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Agnes Henningsen

Agnes Henningsen (1868–1962) was a Danish author whose candid novels and eight-volume memoirs defended women's erotic freedom, making her both famous and notorious in her time.

Ágnes Keleti (Keleti Ágnes, born Ágnes Klein), Hungarian-Israeli gymnast, 1921-2025, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic medals including 5 golds at Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956, then coached Israel; oldest living Olympic champion at her death.

Agnes Knochenhauer

Agnes Knochenhauer, Swedish curler born 1989, second for Team Hasselborg, Sundbybergs CK. Two Olympic golds (2018, 2026), 2014 silver as reserve, 2022 bronze; four Olympic medals, European champion.

Agnes Kovacs

Ágnes Kovács (Kovács Ágnes), Hungarian breaststroke swimmer born 1981: 2000 Sydney Olympic champion in the 200 m breaststroke, 1996 bronze medalist, two-time world champion, seven-time European champion, retired 2008.

Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin, full name Agnes Bernice Martin, was a Canadian-born American abstract painter whose hand-drawn grid and striped canvases made her one of the most influential artists of her era.

Agnes Miegel

Agnes Miegel (1879–1964) was a German poet and ballad writer celebrated for writing about East Prussia, known as the Mother of East Prussia, who supported the Nazi regime.

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Robertson Moorehead (1900–1974), American character actress of radio, stage, film, and television; Mercury Theatre member, Mary Kane in Citizen Kane, four Oscar nominations, Endora on Bewitched.

Agnes Nixon

Agnes Nixon (1922–2016), American soap opera writer and producer, created One Life to Live, All My Children, and Loving, pioneered social-issue daytime storylines, and won a 2010 Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Agnes Obel

Agnes Obel (Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel, born 1980) is a Danish singer-songwriter and pianist in Berlin, self-producing chamber-pop albums Philharmonics, Aventine, Citizen of Glass, Myopia, and The Meaning of Flowers (2026).

Agnes of Courtenay

Agnes of Courtenay (born 1136 or circa 1133), daughter of Joscelin II of Edessa, first wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem and mother of Baldwin IV and Sibylla. Her marriage was annulled on grounds of consanguinity; as king's mother she led a court faction and arranged dynastic marriages.

Agnes of Rome

Agnes of Rome, also known as Saint Agnes or Saint Ines, is a young Christian martyr executed in Rome, probably around 304, and commemorated on 21 January.

Agnes Oros

Agnes Oros (Oros Ágnes, born 21 September 1933) is a Hungarian middle-distance runner, 1954 world record holder in the 3×880 yards relay (6:36.2) with Bácskai and Kazi, and 1954 European Championships 800m competitor.

Agnes Ravatn

Agnes Ravatn, born 1983 in Ølen, Norway, is a novelist and essayist who writes in Nynorsk and is best known for The Bird Tribunal, published in 2013.

Sep 21, 2026

Agnès Rötig

Agnès Rötig, born 1959, is a French molecular geneticist and Inserm research director at Institut Imagine in Paris who has identified novel genes for mitochondrial respiratory-chain disorders, including RRM2B.

Agnès Sorel

Agnès Sorel (c. 1422–1450), the dame de Beauté, was the first officially acknowledged mistress (maîtresse-en-titre) of a French king, Charles VII, from 1444; she died of mercury intoxication at Mesnil-sous-Jumièges and is linked to Fouquet's Melun Diptych.

Oct 10, 2026

Agnès Ullmann

Agnès Ullmann (1927–2019) was a French microbiologist at the Institut Pasteur who co-authored the 1964 paper introducing the promoter concept and showed cyclic AMP lifts catabolite repression.

Sep 21, 2026

Agnes van der Heide

Agnes van der Heide is a Dutch physician and epidemiologist, full professor of public health at Erasmus MC Rotterdam, known for research on end-of-life decision making and euthanasia.

Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda (1928–2019), Belgian-born French photographer, filmmaker, and visual artist; pioneer of the French New Wave's Left Bank group; director of Cléo from 5 to 7, Vagabond, The Gleaners and I, and Faces Places; first female honorary Oscar recipient.

Agnes von Krusenstjerna

Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940) was a Swedish novelist whose openly erotic depictions of women's lives triggered a national controversy, best known for the seven-volume saga Fröknarna von Pahlen.

Agnes Water Surf Life Saving Club

Agnes Water SLSC, a volunteer surf lifesaving club at Agnes Water, Queensland, established 1989; SLSQ lifeguards patrol the main beach, with 231 members including 119 Nippers in 2024-25.

Agneta Pleijel

Agneta Pleijel, born in 1940 in Stockholm, is a Swedish author, playwright, poet, and critic whose breakthrough novel Vindspejare appeared in 1987 and whose autobiographical series began with Spådomen in 2015.

Agnete og Havmanden

"Agnete og Havmanden" (Agnete and the Merman) is a Danish folk ballad, DgF 38, in which Agnete follows a merman under the sea and later abandons him.

Agnetha Fältskog

Agnetha Fältskog (born 1950, Jönköping) is the Swedish singer and songwriter who was one of ABBA's two lead vocalists and later built a solo career with albums including Wrap Your Arms Around Me, My Colouring Book, A, and A+.

Oct 15, 2026

Agnew Mine

Agnew Mine is an underground gold mine in Western Australia owned by Gold Fields, 23 km west of Leinster, producing 245.3 koz of gold in 2025.

Agnez Mo

Agnez Mo (Agnes Monica Muljoto, born 1986, Jakarta) is an Indonesian singer, songwriter, and actress who went from child star to international R&B pop artist, known for the album X, collaborations with Chris Brown, Ciara, and Timbaland, and the role of Lila Hoth in Reacher Season 4.