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A. E. Housman (1859 – 1936), poet and scholar
A. W. Hofmann (1818 – 1892), Professor of Chemistry
Ada Countess of Lovelace (1815 – 1852), pioneer of Computing and Countess
Ada Vachell (1866 – 1923), champion of poor and disabled people and founder of the Guild of the Handicapped
Adelaide (1792 – 1849), Queen
Adolph Leipner (1827 – 1894), founder of the first University Botanic Garden and co-founder of Bristol Naturalists Society
Adrian Boult (1889 – 1983), CH, Sir, and conductor
Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976), detective novelist, playwright, and Dame
Alan Cobham (1894 – 1973), aviator and Sir
Alan Dower Blumlein (1903 – 1942), electronics engineer and inventor
Alan Herbert (1890 – 1971), reformist MP, Sir, author, and humourist
Alan Turing (1912 – 1954), code-breaker, pioneer of computer science, founder of computer science, and cryptographer
Alastair Sim (1900 – 1976), actor
Albert Chevalier (1861 – 1923), music hall comedian
Albert Henry Stanley (1874 – 1948), first chairman of London Transport
Albert Mansbridge (1876 – 1952), founder of the Workers' Educational Association
Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963), man of science and man of letters
Alexander Ellis (1830 – 1917), architect
Alexander Fleming (1881 – 1955), discoverer of penicillin and Sir
Alexander Herzen (1812 – 1870), Russian political thinker
Alexander Korda (1893 – 1956), film producer and Sir
Alexander Muir (1830 – 1906), principal
Alexander Muirhead (1848 – 1920), electrical engineer
Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744), poet
Alexander S. Graham (1915 – 1991)
Alfred Bestall (1892 – 1986), illustrator of Rupert Bear
Alfred Douglas (1870 – 1945), poet and writer
Alfred Harmsworth (1865 – 1922), Viscount Northcliffe
Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980), film director and Sir
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 – 1892), poet
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 – 1913), naturalist
Alfred Stevens (1817 – 1875), artist
Alfred Waterhouse (1830 – 1905), architect
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 – 1909), poet
Ali Mohammed Abbas (1922 – 1979), barrister and founder of Pakistan
Alliott Verdon Roe (1877 – 1958), maker of the first all-British powered flight
Ambrose Fleming (1849 – 1945), scientist and electrical engineer
Amon H. Wilds (1784 – 1857), Brighton Regency Architect
Andreas Kalvos (1792 – 1869), Greek poet and patriot
Andrés Bello (1781 – 1865), poet, jurist, Philologist, and Venezuelan patriot
Andrew Bonar Law (1858 – 1923), Prime Minister
Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912), man of letters
Andy Crock (died 1994), DJ
Angela Thirkell (1890 – 1960), writer and granddaughter of Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Anita Roddick (1942 – 2007), entrepeneur, retailer, activist, and Dame
Anna Maria Garthwaite (1690 – 1763), designer of Spitalfields Silks
Anna Neagle (1904 – 1986), actress and Dame
Anna Sewell (1820 – 1878), author of Black Beauty
Anne Oldfield (1683 – 1730), actress
Anne Shelton (1928 – 1994), popular singer and World War II Forces' Favourite
Annie Besant (1847 – 1933), social reformer
Annie Kenney (1879 – 1930), leading suffragette
Anthony à Wood (1632 – 1695), antiquary
Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863 – 1933), novelist and Sir
Anthony Salvin (1799 – 1881), architect
Anthony Trollope (1815 – 1882), novelist
Antonio Canal (1697 – 1768), Canaletto and Venetian painter
Antony Dale (1912 – 1993), author, historian, and conservationist
Archibald Philip Primrose (1847 – 1929), Earl of Rosebery, Earl, Prime Minister, and first Chairman of the London County Council
Arnold Bax (1883 – 1953), composer and Sir
Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931), novelist and author
Arnold Toynbee (1852 – 1883), social philosopher
Arthur Bliss (1891 – 1975), composer and Sir
Arthur Clough (1819 – 1861), poet
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930), creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir, and medical graduate of Edinburgh University
Arthur Eddington (1882 – 1944), Sir, mathematician, and astrophysicist
Arthur Henderson (1863 – 1935), statesman
Arthur Henry Ward Sax Rohmer (1883 – 1959), creator of Dr Fu Manchu
Arthur Hughes (1832 – 1915), Pre-Raphaelite painter
Arthur Lowe (1915 – 1982), comedy actor
Arthur Lucan (1887 – 1954), entertainer and creator of Old Mother Riley
Arthur Onslow (1691 – 1768), Speaker of the House of Commons (1728-1761)
Arthur Pinero (1855 – 1934), playwright and Sir
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939), illustrator
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860), philosopher
Arthur Silver, designer
Arthur Waley (1889 – 1966), poet, translator, and orientalist
Arthur Whitten Brown (1886 – 1948), KBE and Sir
Aubrey Beardsley (1872 – 1898), artist and master of line
Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (1827 – 1900), Lieutenant General
Augustus Siebe (1788 – 1872), pioneer of the diving helmet
Austin Dobson (1840 – 1921), poet and essayist