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Anthony Scott Poindexter (born July 28, 1976) is an American football coach and former safety, who is the current defensive backs coach and co-defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Volunteers. He is the former safeties coach for the Penn State Nittany…
1955–2021
Anthony Porter (December 14, 1954 – July 5, 2021) was a Chicago resident convicted and sentenced to death in 1983 for the murder of two teenagers on the South Side of the city. He served 16 years on death row before he was exonerated in 1999 after new…
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Anthony Preston is an American, Grammy-nominated record producer, songwriter and music executive. He frequently works with will.i.am.
1970–
Anthony Eugene Prior (born March 27, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings, and Oakland Raiders. He was selected by the…
1977–
Anthony Q. Farrell (born May 13, 1977) is a Canadian comedian, actor and writer. He has written for The Office, presided as executive story editor for Little Mosque on the Prairie as well as produced and performed in various stand-up and sketch comedies.…
1944–
Anthony Ramos is an American video artist, performance artist and painter. He was born in 1944 in Providence, Rhode Island, and lives in the South of France.
Loading image…1956–
Anthony Ray Hinton (born June 1, 1956) is an American activist, writer, and author who was wrongly convicted of the 1985 murders of two fast food restaurant managers in Birmingham, Alabama. Hinton was sentenced to death and held on the state's death row…
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Anthony Rotich (born August 9, 1991) is an American long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is a four time NCAA Division I Champion and twelve time NCAA Division I All-American.
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Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell is an American singer and musician who performs in Yiddish. He is an African-American convert to Judaism.
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Anthony Albert Sadler Jr. (born July 13, 1992) is an American author and television personality. Sadler, along with his friends Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone and several other passengers stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound train travelling from Amsterdam…
1974–
Anthony Marcus Sanders (born March 2, 1974) is an American professional baseball former outfielder and coach. He most recently served as the first base coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays…
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Anthony Schwartz (born September 5, 2000) is an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers. A world-class sprinter during his high school years,…
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Anthony Sean Neal is an American philosophy professor and author. In 2021, Neal was awarded the title Beverly B. and Gordon W. Gulmon Dean's Eminent Scholar. Neal is an author and professor of philosophy at Mississippi State University.
1949–
Anthony Sherwood (born 1949) is a Canadian actor, filmmaker and activist. He has been active in film, television, and theatre productions since his film debut in 1979. On television he is known for his role as Jason Locke on season four of Airwolf (1987),…
1997–
Anthony Smith (born March 16, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for Barton Community College and Murray State.
1988–
Anthony J. Smith (born July 26, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a challenger for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship in March…
Biography
Anthony Sparks is an American television showrunner, writer-producer, and playwright. He is also an essay writer who focuses on media, performance, and African American politics and culture. He has a Ph.D. in American studies & ethnicity from USC and began…
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Anthony L. Stanford (1830–1883) was a state senator in Arkansas from 1877 until 1880. He was born in New Jersey. He was a Republican in 1877 and a Greenback in 1879.
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Anthony Kelvin Stewart (born 18 September 1992) is a Turks and Caicos Islander professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League North club Bedford Town. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.
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Anthony Stewart (born January 5, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, having played in the NHL, AHL, and KHL. He was born in Quebec, and his family moved to Toronto while he was a child. Stewart played minor hockey in Toronto, winning…
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Anthony Othneal Straker (born 23 September 1988) is a former semi-professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He has also been capped on ten occasions by the Grenada national football team.
Biography
Anthony "Supreme" Thompson (born 1988 or 1989) is an American photographer, creative director, and filmmaker. He is best known for shooting the album cover and packaging for J. Cole's 2016 album, 4 Your Eyez Only. He is also the founder of the independent…
1981–
Anthony Tyrone Thompson (born August 17, 1981,) is a boxer in the Junior middleweight division. As of July 2009, Thompson has a record of 24 victories, 18 by knockout, with three defeats. In October 2025, Anthony started a boxing podcast under the name of…
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Anthony William Gardner (January 24, 1820 – 1885), sometimes written as Gardiner, served as the ninth president of Liberia from 1878 until 1883. He was the first of a series of thirteen True Whig presidents who held uninterrupted power in Liberia from 1878…
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