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Anne Frank
Anne Frank (Annelies Marie Frank, 1929-1945), German-born Jewish diarist who hid 761 days in Amsterdam's Secret Annex, was arrested 4 August 1944, and died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen; her diary, published 1947 as Het Achterhuis, is authenticated by forensic investigation.
Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House (Anne Frank Stichting) is an independent Amsterdam non-profit, founded 3 May 1957 with Otto Frank, running the museum at Prinsengracht 263 where Anne Frank hid, opened 1960, with about 1.2 million annual visitors, research, education, and traveling exhibitions.
Anne Garrett Audain
Anne Garrett Audain (Anne Audain, born 1955, Auckland) is a New Zealand distance runner, three-time Olympian, 1982 Commonwealth 3000m gold medallist, ratified 5000m world record-holder (15:13.22), and pioneer of women's professional running.
Anne Geddes
Anne Geddes (born 1956) is an Australian, New York-based photographer famous for staged baby portraits in flowerpots, cabbages, and flowers. Her 1996 book Down in the Garden became a New York Times bestseller; books sold over 19 million copies; first retrospective held in Tübingen, 2025.
Anne Gerwig
Anne Gerwig is an American politician and Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 93rd district, who previously served as mayor of Wellington.
Anne Graham Lotz
Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, is an American evangelist who founded AnGeL Ministries in Raleigh, North Carolina, and chaired the National Day of Prayer Task Force in 2016.
Anne Greenough
Anne Greenough is a British neonatologist and clinical respiratory physiologist, Professor of Neonatology at King's College London, best known for the UKOS trial of high-frequency ventilation in preterm infants.
Anne Gwynne
Anne Gwynne (Marguerite Gwynne Trice, 1918-2003), American actress and WWII pin-up, Universal Pictures scream queen of 1940s B horror films including Black Friday, Weird Woman, and House of Frankenstein.
Anne H. Ehrlich
Anne Howland Ehrlich, born 1933, is an American conservation biologist at Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology who coauthored more than a dozen books with her husband Paul R. Ehrlich.
Anne Hammons Aunins
Anne Hammons Aunins is an American chemical engineer and biopharmaceutical manufacturing leader elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2026, who led Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine program after a Merck career including Gardasil.
Anne Haney
Anne Haney (Anne Ryan Thomas, 1934-2001), American character actress who began acting in her mid-40s; known as Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire, Greta in Liar Liar, and Judge Travelini on L.A. Law.
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway (Anne Jacqueline Hathaway), American actress born 1982 in Brooklyn, star of The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, and Oscar-winning Fantine in Les Misérables; Emmy winner and UN goodwill ambassador with five films released in 2026.
Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)
Anne Hathaway (c. 1556–1623), also recorded as Agnes, was William Shakespeare's wife, married November 1582 when he was 18 and she 26; mother of Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet, and recipient of the second-best bed bequest.
Anne Heche
Anne Heche (1969–2022), American actress, Daytime Emmy winner for Another World, star of Donnie Brasco, Six Days Seven Nights, and Psycho; Ellen DeGeneres's partner 1997–2000; died after a 2022 Los Angeles car crash.
Anne Hegerty
Anne Hegerty (Anne Solway Hegerty, born 1958), "the Governess", is a British quizzer and TV personality; chaser on ITV's The Chase since 2010, first female chaser in any version, also on Beat the Chasers, The Chase Australia and New Zealand, and an autism advocate.
Anne Heggtveit
Anne Heggtveit (Heggtveit Hamilton), born January 11, 1939, Ottawa, Canadian alpine skier; first Canadian Olympic skiing gold, women's slalom, Squaw Valley 1960, by record 3.3 seconds; FIS slalom and combined world champion; Lou Marsh Trophy 1960.
Anne Helm
Anne Helm (Anne Isabel Helm, born 1938, Toronto) is a Canadian-born actress, Holly Jones in Elvis Presley's Follow That Dream (1962), also The Magic Sword, General Hospital's Mary Briggs, later children's author as Annie Helm; distinct from the German voice actress born 1986.
Anne Henning
Anne Henning (Anne Elizabeth Henning, born 1955) is an American former speed skater, 1972 Olympic 500 m gold and 1,000 m bronze medalist from Northbrook, Illinois, and holder of multiple 500 m and 1,000 m world records before retiring at 16.
Anne Hidalgo
Anne Hidalgo, Socialist mayor of Paris 2014–2026 and the city's first female mayor: bike lanes, Seine-bank pedestrianization, social housing, the 2024 Olympics, record debt, and succession by Emmanuel Grégoire.
Anne Holton
Anne Holton (born 1958) is a Virginia lawyer, judge, and education official; daughter of Governor Linwood Holton, wife of Senator Tim Kaine, she served as Virginia Secretary of Education 2014–2016, Board of Education member 2017–2025, and now sits on the Richmond School Board.
Anne Houdusse
Anne Houdusse (Anne Houdusse-Juillé) is a French structural biologist who heads a CNRS team at Institut Curie in Paris, known for her structural work on myosin VI.
Anne Hudson Jones
Anne Hudson Jones is an American scholar of literature and medicine, a professor emerita at the University of Texas Medical Branch and founding co-editor of the journal Literature and Medicine.
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson, born Anne Marbury, was a Puritan religious teacher in Boston whose meetings made her the central figure of the Antinomian Controversy, ending in banishment and excommunication.
Anne Hwang
Anne Hwang (born 1975) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2024, after serving on the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Anne Hyde
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York (1637-1671), daughter of Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon; secretly married James, Duke of York, in 1660; mother of queens Mary II and Anne; converted to Catholicism in 1670.
Anne Jackson
Anne Jackson (1925-2016), American stage actress, Tony nominee, and wife of Eli Wallach; Obie winner for The Typists and The Tiger, star of Luv, memoirist of Early Stages.
Anne Jahren
Anne Jahren (born 1963 in Bærum, Norway) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won Olympic gold in the 4 × 5 km relay at Sarajevo 1984.
Anne Jardin
Anne Jardin (Anne Elizabeth Jardin-Alexander, born 1959, Montreal) is a Canadian swimmer, double 1976 Olympic bronze relay medalist and 1978 50 m freestyle world record holder (26.74).
Anne Jeffreys
Anne Jeffreys (1923-2017), American actress and singer born Anne Jeffreys Carmichael in Goldsboro, North Carolina; star of TV's Topper (1953-55) as Marion Kerby, 1940s B films including Dick Tracy, and General Hospital's Amanda Barrington.
Anne K. Kibrick
Anne K. Kibrick was an American nurse, educator, and academic administrator who founded the nursing schools at Boston State College and UMass Boston and led the National League for Nursing.