Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Martina Anderson
Irish former politician from Northern Ireland
Martina Andersonis an Irish former politician from Northern Ireland who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 2020 to 2021, and previously from 2007 to 2012. A member of Si...
Gillian Anderson
American actress
Gillian Leigh Andersonis an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House...
Leomie Anderson
British fashion model
Leomie Jasmin Francis Andersonis a British fashion model, television presenter, and activist. She has walked in four consecutive Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows from 2015 to 2018, and became a Victori...
Pamela Anderson
Canadian-American actress
Pamela Denise Andersonis a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality. She rose to prominence after being selected as the February 1990 Playboy Playmate of the Month, and went on to make r...
Jonathan Anderson
British-Irish fashion designer
Jonathan Andersonis a British-Irish fashion designer and the founder of JW Anderson. Anderson is known for his eponymous label and having served as the creative director of Spanish luxury house Loewe....
Jonathan Anderson
Irish fashion designer
Jonathan Andersonis an Irish fashion designer and the founder of JW Anderson. Anderson is known for his eponymous label and having served as the creative director of Spanish luxury house Loewe. Career...
Paul Thomas Anderson
American filmmaker
Paul Thomas Anderson, also known by his initialsPTA, is an American filmmaker. His accolades include a BAFTA Award, and nominations for eleven Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He has also...
James Anderson
English international cricketer
James Michael Andersonis an English international cricketer who plays for the England Test cricket team, and previously played for England's limited overs cricket teams. In domestic cricket, he repres...
Gerald Anderson
Radio and television broadcaster
Gerald Michael "Gerry" Andersonwas a radio and television broadcaster for BBC Northern Ireland. Renowned for his unique style and distinctive sense of humour, Anderson often referred to himself on his...
Benny Andersson
Swedish musician
Göran Bror Benny Anderssonis a Swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! For th...
Richarlison De Andrade
Brazilian professional footballer
Richarlison de Andrade, known mononymously asRicharlisonis a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Brazil national team. ...
Peter Andre
British-Australian singer
Peter Andreis a British-Australian singer, songwriter, and media personality. Born in England to Cypriot parents and raised in Australia, Andre achieved success in the mid-1990s as a singer, topping t...
Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward) Prince Andrew,
Member of the British royal family
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, KG, GCVO, CD (Andrew Albert Christian Edward)is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger brother of King Charles III and the third child and second son of Q...
Leif Andsnes
Pianist
Leif Ove Andsnesis a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. For his "Beethoven Journey" project, Andsnes performed and recorded all five of the...
Vittorio Angelone
Irish comedian
Vittorio Angelone(born 1996) is an Irish comedian, actor and writer. He is known for exploring cultural identity through his work. Career Angelone began performing stand-up comedy in 2018. During the ...
Jennifer Aniston
American actress
Jennifer Joanna Anistonis an American actress and producer. She rose to international fame for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends from 1994 to 2004, for which she earned Primeti...
Christina Applegate
American actress
Christina Applegateis an American actress. She gained recognition in the late 1980s for playing Kelly Bundy in the Fox sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). Her titular role in the sitcom Jesse...
Steffan Aquarone
UK entrepreneur
Steffan Luke Aquaroneis a UK entrepreneur in the film and technology sectors. His projects involve collaboration between large groups of people with a common interest and are often crowd-source financ...
Robert Aramayo
English actor
Robert Michael Aramayois an English actor. From 2016 to 2017, he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth and seventh season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2021, he starred in the Net...
Cameron Archer
English professional footballer
Cameron Desmond Archeris an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League football club Sheffield United. Archer is a product of the Aston Villa Academy. He joined the Asto...