Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

The Athletic
Advertising and media
The Athletic is a subscription-based sports journalism website, and the sports department of The New York Times. It provides national and local coverage in 47 North American&n

Jas Athwal
Leader of Redbridge London Borough Council
Jas Athwal(/ˈətwæl/; born September 1963) is a British Labour Party politician who currently serves as the Leader of Redbridge London Borough Council. Political career In the 2010 local elections, Ath...

Gemma Atkinson
English actress
Gemma Louise Atkinson(born 16 November 1984) is an English influencer, actress, radio presenter and former glamour model. She played Lisa Hunter in Hollyoaks (2001–2005, 2022) and in three spin-off se...

Virgin Atlantic
Auto and Transport
Virgin Atlantic, a trading name of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited and Virgin Atlantic International Limited, is a British airline with its head office in

Yousuf Attarvala
Head of Loan Servicing
Yousuf Attarwalajoined Oxane Partners in 2018 as a Director and heads the loan servicing business. Yousuf has over 13 years of industry experience having previously worked with CR Group, Morgan Stanle...

David Attenborough
British broadcaster
Sir David Frederick Attenboroughis a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Studios Natural History Uni...

Olivia Attwood
English television personality
Olivia Jade Attwood Dackis an English television personality, presenter and model. In 2017, she appeared on the third series of Love Island and later became a regular cast member on the ITVBe reality ...

Margaret Atwood
Canadian novelist
Margaret Eleanor Atwoodis a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fi...

Augean
Industry and Production
Augean is provider of waste recycling services intended to serve construction, energy, infrastructure, oil and gas, transportation and logistics industries. The company provides waste remedi

Felix Auger-aliassime
Canadian professional tennis player
Félix Auger-Aliassimeis a Canadian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 6, which he achieved on November 7, 2022, making him the second-highest-ranked Canadian man i...

Jane Austen
English novelist
Jane Austenwas an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots o...

David Austin
British singer and songwriter
David Austinis a British singer and songwriter, who released the single "Turn to Gold", co-written with George Michael in 1984. It reached No. 68 in the UK Singles Chart. The single featured backing v...

Vogue Australia
Advertising and media
Vogue Australia is the Australian edition of Vogue magazine. The magazine became the fifth edition of Vogue in 1959 following Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue Paris

UK Trade Remedies Authority
Politics and Administration
The UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is investigating whether new trade remedies are needed to prevent damage to British industry caused by unfair trade practices and unforeseen import surges. These

HP Autonomy
Computers and software
HP Autonomy, previously Autonomy Corporation PLC, was an enterprise software company which was merged with Micro Focus in 2017 and OpenText in 2023 (OpenTe

Richard Avedon
American fashion and portrait photographer
Richard Avedonwas an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. An obituar...

Petr Aven
Businessman
Early life Petr Aven, or Pyotr Aven, was born on March 16, 1955, in a Soviet Moscow housing block to computer science professor Oleg. He is Jewish through his mother, while his paternal grandfather Ja...

Eric Avery
American musician
Eric Adam Averyis an American musician. He is best known as the founding bass guitarist and co-songwriter of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he has recorded two studio albums. Fr...

Aveva
Advertising and media
AVEVA Group plc is a British multinational information technology company headquartered in Cambridge, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constitu

Aviva
Insurance
Aviva plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 33 million customers across 16 countries. In the United Kingdom, Aviva is