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Andrew Streitwieser, Jr.

Andrew Streitwieser, Jr. (1927–2022) was an American physical organic chemist who spent his career at UC Berkeley, applying molecular orbital theory to solvolytic displacement reactions and carbocations.

Andrew Strominger

Andrew Strominger, also known as Andy Strominger, is a Harvard theoretical physicist known for Calabi-Yau compactification, the Strominger-Vafa black hole entropy calculation, and soft hair on black holes.

Andrew Strong

Andrew Strong (born 1973, Dublin) is an Irish soul, blues, and rock singer and actor who played Deco Cuffe, lead singer of the fictional band in Alan Parker's 1991 film The Commitments, at age 16; the soundtrack sold over 12 million copies, and he later released solo albums including Strong (1993).

Andrew Stuart Whittaker

Andrew Stuart Whittaker is an American earthquake and structural engineer, SUNY Distinguished Professor at the University at Buffalo, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2026.

Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan (born 1963), English-born American author, editor, and blogger; former New Republic editor, 1989 conservative case for gay marriage, Daily Dish blogging pioneer, now writes The Weekly Dish on Substack.

Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds (1975-2022), Australian all-rounder born in Birmingham, nicknamed Roy; 26 Tests, 198 ODIs, 2003 and 2007 World Cup winner; died in a car crash at Hervey Range, Queensland.

Andrew T. Chan

Andrew T. Chan is an American gastroenterologist and cancer-prevention epidemiologist who leads the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and studies aspirin, diet, and colorectal cancer prevention.

Andrew T. Gewirtz

Andrew T. Gewirtz is an American immunologist and microbiome researcher at Georgia State University, known for showing that dietary emulsifiers alter gut bacteria and promote colitis in mice.

Andrew T. S. Wee

Andrew T. S. Wee, also known as Andrew Thye Shen Wee, is a Singapore-based surface physicist at the National University of Singapore known for 2D-materials research.

Andrew Tackett

Andrew "Pirulito" Tackett (born 2003) is an American no-gi jiu-jitsu black belt from Austin, Texas; UFC BJJ welterweight champion, 2024 ADCC Trials winner, brother of William Tackett.

Andrew Tate

Andrew Tate (Emory Andrew Tate III), British-American ex-kickboxer and manosphere influencer; banned by major platforms in 2022, founder of Hustler's University and The Real World, facing Romanian and UK rape and trafficking charges.

Andrew Tate vs Chase DeMoor

Heavyweight boxing bout, December 20, 2025, Dubai: Misfits champion Chase DeMoor beat influencer and former kickboxer Andrew Tate by majority decision (57-57, 58-56, 58-56) in Tate's boxing debut, retaining the Misfits heavyweight title.

Andrew Taylor Still

Andrew Taylor Still (1828–1917), founder of osteopathy; broke with drug medicine in 1874, founded the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri, 1892, and became the first DO.

Andrew the Apostle

Andrew the Apostle, also known as Saint Andrew, was a brother of Simon Peter and one of the Twelve disciples of Jesus, the patron saint of Scotland, Russia, and Greece.

Andrew Toles

Andrew Toles (Alvin Andrew Toles, born 1992) is a former MLB outfielder who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers 2016-2018, hit .286 with 8 home runs, and whose contract the Dodgers have renewed annually since 2019 so he keeps health insurance while dealing with schizophrenia.

Andrew Tomkins

Andrew Tomkins is Emeritus Professor of International Child Health at University College London, known for research on nutrition and infection, malnutrition, and HIV prevention in children.

Andrew Tomlinson

Andrew Tomlinson is a developmental geneticist and professor at Columbia University known for studies of cell signaling in the fruit fly Drosophila, including the sevenless receptor.

Andrew Torba

Andrew Torba is an American technology entrepreneur from Scranton, Pennsylvania, who founded the startup Kuhcoon in 2011 and then Gab, the alt-tech social network he leads as chief executive.

Andrew Travers

Andrew Travers, also published as A.A. Travers, is a British molecular biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology known for work on RNA polymerase and chromatin organization.

Andrew Tsourkas

Andrew Tsourkas is an American bioengineer at the University of Pennsylvania who holds the Glandt Distinguished Professor chair, works on molecular imaging and targeted nanoparticles, and co-founded AlphaThera and PolyAurum.

Andrew Turberfield

Andrew J. Turberfield is an Emeritus Professor of Physics and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, who builds molecular machines from DNA; his DNA motor navigated a four-route track network.

Andrew Tutt

Andrew N. J. Tutt is a British consultant clinical oncologist and breast cancer researcher at the Institute of Cancer Research and King's College London who led the OlympiA olaparib trial.

Andrew Upton

Andrew Upton (born 1966, Sydney) is an Australian playwright and adaptor, co-Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company with Cate Blanchett 2008-2012 and sole director 2013-2015; creator of Hanging Man, Riflemind, The Present, and the 2026 novel Krank Fuss.

Andrew V. Schally

Andrew V. Schally, born Andrzej Viktor Schally (1926–2024), was a Polish-born American endocrinologist who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize and developed LHRH agonists, the standard drug treatment for advanced prostate cancer.

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Andrew Valmon

Andrew Valmon (Andrew Orlando Valmon, born 1965) is an American 400m runner, two-time Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist (1988, 1992), and 1993 world record holder (2:54.29), later Maryland head coach and 2012 US Olympic head coach.

Andrew VanWyngarden

Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) is an American musician, co-founder, lead vocalist, and songwriter of psychedelic pop duo MGMT with Ben Goldwasser, known for Oracular Spectacular's "Kids," "Time to Pretend," and "Electric Feel" and five albums through Loss of Life (2024).