Adil Huseyn oghlu Guliyev was an Azerbaijani fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force who became a flying ace with twenty shootdowns during the Second World War. A recipient of the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his feats, he remained in the Soviet Air Force and retired with the rank of colonel in 1966. Later he became a director of Baku Airport.
Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar war ein türkischer Politiker, Schriftsteller, Historiker und Mediziner. Er schrieb Bücher über die Geschichte der Wissenschaften im Osmanischen Reich. Adıvar war auch ein Unterstützer der Frauenbewegung in der Türkei, die damals neu aufkam.
Adnan Adıvar, also known as Adnan Bey, was a Turkish politician, writer, historian, and by profession a medical doctor. He undertook original research and wrote on the history of science. He was also an early supporter of the nascent feminist movement.
Ado de Vienne foi um religioso e escritor franco. Atuou como arcebispo de Vienne de 850 até sua morte sendo venerado como santo. Seus escritos incluem hagiografia e historiografia.
Ado Grenzstein, pseudonym A. Piirikivi was an Estonian journalist, writer and teacher, brother of Tõnis Grenzstein. In 1881 he founded the Olevik newspaper, which become one of the most important Estonian newspapers of the period. The purpose of the paper was "weaning the Estonian peasant readership away from the 'firebrands and madcaps' who edited Sakala. He soon broke with the Estonian national movement and became an apologist of Russification. He even went further, expressing doubt whether the loss of the Estonian nation would be of any consequence to man-kind. His views have been characterized as "national nihilism".< In 1901 he left Estonia and settled first in Dresden, and then later in Paris.
