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'Amr ibn al-'As
573–664 - Arab
Military leader. He won the Holy Land of Palestine for Islam and also opposed Ali, the founder of the Shiite branch of the religion.
William "Bud" Abbott
1895–1974 - American
Comedian (Abbot and Costello). Their work, first in Vaudeville and later in film and on radio and television, expressed the value of silliness.
Peter Abelard
1079–1142 - French
Philosopher and theologian. He was famous for passionate love (Heloise), but also for reintroducing logic to Europe. At different times, both his passion and his logic led to tragic complications: he was assaulted and castrated by angry relatives of Heloise and repeatedly charged with heresy by different Church authorities.
Dean Acheson
1893–1971 - American
Lawyer and U.S. secretary of state (1949-1953). He expressed values of devotion to country and extreme personal rectitude. Some thought him the embodiment of the so-called White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP).
John 1st Baron Acton
1834–1902 - English
Celebrated historian and Roman Catholic. He rejected the new doctrine of papal infallibility.
Adam and Eve
Biblical
First man and woman in the Hebrew and Christian Bible. They combined innocence and disobedience.
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Abigail Adams
1744–1818 - American
Public figure. She took positions that would be described later as feminist, and left a rich literary record in her extensive letters.
Gerry Adams
Born 1948 - Irish
Political rebel and the leader of the Sinn Fein, the political party closely linked to the Irish Republican Army of Northern Ireland. Some see him as a murderer and terrorist, others as an Irish patriot.
Henry Adams
1838–1918 - American
Historian and essayist. He was one of the master expositors of the related values of sense experience (using our eyes, ears, and other sense organs to take in every bit of life) and empiricism (relying on observation, including careful self-observation rather than on logic or on authority). His life and work also expressed the value of a life of contemplation rather than action (in contrast to his immediate forebears, who served as U.S. presidents, congressmen and ambassadors); of friendship and private life; of beauty and estheticism; of knowledge and discovery; and of the appreciation of complexity and paradox.
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John Adams
1735–1826 - American
U.S. president. A founding father of the United States, he exemplified honor, decency, and civility in public life.
John Quincy Adams
1767–1848 - American
Ambassador, U.S. senator, sixth president of the United States, then Congressman. He was a vocal enemy of slavery.
Samuel Adams
1722–1803 - American
Merchant, political leader, and rebel. He courageously organized the Boston Tea Party prior to the American Revolutionary War.
Will Adams
1564–1620 - English
A seaman working for the Dutch. One of first Europeans in Japan, he was initially jailed but became a shipbuilder and samurai.
Joy Adamson
1910–1980 - Austrian
Autobiographer. She wrote about her love of wild Africa, animals, and especially lions.
Michel Adanson
1727–1806 - French
Botanist. His classifications combined logic with a love of plants.
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