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Archibald Howie

Archibald "Archie" Howie, born 1934, is a British physicist who developed the Howie-Whelan equations for interpreting transmission electron microscope images of crystal defects, and later HAADF imaging; he headed the Cavendish Laboratory from 1989 to 1997.

Archibald Leitch

Archibald Leitch (1878–1931) was a Glasgow-trained British pathologist who directed the Cancer Hospital's research institute in London, studied occupational cancers, and was quoted in the 1926 Nobel presentation speech.

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929), British Liberal Prime Minister 1894–95, twice Foreign Secretary, first chairman of the London County Council, and a leading racehorse owner who won eleven classics.

Archibald Read Richardson

Archibald Read Richardson (1881–1954) was a British mathematician who discovered immanants, matrix invariants generalizing the determinant, and held the Chair of Mathematics at Swansea from 1920 to 1940.

Archibald Robertson (bishop)

Archibald Robertson (1853–1931) was an Anglican bishop and theologian, Bishop of Exeter from 1903 to 1916 and a liberal modernist in the Church of England.

Archibald Roosevelt

Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt (Archie, 1894-1979), third son of President Theodore Roosevelt, US Army officer wounded in both world wars, the only American medically discharged twice for the same wound, and founder of investment firm Roosevelt and Cross.

Archibald V. Hill

Archibald V. Hill, also known as Archibald Hill, was an English physiologist who shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on heat production in muscle.

Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), British field marshal and Viceroy of India: victor over the Italians in North and East Africa 1940–41 (130,000 prisoners), later ABDA commander, and author of Generals and Generalship and Other Men's Flowers.

Archibald's Next Big Thing

Archibald's Next Big Thing is a DreamWorks animated kids' comedy created by Tony Hale from his 2014 book, premiering on Netflix September 6, 2019, following optimistic chicken Archibald Strutter in Crackridge, later continued as Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here on Peacock.

ArchiCAD

ArchiCAD is a building information modeling software platform for architects, developed by Graphisoft of Budapest and first released in 1984, running natively on macOS and Windows.

Archie (comic book)

Archie (comic book): American teen-humor comic debuting in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941), created by Bob Montana with writer Vic Bloom at MLJ; publisher renamed Archie Comics; spans Riverdale TV, horror imprints, and the 2026 Oni Press partnership.

Archie (dog)

Archie was Andy Warhol's dachshund, who accompanied the artist to openings and dined at Ballato's, and the subject of Warhol's 1973 works Archie the Dog (Philadelphia Museum of Art) and (Archie) (Whitney).

Archie Andrews

Archie Andrews, fictional American teenager of Archie Comics, debuted in Pep Comics #22 (1941). Known for Riverdale setting, red hair, and the Betty-Veronica love triangle; adapted as Riverdale and a planned film.

Archie Barnes

Archie Barnes (Archie Oliver G Barnes), born 2006 in South London, is an English child-to-young-adult actor: Robert Pretty in The Dig (2021), Mitchell's Son in The Batman, and Ser Oscar Tully in HBO's House of the Dragon, with stage credits including Phaedra at the National Theatre.

Archie Bunker

Archie Bunker, the bigoted working-class patriarch of All in the Family (CBS, 1971–1979) and Archie Bunker's Place, played by Carroll O'Connor; Norman Lear's adaptation of Alf Garnett that topped Nielsen ratings for five seasons.

Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker's Place, the CBS continuation of All in the Family (1979–1983), stars Carroll O'Connor as bar owner Archie Bunker in Queens, with partners Murray Klein and Gary Rabinowitz and the offscreen death of Edith Bunker.

Archie Christie

Archibald "Archie" Christie was a British Royal Flying Corps officer and businessman who married Agatha Christie in 1914, fathered her daughter Rosalind, and divorced her in 1928.

Archie Comics

Archie Comics (Archie Comic Publications, Inc.), founded 1939 as MLJ Magazines, publishes Riverdale teens Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead; Archie debuted in Pep Comics #22 in 1941, and Oni Press becomes its first publishing partner in 2026.

Archie Goodwin (comics)

Archie Goodwin (1937–1998), American comic book writer and editor; editor-in-chief at Warren (Creepy, Eerie, Blazing Combat) and Marvel, founder of Epic Comics, writer of Manhunter and Star Wars comics.

Archie Griffin

Archie Griffin (Archie Mason Griffin), born 1954, is the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner (1974, 1975), an Ohio State running back who set the NCAA career rushing record of 5,177 yards and later led the Ohio State Alumni Association.

Archie Hahn

Archie Hahn (Charles Archibald Hahn, 1880-1955), "The Milwaukee Meteor", American sprinter; first to win the Olympic 100m-200m double, plus 60m, at St. Louis 1904, and 100m gold at Athens 1906.

Archie Kao

Archie Kao (高圣远, Archie David Kao, born 1969, Washington, D.C.) is a Chinese-American actor and producer, the Galaxy Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, CSI's Archie Johnson, Chicago P.D.'s Sheldon Jin, and Uncle Wong in Interior Chinatown.

Archie Lyndhurst

Archie Lyndhurst (2000-2020), English actor, son of Nicholas Lyndhurst and Lucy Smith; played Ollie Coulton in CBBC's So Awkward from 2015 and a young Jack Whitehall in Bad Education; died at 19 of a brain haemorrhage.

Archie Mackinnon

Archie Mackinnon (Archibald Alan MacKinnon, 1937-2026), Canadian rower, bow of UBC's Cinderella Four that won Canada's first Olympic rowing gold at Melbourne 1956; also silver in the eights at Rome 1960 and Commonwealth gold in 1958.

Archie Madekwe

Archie Madekwe (born 1995, Lambeth, London) is a British actor known for Midsommar, Saltburn, Gran Turismo as Jann Mardenborough, and Sundance hit Lurker; 2026 EE BAFTA Rising Star nominee.

Archie Manning

Archie Manning, born Elisha Archie Manning III in 1949, is a former NFL quarterback who starred at Ole Miss and played mostly for the New Orleans Saints.

Archie Miller (basketball)

Archie Miller (born 1978) is an American college basketball coach, head coach at Rhode Island since 2022 and formerly head coach at Dayton (139-63, 2014 Elite Eight) and Indiana (67-58), career 261-192.

Archie Moore

Archie Moore, born Archibald Lee Wright, was an American boxer who held the light heavyweight title from 1952 to 1962, with the most knockouts in boxing history.

Archie Panjabi

Archie Panjabi (Archana Panjabi), British actress born 1972 in Edgware, England; Emmy-winning as Kalinda Sharma on The Good Wife, known for East Is East, Bend It Like Beckham, A Mighty Heart, Departure, and Doctor Who's Rani.

Archie R. Clemins

Archie R. Clemins was a US Navy admiral who commanded the Pacific Fleet from 1996 to 1999 and led the creation of the Navy's IT-21 network.