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• 936 CE'Adud al-DawlaFannā (Panāh) Khusraw (Persian: پناه (فنا) خسرو), better known by his laqab of ʿAḍud al-Dawla (Arabic: عضد…
• 930 CE'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (Persian: علی بن عباس مجوسی; died between 982 and 994), also known as Masoudi…
• 570 CE'Amr ibn al-'AsAmr ibn al-As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi (c. 585 – 664) was an Arab commander and companion of Muhammad who led the…

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• 700 CEA'isha bint TalhahʿĀʾisha bint Ṭalḥa (Arabic: عائشة بنت طلحة) was, according to a Sunni source, the daughter of the prominent…
• 1882 CEA. A. MilneAlan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about…
• 1896 CEA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaAbhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977) was an Indian…
• 1910 CEA. J. AyerSir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer ( AIR; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) was an English philosopher who became…
• 1896 CEA. J. CroninArchibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His…
• 1939 CEA. R. PenckRalf Winkler (alias A. R. Penck, who also used the pseudonyms Mike Hammer, T. M., Mickey Spilane, Theodor…
• 1966 CEA. R. RahmanAllah Rakha Rahman (born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967), also known as ARR, is an Indian music composer…
• 1922 CEAage BohrAage Niels Bohr (Danish: [ˈɔːwə ˈne̝ls ˈpoɐ̯ˀ]; 19 June 1922 – 8 September 2009) was a Danish nuclear…
• 1756 CEAaron BurrAaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer…
• 1947 CEAaron CiechanoverAaron Ciechanover ( AH-hə-ROHN chee-HAH-noh-vair; Hebrew: אהרן צ'חנובר; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli…
• 1900 CEAaron CoplandAaron Copland ( KOHP-lənd; November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer…
• 1926 CEAaron KlugSir Aaron Klug (11 August 1926 – 20 November 2018) was a British biophysicist and chemist. He was a winner of…
• 610 CEAaron of AlexandriaAaron of Alexandria (Greek: Άαρων ο Αλεξανδρεύς) was a Greek physician active in the 7th century. His works…
• 1560 CEAaron the TyrantAaron the Tyrant (Romanian: Aron Tiranul) or Aron Vodă ("Aron the Voivode"; Church Slavonic: Apѡн вода…
• 101 CEAbascantusAbascantus (Ancient Greek: Ἀβάσκαντος) was a physician of Lugdunum, who probably lived in the 2nd century AD.…
• 1845 CEAbay KunanbaiulyAbai Qūnanbaiūly (10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1845 – 6 July [O.S. 23 June] 1904) was a Kazakh poet, composer and…
• 101 CEAbba SaulAbba Saul (Hebrew: אבא שאול, Abba Shaul) was a fourth generation Tanna (Jewish sage).
• 589 CEAbbad ibn BishrʿAbbād ibn Bishr (Arabic: عباد بن بشر) (c. 597–632) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. After…
• 1812 CEAbbas I of EgyptAbbas Helmy I of Egypt (also known as Abbas Pasha, Arabic: عباس الأول, Turkish: I. Abbas Hilmi Paşa; 1 July…
• 1633 CEAbbas II of PersiaAbbas II (Persian: عباس دوم, romanized: ʿAbbās II; born Soltan Mohammad Mirza; 30 August 1632 – 26 October…
• 1732 CEAbbas IIIAbbas III (Persian: شاه عباس سوم, romanized: ʿAbbās; January 1732 – February 1740) was a son of Shah Tahmasp…
• 810 CEAbbas Ibn FirnasAbū al-Qāsim ʿAbbās ibn Firnās ibn Wardās al-Tākurunnī (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْقَاسِمِ، عَبَّاسُ بْنُ فِرْنَاسِ…
• 750 CEAbbas Ibn al-AhnafAbu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (Arabic: عباس بن الأحنف) (750 in Basra-809), was an Arab Abbasid poet from the…
• 1940 CEAbbas KiarostamiAbbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی [ʔæbˌbɒːs kijɒːɾostæˈmi]; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian…
• 1789 CEAbbas MirzaAbbas Mirza (Persian: عباس میرزا; 26 August 1789 – 25 October 1833) was the Qajar crown prince of Iran during…
• 647 CEAbbas ibn AliAl-Abbas ibn Ali (Arabic: الْعَبَّاس اِبِنْ عَلي, c. 15 May 647 – 10 October 680 CE), also known as Abu…
• 1571 CEAbbas the GreatAbbas I (Persian: عباس یکم, romanized: Abbâs-e Yekom; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as…
• 945 CEAbbo of FleuryAbbo or Abbon of Fleury (Latin: Abbo Floriacensis; c. 945 – 13 November 1004), also known as Saint Abbo or…
• 1080 CEAbbot SugerSuger (French: [syʒɛʁ]; Latin: Sugerius; c. 1081 – 13 January 1151) was a French abbot and statesman. He was…
• 1738 CEAbbé DelilleJacques Delille (French: [dəlil]; 22 June 1738 at Aigueperse in Auvergne – 1 May 1813, in Paris) was a French…
• 1756 CEAbbé FariaAbbé Faria (Portuguese: Abade Faria) (born José Custódio de Faria; 31 May 1756 – 20 September 1819) was a…
• 1912 CEAbbé PierreAbbé Pierre (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; (5 August 1912 – 22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest.…
• 619 CEAbd Allah ibn AbbasʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās (Arabic: عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن عَبَّاس; c. 619 – 687 CE), also known as Ibn ʿAbbās, was…
• 622 CEAbd Allah ibn AmirʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĀmir ibn Kurayz (Arabic: عبد الله بن عامر بن كريز; c. 626 – 679/680) was a prominent Arab…
• 595 CEAbd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-AsAbū Muḥammad 'Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As (Arabic: أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ عَبۡدُ ٱللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بۡنِ ٱلۡعَاصِ…
• 622 CEAbd Allah ibn Ja'farAbd Allah ibn Ja'far ibn Abi Talib al-Hashimi (Arabic: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ٱبْن جَعْفَر ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب…
• 610 CEAbd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-KhattabAbd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (Arabic: عبد الله بن عمر ابن الخطاب, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn…
• 624 CEAbd Allah ibn al-ZubayrAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (May 624 – October/November 692) was the leader of a caliphate based in…
• 1911 CEAbd al-A'la al-SabziwariAbd al-A'la al-Musawi al-Sabziwari (Arabic: عبد الأعلى الموسوي السبزواري; Persian: عبدالاعلی موسوی سبزواری)…
• 1937 CEAbd al-Aziz BoutafliqaAbdelaziz Bouteflika (Arabic: عَبد الْعَزِيْز بُوتَفْلِيْقَة, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa [ʕabd…
• 700 CEAbd al-Aziz ibn MarwanAbd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (Arabic: عَبْدِ الْعَزِيز بْنِ مَرْوَان بْنِ الْحَكَم, romanized: ʿAbd…
• 685 CEAbd al-Aziz ibn MusaAbd al-Aziz ibn Musa ibn Nusayr (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن موسى) was an Arab general and the first governor of…
• 1401 CEAbd al-Baqi YazdiAbd al-Baqi Yazdi (Persian: عبدالباقی یزدی), was a Persian nobleman, who was the third person to serve as the…
• 1913 CEAbd al-IlahAbd al-Ilah of Hejaz (Arabic: عبد الإله بن علي الهاشمي) (Arabic: عبد الإله; also written Abdul Ilah or…
• 935 CEAbd al-Jabbar ibn AhmadAbu al-Hasan ʿAbd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad ibn Khalil ibn ʿAbdallah al-Hamadani al-Asadabadi (935 CE – 1025 CE)…
• 1914 CEAbd al-Karim QasimAbdul Karim Qasim Mohammed Bakr Al-Qaraghuli Al-Zubaidi (Arabic: عبد الكريم قاسم ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim…
• 986 CEAbd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri'Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawazin Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī al-Naysābūrī (Persian: عبدالکریم قُشَیری‎, Arabic: عبد…
• 1162 CEAbd al-Latif al-BaghdadiʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (Arabic: عبداللطيف البغدادي; 1162, Baghdad – 1231, Baghdad), short for Muwaffaq…
• 497 CEAbd al-MuttalibShayba ibn Hāshim (Arabic: شيبة بن هاشم; c. 496-578), better known as Abd al-Muttalib, (Arabic: عبد المطلب…
• 1353 CEAbd al-Qadir al-MaraghiAbd al-Qadir al-Maraghi ibn Ghaybi (Persian: عبدالقادر مراغی; d. 1435) was a music theorist, composer and…
• 1001 CEAbd al-Qahir al-JurjaniʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jurjānī (Arabic: عبد القاهر بن عبد الرحمن الجرجاني‎), commonly known as…
• 650 CEAbd al-Rahman al-GhafiqiAbd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah Al-Ghafiqi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عبد اللّه الغافقي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān…
• 903 CEAbd al-Rahman al-SufiʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (full name: Abū’l-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar ibn Sahl al-Ṣūfī al-Rāzī —Arabic…
• 596 CEAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi BakrʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abi Bakr (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر; c. 596 or 605–675) was an Arab Muslim military…
• 700 CEAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'athAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath (died 704), commonly known as Ibn al-Ash'ath after his grandfather…
• 792 CEAbd ar-Rahman IIAbd al-Rahman II (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الأوسط; 792–852) was the fourth Umayyad Emir of Córdoba in al-Andalus…
• 1882 CEAbd el-KrimMohammed ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi, better known as Abd el-Krim (12 January 1882 – 6 February 1963), was a…
• 650 CEAbd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-HanafiyyahʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafiyya (Arabic: عبد الله بن محمد بن الحنفية) (died 98 AH; c. 716 CE), also…
• 677 CEAbdallah ibn Abd al-MalikAbdallah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد الملك, romanized: Abdallāh ibn ʿAbd al-Malik…
• 798 CEAbdallah ibn Tahir al-KhurasaniAbdallah ibn Tahir (Persian: عبدالله طاهر, Arabic: عبد الله بن طاهر الخراساني) (ca. 798–844/5) was a military…
• 305 BCEAbdalonymusAbdalonymus (Greek: Ἀβδαλώνυμος; Phoenician: 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤀𐤋𐤍𐤌, romanized: ʿAbd-ʾĪlōnīm, lit. 'Servant of the…
• 1960 CEAbdel Fattah al-BurhanAbdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman al-Burhan (born 11 July, 1960) is a Sudanese military officer who has been…
• 1954 CEAbdel Fattah el-SisiAbdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired…
• 1808 CEAbdelkader El DjezairiAbd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din (between 1806 and 1808 – 26 May 1883; Arabic: عبد القادر ابن محي الدين…
• 1515 CEAbdi Beg ShiraziAbdi Beg Shirazi (Persian: عبدی بیگ شیرازی: 1513 – 1580), full name Khvāja Zayn al-ʿĀbedīn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd…
• 1857 CEAbdol-Hossein FarmanfarmaAbdol-Hossein Farman Farma (Persian: عبدالحسین فرمانفرما‎; 1857 – 21 November 1939) was an Iranian prince and…
• 1796 CEAbdollah MirzaAbdollah Mirza Qajar (Persian: شاهزاده عبدالله میرزا قاجار; 25 November 1796 – 18 June 1846) was an Iranian…
• 1945 CEAbdrabbuh Mansour HadiAbdrabbuh Mansour Hadi (1 September 1945 – 28 May 2026) was a Yemeni politician and military officer who…
• 1561 CEAbdul Hakim SialkotiAbdul Hakim Sialkoti (Punjabi: ملا عبدالحکیم سیالکوٹی, romanized: Mullā ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm Siyālkōtī; c. 1580 –…
• 1725 CEAbdul Hamid IAbdülhamid I or Abdul Hamid I (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد اول, Abdü’l-Ḥamīd-i evvel; Turkish: I. Abdülhamid…
• 1842 CEAbdul Hamid IIAbdülhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد ثانی, romanized: Abd ul-Hamid-i s̱ānī; Turkish…
• 1936 CEAbdul Qadeer KhanAbdul Qadeer Khan (1 April 1936 – 10 October 2021) was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical…
• 1078 CEAbdul Qadir GilaniAbdul Qadir Gilani (c. 1077 or 1078 – c. 1166) was a Hanbali scholar, preacher, and Sufi mystic leader who…
• 1916 CEAbdul Rahman ArifAbdul Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli (Arabic: عبد الرحمن محمد عارف الجميلي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān…
• 1954 CEAbdul Rashid DostumAbdul Rashid Dostum (born 1954) is an Afghan exiled politician, former military officer and warlord. He is…
• 1921 CEAbdul Salam ArifAbdul Salam Mohammed ʿArif Al-Jumaili (Arabic: عبد السلام محمد عارف الجميليʿAbd al-Salām Muḥammad ʿĀrif…
• 1644 CEAbdul-Qādir BēdilAbul-Ma'ānī Mīrzā 'Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (Persian: مولانا ابوالمعانی میرزا عبدالقادر بیدل), or Bēdil (Persian…
• 1956 CEAbdulbaset SiedaAbdulbaset Sieda ( AHB-dəl-BAH-set SEE-də; Arabic: عبد الباسط سيدا / ALA-LC: Abd al-Bāsiṭ Sīdā; Kurdish…
• 1960 CEAbdullah AbdullahAbdullah Abdullah (Pashto; Dari: عبدالله عبدالله, born Abdullah; 10 February 1960) is an Afghan politician…
• 1939 CEAbdullah Ahmad BadawiAbdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي, Malay pronunciation: [/ʌbˈdʊlɑː ˈɑːhməd bɑːˈdɑːwi/]…
• 1950 CEAbdullah GülAbdullah Gül (born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the president of Turkey from 2007…
• 1882 CEAbdullah I of JordanAbdullah I (Abdullah bin Hussein; 2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921…
• 1962 CEAbdullah II of JordanAbdullah II (Abdullah bin Hussein; born 30 January 1962) is the King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on…
• 1941 CEAbdullah Yusuf AzzamAbdullah Yusuf Azzam ((1941-11-14)14 November 1941 – (1989-11-24)24 November 1989) was a Palestinian Islamist…
• 712 CEAbdullah ibn AliAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: أبو محمد عبد الله بن علي; fl. 712 – 764 CE) was a member of the…
• 736 CEAbdullah ibn MubarakAbū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (Arabic: عَبْد اللَّه ٱبْن الْمُبَارَك, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn…
• 550 CEAbdullah ibn SalamAbdallah ibn Salam (Arabic: عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ, romanized: ʿAbdullāh ibn Salām, lit. 'Slave of God…
• 1959 CEAbdullah of PahangAl-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (Jawi: السلطان…
• 1948 CEAbdulrazak GurnahAbdulrazak Gurnah (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin. He was born…
• 1940 CEAbdurrahman WahidAbdurrahman Wahid ( AHB-doo-RAHKH-mahn wah-HEED; Indonesian: [abduˌrahman ˈwahid]; né ad-Dakhil, 7 September…
• 1926 CEAbdus SalamMohammad Abdus Salam (29 January 1926 – 21 November 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel…
• 1830 CEAbdülazizAbdulaziz (Ottoman Turkish: عبد العزيز, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; Turkish: Abdülaziz; 8 February 1830 – 4…
• 1823 CEAbdülmecid IAbdülmecid I (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجید اول, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd, Turkish: I. Abdülmecid; 25 April…
• 1868 CEAbdülmecid IIAbdülmecid II or Abdul Mejid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجید ثانی, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i sânî; Turkish…
• 921 CEAbe no SeimeiAbe no Seimei (安倍 晴明; February 21, 921 AD – October 31, 1005) was a Japanese onmyōji, a court official and…
• 1925 CEAbel MuzorewaAbel Tendekayi Muzorewa (14 April 1925 – 8 April 2010), also commonly referred to as Bishop Muzorewa, was a…
• 1218 CEAbel of DenmarkAbel Valdemarsen (c. 1218 – 29 June 1252) was Duke of Schleswig from 1232 to 1252 and King of Denmark from…
• 1380 CEAbellaAbella, often known as Abella of Salerno or Abella of Castellomata, was a physician in the mid fourteenth…
• 1520 CEAben HumeyaMuhammad ibn Umayyah (Arabic: محمد بن أمية) better known by the hispanicized version of his name, Aben Humeya…
• 1702 CEAbhai Singh of MarwarAbhai Singh Rathore (7 November 1702 – 18 June 1749) was an 18th-century Indian Raja of the Kingdom of Marwar…
• 950 CEAbhinavaguptaAbhinavagupta (Devanāgarī अभिनवगुप्तः; c. 950 – 1016 CE) was a philosopher, mystic and aesthetician from…
• 1964 CEAbhisit VejjajivaAbhisit Vejjajiva (Thai: อภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ, RTGS: Aphisit Wetchachiwa, Thai pronunciation: [ʔà.pʰí.sìt…
• 1976 CEAbiy AhmedAbiy Ahmed Ali (Oromo: Abiyi Ahmed Alii; Amharic: ዐቢይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian…
• 1872 CEAbol Ghassem BakhtiarAbol Ghassem Bakhtiar (Persian: ابوالقاسم بختیار; c. 1872 – 1971) was an Iranian physician, focused on…
• 1933 CEAbolhassan BanisadrAbolhassan Banisadr (22 March 1933 – 9 October 2021) was an Iranian politician, writer, and political…
• 1903 CEAbolhassan EtessamiAbolhassan E'tesami (1903–1978), was an Iranian architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist.
• 1565 CEAbraham BloemaertAbraham Bloemaert (25 December 1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching…
• 1866 CEAbraham FlexnerAbraham Flexner (November 13, 1866 – September 21, 1959), an American educator, became best known for his…
• 1731 CEAbraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-DuperronAbraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (7 December 1731 – 17 January 1805) was the first professional French…
• 1700 CEAbraham III of ArmeniaAbraham III (also Abraham of Crete or Abraham Kretatsi; died 1737) was the Catholicos of the Armenian…
• 1865 CEAbraham Isaac KookAbraham Isaac HaCohen Kook (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן קוּק; 7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935)…
• 1907 CEAbraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the…
• 267 CEAbraham KidunaiaAbraham Kidunaia (died c. 366) was a Syriac Christian hermit and priest. He is venerated as a saint in…
• 1527 CEAbraham OrteliusAbraham Ortelius ( or-TEE-lee-əs; also Ortels, Orthellius or Wortels; 4 or 14 April 1527 – 28 June 1598) was…
• 1412 CEAbraham SeniorDon Abraham Seneor or Abraham Senior (Segovia 1412–1493) was a Sephardi rabbi, banker, politician, patriarch…
• 1950 CEAbraham SkorkaAbraham Skorka (born July 5, 1950) is an Argentine biophysicist, rabbi and book author. He is rector emeritus…
• 1900 CEAbraham Van HelsingProfessor Abraham Van Helsing (Dutch: [ˈaːbraːɦɑɱ vɑn ˈhɛlsɪŋ]) is a fictional character from the 1897 gothic…
• 1450 CEAbraham ZacutoAbraham Zacuto (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם בֵּן שְׁמוּאֵל זַכּוּת, romanized: Avraham ben Shmuel Zacut, Portuguese…
• 1070 CEAbraham bar HiyyaAbraham bar Ḥiyya ha-Nasi (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בַּר חִיָּיא הַנָשִׂיא; c. 1070 – 1136 or 1145), also known…
• 1186 CEAbraham ben Moses ben MaimonAbraham Maimonides (Hebrew: אברהם בן רמב"ם; also known as Rabbeinu Avraham ben ha-Rambam, and Avraham…
• 1667 CEAbraham de MoivreAbraham de Moivre (French pronunciation: [abʁaam də mwavʁ]; 26 May 1667 – 27 November 1754) was a French…
• 1092 CEAbraham ibn EzraAbraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן מֵאִיר אִבְּן עֶזְרָא, romanized: ʾAḇrāhām ben Mēʾir…
• 1435 CEAbraham of BohemiaAbraham ben Moses Jaffe of Bohemia (Hebrew: אברהם בן משה יפה מבוהמיה; d. 1533) also known by his Latin name…
• 503 CEAbraham the Great of KashkarAbraham the Great of Kashkar was the father of the monastic revival in the Church of the East in the 6th…
• 1880 CEAbram IoffeAbram Fedorovich Ioffe (Russian: Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, IPA: [ɐˈbram ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈofɛ]; 29 October [O.S.…
• 101 CEAbtolemusAbtolemus (Hebrew: אבטולמוס, Avtolemus; Greek: Εὔτολμος) was a Tanna of the third Generation. Jose ben…
• 684 CEAbu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala'Abu ʻAmr bin al-ʻAlāʼ al-Basri (Arabic: أبو عمرو بن العلاء; (689/90-770/71; c.70-154 AH) was the Qur'an…
• 980 CEAbu 'Ubayd al-JuzjaniAbū 'Ubayd al-Jūzjānī (d.1070) (ابو عبيد جوزجانی) was a Muslim physician and chronicler from Guzgan (modern…
• 1110 CEAbu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-SabtiAbu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد…
• 713 CEAbu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-ShaybaniAbū ‘Amr Isḥaq ibn Mirār ash-Shaybānī (d. 206/821, or 210/825, or 213/828, or 216/831) was a famous…
• 573 CEAbu BakrAbu Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر, romanised: ʾAbū Bakr), born Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (Arabic: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ…
• 950 CEAbu Bakr al-KalabadhiAbu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (Arabic: أبو بكر الكلاباذي), in full, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Ishaq Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn…
• 866 CEAbu Bakr al-RaziAbū Bakr al-Rāzī, also known as Rhazes (full name: أبو بکر محمد بن زکریاء الرازي, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn…
• 817 CEAbu Dawud al-SijistaniAbū Dāwūd (Dā’ūd) Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī (Arabic: أبو داود سليمان بن الأشعث…
• 932 CEAbu Firas al-HamdaniAl-Harith ibn Abi’l-ʿAlaʾ Saʿid ibn Hamdan al-Taghlibi (932–968), better known by his pen name Abu Firas…
• 1145 CEAbu Hafs Umar al-SuhrawardiShahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi (c. 1145 – 1234) was a Persian Sufi and nephew of Abu al-Najib…
• 825 CEAbu Isa at-TirmidhiMuhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (Arabic: محمد بن عيسى الترمذي, romanized: Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā at-Tirmidhī; 824 – 9…
• 787 CEAbu Ma'shar al-BalkhiAbu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Latinized as Albumasar (also Albusar, Albuxar, Albumazar; full name Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar…
• 895 CEAbu Mansur al-AzhariAbū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azharī (Arabic: أبومنصور محمد بن أحمد الأزهري; 282–370 AH/895–980 AD) or…
• 961 CEAbu Mansur al-BaghdadiAbū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn Ṭāhir bin Muḥammad bin ʿAbd Allāh al-Tamīmī al-Shāfiʿī al-Baghdādī (Arabic: أبو…
• 1074 CEAbu Mansur al-JawaliqiAbū Manṣūr Mauhūb al-Jawālīqī (Arabic: أبو منصور الجواليقي) (April 1074–17 July 1144) was an Arab grammarian…
• 852 CEAbu Mansur al-MaturidiImam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (Arabic: أبو منصور الماتريدي, romanized: Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī; 853–944) was a…
• 1541 CEAbu Marwan Abd al-Malik I SaadiAbu Marwan Abd al-Malik I (Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك الغازي), often simply Abd al-Malik or Mulay…
• 709 CEAbu MikhnafLut ibn Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Azdi (Arabic: لُوط بْن يَحْيَى بْن سَعِيد الأَزْدِيّ, romanized: Lūṭ ibn Yaḥyā ibn…
• 602 CEAbu Musa al-Ash'ariAbu Musa Abd Allah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أبو موسى عبد الله بن قيس الأشعري, romanized: Abū Mūsā ʿAbd…
• 960 CEAbu Nasr MansurAbū Naṣr Manṣūr ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿIrāq al-Jaʿdī (Persian: ابونصر منصور بن علی بن عراق جیلانی; c. 960 – 1036) was…
• 944 CEAbu Nu`aymAbu Nuʿaym al-Isfahani (أبـو نـعـيـم الأصـفـهـانـي; full name: Ahmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ahmad ibn Ishāq ibn…
• 756 CEAbu NuwasAbu Nuwas (أبو نواس, Abū Nuwās) (756-8 – c. 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative…
• 970 CEAbu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-MasihiAbu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihi al-Jurjani (Persian: ابو سهل عيسى‌ بن‌ يحيى مسيحی گرگانی) was a Christian…
• 600 CEAbu Salama 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Asad al-MakhzumiAbū Salama ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Asad (Arabic: أَبُو سَلَمَة عَبْد ٱلله ٱبْن عَبْد ٱلْأَسَد) was one of the…
• 612 CEAbu Sa‘id al-KhudriAbū Saʿīd Saʿd ibn Mālik ibn Sinān al-Khazrajī al-Khudrī (Arabic: أبو سعيد سعد بن مالك بن سنان الخزرجي…
• 540 CEAbu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-MuttalibAbu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd…
• 620 CEAbu Umamah al-BahiliAbu Umamah al-Bahili (Arabic: أَبُو أُمَامَةَ ٱلۡبَاهِلِي, romanized: Abū ʾUmāmah Al-Bāhili; d. 81 or 86 AH)…
• 731 CEAbu YusufYaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī (Arabic: يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ, lit. 'Jacob, son of…
• 850 CEAbu Zayd al-BalkhiAbu Zayd Ahmed ibn Sahl Balkhi (Persian: ابو زید احمد بن سهل بلخی) was a Persian Muslim polymath: a…
• 815 CEAbu al-'Abbas Tha'labThaʽlab (ثعلب), whose kunya was Abū al-ʽAbbās Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā (ابو العباس احمد بن يحيى) (815 – 904) was a…
• 603 CEAbu al-Aswad al-Du'aliAbu al-Aswad ad-Duʾali (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْأَسْوَد ٱلدُّؤَلِيّ, Abū al-ʾAswad al-Duʾalīy; c.-16 BH/603 – 69…
• 897 CEAbu al-Faraj al-IsfahaniAli ibn al-Husayn al-Iṣfahānī (Arabic: أبو الفرج الأصفهاني), also known as Abul-Faraj, (full form: Abū…
• 970 CEAbu al-Hakam al-KirmaniAbu al-Hakam al-Kirmani (Arabic: أبو الحكم الكرماني; 970–1066) was a prominent philosopher and scholar from…
• 873 CEAbu al-Hasan al-Ash'ariAbu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن ٱلْأَشْعَرِيّ, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī; 874–936…
• 950 CEAbu al-Hasan al-TabariAbu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tabari, born in Amol, was a 10th-century Persian physician from…
• 944 CEAbu al-Layth al-SamarqandiʾAbū al-Layth Naṣr ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī (Arabic: أبو الليث نصر بن محمد السمرقندي), more commonly known…
• 1739 CEAbu al-Qasim QomiMirza Abolghasem Gilani (Persian: میرزا ابوالقاسم گیلانی), known as Mirza-ye Qomi (Persian: میرزای قمی), the…
• 936 CEAbu al-Qasim al-ZahrawiAbū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari (c. 936–1013), popularly known as al-Zahrawi…
• 940 CEAbu al-Wafa BuzjaniAbū al-Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Būzjānī (Persian: ابو الوفاء…
• 1121 CEAbu'l Hasan ibn Arfa Ra'aIbn Arfa' Ra's (Arabic: ابن أرفع رأس – full name: Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Mūsa al-Anṣārī al-Andalusī ibn Arfaʿ…
• 1080 CEAbu'l-Barakāt al-BaghdādīAbu'l-Barakāt Hibat Allah ibn Malkā al-Baghdādī (Arabic: أبو البركات هبة الله بن ملكا البغدادي; c. 1080 –…
• 1116 CEAbu'l-Faraj ibn al-JawziAbu al-Faraj Jamal al-Din Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hasan Ali Al-Jawzi also known as Ibn al-Jawzi (c. 1116 – 16…
• 1551 CEAbu'l-Fazl ibn MubarakAbu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (14 January 1551 – 22 August 1602), also known as Abul Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl…
• 920 CEAbu'l-Hasan al-UqlidisiAbū al-Ḥassan, Aḥmad Ibn Ibrāhīm, al-Uqlīdisī (Arabic: أبو الحسن أحمد بن ابراهيم الإقليدسي, fl. 952) was a…
• 980 CEAbu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-MaghribiAbu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi (Arabic: أبو القاسم المغربي; Aleppo, May 981 – Mayyafariqin, 1027)…
• 940 CEAbu-Mahmud KhujandiAbu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr al-Khujandi (known as Abu Mahmood Khujandi, al-khujandi or Khujandi, Persian…
• 1202 CEAbu-Shama al-MaqdissíAbū Shāma Shihāb al-Dīn al-Maḳdisī (10 January 1203 – 13 June 1267) was an Arab historian. Abū Shāma was born…
• 748 CEAbu-l-'AtahiyaAbū al-ʻAtāhiyya (Arabic: أبو العتاهية; 748–828), full name Abu Ishaq Isma'il ibn al-Qasim ibn Suwayd Al-Anzi…
• 1600 CEAbul Hasan Qutb ShahAbul Hasan Qutb Shah, also known as Abul Hasan Tana Shah, was the eighth and last ruler of the Qutb Shahi…
• 1888 CEAbul Kalam AzadAbul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958), better known as Maulana Azad and…
• 1273 CEAbulfedaIsmāʿīl bin ʿAlī bin Maḥmūd bin Muḥammad bin ʿUmar bin Shāhanshāh bin Ayyūb bin Shādī bin Marwān (Arabic…
• 485 CEAbundius the SacristanSaint Abundius the Sacristan (also Abonde, or, variously, Acontius) (died c. 564) was a sacristan of the…
• 641 CEAbān ibn ʻUthmānAbu Sa'id Aban ibn Uthman ibn Affan al-Umawi (Arabic: أَبُو سَعِيد أَبَان بْنُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّان…
• 1027 CEAbū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-ZarqālīAbū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyā al-Naqqāsh al-Zarqālī al-Tujibi (Arabic: إبراهيم بن يحيى الزرقالي); also known as…
• 900 CEAbū Ja'far al-KhāzinAbu Jafar Muhammad ibn Husayn Khazin (Persian: ابوجعفر خازن خراسانی; 900–971), also called Al-Khazin, was an…
• 850 CEAbū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn AslamAbū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam ibn Muḥammad Ibn Shujāʿ (Latinized as Auoquamel, Arabic: أبو كامل شجاع بن أسلم بن…
• 893 CEAbū Muhammad al-Hasan al-HamdānīAbū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Hamdānī (Arabic: أبو محمد الحسن بن أحمد بن يعقوب الهمداني…
• 1412 CEAbū al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-QalaṣādīAbu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qalasadi (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن علي القرشي البسطي; 1412–1486) was…
• 935 CEAbū l-Hasan al-QābisīAbu ʾl-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Maʿāfirī al-Qābiṣī (935–1012) was a leading Ifrīqiyan scholar…
• 901 CEAbū ʿAlī al-FārisīAbū 'Alī al-Fārisī (Arabic: أبو علي الفارسي); surnamed Abū Alī al Ḥasan Aḥmad Abd al-Ghaffār Ibn Muḥammad ibn…
• 699 CEAbū ḤanīfaAbu Hanifa (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; 5 September 699 CE – 18 June 767 CE) was a Muslim…
• 828 CEAbū Ḥanīfa DīnawarīAbū Ḥanīfa Aḥmad ibn Dāwūd Dīnawarī (Arabic: أبو حنيفة أحمد بن داود الدينوري; died 895) was an Islamic Golden…
• 967 CEAbū-Sa'īd Abul-KhayrAbū Saʿīd Abū'l-Khayr or Abusa'id Abolkhayr (Persian: ابوسعید ابوالخیر) (December 7, 967 - January 12, 1049)…
• 450 CEAcaciusAcacius was Catholicos of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and Patriarch of the Church of the East from 485 to 496. His…
• 800 BCEAchaemenesAchaemenes (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 Haxāmaniš; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης Akhaiménēs; Latin: Achaemenēs)…
• 600 BCEAchaemenesAchaemenes (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 Haxāmaniš; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης Akhaiménēs, also incorrectly…
• 200 CEAchilles TatiusAchilles Tatius (Greek: Ἀχιλλεὺς Τάτιος, Achilleus Tatios) of Alexandria was a Roman-era Greek writer of the…
• 100 BCEAcoreusAcoreus was an Egyptian priest, astronomer,... consulted by Julius Caesar, according to the Roman writer…
• 499 BCEAcronAcron (Ancient Greek: Ἄκρων), son of Xenon, was a Greek physician born at Agrigentum in Magna Graecia.
• 1939 CEAda YonathAda Esther Yonath (Hebrew: עדה יונת, pronounced [ˈada joˈnat]; née Lifshitz; 22 June 1939 – 31 August 2026)…
• 1851 CEAdalbert BezzenbergerAdalbert Bezzenberger (14 April 1851 – 31 October 1922) was a German philologist. He was born in Kassel and…