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Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs is a 2011 drama directed by Rodrigo García, starring Glenn Close as a woman passing as a man at a Dublin hotel, adapted from George Moore's 1918 novella; Oscar-nominated for Close, Janet McTeer, and makeup.
Albert O. Hirschman
Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012) was a German-born American economist who taught at Yale, Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton, known for unbalanced growth and the exit and voice framework.
Albert of Brandenburg
Albert of Brandenburg (Albrecht von Brandenburg, 1490–1545) was a German cardinal and prince-elector, Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg, whose indulgence sales provoked Luther's 95 Theses in 1517.
Albert Oldman
Albert Leonard Oldman (1883-1961), British heavyweight boxer and City of London policeman; won 1908 London Olympic heavyweight gold by two KOs, fought under one round total, later joined Ceylon police.
Albert Ong
Albert C.M. Ong is a Malaysian-born nephrologist and Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Sheffield, known for research on polycystic kidney disease and the 2022 Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize.
Albert Osterhaus
Albert Osterhaus, also known as Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, is a Dutch veterinarian and virologist, born in 1948, known in the Netherlands as the "virus hunter".
Albert Overhauser
Albert Overhauser (1925–2011) was an American condensed matter physicist and Stuart Distinguished Professor at Purdue University who predicted dynamic nuclear polarization, the Overhauser effect, winning the National Medal of Science in 1994.
Albert P. Williams
Albert P. Williams (1935–2000) was an American health-services researcher who led the RAND Health program and published studies of physician distribution and affirmative action in medical schools.
Albert Park Circuit
Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne: 5.278 km, 14-turn semi-permanent street circuit around Albert Park Lake hosting the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix since 1996, first raced in 1953, contracted until 2037.
Albert Pierrepoint
Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992) was an English hangman who served as Britain's Chief Executioner from 1941 to 1956, executing 435 people, the most of any Briton.
Albert Pighius
Albert Pighius (Albertus Pighius, also Albert Pigge) was a Dutch Catholic theologian, mathematician, and astronomer who wrote Ten Books on Free Will, answered by Calvin in 1543.
Albert Pike
Albert Pike (1809-1891), also Albert Pike (Boston-born lawyer and poet), was an Arkansas lawyer, Confederate brigadier general who negotiated the 1861 CSA treaties with Indian Territory tribes, and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite Freemasons from 1859 to 1891, author of Morals and Dogma (1871).
Albert Pinkham Ryder
Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847–1917), American visionary painter of New Bedford and New York, known for small moonlit seascapes and literary subjects, Society of American Artists co-founder, Armory Show exhibitor, and victim of widespread forgery.
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai (अल्बर्ट पिंटो को गुस्सा क्यों आता है) is Saeed Akhtar Mirza's 1980 Hindi parallel-cinema film starring Naseeruddin Shah as a Mumbai mechanic whose anger turns from striking workers to capitalists; it won the 1981 Filmfare Critics Award.
Albert Plumb
Albert Plumb (A. E. Plumb), British race walker of North London Harriers and later Enfield; three-time National 20 miles road walk champion 1929-1932; his 2:43:38 at Birmingham in 1932 was ratified as a 20-mile walk world record despite being on a road course.
Albert Polman
Albert Polman, born 1961 in Groningen, is a Dutch physicist who pioneered nanophotonics at AMOLF in Amsterdam, known for plasmonic light management in solar cells.
Albert Popov
Albert Popov (Алберт Попов, born 1997, Sofia) is a Bulgarian slalom skier, Ski Club Moten. First World Cup podium Palisades Tahoe 2023 (3rd), first win Madonna di Campiglio January 2025; three Olympics (2018, 2022, 2026).
Albert Productions
Albert Productions, Australian independent record label and production company founded by Ted Albert in Sydney in the 1960s under J. Albert & Son; home of AC/DC, The Easybeats, Rose Tattoo, and The Angels; sold to BMG in 2016.
Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols (Jose Alberto Pujols, "La Maquina"), Dominican MLB first baseman (2001-2022) for Cardinals, Angels, Dodgers; 703 HR, 3,384 hits, 3x NL MVP, 4th member of 700-homer club.
Albert R. Broccoli
Albert R. Broccoli (1909–1996), known as Cubby, was an American producer who, with Harry Saltzman, created the Eon James Bond films starting with Dr. No in 1962.
Albert R. Jonsen
Albert R. Jonsen (1931–2020) was an American bioethicist, a former Jesuit priest, who co-authored the 1979 Belmont Report and Clinical Ethics, whose four-box method shaped clinical ethics.
Albert R. La Spada
Albert R. La Spada is an American neuroscientist and clinical geneticist, Distinguished Professor at UC Irvine, known for showing that expanded CAG repeats cause Kennedy's disease.
Albert R. Marschall
Albert R. Marschall (1921–2008) was a US Navy rear admiral and civil engineer who commanded the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and served as chief of civil engineers from 1973 to 1977.
Albert R.C. Westwood
Albert R.C. Westwood (1932–2023) was a metallurgist and materials scientist known for environment-sensitive mechanical behavior, who led research at Martin Marietta Laboratories and Sandia, and won the Beilby Gold Medal.
Albert R.N.
Albert R.N. (1953) is a British POW-camp war drama directed by Lewis Gilbert, also released as Break to Freedom, based on the real papier-mache dummy prisoner built by artist John Worsley at Marlag O to cover escapes.
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897–1966) was a German photographer and leading exponent of Neue Sachlichkeit, or New Objectivity, whose 1928 photobook Die Welt ist schön became one of the most influential photography books ever published.
Albert Rizaeus Hardenberg
Albert Rizaeus Hardenberg, also Albert Hardenberg or Albertus Risaeus, was a Dutch Reformed theologian, cathedral preacher in Bremen from 1547 until his deposition in 1561.
Albert Robinson
Albert Robinson names several American Olympic figures: a sprinter born 1964 in the 1988 Seoul 4x100 relay, a boxer, silver medalist 1968 featherweight, and a 1996 boxing referee.
Albert Rösti
Albert Rösti is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party who has been a Federal Councillor since 2023, heading the environment, transport, energy, and communications department.
Albert Roux
Albert Roux (1935–2021), French-born British chef and restaurateur, co-founded Le Gavroche in London in 1967 with brother Michel, the first UK restaurant with three Michelin stars, and founded the Roux Scholarship.