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Aliyah (עלייה)

Aliyah (עלייה, "ascent") is Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel and the State of Israel under the Law of Return. Waves from 1882 onward brought about 3.8 million immigrants; FSU olim are the largest group.

Aliyah Boston

Aliyah Boston (born 2001, St. Thomas, USVI) is a 6'5" WNBA center-forward, Indiana Fever No. 1 pick of 2023, unanimous 2023 Rookie of the Year, 2022 NCAA champion with South Carolina, and first EPIC provision signee.

Sep 20, 2026

Aliyah R. Sohani

Aliyah R. Sohani is a hematopathologist who is Director of Surgical Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Harvard Medical School professor, known for lymphoma classification research.

Aliyev family

The Aliyev family, Azerbaijan's ruling dynasty since 1993, spans Heydar Aliyev (president 1993-2003), his son Ilham Aliyev (president since 2003), First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, and daughters Leyla and Arzu, who head a business network valued at over 13 billion dollars.

Sep 24, 2026

Aliyu Babba

Aliyu Babba was Emir of Kano from 1894 to 1903. He won the throne in the Kano civil war and was deposed when British forces stormed Kano in 1903.

Aliz Kertesz

Aliz Kertesz (Alíz Kertész, born 17 November 1935, Budapest) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast who won 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold in team portable apparatus and silver in the team all-around, plus 1954 World team gold and silver.

Alizapride

Alizapride (CAS 59338-93-1), a substituted benzamide dopamine D2 antagonist antiemetic related to metoclopramide; ATC A03FA05, 3-hour half-life, renal elimination; sold nationally as Plitican, Litican, Vergentan, not EMA/FDA approved.

Alizarin

Alizarin, also called Turkey Red or Mordant Red 11, is a red anthraquinone dye long extracted from madder roots and synthesized in 1869, becoming one of the first natural dyes made industrially from coal-tar chemicals.

Alizarin red S

Alizarin red S is a synthetic anthraquinone dye, used as its sodium salt, that binds calcium salts and produces red staining; the gold standard for calcium deposits since 1871.

Alizé Cornet

Alizé Cornet, French tennis player (Niçoise), former world No. 11, six WTA singles titles, 2022 Australian Open quarterfinalist, and record holder with 69 consecutive Grand Slam main draws; retired 2024, returned 2025, retired again.

Alizée

Alizée (Alizée Jacotey), French pop singer born 1984 in Ajaccio, Corsica; discovered on Graines de star, famous for "Moi... Lolita" (2000) written by Mylène Farmer; debut album Gourmandises sold 4 million worldwide; won Danse avec les stars 2013; 2025 Olympia comeback.

Alizeh Agnihotri

Alizeh Agnihotri, also credited as Alizeh, is an Indian actress, daughter of Atul and Alvira Khan Agnihotri and niece of Salman Khan, whose lead debut Farrey (2023), an adaptation of Bad Genius, won her the Filmfare Best Female Debut award.

Aljafería

The Aljafería, originally called Qasr al-Surur, is an eleventh-century fortified Islamic palace in Zaragoza, Spain, built under al-Muqtadir and now home to the Cortes de Aragón.

Aljamain Sterling

Aljamain Sterling, "Funk Master" (born 1989), American UFC fighter; bantamweight champion 2021-2023, first title won by DQ, record three defenses, now #4-ranked featherweight.

Aljamiado

Aljamiado (aljamía, from Arabic al-'ajamiyya): Romance, chiefly Castilian with Aragonese influence, written in Arabic script by Iberian Mudéjars and Moriscos, 15th–17th centuries, with standardised vowel and šadda digraph conventions.

Aljaž Škorjanec

Aljaž Škorjanec (born 1990) is a Slovenian dancer and choreographer best known as a professional on Strictly Come Dancing, which he joined in 2013 and won in his first series.

Aljona Sawtchenko

Aljona Sawtchenko (Olena Valentynivna Savchenko, Олена Валентинівна Савченко), born 1984 in Obukhiv, Ukraine, is a German pair skater; 2018 Olympic champion with Bruno Massot and six-time World Champion, five with Robin Szolkowy.

Aljoscha Nern

Aljoscha Nern is a Drosophila neuroscientist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus, where he works in the Rubin Lab mapping fly visual circuits, from a 2013 medulla connectome to the 2025 optic lobe connectome.

Aljur Abrenica

Aljur Abrenica (born 1990, Angeles City, Pampanga) is a Filipino actor, the StarStruck Ultimate Hunk winner of 2006, a GMA-7 and ABS-CBN leading man known for Machete, Hermano Puli, and Sugapa, ex-husband of Kylie Padilla.

Aljustrel mine

The Aljustrel mine is an underground copper, zinc, lead, and silver mine near Aljustrel in southern Portugal, owned by Almina and mined since Roman times as Vipasca.

ALK-positive large B-cell lymphoma

ALK-positive large B-cell lymphoma (ALK+ LBCL) is a rare, aggressive subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that expresses the ALK protein due to an ALK gene rearrangement.

ALK, ROS and LTK receptor tyrosine kinase family

ALK, ROS1, and LTK are closely related receptor tyrosine kinases (IUPHAR Type XIX for ALK/LTK, Type XVII for ROS1) activated oncogenically by chromosomal fusions, mainly in NSCLC, and targeted by crizotinib, alectinib, lorlatinib, entrectinib, repotrectinib, and taletrectinib.

Sep 27, 2026

Alka Gurjar

Alka Gurjar is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician representing Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha since 2026, after serving as a Bandikui legislator and BJP national secretary.

Alka Kaushal

Alka Badola Kaushal, Indian Hindi television and film actress, daughter of Vishwa Mohan Badola, sister of Varun Badola; known for negative TV roles in Qubool Hai and films Queen and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

Alka Lamba (अलका लांबा)

Alka Lamba (अलका लांबा), Indian National Congress politician, All India Mahila Congress president since 2024; former Chandni Chowk Delhi MLA elected for AAP in 2015, disqualified after rejoining Congress in 2019; lost Kalkaji 2025.

Oct 22, 2026

Alka Saraogi

Alka Saraogi (अलका सरावगी), born 1960, is an Indian novelist who writes in Hindi from Kolkata and won the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award for her first novel Kalikatha: Via Bypass.

Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik, Indian playback singer of Hindi cinema, trained by her mother Shubha Yagnik; breakthrough "Ek Do Teen" (Tezaab, 1988); over 22,000 songs, two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, Padma Bhushan 2026; sensorineural hearing loss since 2024.