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Alx Preston
Alx Preston is an American video game designer who founded the Los Angeles studio Heart Machine in 2013, directing Hyper Light Drifter, Solar Ash, and Hyper Light Breaker.
Alxa Desert UNESCO Global Geopark
Alxa Desert UNESCO Global Geopark, in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, China, designated 2015, spans 68,374 km² across the Badan Jaran, Tengger, and Juyan geo-regions, featuring the world's largest megadunes and desert lakes.
Aly & AJ
Aly & AJ are sisters Alyson and Amanda Joy Michalka, a pop-rock duo formed in 2004 in Torrance, California, known for the platinum 2007 single "Potential Breakup Song" and later independent albums A Touch of the Beat, With Love From, and Silver Deliverer.
Aly & Fila vs John O'Callaghan
Aly & Fila vs John O'Callaghan was a billed head-to-head set pairing the Egyptian trance duo Aly & Fila with Irish producer John O'Callaghan at Dreamstate SoCal in November 2022.
Aly Goni
Aly Goni (born 1991, Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir) is an Indian television actor and model, debut MTV Splitsvilla 5 (2012), known as Romi Bhalla in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, Bigg Boss 14 finalist, and Laughter Chefs winner.
Aly Karsan
Aly Karsan is a Canadian hematopathologist and physician-scientist at BC Cancer and the University of British Columbia, known for identifying microRNAs behind the 5q– syndrome.
Aly Khan
Aly Khan (Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan, 1911–1960), Pakistani UN ambassador, son of Aga Khan III, father of Aga Khan IV, decorated WWII soldier, husband of Joan Yarde-Buller and Rita Hayworth, bypassed in the Ismaili succession.
Aly Michalka
Aly Michalka (Alyson Renae Michalka, born 1989) is an American actress and singer, Keely Teslow on Phil of the Future, half of the duo Aly & AJ (Into the Rush, Potential Breakup Song), and star of Hellcats and iZombie, making her Broadway debut in & Juliet in 2026.
Aly Raisman
Aly Raisman (Alexandra Rose Raisman, born 1994, Boston) is an American artistic gymnast, captain of the 2012 Fierce Five and 2016 Final Five, with six Olympic medals including floor gold, later a Nassar abuse survivor and advocate.
Aly Wagner
Aly Wagner (Alyson Kay Wagner), born 1980 in San Jose, is a retired USWNT midfielder, two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004, 2008), 2002 Hermann Trophy winner at Santa Clara, and FOX Sports analyst who was the first woman to call a men's FIFA World Cup match on U.S. English-language TV.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (時々ボソッとロシア語でデレる隣のアーリャさん, Roshidere) is a Japanese romcom light novel by Sunsunsun and Momoco, adapted into a Doga Kobo anime (July 2024) and a Magazine Pocket manga; season 2 delayed to 2027.
Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas
Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas: five-party Philippine electoral coalition (PFP, Lakas-CMD, NPC, NP, NUP) formed by Marcos allies in 2024; contested the 2025 midterms, winning the House majority but only six of 12 Senate seats.
Alyattes
Alyattes of Lydia, also known as Alyattes (Lydian Walwet), was a king of Lydia in western Anatolia, father of Croesus, who expanded Lydia into an empire and issued the first electrum coins.
Alyattes' destruction of Smyrna
Alyattes' destruction of Smyrna was the capture and demolition of Old Smyrna by the Lydian king Alyattes around 600 BC, described by Herodotus and confirmed by excavation.
Alyce Cleese
Alyce Cleese (Alyce Faye Eichelberger Cleese, née McBride, born 1944) is an American psychotherapist, author of How to Manage Your Mother, and John Cleese's third wife (1992-2008), from Frederick, Oklahoma.
Alycia Debnam-Carey
Alycia Debnam-Carey (Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey), Australian actress born 1993 in Sydney, known as Lexa in The 100 and Alicia Clark in Fear the Walking Dead; later Saint X, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, and Apple Cider Vinegar.
Alydda
Alydda, also known as Aludda, is a minor town of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor, attested by Ptolemy and the Tabula Peutingeriana; its exact location is unknown.
Alydidae
Alydidae (broad-headed bugs), family Amyot & Serville 1843 of Coreoidea true bugs, about 250 elongate legume- and grass-feeding species; head nearly as broad as thorax; recent phylogenomics questions its monophyly.
Alyke (settlement)
Alyke (Alyki, Αλυκή) was an ancient settlement, sailors' sanctuary, and marble quarry on the southeast coast of Thasos, Greece, occupied from the Archaic period to Late Antiquity; distinct from the modern hamlet Alykí in Pieria.
Alykul Osmonov
Alykul Osmonov (Алыкул Осмонов, 1915 to 1950) was a Kyrgyz Soviet poet, playwright, and translator who founded modern Kyrgyz lyric verse and appears on the 200 som banknote.
Alyla Browne
Alyla Browne (born 2010, Sydney) is an Australian-Estonian actress known as Young Furiosa in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Maria in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Charlotte in Sting; 2024 CGA Rising Star.
Alyona Mokhova
Alyona Mokhova (Алёна Александровна Мохова, born 2002), Russian biathlete. Won gold in the girls' 10 km individual and girls' sprint and silver in the mixed relay at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne.
Alyque Padamsee
Alyque Padamsee (1928 or 1931 to 17 November 2018), Indian adman and theatre director, Lintas India CEO 1979-1993, creator of the Liril girl, Lalitaji, and Hamara Bajaj ads, Jinnah in Gandhi, Padma Shri 2000.
Alys Pharmaceuticals
Alys Pharmaceuticals is an immuno-dermatology drug developer launched by Medicxi in February 2024 with $100 million, formed by merging six biotechs; its lead candidate ALY-101 entered Phase IIa trials for alopecia areata in 2025.
Alys Williams
Alys Williams (Alys Nicole Williams, born 1994) is an American water polo defender, 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, UCLA All-American, and 14-time international gold medalist who retired from Team USA in 2024.
Alysa Liu
Alysa Liu (刘美贤, born 2005) is an American figure skater, 2025 World champion and double 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic gold medalist in women's singles and team event, who retired at 16 in 2022 and returned in 2024.
Alysh
Alysh is Kyrgyz belt wrestling with a fixed belt grip, fought standing in freestyle and classic styles under UWW rules: 3-minute bouts, 1/2/6-point throws, first to 6 points wins.
Alysia Reiner
Alysia Reiner (born 1970) is an American actress and producer, known as Fig in Orange Is the New Black, Agent Sadie Deever in Ms. Marvel, and producer-star of Equity and Egg.
Alyson Annan
Alyson Annan (born 1973), Australian field hockey great: 228 caps, 166 goals, Olympic gold 1996 and 2000; later coached the Netherlands to Tokyo 2020 gold and China to Paris 2024 silver.
Alyson Court
Alyson Court (born 1973, Toronto) is a Canadian actress and voice actress: Loonette the Clown on The Big Comfy Couch, Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series, Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice, and the original voice of Claire Redfield in Resident Evil (1998–2012).