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Anna Chicherova

Anna Chicherova (Анна Владимировна Чичерова), born 1982 in Yerevan, Russian high jumper; 2012 Olympic and 2011 world champion, personal best 2.07 m; 2008 bronze stripped for Turinabol retest.

Anna Chlumsky

Anna Chlumsky, American actress, child star of My Girl (1991) as Vada Sultenfuss, University of Chicago graduate, and six-time Emmy nominee as Amy Brookheimer on HBO's Veep; later starred in Inventing Anna.

Anna Claire Clouds

Anna Claire Clouds (born 1995, Nashville) is an American adult film performer who began camming in 2019, moved into studio work in 2020, and in 2025 won Female Performer of the Year at both the AVN Awards and the XBIZ XMAs.

Anna Cleveland

Anna Cleveland (Anna Van Ravenstein Cleveland), Dutch-born fashion model, daughter of 1970s supermodel Pat Cleveland; broke out at Giles SS15 2015, campaigns for Lanvin, Bottega Veneta, Bvlgari ambassador.

Anna Cramling

Anna Cramling (Anna Cramling Bellon, born 2002) is a Swedish Woman FIDE Master, peak rating 2175, daughter of GMs Pia Cramling and Juan Manuel Bellón López, and a leading chess streamer with over 1.5 million YouTube followers.

Anna Creek Station

Anna Creek Station, South Australia's largest cattle station, 15,746 sq km east of Coober Pedy; established 1863, Kidman holdings 1935, Williams Cattle Company since 2016, about 17,000 cattle.

Anna Dalassene

Anna Dalassene (Ἄννα Δαλασσηνή) was a Byzantine aristocrat who governed the empire's civil administration as regent for her son, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, from 1081 to about 1095.

Anna Danesi

Anna Danesi, born 1996 in Brescia, is an Italian middle blocker and captain of the women's national volleyball team; three-time Olympian and gold medalist at Paris 2024, with world silver 2018 and European gold 2021.

Anna de Noailles

Anna de Noailles (1876–1933), born Anna-Élisabeth Bibesco-Brancovan, was a French-language poet and salonnière, the first woman Commander of the Legion of Honour and first woman member of the Belgian Royal Academy.

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950, Baltimore) is an American actress, playwright, and NYU professor who pioneered verbatim theater through On the Road: A Search for American Character, with Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the 2012 National Humanities Medal.

Anna dePeyster

Anna dePeyster, born Anna Maria Torv and known as Anna Murdoch, was a British and Australian journalist and novelist, Rupert Murdoch's second wife from 1967 to 1999.

Anna Dogonadze Lilkendey

Anna Dogonadze Lilkendey (ანა დოღონაძე), born 1973 in Mtskheta, is a Georgian-born German trampoline gymnast, Olympic gold medalist in women's individual trampoline at Athens 2004, and a competitor at four Games from 2000 to 2012.

Anna Dundare

Anna Dundare, born 1947 in Krāslava, is a retired Latvian sprinter for the Soviet Union over 400 m, member of the 1969 Latvian 4x400 m world-record quartet (3:43.2) and the 1975 Latvian record team (3:30.20).

Anna Enquist

Anna Enquist is the pseudonym of Dutch poet and novelist Christa Broer, born in Amsterdam in 1945, one of the most widely read authors in Dutch literature.

Anna Eshoo

Anna Georges Eshoo (born 1942) is a retired American Democratic politician, U.S. Representative for California's 14th, 18th, and 16th districts from 1993 to 2025, former San Mateo County supervisor, Energy and Commerce member, and AI Caucus co-chair.

Anna Eskamani

Anna Eskamani is an American Democratic politician and former member of the Florida House of Representatives, first elected in 2018 to represent the 42nd district.

Anna Espar

Anna Espar Llaquet (Anni Espar, born 1993, Barcelona) is a Spanish water polo player, four-time Olympian: silver at London 2012 and Tokyo 2020, gold at Paris 2024, 2013 NCAA champion at USC, and captain of Spain from 2025.

Anna Fang

Anna Fang (方爱之) is a Chinese venture capitalist, founding partner and CEO of ZhenFund, the Beijing early-stage fund she co-founded in 2011, who topped Forbes' 2022 Midas Seed List.

Anna Faris

Anna Faris, American actress and comedian (born 1976, Baltimore), known as Cindy Campbell in Scary Movie, star of CBS's Mom, host of the Unqualified podcast, and author of Unqualified (2017); returned in Scary Movie 6 (2026).

Anna Fenninger Veith

Anna Fenninger Veith (born 1989, Hallein, Austria), also Anna Veith, Austrian alpine skier; 2014 Olympic Super G champion, 2014 and 2015 overall World Cup winner, three-time world champion; retired May 2020 after repeated knee injuries.

Anna Ferzetti

Anna Ferzetti (born 1982, Rome) is an Italian actress, daughter of Gabriele Ferzetti and partner of Pierfrancesco Favino. Known for Le fate ignoranti (Nastro d'Argento), Sorrentino's La Grazia, and Domani interrogo.

Anna Filosofova

Anna Filosofova (Анна Философова), née Dyagileva, 1837 to 1912, was a Russian feminist leader who founded women's charities, the Bestuzhev Courses, and chaired the 1908 Women's Congress.

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral (born 1975) is a Spanish and Swiss materials scientist known for work on semiconductor nanowires and quantum dots, and president of EPFL since 2025.

Anna Freud

Anna Freud (1895–1982), Austrian-born British psychoanalyst, daughter of Sigmund Freud, founder of child psychoanalysis, author of The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936), and founder of the Hampstead Clinic, now the Anna Freud Centre.

Anna Friel

Anna Friel is an English actress born in 1976 in Rochdale, who became famous as Beth Jordache in Brookside and won an International Emmy for Marcella.

Anna Garcia

Anna Garcia (born 1995) is an American actress and comedian from Beverly Hills, Michigan; breakout as Ruby Martin in Fly Me to the Moon (2024) and cast member on Dropout shows like Very Important People.

Anna Gasser

Anna Gasser, Austrian snowboarder (born 1991, Villach), two-time Olympic big air champion (2018, 2022), first woman to land cab double cork 900, cab double cork 1260, and cab triple underflip 1260; former gymnast who started snowboarding at 18.

Anna Gavrilenko

Anna Gavrilenko (Анна Витальевна Гавриленко), born 1990 in Yekaterinburg, is a Russian rhythmic gymnast, group specialist, and 2008 Beijing Olympic group all-around champion (35.550), also world champion 2007 and double European champion.

Anna Gilmore

Anna Gilmore, also known as Anna B Gilmore, is a British public health physician and professor at the University of Bath known for tobacco control research.

Anna Glasier

Anna Glasier is a reproductive health researcher and Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh whose work made emergency contraception available without prescription in the UK.