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Andrew J. K. Phillips

Andrew J. K. Phillips is an Australian sleep and circadian rhythms researcher at Flinders University, known for the Phillips-Robinson sleep-wake model and the Sleep Regularity Index.

Andrew J. King

Andrew J. King, born in 1959, is a British neuroscientist and Professor of Neurophysiology at Oxford known for discovering the brain's spatial map of sound.

Andrew J. Lees

Andrew J. Lees (Andrew Lees) is a British neurologist at University College London who has spent his career on Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonian disorders.

Andrew J. Lovinger

Andrew J. Lovinger is a polymer physicist known for demonstrating ferroelectric behavior in poly(vinylidene fluoride) and for structural work on organic transistors on flexible plastic substrates.

Andrew J. Macpherson

Andrew J. Macpherson, also published as Andrew Macpherson, is a Scottish-born mucosal immunologist and gastroenterologist known for work on intestinal secretory IgA, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Bern.

Andrew J. Majda

Andrew J. Majda (1949–2021) was an American applied mathematician at NYU's Courant Institute, known for work on shock waves, vortex dynamics, absorbing boundary conditions, and climate modeling.

Andrew J. McMichael

Andrew J. McMichael, knighted in 2008, is a British immunologist at Oxford who showed how cytotoxic T cells recognize virus-infected cells and how HIV escapes them.

Andrew J. Millar

Andrew J. Millar is a circadian systems biologist and Professor of Systems Biology at the University of Edinburgh, known for the first mathematical models of the plant circadian clock.

Andrew J. Millis

Andrew J. Millis is an American theoretical condensed matter physicist, professor at Columbia University and co-director of the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Quantum Physics.

Andrew J. Oswald

Andrew J. Oswald is a British economist, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the University of Warwick, best known as a pioneer of the economics of happiness.

Andrew J. Prendergast

Andrew J. Prendergast is a pediatric infection researcher and Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow at Queen Mary University of London who studies HIV and child malnutrition.

Andrew J. Roger

Andrew J. Roger is a molecular evolution researcher at Dalhousie University in Halifax, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada known for work on eukaryotic origins and mitochondria.

Andrew J. Tatem

Andrew J. Tatem is a professor of spatial demography and epidemiology at the University of Southampton who founded WorldPop, producing open population maps used by governments and UN agencies.

Andrew J. Weaver

Andrew J. Weaver, also known as Andrew Weaver, is a Canadian climate scientist and oceanographer at the University of Victoria, a lead author on four IPCC assessments.

Andrew J.M. Boulton

Andrew J.M. Boulton is a British diabetologist, Professor of Medicine at the University of Manchester, known for research on diabetic neuropathy and diabetic foot disease.

Andrew J.S. Coats

Andrew J.S. Coats, also known as Andrew Coats, is an Australian-born cardiologist and heart-failure researcher, now Scientific Director and CEO of the Heart Research Institute in Sydney.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), seventh U.S. president 1829–1837, "Old Hickory," Battle of New Orleans hero, Democratic Party founder, Indian Removal Act and Bank War president.

Andrew Jackson (British geophysicist)

Andrew Jackson is a British geomagnetist and Professor of Earth and Planetary Magnetism at ETH Zürich, awarded the 2022 Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal in Geophysics.

Andrew Jackson Jr.

Andrew Jackson Jr. (1808/1809-1865), adopted son of President Andrew Jackson and Rachel Jackson, biological son of Severn Donelson; managed the Hermitage, co-owned the Halcyon plantation, married Sarah Yorke, and lost his Mississippi lands in an 1861 sheriff's sale.

Andrew Jarecki

Andrew Jarecki, American documentary filmmaker and Moviefone co-founder; known for Capturing the Friedmans (2003), The Jinx (2015), and The Alabama Solution (2025).

Andrew Jayich

Andrew Jayich is an experimental physicist at UC Santa Barbara who uses trapped radium ions and molecules to test fundamental symmetries and build optical clocks.

Andrew Joblon

Andrew Joblon (born 1983) is an American real estate investor and developer, founder and Managing Principal of Turnbridge Equities, a New York City investment firm established in 2015.

Andrew Johns

Andrew "Joey" Johns (born 1974, Cessnock), Newcastle Knights halfback 1993-2007, two premierships, 2,176 career points, eighth Rugby League Immortal (2012), widely called the game's greatest halfback.

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th U.S. president, succeeded Lincoln in 1865. First president impeached (House 126–47, February 24, 1868) over the Tenure of Office Act and Stanton's removal; Senate acquitted him by one vote.

Andrew Johnson's drunken vice-presidential inaugural address

Andrew Johnson's drunken vice-presidential inaugural address, March 1865 Senate Chamber speech, also called his rambling VP inauguration speech: an ill, whiskey-fortified Johnson rambled for 20 minutes before Lincoln, botched swearing in senators, and faced a resignation resolution.

Andrew Johnston (golfer)

Andrew "Beef" Johnston (born 1989, London) is an English DP World Tour golfer who won the 2016 Open de España and finished eighth at the 2016 Open at Royal Troon.

Andrew Jones (Alabama politician)

Andrew Jones is an American politician and Republican member of the Alabama Senate from District 10, first elected in 2018 and chairing the Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety committee.

Andrew Joseph White

Andrew Joseph White, American trans and autistic horror author from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley; NYT-bestselling YA novels Hell Followed With Us, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, Compound Fracture; adult debut You Weren't Meant to Be Human.

Andrew K. Burroughs

Andrew K. Burroughs, also known as Andrew Burroughs, was a British hepatologist and professor at University College London who spent 35 years at the Royal Free Hospital's liver center.

Andrew K. Sewell

Andrew K. Sewell is a British immunologist and professor at Cardiff University whose work on T-cell receptors led to a 2020 discovery of a T cell that kills many cancers while ignoring healthy cells.