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Angel Coulby

Angel Coulby (born 1980, London) is an English actress, Guinevere/Gwen in all 65 episodes of BBC's Merlin (2008–2012); trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh; also Dancing on the Edge, The Tunnel, Good People.

Angel Daleman

Angel Daleman (born 2007, Leiderdorp) is a Dutch speed skater and short tracker, Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic triple gold medalist, 2025 world team sprint champion, and youngest Dutch world champion ever.

Ángel del Campo

Ángel del Campo (1868–1908), a Mexican writer and journalist who wrote under the pseudonyms Micrós and Tick-Tack, is counted among the leading costumbristas of late nineteenth-century Mexico.

Ángel Di María

Ángel Di María (El Fideo), Argentine winger born 1988 in Rosario; 2022 World Cup, 2021/2024 Copa América and 2008 Olympic gold winner; Real Madrid, PSG, Benfica, Juventus, now Rosario Central.

Angel Dior

Ángel Dior (born Ángel Rosario in 2003) is a Dominican dembow artist from Santo Domingo who broke out with the viral single "A I O" in 2022.

Angel Down (novel)

Angel Down is Daniel Kraus's 2025 Atria novel about five WWI soldiers who find a fallen angel in No Man's Land, told in one sentence; it won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Angel Dust (Faith No More album)

Angel Dust, Faith No More's fourth album (June 8, 1992, Slash/Reprise), recorded in San Francisco with Matt Wallace; first full Patton songwriting effort, Billboard Top 10, US gold, Jim Martin's last album.

Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel)

Angel Dust (Anthony) is a spider demon, adult film star, and first guest of the Hazbin Hotel in Vivienne Medrano's animated series, created in 2013, voiced by Blake Roman, trapped in an abusive soul contract with Valentino.

Angel Eyes (film)

Angel Eyes is a 2001 American romantic drama directed by Luis Mandoki, starring Jennifer Lopez as a Chicago police officer and Jim Caviezel as a drifter.

Angel Face

Angel Face is a 1953 RKO film noir directed by Otto Preminger, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons; Diane Tremayne ensnares chauffeur Frank Jessup in murder schemes, ending in a famous cliff crash.

Angel Falls

Angel Falls (Salto Ángel, Kerepakupai Merú), Venezuela's 979 m waterfall on Auyán-tepui in Canaima National Park, is the world's tallest, with an 807 m single drop, named for aviator Jimmie Angel.

Angel food cake

Angel food cake: a fat-free American sponge cake (also called angel cake) leavened only by whipped egg whites, named 1880–85 for its white color, baked in an ungreased tube pan and cooled upside down to prevent collapse.

Angel from Hell

Angel from Hell is a 2016 CBS single-camera sitcom starring Jane Lynch as Amy, a self-declared guardian angel to Maggie Lawson's dermatologist Allison. Cancelled February 8, 2016 after five of 13 episodes; premiered to 8.1 million viewers.

Angel from Montgomery

"Angel from Montgomery" is a 1971 song written by John Prine on his debut album, sung by a woman who feels her life has passed her by and best known through Bonnie Raitt's 1974 version.

Angel G. Jordan

Angel G. Jordan (Angel Jordán Goñi) was a Spanish-born American electrical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University, provost from 1983 to 1991 and a 1986 National Academy of Engineering member.

Angel Garza

Angel Garza (Humberto Garza Solano) is a third-generation Mexican luchador from Monterrey, WWE and AAA wrestler, former NXT Cruiserweight Champion, and AAA World Tag Team Champion with cousin Berto as Los Garza.

Ángel Genao

Ángel Luis Genao, Cleveland Guardians switch-hitting infielder from Castillo, Dominican Republic; 2017 Little League World Series, 2021 $1.2M international signing, 2024 breakout, MLB debut August 2026.

Angel Gomes

Angel Gomes (Adilson Angel Abreu de Almeida Gomes, born 2000) is an English midfielder from Manchester United's academy who became an England international via Lille, then Marseille and a 2026 Wolves loan.

Ángel González

Ángel González (1925–2008) was a Spanish poet from Oviedo, a leading voice of the Generation of the 50 whose ironic, colloquial poetry won the Premio Príncipe de Asturias in 1985.

Àngel Guimerà

Àngel Guimerà (1845–1924) was a Catalan poet and playwright born in Tenerife whose drama Terra baixa (1896) became the most performed and translated Catalan play.

Angel Has Fallen

Angel Has Fallen is a 2019 American action thriller directed by Ric Roman Waugh, the third film in the Has Fallen series, starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman.

Angel Haze

Angel Haze, stage name of Raeen Roes Wilson (born 1991, Detroit), is an American rapper signed to Universal Republic and Island in 2012; releases include Reservation, Dirty Gold, Back to the Woods, and Purge! (2025).

Angel Heart

Angel Heart (1987), Alan Parker's neo-noir horror film adapted from William Hjortsberg's novel Falling Angel, stars Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, and Lisa Bonet; TriStar released it March 6, 1987.

Ángel Hernández (umpire)

Ángel Hernández (Ángel Hernández), Cuban-born MLB umpire 1991-2024, known for his discrimination lawsuit against MLB over crew chief promotions, lost at trial and appeal, and for fan criticism of his ball-strike accuracy.

Angel Herrera

Ángel Herrera Vera, Cuban amateur boxer born 1957 in Guantánamo; two Olympic golds (1976 featherweight, 1980 lightweight), world titles 1978 and 1982, 1981 World Cup, 1983 Pan Am silver; grandfather of WBC champion Jadier Herrera.

Angel Hsu

Angel Hsu is a climate data scientist and Associate Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill who leads the Data-Driven EnviroLab, testing whether net-zero climate pledges are kept.

Angel investor

An angel investor, also called a business angel, is a high-net-worth individual who invests personal money in seed and early-stage businesses, unlike venture capital funds.

Angel Island (California)

Angel Island is the largest natural island in San Francisco Bay, a California state park that served as the West Coast's main immigrant processing station from 1910 to 1940.

Angel Kanchev

Angel Kanchev (Ангел Кънчев) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, assistant to Vasil Levski in building the secret committee network, who died at Ruse in 1872 aged 21.

Angel Kelley

Angel Kelley, born in 1967, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Massachusetts since 2021, appointed by President Biden after 12 years as a Massachusetts state court judge.