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- Agnelli, Umberto
- Abaiang People (under Kiribati)
- Abramovich, Roman
- Abelites
- Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon
- Acre, Mark
- Ada (under Alexander the Great)
- Adie, Kate
- Adler-Collins, Je Kan
- Afrasiab (under Feral Children)
- African Children's Choir
- Agbabi, Patience
- Ahbez, Eden
- Åhlstad, Simon
- Akabusi, Kriss
- Albee, Edward Franklin
- Alda, Frances Jeanne
- Alexander VI
- Alexander the Great
- Allan, Jani
- Amo, Anton Wilhelm
- Amonortais (under God's Wife)
- Andal
- Anderson, Edward Warrigal
- Andrews, Ben
- Angelou, Maya
- Ankhnasneferibre (under God's Wife)
- Ann-Margret
- Anstis, Toby
- Antoine, Josephine Louise
- Antonius Pius (under Roman Empire)
- Apess, William
- Argentinian Orphans of the Dirty War
- Arimardan Singh (under India - Princely States: 10)
- Arirei (under Kiribati)
- Aristotle
- Armstrong, Louis Daniel
- Arthur
- Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily
- Aspinall, John Victor
- Astor, Joshua
- Aucoin, Kevyn
- Audubon, John James
- Augustus Caesar Octavius (under Roman Empire)
- Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
Agnelli, Umberto
Agnelli was the youngest of seven children of the third generation of the greatItalian Fiat automobile manufacturing dynasty. The children's father died in 1935 ina plane crash and their mo... [more]
Abaiang People (under Kiribati)
The Pacific island country of Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) includes the atoll of Abemama, inhabited by the tribe of Abemama, Kuria and Aranuka. The hereditary high chiefs of thes... [more]
Abramovich, Roman
Abramovich was born in Saratov in southern Russia. His mother died when he was 18 months old, and his father was killed in a construction accident when he was four. He was first taken to li... [more]
Abelites
The Abelites were a small, fourth-century Christian sect in Hippo, North Africa which practiced sexual abstinence, although members were required to be married (this was because the Bible m... [more]
Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon
George Gordon was the grandson of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen. His mother died in 1791 and his father in 1795, leaving him in the care of two guardians: William Pitt the Younger (the ... [more]
Acre, Mark
Acre was an outstanding baseball and basketball player in high school in Corning, California. He then played basketball for the College of the Siskiyous and baseball and basketball for New ... [more]
Ada (under Alexander the Great)
Alexander was one of the greatest generals in history. His empire stretched from Greece to Egypt, Asia Minor and as far east as the River Ind in India. He was born the son of Philip II of ... [more]
Adie, Kate
Adie is especially famous for her reports from war zones (Turkey, Lebanon, the Gulf War, China, the former Yugoslavia, etc.). Her mother became pregnant while her husband was away at war an... [more]
Adler-Collins, Je Kan
Adler-Collins was the child of a military family who was taken into care at the age of three when his mother shot his father during a domestic dispute. He was abused in care for years, but ... [more]
Afrasiab (under Feral Children)
These are children, almost always babies, who are taken and raised by wild animals. Occasionally they find their way back to society. They may be carried off from their villages by females ... [more]
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