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Athanasios Orphanides

Athanasios Orphanides is a Cypriot economist, MIT Sloan professor, and former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (2007–2012) known for his real-time data critique of monetary policy rules.

Athanasios Plevris

Athanasios (Thanos) Plevris, born 1977 in Athens, is a Greek New Democracy politician and lawyer, Minister of Migration and Asylum since June 2025 and previously Minister of Health.

Athanasios Theologis

Athanasios Theologis is an American plant molecular biologist at the Plant Gene Expression Center in Albany, California, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Athanasios Tsakalov

Athanasios Tsakalov (Αθανάσιος Τσακάλωφ) was a Greek, born in Ioannina around 1788, who co-founded the Filiki Eteria in 1814 and died in Moscow in 1851.

Athanasios Typas

Athanasios Typas, known as Nassos Typas, is a Greek molecular biologist who has led a research group at EMBL Heidelberg since 2011 and heads its Molecular Systems Biology Unit.

Athanasius I

Athanasius I, born Alexius around 1230 in Adrianople, was a Byzantine ascetic monk who served twice as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1289 to 1293 and 1303 to 1309.

Athanasius II

Athanasius II, a Cretan born early in the fifteenth century, was elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1450, succeeding the deposed Gregory III as the Ottomans prepared their attack on the city.

Athanasius III

Athanasius III, born Alexios Patellarios, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople twice, in 1634 and for fifteen days in 1652, and is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Athanasius IV

Athanasius IV (Αθανάσιος Δ΄) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1679, holding the throne for only about 12 days between the terms of Dionysios IV.

Athanasius Kircher

Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680), German Jesuit polymath of the Collegio Romano, author of Oedipus Aegyptiacus and founder of the Musaeum Kircherianum; first to link Coptic to hieroglyphs, though his hieroglyphic translations were discredited.

Athanasius Nikitin

Athanasius Nikitin (Афанасий Никитин) was a Russian merchant from Tver and the earliest known Russian visitor to India, whose Journey Beyond Three Seas is one of the earliest European accounts of India.

Athanasius of Alexandria

Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296–373) was bishop of Alexandria from 328 to 373, defending Nicaea against four Roman emperors and spending 15 years in exile.

Athanasius Schneider

Athanasius Schneider, born Anton Schneider in Kyrgyzstan in 1961, is a Catholic auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, and a leading critic of Communion in the hand.

Athanasius V

Athanasius V (Ἀθανάσιος Ε΄), known as Athanasios Margounios, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1709 to 1711, imposed by the Ottoman Grand Vizier and later deposed.

Athanassios Argiris

Athanassios Argiris (Αθανάσιος Αργύρης) is a Greek-born medical oncologist, professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia since 2016, known for head and neck cancer research and trials.

Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos

Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos is a Greek-born American chemical engineer, the Susan Dod Brown Professor at Princeton, and inventor of the Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo method for simulating phase coexistence in fluids.

Athar al-Bilad wa-Akhbar al-'Ibad

Athar al-Bilad wa-Akhbar al-'Ibad, sometimes known as 'Aja'ib al-Buldan, is a 13th-century Arabic geographical encyclopedia by Zakariya al-Qazwini, describing the world's lands, cities, and wonders.

Atharvaa

Atharvaa (அதர்வா), Atharvaa Murali, Tamil film actor and producer born 1989 in Chennai, son of actor Murali. Debut Baana Kaathadi (2010); Filmfare Best Actor Tamil for Paradesi (2013); producer debut Semma Botha Aagathey (2018); 21st film Idhayam Murali (2026).

Atharvaveda (अथर्ववेद)

The Atharvaveda (अथर्ववेद), also called Atharvāṅgirasa, is the fourth Veda of Hindu scripture, a collection of healing charms, sorcery spells, and domestic prayers, second only to the Rigveda in antiquity.

Athearn

Athearn is an American model railroad manufacturer founded by Irv Athearn in 1943, best known for inexpensive "Blue Box" HO kits that introduced generations to the hobby.

AtHeart

AtHeart (앳하트) is a seven-member K-pop girl group under TITAN CONTENT, the first US-founded K-pop company, debuting August 13, 2025 with the EP Plot Twist after the pre-debut single Good Girl (AtHeart).

Atheis

Atheis is a 1949 Indonesian novel by Achdiat Karta Mihardja, published by Balai Pustaka, following a devout young man whose faith collapses after encountering secular, revolutionary ideas.

Atheism

Atheism is the denial that God or gods exist; in philosophy it names the proposition that no gods exist, in common usage the lack of theistic belief. Covers definitions, Greek and Enlightenment history, arguments from evil and hiddenness, and global demographics.

Atheist

Atheist is an American technical death metal band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in 1984, whose albums Piece of Time and Unquestionable Presence helped define progressive technical metal.

Atheistic Satanism

Atheistic Satanism is religious Satanism without belief in Satan, treating him as a symbol of rebellion; its main bodies are the Church of Satan and The Satanic Temple.

Athena (2022 film)

Athena (2022) is a French action-drama directed by Romain Gavras, co-written with Ladj Ly, about brothers in a Paris banlieue estate at war with police after a boy's death; premiered at Venice 2022, streamed on Netflix, 97 minutes, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Athena (wrestler)

Athena (Adrienne Reese, b. 1988, Garland, Texas), formerly WWE's Ember Moon, is an AEW/ROH wrestler and the longest-reigning ROH Women's World Champion, winning the title from Mercedes Martinez at Final Battle 2022 and holding it past 1,000 days.

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ)

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ, Athene, Roman Minerva) was the Greek Olympian goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, crafts, and city protection, daughter of Zeus, patron of Athens, worshipped at the Panathenaia and honored in the Parthenon.

Athena Karkanis

Athena Karkanis, also Athena Irene Karkanis, is a Canadian actress born 1981 in Lethbridge, Alberta, known for Grace Stone in Manifest, Agent Perez in Saw IV/VI, and voicing Aviva in Wild Kratts and the female Jedi Consular in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Athena Kranaia (temple)

The Athena Kranaia (Ἀθηνᾶ Κραναία) was a Doric temple of Athena in the Kallidromo mountains of Phocis, serving as the extramural sanctuary of ancient Elateia.