Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
London City Airport
Auto and Transport
London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is an international airport in London, England. It is located in the Royal Docks in the London Borough of
British Airways
Auto and Transport
British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, headquartered in London, England, near its main hub at Heathrow Airport. It is the secon
Charlotte (Charli XCX) Aitchison
English singer and songwriter
Charlotte Emma Aitchison, known professionally asCharli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, she began posting songs on Myspace in 2008, which l...
Charlotte Aitchison
English singer and songwriter
Charlotte Emma Aitchison (Charli XCX)is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, she began posting songs on Myspace in 2008, which led to her discovery by a...
Hulusi Akar
Turkish minister of defense
Hulusi Akaris the current Turkish minister of defense and a former four-star Turkish Armed Forces general who served as the 29th chief of the Turkish General Staff. Akar also served as a brigade comma...
Malin Akerman
Swedish and American actress
Malin Maria Akermanis a Swedish and American actress. She first appeared in smaller parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White...
Sarah (Suranne Jones) Akers
English actress
Sarah Anne Akers, known professionally asSuranne Jones, is an English actress and producer. Known for her numerous collaborations with screenwriter Sally Wainwright, she rose to prominence playing Kar...
Bundellu Aki
professional rugby union player
Fua Leiofi Bundellu Akiis a professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for United Rugby Championship club Connacht. Born in New Zealand, he represents Ireland at international level after q...
Fisayo Akinade
English actor
Fisayo Akinadeis an English actor, best known for his roles as Dean Monroe in Cucumber and Banana on Channel 4 and Mr. Ajayi in the popular Netflix series Heartstopper, as well as his work in theatre ...
Chuba Akpom
professional footballer
Chuba Amechi Akpomis a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Ajax. Akpom began his career at Arsenal, making his senior debut in 2013. Whilst at Arsenal, he had loan perio...
Tasnime Akunjee
British Bangladeshi criminal law and human rights lawyer
Mohammed Tasnime Akunjee(born December 1977) is a British Bangladeshi criminal law and human rights lawyer, and a political commentator. He specializes in terrorism and related fields, and his notable...
Jessica Alba
American actress
Jessica Marie Albais an American actress and businesswoman. She began her television and film appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994), and rose to prominence at ...
Damon Albarn
English-Icelandic musician
Damon Albarnis an English-Icelandic musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He is the frontman of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz. ...
Ziggy Alberts
Australian singer and songwriter
Ziggy Albertsis an Australian singer-songwriter. He is best known for his studio album Laps Around the Sun, which peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts for Australian Artist Albums in November 2018. C...
Thiago Alcantara
professional footballer
Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento, known asThiago Alcântaraor simplyThiago, is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool. Born in Italy to Brazilian pa...
Rafael (Rafinha) Alcantara
Brazilian professional footballer
Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento, commonly known asRafinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi. He started his career with Barcelona, m...
Dolly Alderton
British author and screenwriter
Dolly Aldertonis a British author and screenwriter. She is also columnist for The Sunday Times. Her memoir Everything I Know About Love won a 2018 National Book Award for autobiography and was shortli...
Aldi
Consumer goods
Aldi is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by br
Peter James Guy Aldous
Politician
Peter James Guy Aldous(born 26 August 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Waveney constituency in Suffolk since the 2010 general electio...
Phil Aldridge
Pianist
Phil Aldridgeis pianist. When Phil was 10, the only thing he knew for certain was that he wanted to be Ringo Starr when he grew up! So, at 16, he applied for entry to Trinity College of Music to be to...