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André Nussenzweig

André Nussenzweig is a molecular biologist studying DNA repair and genome integrity who leads the Laboratory of Genome Integrity at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

André Onana

André Onana, Cameroonian goalkeeper of Ajax, Inter Milan, Manchester United, and Trabzonspor; 2023 Champions League finalist, elite passing keeper, £47.2m 2023 United signing, later loaned to Trabzonspor.

André Oscar Wallenberg

André Oscar Wallenberg (1816–1886) was a Swedish banker and financier who founded Stockholms Enskilda Bank in 1856 and co-founded the engineering company Atlas, today's Atlas Copco, in 1873.

Andre Penha

André Penha is a Brazilian technology entrepreneur who co-founded QuintoAndar, the São Paulo rental platform, led its product and engineering until 2024, and now runs IBBX.

André Petermann

André Petermann (1922–2011) was a theoretical physicist and one of the first members of the CERN Theory Division who, with Ernst Stueckelberg, pioneered the renormalization group and corrected the electron's anomalous magnetic moment.

Andre Phillips

Andre Phillips (André Lamar Phillips, born 1959), American 400m hurdler, 1988 Seoul Olympic champion in 47.19 (Olympic record), his only win over Edwin Moses; 1985 World Cup and NCAA champion.

André Previn

André Previn (Andreas Ludwig Priwin, 1929–2019), German-born American conductor, composer, and jazz pianist; four Academy Awards (Gigi, Porgy and Bess, Irma la Douce, My Fair Lady), music director of the LSO, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, honorary KBE.

André R. Studart

André R. Studart, born 1974, is a Brazilian materials scientist who leads the Complex Materials group at ETH Zurich, known for bioinspired composites and 3D-printed living materials.

André R. Wyss

André R. Wyss, also published as Andy Wyss, is a vertebrate paleontologist and professor of Earth science at UC Santa Barbara, known for fossil mammals from the Chilean Andes.

Andre Rand

Andre Rand, born Frank Rostum Rushan in 1944, is a convicted Staten Island kidnapper serving 25-years-to-life terms for the 1987 Jennifer Schweiger and 1981 Holly Ann Hughes kidnappings, suspected in other child disappearances.

Andre Reed

Andre Reed, Buffalo Bills wide receiver (1985-1999) and Washington 2000, Hall of Fame Class of 2014; 951 catches, 13,198 yards, seven straight Pro Bowls, four straight Super Bowls with Jim Kelly.

André Rieu

André Rieu (born 1949, Maastricht) is a Dutch violinist and conductor, founder of the Johann Strauss Orchestra, known for his 1994 Shostakovich Second Waltz breakthrough, sold-out waltz spectacle concerts, and annual Vrijthof concerts in Maastricht.

André Rigaud

André Rigaud (1761–1811) was a free-colored general and political leader of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) who led the South, fought Toussaint Louverture in the War of Knives, and died in 1811.

Andre Rison

Andre Rison (born 1967, Flint, Michigan), nicknamed Bad Moon, is a former NFL wide receiver, 1989 first-round pick, 5-time Pro Bowler, 743 catches for 10,205 yards, Super Bowl XXXI champion with Green Bay, not in the Hall of Fame.

André Roberson

André Roberson (Andre Lee Roberson), American guard-forward, Colorado star and 2013 first-round pick (26th, Minnesota, traded to OKC); 2017 NBA All-Defensive Second Team; long patellar-tendon absence; later Cholet, ASVEL, Zenit.

Andre Roosevelt

Andre Roosevelt (Cornelius Louis Andre Roosevelt, 1879-1962) was an American-born Parisian rugby player who won gold for France at the 1900 Olympics and a filmmaker whose Goona-Goona started America's Bali craze.

Andre Royo

Andre Royo, Bronx-born American actor (born 1968), best known as Bubbles on HBO's The Wire (2002-08); films include Super, The Spectacular Now, Hunter Gatherer, To Leslie; TV: Empire, The Punisher: One Last Kill.

Andre Rush

Andre Rush, American celebrity chef and retired Army master sergeant, White House chef for four presidents (Clinton to Trump); known for 24-inch biceps, 2,222 daily push-ups for veteran suicide awareness, and memoir Call Me Chef, Dammit!.

Andre Russell

Andre Russell (Andre Dwayne Russell, born 1988, Kingston, Jamaica), West Indian T20 all-rounder; 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup winner, KKR IPL champion 2014 and 2024, retired from internationals and IPL in 2025, now KKR Power Coach.

Andrê S. H. Prévôt

André S. H. Prévôt is a Swiss atmospheric scientist who heads the Gasphase and Aerosol Chemistry group at the Paul Scherrer Institute, known for aerosol source apportionment.

André Schürrle

André Schürrle (born 1990, Ludwigshafen) is a retired German winger/forward, World Cup winner 2014, who assisted Götze's final goal; clubs included Mainz, Leverkusen, Chelsea, Wolfsburg, Dortmund; retired at 29, now a Dryll founder.

André Schwarz-Bart

André Schwarz-Bart, born Abraham Szwarcbart, was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish origin who won the 1959 Prix Goncourt for his first novel, Le Dernier des Justes.

André Sentenac

André Sentenac, born 1939, is a French molecular biologist who spent his career at the CEA at Saclay, defining the RNA polymerase III transcription machinery of yeast.

André Silva (footballer, born 1995)

André Silva (born 1995, Baguim do Monte), Portuguese centre-forward for Porto, AC Milan, Frankfurt, RB Leipzig, and Elche; 53 Portugal caps, 19 goals; record 28 Bundesliga goals in 2020/21; 2019 Nations League winner.

André Silva (footballer, born 2000)

André Filipe Teixeira da Silva (2000–2025), Portuguese attacking midfielder and left winger, brother of Diogo Jota; FC Porto academy product who played for Gondomar and Penafiel in Liga Portugal 2, 105 senior appearances, 12 goals; died in a car accident in Spain on 3 July 2025.

André Stander

André Stander (1946–1984) was a South African police captain at Kempton Park who robbed banks from 1977, escaped prison in 1983, and led the Stander Gang through about 20 heists before being shot dead by police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in February 1984.

Andre Steiner

Andre Steiner (André Steiner), German rower born 1970 in Gera, Olympic gold medalist in the men's quadruple sculls at Atlanta 1996 (5:56.93) with Hajek, Volkert, and Willms; also a 1993 world champion, later a dentist. Distinct from the Swiss footballer and the Bauhaus architect of the same name.

André Street

André Street is a Brazilian payments entrepreneur who co-founded StoneCo in Rio de Janeiro in 2012, chaired it through its 2018 Nasdaq IPO, and earlier founded Braspag and Pagafacil.

André Tardieu

André Tardieu (1876–1945) was a French statesman and journalist who served three times as premier from 1929 to 1932 and helped draft the Treaty of Versailles.

André Terzic

André Terzic is a physician-scientist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who led its regenerative medicine center and linked KATP channel genes to heart disease.