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Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis (born 1964, Ruislip, London) is an English actor and director famed for performance-capture roles as Gollum, King Kong, Caesar, and Snoke, co-founder of The Imaginarium, and director of The Hunt for Gollum.

Andy Serkis filmography

Andy Serkis filmography: the English actor-director's roles from Gollum, King Kong, Caesar, and Snoke to Longford and Ian Dury, plus his directed films Breathe, Mowgli, Venom 2, Animal Farm, and The Hunt for Gollum.

Andy Sipowicz

Andy Sipowicz (Andrew Sipowicz Sr.) is the fictional NYPD 15th Precinct detective played by Dennis Franz in all 12 seasons of NYPD Blue (1993-2005), whose redemption from drunken, racist cop is among TV's celebrated character arcs.

Andy Spade

Andy Spade is an American businessman who co-founded Kate Spade New York with his wife Kate, founded Jack Spade, and later co-founded Partners & Spade.

Andy Stanfield

Andy Stanfield (Andrew William Stanfield, 1927–1985), American sprinter; 1952 Olympic 200 m and 4x100 m relay gold, 1956 200 m silver behind Bobby Morrow; first IAAF-recognized 200 m/220 y world records at 20.6.

Andy Stanley

Andy Stanley is an American pastor, author, and broadcaster who founded North Point Community Church in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1995 and leads North Point Ministries, a network of eight churches.

Andy Street

Andy Street (Andrew John Street), British Conservative politician and former Managing Director of John Lewis (2007–2016); first Mayor of the West Midlands 2017–2024, re-elected 2021, defeated by Richard Parker by 1,508 votes in May 2024.

Andy Summers

Andy Summers (born Andrew James Somers, 1942) is the English guitarist of The Police (1977–1984), known for chorus/Echoplex textures and 'Every Breath You Take', later a jazz-influenced solo instrumentalist, photographer, and author.

Andy Tan

Andy Tan (Andy S.L. Tan) is a Singapore-trained health communication researcher who is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School, directing its Health Communication & Equity Lab.

Andy Taylor (guitarist)

Andy Taylor (Andrew Arthur Taylor, born 1961) is an English guitarist of Duran Duran and The Power Station, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show)

Sheriff Andy Taylor, played by Andy Griffith, is the widowed Mayberry, North Carolina lawman at the center of The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968, 249 episodes), debuting on The Danny Thomas Show in February 1960 and appearing in every episode.

Andy the Core

Andy the Core, born Andrea Calcagnile in 1989, is an Italian hardcore DJ and producer whose sets span Frenchcore, uptempo, and terror, and who founded the label Rude Vibes.

Andy Timo

Andy Timo (born 2004) is a French rugby back row, U20 world champion 2023, Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist in men's rugby sevens, formerly RC Massy and Stade Français, now Stade Rochelais.

Andy Townsend

Andy Townsend (Andrew David Townsend), born 1963 in Maidstone, is a former Republic of Ireland midfielder with 70 caps who played at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, captained Ireland in 1994, won two League Cups with Aston Villa, and became an ITV co-commentator from 2000 to 2015.

Andy Triggs Hodge

Andy Triggs Hodge (Andrew Triggs Hodge, born 1979) is a retired British rower, Molesey Boat Club and Oxford Blue, who won Olympic gold in the coxless four at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 and in the eight at Rio 2016, plus four world titles.

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola, 1928–1987), American Pop artist from Pittsburgh known for Campbell's Soup Cans, celebrity portraits, screenprinting, the Factory, avant-garde films, and the Velvet Underground.

Andy Weir

Andy Weir (born 1972) is the American science-fiction author of The Martian (2014), Artemis (2017), and Project Hail Mary (2021); a former software engineer whose self-published debut became a $630-million film franchise.

Andy Weissman

Andy Weissman is an American venture capitalist and Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures, which he joined in 2011 after co-founding betaworks and working at AOL.

Andy Whitfield

Andy Whitfield (1971–2011), Welsh-born Australian actor, star of Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) and the film Gabriel (2007); died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma; subject of the documentary Be Here Now.

Andy Williams

Andy Williams (1927-2012), American easy-listening singer and TV host known as the Emperor of Easy; signature song "Moon River"; hosted The Andy Williams Show (1962-1971) and the Grammys; built Branson's Moon River Theatre.

Andy Wilman

Andy Wilman (born 1962) is the British TV producer behind Top Gear (2002–2015), The Grand Tour, and Clarkson's Farm, and co-founder with Jeremy Clarkson of W. Chump & Sons; the new Grand Tour reboot is his distinguishing later project.

Andy Wilson

Andy Wilson is an American politician and Republican who became Attorney General of Ohio in June 2026, appointed by Governor Mike DeWine after Dave Yost resigned.

Andy Woodward (chess player)

Andy Woodward (born 2010, Frisco, Texas) is an American chess grandmaster, second-youngest US GM in history at 13 years, 8 months, 28 days; two-time US Junior champion and 2026 Tata Steel Challengers winner.

Andy Zaltzman

Andy Zaltzman, British political satirist and cricket statistician, hosts The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, works on Test Match Special, and won Taskmaster series 18 in 2024.

ANE syndrome

ANE syndrome (alopecia, neurologic defects, and endocrinopathy syndrome, ANES) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy caused by biallelic RBM28 mutations, distinct from acute necrotizing encephalopathy, causing alopecia, intellectual disability, motor decline, and pituitary hormone deficiency.

Aneal Tenjarla

Aneal Tenjarla is a Partner and Associate Portfolio Manager for Sofinnova BioEquities at Sofinnova Venture Partners, focused on public biotech investing after five years as a Senior Analyst at Citadel.

Anecdotal evidence

Anecdotal evidence: personal stories or single cases used as proof, contrasted with systematic study; bottom of evidence hierarchies, psychologically powerful, useful for hypothesis generation and rare-event detection.

Anecdote

Anecdote: a short narrative about a real person or event, also called chreia when pointed; from Greek anekdota, 'things unpublished', via Procopius' secret history of Justinian; distinct from exemplum and parable; weak evidence but pervasive in medicine and social media.

Anechoic chamber

An anechoic chamber is a room whose walls, ceiling, and floor are lined with absorbing wedges that eliminate sound reflections, used to test microphones, loudspeakers, and machinery noise.

Anecortave acetate

Anecortave acetate (RETAANE) is an angiostatic cortisene, a cortisol analog lacking glucocorticoid activity, given as a posterior juxtascleral depot every 6 months for wet AMD; development was discontinued after FDA approvable letters and a 2006 EMA withdrawal.