Aëtius of Amida was a Byzantine Greek physician and medical writer, particularly distinguished by the extent of his erudition. His birth and death years are not known, but his writings appear to date from the end of the 5th century or the beginning of the 6th.
Afag Masud is an Azerbaijani writer, and playwright. She has been honored with the title of People’s Writer, Honored Art Worker, a full member of Peter’s Academy of Art and Science, a full member of European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature, member of the Georgian Writers Association? Board Chair of the Azerbaijan Translation Centre, and editor-in-chief of the “Khazar” World Literature Magazine. playwright, Honored Art Worker, "Humay" award winner, Chief editor of "Khazar" world literature magazine.
Afanasy Pavlantyevich Beloborodov was general in the Red Army during the Second World War who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Between 1963 and 1968, he commanded the Moscow Military District.
Afanasy Nikitin was a Russian merchant from Tver and one of the first Europeans to travel to and document his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative known as The Journey Beyond Three Seas.
Afzalur Rahman was an MLA from 39 no. Jaleswar Vidhan Saba in 1978 from the Janata Party, in 1983 as an Independent, in both 1991 and 1996 from the Indian National Congress and in 2006 from Loko Sanmilon Party. He was also Pamchyet Minister of Assam.
Agapius of Hierapolis, also called Maḥbūb ibn Qusṭanṭīn, was a Melkite Christian historian and the bishop of Manbij. He wrote a universal history in Arabic, the lengthy Kitāb al-ʿunwān. He was a contemporary of the annalist Eutychius, also a Melkite.
