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Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Lee Hannigan (born 1974) is an American actress known as Willow Rosenberg on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Michelle Flaherty in American Pie, and Lily Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother.

Alyson Stoner

Alyson Rae Stoner (born 1993, Toledo, Ohio) is an American actor, dancer, singer, and author known for Missy Elliott's "Work It" video, Cheaper by the Dozen, Step Up, Camp Rock, and voicing Isabella in Phineas and Ferb; they/them pronouns; 2025 memoir Semi-Well-Adjusted.

Alyssa Anderson

Alyssa Anderson, born in 1990 in Santa Clara, California, is an American former freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 200 meter relay at the 2012 London Olympics.

Alyssa Campanella

Alyssa Campanella (born 1990, Manalapan, New Jersey) is an American model and photographer, Miss USA 2011 as Miss California, top 16 at Miss Universe 2011, later blogger of The A List.

Alyssa Carson

Alyssa Carson, known by the call sign Blueberry, is an American astrobiology researcher and doctoral student known for her ambition to become an astronaut and travel to Mars.

Alyssa Delpopolo

Alyssa Delpopolo, Sydney pop/R&B/soul singer-songwriter, won The Voice Australia season 14 in 2025 after being invited to audition from the audience by coach Kate Miller-Heidke; singles include Cruel, You Made Me Crazy, and My Forever Person.

Alyssa Diaz

Alyssa Elaine Diaz (born 1985, Northridge, Los Angeles) is an American actress of Colombian and Mexican descent, known for Angela Lopez on The Rookie, and roles in Army Wives, Ray Donovan, Zoo, and Narcos: Mexico.

Alyssa Edwards

Alyssa Edwards (Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, born 1980) is an American drag performer, choreographer, and dance teacher from Mesquite, Texas. Drag Race season 5 and All Stars 2 alum, Global All Stars winner, owner of Beyond Belief Dance Company, star of Netflix's Dancing Queen.

Alyssa Farah Griffin

Alyssa Farah Griffin is an American political strategist and co-host of The View. She is the only official to serve as top spokesperson for the president, vice president, and secretary of defense in one term.

Alyssa Grace

Alyssa Grace (Alyssa Grace Proffitt), American indie-folk-pop singer-songwriter from Torrance, California; 2026 breakout with "bloodstream" (Hot 100 #93) and debut EP spilling my guts on Artist House.

Alyssa Grenfell

Alyssa Grenfell is an American ex-Mormon YouTuber, TikTok creator, and author of How to Leave the Mormon Church (2024); a BYU graduate, full-time missionary, and temple-married Latter-day Saint who left the church in her mid-twenties and built over 1 million followers.

Alyssa Healy

Alyssa Healy (born 1990), Australian wicketkeeper-batter, captain from 2023, seven World Cup wins, 170 in 2022 ODI final, 16-0 Ashes 2025, retired March 2026, now Fox Cricket commentator.

Alyssa Jirrels

Alyssa Jirrels (born 2001, per IMDb) is an American actress known for Veracity Campbell in Mech-X4, Ellen Gallagher in Fatal Attraction (2023), and Moira Mayfair in Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, returning for its 2027 third season.

Alyssa Jolee

Alyssa Jolee is an American hard techno DJ and producer from Los Angeles whose festival bookings include EDC Las Vegas 2026 and Basscon Wasteland 2025 and 2026.

Alyssa Milano

Alyssa Jayne Milano (born 1972) is an American actress known as Samantha Micelli in Who's the Boss? and Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed, a UNICEF Ambassador since 2003, and the amplifier who carried #MeToo worldwide in October 2017.

Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller (born 1989, Los Angeles) is an American fashion model, a 2010 Guess campaign face, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model from 2011, and Vogue cover model; distinct from the actress Alyssa Marie Miller and the cybersecurity researcher of the same name.

Alyssa Naeher

Alyssa Naeher, born 1988, is an American goalkeeper, USWNT starter 2017-2024, two-time Women's World Cup champion (2015, 2019), 2024 Olympic gold medalist, and NWSL all-time saves leader with the Chicago Stars.

Alyssa Sutherland

Alyssa Sutherland (born 1982, Brisbane) is an Australian actress and former model known as Queen Aslaug in Vikings and as possessed mother Ellie in Evil Dead Rise (2023), returning in Evil Dead Burn (2026).

Alyssa Thomas

Alyssa Thomas, born 1992, is a WNBA forward for the Phoenix Mercury, formerly the Connecticut Sun; WNBA all-time leader in triple-doubles and 2025 single-season assists record holder (357).

Alyssa Valdez

Alyssa Caymo Valdez (born 1993), the "Phenom," is a Filipino outside hitter and captain of the Creamline Cool Smashers; three-time PVL MVP, 11-time PVL champion, and three-time UAAP MVP with Ateneo.

Alysson (footballer, born 2006)

Alysson (Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha dos Santos, born 2006, Apucarana) is a Brazilian right winger who came through Grêmio's academy and joined Aston Villa in January 2026, wearing number 47.

Alysson Paulinelli

Alysson Paulinelli was a Brazilian agronomic engineer and Minister of Agriculture from 1974 to 1979 under President Ernesto Geisel, credited with turning the Cerrado savanna into productive farmland.

Alysson R. Muotri

Alysson R. Muotri is a developmental neuroscientist and professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, known for work on L1 retrotransposition, stem-cell disease modeling, and brain organoids.

Alyssum

Alyssum (madwort) is a Brassicaceae genus of about 112 accepted species native from the Canary Islands and North Africa to temperate Eurasia; its Odontarrhena section contains many nickel hyperaccumulators, and sweet alyssum belongs instead to Lobularia.

Alytes

Alytes, midwife toads (Alytidae), a genus of six European and northwest African frog species whose males carry egg strings on their hind limbs; includes the endangered Mallorcan midwife toad, Alytes muletensis.

Alytus

Alytus is a city in southern Lithuania on both banks of the Nemunas, the center of Alytus County and Dzūkija. Sixth largest Lithuanian city (50,477 residents, 2025), first recorded in 1377, granted Magdeburg rights in 1581 with a white-rose coat of arms.

Alyxoria wainioi

Alyxoria wainioi, formerly Opegrapha wainioi Zahlbr. 1923, is a lichenized fungus in Alyxoria, Lecanographaceae, Arthoniales; its illegitimate synonym Opegrapha ochracea Vain. 1901 was typed on Cordia bark in Cape Verde.

Alyy Khan

Alyy Khan (born 1968, Karachi) is a British-Pakistani actor and host active across Hollywood, Bollywood, and Lollywood, known for A Mighty Heart, Don 2, Actor in Law, Mogul Mowgli, and The Archies.

ALZA Corporation

ALZA Corporation was a Palo Alto, California drug delivery company founded in 1968 by Alejandro Zaffaroni, known for skin patches and osmotic tablets; Johnson & Johnson acquired it in 2001.

Alzano

Alzano: football tradition of Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo. F.C. Alzano 1909 Virescit merged with Virescit Boccaleone in 1993, reached Serie B in 1999-2000, dissolved 2003; succeeded by Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909.