Francis Alexandre) Adams | 1874–1975 | 1 |
| Frank Adams | 1871–1944 | 1 |
| Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams | 1881–1960 | 1 |
| Frederick Upham Adams | 1859–1921 | 1 |
| George Burton Adams | 1851–1925 | 1 |
| H. S. (Henry Sherman) Adams | 1864–1948 | 1 |
| Henry Adams | 1838–1918 | 4 |
| Henry Charles Adams | 1873–1952 | 1 |
| J. Esslemont Adams | 1865–1935 | 1 |
| Adams, J. S., Mrs. | 1845–1885 | 1 |
| John Adams | 1735–1826 | 1 |
| John G. (John Greenleaf) Adams | 1810–1887 | 1 |
| John Quincy Adams | 1767–1848 | 2 |
| John S. (John Stowell) Adams | 1823–1893 | 1 |
| John Turvill Adams | 1805–1882 | 2 |
| John Wolcott Adams | 1874–1925 | 3 |
| Joseph Quincy Adams | 1881–1946 | 1 |
| M. H. (Mary Hall) Adams | 1816–1860 | 1 |
| Nehemiah Adams | 1806–1878 | 3 |
| Samuel Adams | 1722–1803 | 3 |
| Samuel Hopkins Adams | 1871–1958 | 7 |
| Sherred Willcox Adams | 1872–1960 | 2 |
| St. Clair Adams | 1883–1967 | 1 |
| W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams | 1828–1891 | 1 |
| Jane Addams | 1860–1935 | 4 |
| Joseph Addison | 1672–1719 | 10 |
| Julia de Wolf Addison | 1866–1952 | 1 |
| Percy Addleshaw | 1866–1916 | 2 |
| George Ade | 1866–1944 | 7 |
| Walter F. (Walter Frederic) Adeney | 1849–1920 | 1 |
| W. Bion (Walter Bion) Adkins | 1858–1925 | 1 |
| Felix Adler | 1851–1933 | 1 |
| Marcus Nathan Adler | 1837–1911 | 1 |
| Adye, John, Sir | 1819–1900 | 1 |
| Effie Afton | 1829–1887 | 1 |
| Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz | 1822–1907 | 1 |
| Louis Agassiz | 1807–1873 | 1 |
| Alva Agee | 1858–1943 | 2 |
| John C. (John Curtis) Ager | 1835–1913 | 2 |
| Émile Agnel | 1810–1882 | 1 |
| Alfhild Agrell | 1849–1923 | 1 |
| Grace Aguilar | 1816–1847 | 4 |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | 1869–1964 | 2 |
| Ferdinand Ahlman | 1836–1895 | 1 |
| August Ahlqvist | 1826–1889 | 1 |
| Juhani Aho | 1861–1921 | 25 |
| Jacob Ahrenberg | 1847–1914 | 1 |
| Jean Aicard | 1848–1921 | 2 |
| Conrad Aiken | 1889–1973 | 2 |
| Lucy Aikin | 1781–1864 | 4 |
| William Aikman | 1824–1909 | 1 |
| Gustave Aimard | 1818–1883 | 2 |
| Walter Aimwell | 1822–1859 | 1 |
| Alfred Ainger | 1837–1904 | 1 |
| Douglas Ainslie | 1865–1948 | 1 |
| Percy C. (Percy Clough) Ainsworth | 1873–1909 | 1 |
| Ainsworth, Ralph Bignell, Sir | 1875–1952 | 1 |
| William Harrison Ainsworth | 1805–1882 | 7 |
| George Biddell Airy | 1801–1892 | 1 |
| Wilfrid Airy | 1836–1925 | 1 |
| Edward Hamilton Aitken | 1851–1909 | 2 |
| George Atherton Aitken | 1860–1917 | 2 |
| Mark Akenside | 1721–1770 | 1 |
| Florence Akin | 1878–1962 | 1 |
| Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | 1892–1927 | 1 |
| Alain-Fournier | 1886–1914 | 1 |
| Pedro Antonio de Alarcón | 1833–1891 | 4 |
| Leopoldo Alas | 1852–1901 | 2 |
| John Albee | 1833–1915 | 1 |
| António José da Costa Couto Sá de Albergaria | 1850–1921 | 1 |
| Virginia Albert | 1881–1967 | 1 |
| Karl Alberti | 1868–1930 | 1 |
| Catherine Albertson | 1868–1954 | 1 |
| Medeiros e Albuquerque | 1867–1934 | 1 |
| Louisa May Alcott | 1832–1888 | 28 |
| William A. (William Andrus) Alcott | 1798–1859 | 3 |
| Henry Mills Alden | 1836–1919 | 3 |
| Raymond MacDonald Alden | 1873–1924 | 1 |
| Cecil Aldin | 1870–1935 | 1 |
| Anne Reeve Aldrich | 1866–1892 | 1 |
| Mildred Aldrich | 1853–1928 | 3 |
| Richard Aldrich | 1863–1937 | 1 |
| Thomas Bailey Aldrich | 1836–1907 | 18 |
| Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie | 1862–1940 | 1 |
| Sibilla Aleramo | 1876–1960 | 1 |
| Archibald B. D. (Archibald Browning Drysdale) Alexander | 1855–1931 | 1 |
| Charles Wesley Alexander | 1837–1927 | 1 |
| De Alva Stanwood Alexander | 1845–1925 | 1 |
| Elizabeth (Elizabeth Alexander Heermann) Alexander | 1894–1976 | 1 |
| Georgia Alexander | 1868–1928 | 1 |
| John L. Alexander | 1878–1932 | 1 |
| Mrs. Alexander | 1825–1902 | 1 |
| Vittorio Alfieri | 1749–1803 | 1 |
| Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess | 1817–1888 | 1 |
| Abby Langdon Alger | 1850–1917 | 1 |
| Alger, Horatio, Jr. | 1832–1899 | 53 |
| William Rounseville Alger | 1822–1905 | 2 |
| Abdullah Yusuf Ali | 1872–1952 | 1 |
| Henry Thomas Alken | 1784–1851 | 1 |
| Santeri Alkio | 1862–1930 | 3 |
| 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 |
| Louise d' Alq | 1840–1910 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d' | 1704–1771 | 1 |
| Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of | 1845–1914 | 1 |
| Lodovico Ariosto | 1474–1533 | 3 |
| 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 |
| Roger Ascham | 1515–1568 | 1 |
| E. M. (Edmund Marion) Ashe | 1867–1941 | 2 |
| Daisy Ashford | 1881–1972 | 2 |
| Elias Ashmole | 1617–1692 | 1 |
| Otis Ashmore | 1853–1934 | 1 |
| Margaret Ashmun | 1875–1940 | 1 |
| John Ashton | 1834–1911 | 1 |
| Lena Ashwell | 1872–1957 | 1 |
| Henry Ashworth | 1871–1903 | 1 |
| T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth | 1864–1935 | 1 |
| Hilda Maria Asp | 1862–1891 | 1 |
| Margot Asquith | 1864–1945 | 1 |
| Julian Assange | born 1971 | 1 |
| Eduard Philibert Assmuss | 1838–1882 | 1 |
| Alfred Assollant | 1827–1886 | 7 |
| John Jacob Astor | 1864–1912 | 1 |
| Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton | 1857–1948 | 15 |
| Elizabeth Atkins | 1891–1962 | 1 |
| Gaius Glenn Atkins | 1868–1956 | 1 |
| Eleanor Atkinson | 1863–1942 | 1 |
| J. Beavington Atkinson | 1822–1886 | 1 |
| James Atkinson | 1780–1852 | 1 |
| William Patterson Atkinson | 1869–1943 | 1 |
| William Walker Atkinson | 1862–1932 | 8 |
| Emily Paret Atwater | 1873–1951 | 1 |
| D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit) Auber | 1782–1871 | 1 |
| Philippe Aubert de Gaspé | 1814–1841 | 1 |
| Eugène Aubert | 1832–1917 | 1 |
| John Aubrey | 1626–1697 | 2 |
| Marguerite Audoux | 1863–1937 | 1 |
| Berthold Auerbach | 1812–1882 | 7 |
| Clara Augusta | 1839–1905 | 1 |
| Augustine, of Hippo, Saint | 354–430 | 1 |
| F.-A. (François-Alphonse) Aulard | 1849–1928 | 2 |
| Johan Aulén | 1837–1906 | 1 |
| Stacy Aumonier | 1887–1928 | 1 |
| J. Berlioz d' (Jules Berlioz) Auriac | 1820–1913 | 1 |
| Jane Austen | 1775–1817 | 10 |
| James Edward Austen-Leigh | 1798–1874 | 1 |
| Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh | 1872–1961 | 1 |
| William Austen-Leigh | 1843–1921 | 1 |
| Anne Austin | 1895–1975 | 1 |
| Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin | 1831–1894 | 2 |
| John Mather Austin | 1805–1880 | 1 |
| Mary Austin | 1868–1934 | 5 |
| Walter F. (Walter Forward) Austin | born 1872 | 2 |
| Mellie von Auw | born 1876 | 1 |
| Avancinio Avancini | 1866–1939 | 1 |
| Eleanor Marx Aveling | 1855–1898 | 2 |
| Edvin Avellan | 1830–1912 | 2 |
| Emmett Langdon Avery | 1903–1970 | 1 |
| Harold Avery | 1867–1943 | 1 |
| M. d' (Marie Armand Pascal) Avezac | 1800–1875 | 1 |
| Paul Avril | 1849–1928 | 1 |
| William E. A. (William Edward Armytage) Axon | 1846–1913 | 1 |
| Roger D. Aycock | 1914–2004 | 2 |
| I. Winslow Ayer | 1826–1909 | 1 |
| Joseph Cullen Ayer | 1866–1944 | 1 |
| Théodore Aynard | 1812–1902 | 1 |
| Leonard Porter Ayres | 1879–1946 | 1 |
| May Ayres | 1888–1953 | 1 |
| Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres | 1883–1955 | 1 |
| William Edmondstoune Aytoun | 1813–1865 | 3 |
| Félix de Azara | 1742–1821 | 1 |
| Guilherme Avelino Chave de Azevedo | 1846–1882 | 1 |
| Maximiliano de Azevedo | 1850–1911 | 1 |
| Mariano Azuela | 1873–1952 | 1 |
| Joaquín Álvarez Quintero | 1873–1944 | 1 |
| Serafín Álvarez Quintero | 1871–1938 | 1 |