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Alison R. H. Narayan

Alison R. H. Narayan, also published as Alison Narayan, is a chemical biologist at the University of Michigan known for biocatalytic synthesis using enzymes, including P450-catalyzed biaryl cross-coupling.

Alison R. Mercer

Alison R. Mercer is a New Zealand neuroethologist at the University of Otago known for her research on the honey bee brain and queen pheromones.

Alison S. Brooks

Alison S. Brooks is an American paleoanthropologist and Paleolithic archaeologist, professor at George Washington University and Smithsonian research associate, known for work on the origins of modern human behavior in Africa.

Alison Simmons

Alison Simmons is a British gastroenterologist and mucosal immunologist, Professor of Gastroenterology at Oxford, known for single-cell maps of the human intestine and how its cells malfunction in inflammatory bowel disease.

Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman OBE (born 1946, Liverpool) is a British character actress, Beverly in Abigail's Party and Pam in Gavin & Stacey, an Olivier Award winner also known for The Singing Detective, Pride and Prejudice and Life Is Sweet.

Alison Sudol

Alison Loren Sudol (born 1984, Seattle) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and author in Los Angeles who recorded as A Fine Frenzy before starring as Queenie Goldstein in the Fantastic Beasts films.

Alison Sweeney

Alison Sweeney (Alison Ann Sweeney, born 1976) is an American actress, host, producer, and author best known as Sami Brady on Days of Our Lives (1993–2014) and host of The Biggest Loser, now a Hallmark movie star and producer.

Alison Tyler

Alison Tyler is an American erotica author, editor, and publisher (also writing category romance as Elise Title), known for the Erotic Alphabet series, Best Bondage Erotica anthologies, and the Dark Secret Love BDSM trilogy.

Alison Wonderland

Alison Wonderland, or Alexandra Sholler, is an Australian electronic music producer known for trap and future bass. She also uses the alias Whyte Fang and founded FMU Records in 2022.

Alison Woollard

Alison Woollard is an Oxford biologist who studies the genetics of development and aging in the nematode worm C. elegans, and presented the 2013 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on BBC4.

Alison Wright

Alison Wright, born 1976 in Sunderland, England, is an English actress known as Martha Hanson on The Americans, Ruth on Snowpiercer, and her 2017 Emmy nomination.

Alisporivir

Alisporivir (Debio 025, DEB025) is a non-immunosuppressive oral cyclophilin A inhibitor derived from cyclosporine A, developed as a pangenotypic host-targeting antiviral for hepatitis C; FDA halted trials after fatal pancreatitis cases.

Alissa Ellman

Alissa Ellman is an American politician and U.S. Army veteran, the Democratic nominee for New York's 24th Congressional District in 2026, facing Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney.

Alissa White-Gluz

Alissa White-Gluz, Canadian metal vocalist from Quebec, ex-The Agonist (2007–2013) and ex-Arch Enemy (2014–2025) frontwoman, now solo artist on Napalm Records, Blue Medusa founder, and DragonForce vocalist.

Alissic

Alissic is the stage name of Alissa Salls, a Brazilian-born, England-based alt-pop singer who modeled from age 15, self-released debut single "Like" in 2020, signed to Ministry of Sound, and released debut EP ARC 01: MAIDEN (2025).

Alisson Becker

Alisson Becker (Alisson Ramses Becker, born 1992), Brazilian goalkeeper for Liverpool and Brazil; world-record €75m 2018 signing from Roma, Champions League 2019, Premier League titles 2019-20 and 2024-25, The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper 2019.

Alisson Santos

Alisson Santos (Alisson de Almeida Santos, born 2002, Itapetinga, Brazil) is a Brazilian forward and left winger for Napoli, signed from Sporting CP after Champions League goals, permanently for 20 million euros in June 2026. Not the Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker.

Alistair Appleton

Alistair Appleton (born 1970, Tunbridge Wells) is a British TV presenter of BBC's Escape to the Country, House Doctor, and Cash in the Attic, also an accredited psychotherapist and founder of the Mindsprings meditation school.

Alistair Begg

Alistair Begg is a Scottish-born evangelical pastor who led Parkside Church near Cleveland from 1983 to 2025 and hosts the daily radio program Truth For Life.

Alistair Brownlee

Alistair Brownlee (born 1988, Dewsbury, England) is a retired British triathlete who won Olympic gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, the first to defend the title, and a two-time ITU world champion.

Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke (Alfred Cooke, 1908–2004), British-born journalist and broadcaster, BBC's Letter from America for 58 years and 2,869 broadcasts, Guardian US correspondent, host of Masterpiece Theatre and Alistair Cooke's America.

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, was a British Labour politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010 who led the UK's response to the financial crisis.

Alistair Hamilton

Alistair Hamilton, born 1975, is a private equity executive and the inaugural Chief Financial Officer of London firm Goldenpeak, after eight years as CFO of Inflexion Private Equity.

Alistair M. Hetherington

Alistair M. Hetherington, also published as A. M. Hetherington, is a plant scientist and Melville Wills Professor of Botany, Emeritus, at the University of Bristol.

Alistair MacLean

Alistair MacLean, full name Alistair Stuart MacLean (1922–1987), was a Scottish thriller novelist who wrote thirty books, including The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare, selling over 150 million copies.

Alistair McGowan

Alistair McGowan (born 1964), English impressionist, actor, writer, and pianist; BAFTA-winning star of BBC One's The Big Impression with Ronni Ancona, Olivier-nominated stage actor, and classical-chart-topping pianist.

Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem, "The Demolition Man", Dutch heavyweight (born 1980) in MMA and kickboxing; 47-19 MMA record, Strikeforce and DREAM champion, K-1 World GP 2010 winner, UFC veteran, retired October 2023.

Alistair Petrie

Alistair Petrie (born 1970, Catterick, England) is an English actor trained at LAMDA, known as General Draven in Rogue One and Andor, Mr Groff in Sex Education, Sandy Langbourne in The Night Manager, and Claudius in the National Theatre Hamlet.

Alistair Sinclair

Alistair Sinclair is a computer scientist at UC Berkeley whose research centers on randomized algorithms and Markov chain Monte Carlo, and who won the 1996 Gödel Prize.

Alistair Smythe

Alistair (Alistaire) Smythe is a Marvel Comics supervillain, son of Spencer Smythe, who builds Spider-Slayer robots to kill Spider-Man and becomes the Ultimate Spider-Slayer via a bio-organic carapace; debuted in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985).