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

Jay Aston
British singer
Jay Hilda Astonis a British singer and occasional songwriter. She was a member of the British pop group Bucks Fizz from 1981 to 1985 and now under The Fizz. She was the youngest member of the group's ...

Emily Atack
English actress
Emily Jane Atackis an English actress, comedian, and television personality. She is best known for playing Charlotte Hinchcliffe on the E4 comedy series The Inbetweeners (2008–2010), and for her roles...

Michael (Yelawolf) Atha
American rapper
Michael Wayne Atha (Yelawolf)is an American rapper. Born in Alabama and raised in Tennessee, he embarked on his career independently in 2005, releasing one extended play (EP) and four mixtapes until 2...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rose Ayling-ellis
English actress and model
Rose Lucinda Ayling-Ellisis an English actress and model. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user. On television, she is best known for her role as Frankie Lewis in the BBC soap opera Ea...

Richard Ayre
Member of the BBC Trust
Richard James Ayrewas a member of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation until its abolition in 2016. He is a former member for England of the Ofcom Content Board an...

Babar Azam
Pakistani international cricketer
Mohammad Babar Azamis a Pakistani international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats, and is widely regarded as one of the finest batters in contemporary world cr...

Victoria Azarenka
Belarusian professional tennis player
Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenkais a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former world No. 1 in singles, having claimed the top ranking for the first time on 30 January 2012. She was the y...

Burt Bacharach
Composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist
Burt Freeman Bacharachis an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Ha...