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1974–
Andrés Mbuamangongo Malango Dyombe (born 19 December 1974) is an Equatorial Guinean former footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Equatorial Guinea national team.
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Andres Serrano (born August 15, 1950) is an American photographer and artist. His work, often considered transgressive art, includes photos of corpses and uses feces and bodily fluids. His Piss Christ (1987) is an amber-tinged photograph of a crucifix…
1965–
Andrew Chuma Agwunobi (born 1965) is an American physician and administrator. He was the CEO for UConn Health from 2014 to 2022 and became interim president of the University of Connecticut starting on May 19, 2021. He was the first non-white person to be…
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Andrew Bentley (born 13 May 1985) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker, second-row or loose forward for Toulouse Olympique in the Championship. He is a France and Scotland international representative forward and has…
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Andrew Bryan (1737–1812) founded Bryan Street African Baptist Church, affectionately called the Mother Church of Black Baptists, and First African Baptist Church and First Bryan Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia, the first black Baptist churches to be…
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Andrew Kwamena Adom Buah (born 4 May 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a forward. Buah began his career at Port Vale, from where he had loan spells at Newcastle Town, Congleton Town, Mickleover and Belper Town. He joined Connah's Quay Nomads in…
1965–
Andrew Dan-Jumbo (born 25 June 1965) is a builder and co-host on the home improvement reality television series Operation Build. He previously co-starred as a carpenter on the TV home makeover show While You Were Out, and is the current host of Take Home…
Biography
Andrew Deer is an English taekwondo athlete. In 2015, Deer representing Great Britain, competed in the -74kg category in the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in May 2015. In 2017, he became a National Development Coach on the Sports England funded programme.
1928–2009
Andrew Degraffenreidt (3 March 1928 – 25 February 2009) was an educator and politician. He was notable as the first African-American commissioner in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Biography
Andrew J. Dumont (c. 1845 - June 30, 1885) was a state legislator who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate during the Reconstruction era.
1866–1951
Andrew F. Stevens (1866-1951) was a banker and politician in Pennsylvania who served as a state legislator. He was African American. He was elected in 1919.
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Andrew Mikobi Farrell (born April 2, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Farrell moved with his family to Peru at the age of five and…
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Andrew Fenty (born March 8, 2000) is an American tennis player. Fenty has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 382 achieved on June 8, 2026 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No.
1925–1987
Andrew Jackson Foster (1925–1987) was an American pioneer of deaf education in several countries in Africa. In 1954, he became the first Deaf African American to earn a bachelor's degree from Gallaudet University, the American university for the Deaf, and…
1924–2018
Andrew Benny Frierson (March 29, 1924 – December 6, 2018) was an American operatic baritone and music educator. He was part of the first generation of black opera singers to achieve success and is viewed as part of an instrumental group of performers who…
Biography
Andrew Garrett Campbell is an American biologist who is a professor of Medical Science and Dean of the Graduate School at Brown University. In 2020, he was named by Cell Press as one of the most 100 "inspiring Black scientists in America".
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Andrew Demetric Gillum (born July 26, 1979) is a former American politician who was the 126th mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a Tallahassee city commissioner from 2003 to 2014. Gillum was the…
1969–
Andrew Greene (born September 24, 1969) is a former professional gridiron football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). Greene, a nine-year CFL veteran, spent much of his career with the…
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Andrew Joshua Hargrett, Sr. (1879–1932) was a pioneering African-American educator who organized Shadeville Elementary School in 1909, the first school for black people in Wakulla County, Florida. In the late 1920s, he also led the crusade to establish…
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Andrew Harris (born April 24, 1987) is a Canadian former professional football running back who is the running backs coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Harris is a four-time Grey Cup champion, two-time winner of…
1814–1841
Andrew Harris (1814 – December 1, 1841) was an American abolitionist, minister, and the first African-American graduate of the University of Vermont (class of 1838). He was one of the first African Americans to receive a college degree in the United States…
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Andrew Heath (February 20, 1832 - February 19, 1887) was a Baptist minister in Louisville, Kentucky. Andrew Heath was born in Henderson County, Kentucky on February 20, 1832. At his birth, he was a slave of a A. T. Heath. Heath was moved with his master in…
1981–
Andrew Higgins, born 13 July 1981 in Epping, Essex, England, is a retired English rugby union player. He played as Centre or Wing for Worcester Warriors, Bristol, Bath, Exeter Chiefs, Sale Sharks and Newcastle Falcons. Andrew was educated at Christ's…
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Andrew V. Holmes (born 1959 or 1960) is a community activist active in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is especially known for his activism related to combatting gun violence, and is also active in advocacy for senior citizens and the homeless. Since…
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