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Al Schmidt
Al Schmidt is an American politician and Republican serving as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 2023, after ten years as a Philadelphia City Commissioner.
Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)
Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) (نادي الشباب), Saudi Pro League club founded 1947 as Shabab Al Riyadh, renamed 1967; Riyadh's first club, six league titles, 2001 Asian Cup Winners' Cup winners, not PIF-owned.
Al Shaheen Oil and Gas Field
Al Shaheen is an offshore oil field in Qatari waters of the Arabian Gulf, discovered in the 1970s and today accounting for up to 45% of Qatar's oil production.
Al Shallal Theme Park
Al Shallal Theme Park (ملاهي الشلال) is an amusement park on the Jeddah Corniche in Saudi Arabia, opened in 2005 and operated by the Fakieh Group.
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton is an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and MS NOW host who founded the National Action Network in 1991, led protests in cases such as Howard Beach, Diallo, Garner, and Floyd, and ran for president in 2004.
Al Simmons
Al Simmons (Aloysius Harry Szymanski, 1902-1956), nicknamed Bucketfoot Al, American Hall of Fame left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics; .334 career average, 2,927 hits, 253-hit 1925 record, AL batting titles 1930-31, elected 1953.
Al Smith
Al Smith (Alfred Emanuel Smith, 1873-1944), New York governor and 1928 Democratic presidential nominee, first Catholic major-party nominee, lost to Hoover, later led the anti-New Deal Liberty League.
Al Snow
Al Snow is the ring name of Allen Ray Sarven, an American professional wrestler and trainer known for the Head gimmick and for owning Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Al Stewart
Al Stewart (Alastair Ian Stewart, born 1945) is a Scottish-born British folk-rock singer-songwriter of the 1960s folk revival, creator of "historical folk rock," best known for the Alan Parsons-produced 1976 hit "Year of the Cat" and "Time Passages."
Al Stirpe
Al Stirpe is an American Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from the 127th district in Central New York, and chairs the Assembly economic development committee.
Al Sufouh Archaeological Site
Al Sufouh Archaeological Site is a third-millennium BC burial site on the coast of Dubai, UAE, known from a single Umm an-Nar tomb dated c. 2400-2300 BC.
Al Swearengen
Al Swearengen (Ellis Albert Swearengen, 1845–1904), Deadwood pimp and owner of the Gem Theater, also the Ian McShane character in HBO's Deadwood; the real man died in Denver in 1904.
al tahona
al tahona (الطاحونة, "the mill") is a casino and riverside restaurant in the Mosul forests area of Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, at 36.37552°N, 43.11041°E, known for masgouf grilled fish, distinct from the Baghdad Al-Tahoona Bakery.
Al Taylor
Al Taylor is an American politician, a Democrat in the New York State Assembly representing the 71st district, covering Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood, since 2017.
Al Thuqeibah
Al Thuqeibah is an unfortified Iron Age agricultural village of mud-brick houses in the Al-Madam Plain, Sharjah, UAE, occupied around 1100–400 BC and known for its early falaj irrigation system.
Al Udeid Air Base
Al Udeid Air Base is a Qatari air base southwest of Doha hosting the largest US military installation in the Middle East, built by Qatar in 1996.
Al Unser
Al Unser (1939-2021), American racing driver from Albuquerque, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987), three-time national champion, record 644 laps led, and only Triple Crown sweep, 1978.
Al Unser Jr.
Al Unser Jr. ("Little Al", born 1962, Albuquerque) is a retired American racing driver, son of Al Unser Sr.; two-time Indy 500 winner (1992, 1994), two-time CART champion (1990, 1994), 34 career wins.
Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud (الوليد بن طلال آل سعود)
Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud (الوليد بن طلال آل سعود), also known as Prince Alwaleed, is a Saudi billionaire investor and royal who controls Riyadh's Kingdom Holding Company.
Al Washbond
Al Washbond (Alan Morgan Washbond, 1899–1965), American bobsledder from Keene Valley, New York; won two-man bobsleigh gold with Ivan Brown at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics and father of 1956 Olympian Bud Washbond.
Al Weaver
Al Weaver (born 1981, Bolton, England; full name Alex Weaver) is an English actor, writer, and director, known for Leonard Finch in ITV's Grantchester, Coram Boy at the National Theatre, and films including Marie Antoinette and Colette.
Al White
Al White (Albert Cosad White, 1895-1982), American Stanford diver, first Olympic double diving champion, winning 3m springboard and 10m platform gold at Paris 1924; undefeated on 1m lowboard, 10 AAU titles, ISHOF honoree.
Al Wilson
Al Wilson refers to several athletes: Alfred Mayo Wilson (1903-1989), Yale captain and 1924 Olympic rowing gold medalist; Aldra Kauwa Wilson (born 1977), Denver Broncos linebacker; a BC Lions lineman; and WNBA guard Ally Wilson.
Al Young
Al Young (Albert Young, 1877–1940), German-born American boxer, won welterweight gold at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics by decision over Harry Spanjer, then became a San Francisco boxing promoter.
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site: abandoned walled pearling and trading town in northwest Qatar, founded by Utub merchants from Kuwait, destroyed 1811, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013, Qatar's first.
Al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Tabarani
Al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Tabarani (العباس بن محمد) was a twelfth-century Quran reciter who shares his name with the earlier hadith compiler al-Tabarani, who died in 971.
Al-'Ajli
Al-'Ajli (العجلي), fully Abu al-Futuh As'ad ibn Mahmud al-'Ijli al-Asbahani, was a Shafi'i jurist, preacher, and hadith transmitter of Isfahan who lived from 1121 to 1203 and was known as mufti of the Persians.
Al-'Ala' ibn Ziyad al-'Adawi
Al-'Ala' ibn Ziyad al-'Adawi (العلاء بن زياد العدوي) was a Basran ascetic and hadith narrator of the tabi'un, graded reliable, who died in 94 AH (712-13).
Al-'Allama al-Majlisi
Al-'Allama al-Majlisi (العلامة المجلسي), born 1627, was a leading Twelver Shi'ite jurist of Safavid Iran who served as shaykh al-Islam of Isfahan from 1687 until his death in 1699 or 1700.
Al-'Asal Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Warith ibn Jurayr
Al-'Asal Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Warith ibn Jurayr (العسال أحمد بن عبد الوارث بن جرير) was a Sunni Egyptian hadith transmitter graded thiqah, who died in 321 AH.