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Andre Bonin

Andre Bonin (André Jean Eugène Bonin, 1909–1998) was a French foil fencer of the Cercle d'Escrime de Paris who won team foil gold at the 1948 London Olympics and the 1947 Lisbon World Championships.

Andre Braugher

Andre Braugher (1962-2023), American Emmy-winning actor, Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street and Captain Raymond Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine; two Emmys from 11 nominations, died of lung cancer.

André Breton

André Breton (1896–1966), French poet and founder and lifelong leader of Surrealism; wrote the 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism defining it as pure psychic automatism, plus Nadja and L'Amour fou.

André Brink

André Brink (André Philippus Brink, 1935-2015), South African novelist and Die Sestigers figure; author of Kennis van die Aand, the first banned Afrikaans novel, and A Dry White Season.

André Capron

André Capron (1930–2020) was a French physician and immunologist at Lille, recognized as a founder of parasitic immunology for his research on schistosomiasis and vaccine development.

André Carlos Alves de Paula Filho

André Carlos Alves de Paula Filho is a Brazilian politician, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock since 2026 and previously Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture from 2023.

André Carrillo

André Carrillo (André Martín Carrillo Díaz, born 1991) is a Peruvian footballer, a defensive midfielder for Corinthians and Peru. Formerly of Sporting CP, Benfica, Watford, and Al Hilal, with 20 career titles.

André Carson

André Carson, Democratic U.S. representative for Indiana's 7th District since a March 2008 special election, grandson of Julia Carson, second Muslim elected to Congress, serves on Intelligence and Transportation committees.

Andre Cason

Andre Cason (born 1969, Virginia Beach) is an American sprinter, Texas A&M alum, two-time world 4x100m champion (1991, 1993), 1991 world indoor 60m champion, and former world record holder at 60m indoor (6.41) and 4x100m relay (37.40).

André Chamson

André Chamson (1900–1983) was a French novelist and archivist who directed the Louvre's 1940 evacuation, led the Archives de France, and joined the Académie française.

André Claveau

André Claveau (1911–2003) was a French singer and actor, the soft-voiced postwar chanteur de charme who gave France its first Eurovision win with "Dors, mon amour" in 1958.

André Courrèges

André Courrèges (1923–2016), French couturier and engineer, founded the Paris house Courrèges in 1961 with Coqueline Courrèges; known for 1964 Space Age collection, white moon boots, miniskirts, trousers for women, and ready-to-wear lines.

Andre Crom

Andre Crom is a German techno and house producer and DJ who founded OFF Recordings, a Berlin-based techno label, in 2008 and moved to Barcelona in 2016.

André Cymone

André Cymone (born Andre Simon Anderson, 1958) is a Minneapolis bassist, singer, and producer, Prince's childhood friend and 1978–1981 touring bassist, a Minneapolis sound architect, and the producer of Jody Watley's biggest hits.

André D. Bandrauk

André D. Bandrauk is a Canadian theoretical chemist at the Université de Sherbrooke, known as the founder of attosecond chemistry and an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Andre D. Taylor

André D. Taylor is a chemical and biomolecular engineer, professor at NYU Tandon since 2018 after Yale, working on fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells, and a PECASE recipient.

Andre Dawson

Andre Dawson, "The Hawk" (born 1954, Miami), MLB outfielder for the Expos, Cubs, Red Sox, and Marlins; 1987 NL MVP via a blank contract, 438 home runs, 314 steals, Hall of Fame 2010.

Andre De Grasse

Andre De Grasse (born 1994, Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian sprinter with seven Olympic medals, tied with Penny Oleksiak as Canada's most decorated Olympian; Olympic 200m gold at Tokyo 2020 and 4x100m relay gold at Paris 2024.

André De Léan

André De Léan is a pharmacology researcher who was first author of the 1980 ternary complex model of G-protein-coupled receptor activation, credited in Lefkowitz's 2012 Nobel Prize.

André de Melo e Castro

André de Melo e Castro, 4th Count of Galveias (1668–1753), was a Portuguese nobleman, diplomat, and colonial administrator who served as the fifth viceroy of Brazil from 1735 to 1749.

André De Shields

André De Shields is an American actor, singer, director, and choreographer whose career spans five decades and includes a Tony win for Hadestown.

André Derain

André Derain (1880–1954) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, a foremost practitioner of Fauvism who later worked with Braque and Picasso and returned to classical tradition.

André Derrien

André Derrien (André Louis Marie Derrien, 1895–1994), French sailor; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold in the 8 metre class aboard L'Aile VI with Virginie Hériot's crew.

André Desmarais

André Desmarais, born in 1956, is a Canadian financier who was President and Co-CEO of Power Corporation from 1996 to 2020 and remains its Deputy Chairman.

Andre Dickens

Andre Dickens is an American politician and the 61st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, taking office in 2022 after serving eight years on the Atlanta City Council.

Andre Drummond

Andre Drummond, American NBA center born 1993, drafted 9th overall by Detroit in 2012; two-time All-Star, career 12.1 points and 11.9 rebounds per game, all-time leader in total rebound percentage, signed by the Knicks in 2026.

Andre Dubus

Andre Dubus (1936–1999), American short story writer and essayist, Louisiana-born Marine captain turned Iowa MFA, author of The Lieutenant, "Killings," and Dancing After Hours; father of Andre Dubus III.

André E. Nel

André E. Nel is a South African-born physician-scientist who leads the Division of Nanomedicine at UCLA and helped establish nanotoxicology through influential reviews in Science and Nature Materials.

André Ebanks

André Ebanks, Caymanian lawyer and politician, leader of The Caymanian Community Party, became Premier of the Cayman Islands in May 2025 via a coalition of TCCP, the Cayman Islands National Party and independents, also holding the Financial Services & Commerce portfolio.

Andre Ethier

Andre Ethier (born 1982, Phoenix) is a former MLB outfielder who played all 12 seasons (2006-17) with the Los Angeles Dodgers, batting .285 with 162 home runs, two All-Star selections, and a 30-game 2011 hitting streak.