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Ali Kony
Ali Kony (Ali Mohammed Lalobo), son of LRA leader Joseph Kony, is a sanctioned former Lord's Resistance Army deputy (UN CFi.010, listed 23 August 2016) who defected in 2021 and returned to Uganda in July 2023.
Ali Mohamed Rage
Ali Mohamed Rage, aka Ali Dheere or Ali Dhere, born 1966 in Mogadishu, is al-Shabaab's chief spokesman since May 2009, a US-designated SDGT (2021), UN-listed SOi.021 (2022), with a $5 million US reward.
Ali Noureddine al-Naasan
Ali Noureddine al-Naasan (علي نور الدين النعسان), nicknamed Abu Hamza, is a Syrian major general and chief of the General Staff since January 2025; a former Syrian Arab Army officer who defected in 2011, he commanded HTS's Second Division and helped lead the offensive that toppled Assad.
Ali Soufan (علي سوفان)
Ali Soufan, also known as Ali H. Soufan, is a Lebanese American former FBI special agent who investigated al-Qaeda, interrogated key detainees after 9/11, and wrote The Black Banners.
Ali Taziev
Ali Taziev (Magas, Akhmed Yevloev), Ingush militant, former police officer who led the Ingush Jamaat and Caucasus Emirate forces; captured by the FSB in 2010 and serving three life sentences.
Aliagha Shikhlinski
Aliagha Shikhlinski (Əliağa Şıxlinski) was an Azerbaijani artillery officer who became a lieutenant general in the Russian Imperial Army and later deputy war minister of Azerbaijan.
Aliaskhab Kebekov
Aliaskhab Kebekov (Ali Abu Muhammad), 1972-2015, Dagestani Avar theologian, second emir of the Caucasus Emirate from March 2014; first non-Chechen, non-militant leader; banned civilian attacks, opposed Islamic State, killed by Russian forces April 2015.
Alimqul
Alimqul, also rendered 'Aliquli, was a Kokandian commander who ruled the Khanate of Kokand from 1863 to 1865 and died defending Tashkent against the Russians.
Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884), Scottish-born cooper and abolitionist, founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago, foiled the 1861 Baltimore Plot against Lincoln, served as McClellan's Civil War spymaster, and hired the first female detective, Kate Warne.
Allen Dulles
Allen Welsh Dulles (1893–1969), OSS Bern station chief and longest-serving Director of Central Intelligence (1953–1961), negotiated Operation Sunrise, oversaw the Iran and Guatemala coups, and was dismissed after the Bay of Pigs.
Allison Black
Allison Black, nicknamed the "Angel of Death", is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and AC-130H Spectre navigator who flew combat missions in Afghanistan in 2001, became the first female Air Force Combat Action Medal recipient, and commanded the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field.
Alok Sharma (police officer)
Alok Sharma (born 1966, Aligarh) is a 1991-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer and Director of India's Special Protection Group since 17 November 2023; not the Indian politician or IAF officer of the same name; tenure extended to 31 March 2027.
Alonso de Alvarado
Alonso de Alvarado (ca. 1490, Burgos – 1555, Lima) was a Spanish conquistador who served under Francisco Pizarro in the conquest of Peru and founded Chachapoyas.
Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish grandee and admiral (1550–1615), commander in chief of the 1588 Gran Armada; premier duke of Spain, richest grandee, later captain general of the Mar Océano and defender of Cádiz in 1596.
Alonso de Illescas
Alonso de Illescas, born around 1528 in Africa, was an African maroon leader who founded the Reino de los Zambos in Esmeraldas, on Ecuador's Pacific coast.
Alp Arslan
Alp Arslan (Moḥammad b. Dāwūd, 1029-1072), second Great Seljuq sultan from 1063, victor over Romanos IV at Manzikert on 26 August 1071, ruled with vizier Nizam al-Mulk, named Malik Shah heir, and was assassinated on his 1072 Transoxiana campaign.
Alphonse Juin
Alphonse Pierre Juin (1888–1967), Marshal of France from Bône, Algeria; commanded the French Expeditionary Corps in Italy 1943–44 (Garigliano, Rome), resident general in Morocco 1947–51, NATO Central Europe commander.
Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón (1880–1928), Sonoran general and president of Mexico 1920–1924, defeated Pancho Villa at Celaya in 1915, reformed the Army, and was elected for 1928–1932 before being assassinated by José de León Toral at La Bombilla.
Amadou Koufa
Amadou Koufa (Amadou Kouffa, Hamadoun Kouffa, Amado Diallo) is a Malian Fulani jihadist preacher, founder and emir of the Macina Liberation Front (Katibat Macina), the most active faction of al-Qaeda-linked JNIM, operating from central Mali into Burkina Faso under Iyad ag Ghali.
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick (c.1528/1530–1590), Tudor nobleman, son of the Duke of Northumberland and brother of the Earl of Leicester; Master of the Ordnance, commander at Newhaven 1562–63, lieutenant against the 1569 Northern Rebellion, died childless after a leg amputation.
Amer Ahsan Nawaz
Amer Ahsan Nawaz is a lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) recipient, former GOC 12 Division Murree and Commandant Command and Staff College Quetta (2020-2023), Military Secretary at GHQ, and Corps Commander X Corps Rawalpindi since 26 August 2025.
American Horse (Oglala Lakota)
American Horse (Wašíčuŋ Tašhúŋka, circa 1840 to 1908) was an Oglala Lakota chief known for his oratory, who fought in Red Cloud's War and later urged accommodation with the United States.
Amin al-Hafiz (أمين الحافظ)
Amin al-Hafiz (أمين الحافظ), 1921–2009, Syrian Sunni general who led Syria's first Ba'athist government 1963–1966, nationalized banks, executed spy Eli Cohen, and was deposed by Salah Jadid's February 1966 coup.
Amir Khan (Pindari)
Amir Khan (आमिर खान), born in the late 1760s at Sambhal, was a Pathan soldier of fortune who rose from Pindari-linked freebooter to founding Nawab of Tonk.
Ammon Bundy
Ammon Bundy, son of rancher Cliven Bundy, led the 2014 Bunkerville standoff and the 2016 Malheur refuge occupation, founded People's Rights, ran for Idaho governor, and later broke with the Trump-era far right over ICE.
Amritpal Singh
Amritpal Singh (Amritpal Singh Sandhu), Sikh separatist leader heading Waris Punjab De and Independent MP for Khadoor Sahib since 2024; arrested April 2023 under the NSA, held in Dibrugarh jail; distinct from the devotional singer of the same name.
Amy McGrath
Amy McGrath (born 1975) is a retired Marine lieutenant colonel, first woman Marine to fly an F/A-18 in combat, with 89 combat missions; lost Kentucky House race 2018 and Senate race 2020, running again in 2026.
Ana Montes
Ana Belen Montes, born 1957, was the Defense Intelligence Agency's top Cuba analyst who spied for Cuban intelligence for about 16-17 years until her 21 September 2001 arrest; she pleaded guilty in 2002, drew a 25-year sentence, and was released in January 2023.
Anami Korechika
Anami Korechika (阿南惟幾, 1887–1945) was a Japanese army general who served as Minister of War in the Suzuki cabinet, advocated conditional surrender, and took his own life when Japan capitulated.
Anders Lassen
Anders Lassen (1920-1945), Danish officer in the British Army's SOE, Small Scale Raiding Force, and Special Boat Service; Victoria Cross and three Military Crosses; killed at Lake Comacchio, Italy, 9 April 1945.