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ALIGNN

ALIGNN is a graph neural network introduced in 2021 that predicts properties of molecules and crystals by explicitly encoding bond angles, as part of NIST's JARVIS project.

AlignRT

AlignRT is a surface-guided radiation therapy system by Vision RT of London that tracks a patient's skin surface with 3D cameras to position and monitor them.

Aligos Therapeutics, Inc.

Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company incorporated in 2018 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, developing drug candidates for chronic hepatitis B, MASH, obesity, and coronaviruses.

Aliʻi

Aliʻi (Hawaiian chiefs) were the hereditary ruling class of traditional Hawaiʻi, holding authority through mana and genealogy, governing land divisions from island to ahupuaʻa until the kapu abolition of 1819.

Aliʻiōlani Hale

Aliʻiōlani Hale, Honolulu's Hawaiʻi Supreme Court building at 417 S. King St., designed by Thomas Rowe as a palace for Kamehameha V, dedicated 1874, home of the Kamehameha I statue.

Aliivibrio fischeri

Aliivibrio fischeri, formerly Vibrio fischeri, is a Gram-negative bioluminescent marine bacterium, light-organ symbiont of the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes, model for quorum sensing, and basis of the Microtox toxicity assay.

Alija Izetbegović

Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), Bosnian Muslim leader, lawyer, and author of the Islamic Declaration; first elected President of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency, SDA founder, wartime leader 1992–1995, twice imprisoned, signed Dayton.

Alijah Arenas

Alijah Arenas (born 2007) is a USC Trojans guard, son of NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas; Chatsworth High's record 3,002-point scorer, a five-star 2025 recruit who returned for 2026-27 after injury.

Alijah Clark

Alijah Clark (born 2003, Camden, NJ), nicknamed Cinco, is an NFL safety for the Dallas Cowboys. Former Rutgers and Syracuse defensive back, 2025 undrafted free agent, special-teams contributor.

Alijah Martin

Alijah Martin (born 2001) is an American NBA guard for the Toronto Raptors, drafted 39th overall in 2025 after four seasons at Florida Atlantic (2023 Final Four) and a 2025 national title at Florida.

Alikhan Bukeikhanov

Alikhan Bukeikhanov (Алихан Бөкейхан) was a Kazakh statesman, scientist, and journalist who founded the Alash movement and chaired the Alash Orda government of the short-lived Alash Autonomy from 1917 to 1920.

Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian industrialist who founded the Dangote Group, spanning cement, sugar, and petroleum refining, and is Africa's richest person, worth over $28 billion in 2026.

Alim Khan (Kokand)

Alim Khan (ʿĀlem Khan) was the fifth ruler of the Khanate of Kokand, reigning from 1799 to 1811, who conquered Tashkent and was murdered by his own troops.

Alim-Louis Benabid

Alim-Louis Benabid, born 1942, is a French neurosurgeon at Grenoble whose 1987 discovery that high-frequency stimulation stops tremor turned deep brain stimulation into a standard Parkinson's treatment, earning the 2014 Lasker Award.

Alimentation Couche-Tard

Alimentation Couche-Tard, also called ACT, is a Canadian convenience store and fuel retailer founded in 1980 in Laval, Quebec, by Alain Bouchard; it owns Circle K, operates about 17,200 stores in 27 countries, and withdrew a $46 billion bid for 7-Eleven owner Seven & i in 2025.

Alimi

Alimi, also called Shehu Alimi, was a Fulani Muslim cleric invited to Ilorin by Afonja in the early nineteenth century; his descendants still rule the emirate.

Alimi Ballard

Alimi Ballard (born 1977), American actor from the Bronx; Frankie Hubbard on Loving and The City, Quizmaster on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Agent David Sinclair on Numb3rs, Fusco in Fast Five, and WSB Agent William Baines on General Hospital from 2026.

Alimony

Alimony, or spousal support, is court-ordered payment to a former spouse under a divorce instrument. Covers determination factors, US and California tax rules after 2018 and 2026, duration guidelines, and reform effects on labor supply and matching.

Alimony in the United States

Alimony in the United States, also called spousal support, is a court-ordered payment from one divorced spouse to the other, awarded in fewer than 15% of divorces.

Alimosho

Alimosho is a Local Government Area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria, the state's most populous LGA and commonly cited as Nigeria's largest by population, with 1,277,714 residents in 2006, five LCDAs, and Awori Yoruba origins.

Alimqul

Alimqul, also rendered 'Aliquli, was a Kokandian commander who ruled the Khanate of Kokand from 1863 to 1865 and died defending Tashkent against the Russians.

Alimuddin Zumla

Alimuddin Zumla, known as Ali Zumla, is a Zambian-born British physician-scientist in infectious diseases, professor at University College London for three decades, known for tuberculosis, TB/HIV, and coronavirus research, and knighted in 2017.

Alin Moldoveanu

Alin George Moldoveanu, Romanian 10 m air rifle shooter (born 1983, Focșani), CS Dinamo club; Olympic gold London 2012 with 702.1 after equalling the Olympic record 599, fourth Beijing 2008, 19th Rio 2016, world silver 2006.

Alin Sumarwata

Alin Sumarwata, born 1980 in Tehran, Iran, is an Australian actress known as Vanessa Villante in Neighbours (2012–2019, 178 episodes) and Lance Corporal Gracie Novin in Strike Back (2017–2020), also May Stone in Home and Away, trained in law and commerce at Macquarie University.

Alina Akselrad

Alina Luz Akselrad (born 1998, Cordoba) is an Argentine model, broadcaster, and beauty queen; Miss Universe Argentina 2020 (Top 21) and Miss World Argentina 2025, Top 20 at Miss World 2026 in Vietnam.

Alina Baraz

Alina Baraz, born 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American R&B and downtempo singer-songwriter whose 2015 EP Urban Flora with Galimatias led to Billboard 200 releases.

Alina Butaeva

Alina Butaeva (Georgian: ალინა•ბუტაევა, born 2005, Kazan) is a Georgian pair skater who with Luka Berulava won pairs bronze and team gold at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Alina Dumitru

Alina Dumitru (Alina Alexandra Dumitru), Romanian judoka born 1982 in Bucharest, 48 kg division; Olympic gold Beijing 2008, silver London 2012, eight-time European champion, first Olympic champion in Romanian judo.

Alina Fernández

Alina Fernández Revuelta, daughter of Fidel Castro and Naty Revuelta, is a Cuban-born memoirist and Miami radio commentator who fled Cuba in 1993 on a fake Spanish passport, received US asylum, and wrote Castro's Daughter.

Alina Habba

Alina Saad Habba, American lawyer, Donald Trump's personal attorney 2021-2025 and White House counselor, then interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey; ruled unlawfully appointed by district and appeals courts and resigned December 2025.