Leading Figures in History

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Armand Gaudreault

Canadian ice hockey player (1921–2013)

Armand Guillaumin

French painter

Armand Hammer

b. 1898

American businessman (1898–1990)

Armand J. Piron

b. 1888

American jazz violinist (1888–1943)

Armand Mondou

b. 1905

Canadian ice hockey player

Armando Picchi

Italian footballer (1935–1971)

Armando Sadiku

b. 1991

Albanian footballer (born 1991)

Armas Taipale

b. 1890

Finnish athlete

Armen Gilliam

b. 1964

American basketball player (1964–2011)

Armen Sarkissian

b. 1953

President of Armenia from 2018 to 2022

Armend Dallku

b. 1983

Albanian footballer (born 1983)

Armin Öpik

b. 1898

Estonian paleontologist

Armistead Maupin

b. 1944

American writer (born 1944)

Armstrong Sperry

American writer and illustrator (1897–1976)

Arna Lára Jónsdóttir

b. 1976

Icelandic politician (born 1976)

Arnaldo Pambianco

Italian cyclist (1935–2022)

Arnaldo Pomodoro

Italian sculptor (1926–2025)

Arnaud d'Ossat

b. 1537

French diplomat and Catholic cardinal (1537–1604)

Arnaud Massy

b. 1877

French professional golfer (1877–1950)

Arndt Pekurinen

b. 1905

Finnish pacifist

Arne Friedrich

b. 1979

German footballer (born 1979)

Arne Tiselius

b. 1902

Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (1902–1971)

Árni Steinar Jóhannsson

b. 1953

Icelandic politician (1953–2015)