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1970–
Alan Glenn Haller (born August 9, 1970) is an American college athletic administrator and former football player. He was previously the athletic director at Michigan State University, a position he held from September 2021 to May 2025. Haller's 2022 salary…
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Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American politician, political scientist, and perennial candidate who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, Keyes…
1945–
Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945) is an American former Minnesota Supreme Court judge and professional football player. After playing college football at the University of Notre Dame, Page gained national recognition as a defensive tackle in the…
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alan Paton in front of Ixopo Primary School, Ixopo (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alan Paton in front of Maritzburg College's war memorial, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alan Paton next to his plaque at Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alan Paton plaque at Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alan Paton with boys in towels at Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1895–1992
Alan Thacker Busby (December 12, 1895 – June 10, 1992) was an American animal scientist and educator who taught at two historically black universities from 1921 to 1966. He was the first African American to attend the University of Connecticut, enrolling…
1958–1991
Alan Anthony Wiggins (February 17, 1958 – January 6, 1991) was an American professional baseball player. He was a second baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles between 1981 and 1987. A speedy…
1978–
Alan Woods (born October 12, 1978) is a retired American soccer defender who played a season in Major League Soccer and six in the USL First Division. He is currently the coach of the Oglethorpe University women's team.
1987–
Alana Kathryn Dillette (born December 2, 1987) is an academic and Olympic swimmer from The Bahamas. Dillette swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2007 Pan American Games. She attended and swam for the USA's Auburn University.
Biography
Alanna Bennett is an American writer and producer. Her debut novel The Education of Kia Greer was released in May 2025 (Knopf). She has written for the television series Roswell, New Mexico, XO, Kitty, and The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy.
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Albert B. Poston (January 1855 – 1902) was a teacher, principal, preacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Panola County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1882 and 1883. In 1896, he received votes to be a…
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Albert Bryant Jr. (born February 22, 1952) is a retired United States Army brigadier general, best known for service as the Chief of Western Hemisphere Operations during and in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and for his tenure as the Assistant…
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Albert Irvin Cassell (1895–1969) was a prominent mid-20th-century African-American architect in Washington, D.C., whose work shaped many academic communities in the United States. He designed buildings for Howard University in Washington D.C., Morgan State…
1915–1999
Albert Edwin Frazier (January 23, 1915 – August 18, 1999) was an American Negro league baseball player and collegiate American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach and baseball coach at Savannah State University in Savannah,…
1881–1924
Albert Grant Brown (1881–1924) was an American architect and professor. He was an early African American architect and taught architecture at West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University).
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Albert Joseph Edmonds (born January 17, 1942) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency from 1994 to 1997. He was born in Columbus, Georgia. Edmonds was commissioned in 1964…
1943–2021
Albert Jordy Raboteau II (September 4, 1943 – September 18, 2021) was an American scholar of African and African-American religions. Since 1982, he had been affiliated with Princeton University, where he was Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion.
1846–1912
Albert Francis Mando (June 18, 1846 - October 10, 1912) was a musician in the United States. He was a composer, conductor, and educator. The New York Age profiled him in 1907.
1904–1984
Albert Walter Dent (September 25, 1904 – February 13, 1984) was an academic administrator who served initially as business administrator of Flint-Goodridge Hospital and later as president of Dillard University (1941–1969), a predominantly black liberal…
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Albert H. Wheeler (Dec. 11, 1915 – April 4, 1994) was an American life-sciences professor and politician in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He became the city's first African-American mayor, serving in the office from 1975 to 1978.
1909–2008
Alberta Banner Turner (March 17, 1909 – January 31, 2008) was an African American professor and psychologist, and a noted civil rights and women's rights activist in the field of psychology.
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