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1980–
Angela Whyte (born 22 May 1980) is a Canadian hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She is a three-time Olympian (2004, 2008, and 2016) in the 100m hurdles at the Summer Olympics. She has won multiple medals at both the Pan American Games and…
1980–
Angela Tramaine Williams (born January 30, 1980) is an American retired athlete. Williams attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 2002. She won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2002,…
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Angela Lisa Winbush (born January 18, 1955) is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who rose to fame first in the 1980s R&B duo René & Angela, also scoring hits as a solo artist. Winbush has sold over 10 million albums and…
1957–
Angela Wynter (born 14 July 1957) is a Jamaican-British actress. She is known for her role as Yolande Trueman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2003–2008, 2017, 2023–present). In 2021, she joined the cast of the BBC soap opera Doctors for a three-month…
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Angela Yee (born January 3, 1976) is an American radio personality. She is currently the host of syndicated radio show Way Up. She previously co-hosted the radio show The Breakfast Club from 2010 to 2022.
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Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 8 February 1967) is an Ivoirian-born Canadian poet and journalist. She has won the Trillium Book Award and been nominated for the Ottawa Book Award.
1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAngeles Child - School Yard, Los Angeles, California, 1960's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 20. A black-and-white photograph of a little girl in braids smiling at the camera.
Biography
Angelica Jade Bastién is an American essayist and critic. She is a staff writer for Vulture, where she has reviewed film and written television recaps since 2015. Bastién also frequently discusses horror and depictions of women and madness.
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Doña Angélica Larrea de Pinedo (born 1944) is the Ceremonial Queen of the Afro-Bolivians, as the wife of Ceremonial King Julio Pinedo. She twice served as the mayor of Mururata, the village where the ceremonial monarchy is based. She and her husband were…
Biography
Angelica Lisk-Hann is a Canadian stunt performer and coordinator in film and television. She is most noted as a two-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Stunt Coordination, winning at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for Mary Kills…
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Angelica Ross (born November 28, 1980) is an American actress, businesswoman, and transgender rights advocate. A self-taught computer programmer, she went on to become founder and CEO of TransTech Social Enterprises, a firm that helps employ transgender…
Biography
Angelina Spicer is an American comedian, writer, and women's health activist. She is known for her advocacy of screening and treatment for postpartum depression.
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Angelina Weld Grimké (February 27, 1880 – June 10, 1958) was an African-American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet. By ancestry, Grimké was three-quarters white — the child of a white mother and a half-white father — and considered a woman of…
Biography
Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe is a Canadian radio personality, currently a host on the CBC Music network as of October 2016. A graduate of the radio and television broadcast arts program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Tetteh-Wayoe worked for…
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Angelique Bates (born December 1, 1980) is an American actress, comedian, and rapper who is best known for the two seasons she served on the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series All That.
Biography
Angelique Fawcette is an American producer, CEO, actress, and activist known primarily for her work on Unbelievable!!!!!.
Biography
Angelique Francis is a Canadian blues singer from Ottawa, Ontario. She is most noted as the winner of the Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023, for her album Long River. A graduate of the music performance program at Carleton…
1960–
Kidjo blends West African traditions with jazz, funk and pop, and works as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador promoting education.
1958–
Angelique Walker-Smith (born 1958) is an American Baptist minister and ecumenical leader. In September 2022, she was elected as president of the World Council of Churches, representing the North America region. She is ordained in the National Baptist…
1925–2026
Angella Dorothea Ferguson (February 15, 1925 – January 6, 2026) was an American pediatrician known for her groundbreaking research on sickle cell disease. While studying the normal development of African American children at Howard University, Ferguson…
1958–
Angella Taylor-Issajenko, CM (née Taylor; born September 28, 1958) is a Canadian coach and former sprinter. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. At the Commonwealth Games she won seven medals, including the 100…
1976–
Angellica Bell (born 24 March 1976) is a British television and radio presenter, best known for her presenting on CBBC between 2000 and 2006. She is also known for providing occasional cover on The One Show and for co-presenting The Martin Lewis Money…
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Gary Gordon (born July 24, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Angelo Dawkins. He is one-half of the Street Profits with Montez Ford.
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Angelo Christopher Moore (born November 5, 1965) is an American musician, best known for his work as lead singer and saxophonist for the Los Angeles ska and funk metal band Fishbone. Moore is a multi-instrumentalist playing bass, baritone, tenor, alto and…
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