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Amy Grant (Illinois politician)

Amy Grant is an American Republican politician in the Illinois House of Representatives from the 47th district, after serving on the DuPage County Board from 2012 to 2018.

Amy J. St. Eve

Amy Joan St. Eve, born 1965, is an American judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 2018, after 16 years as a federal district judge in Illinois.

Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar, Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota since 2007, first woman elected to represent the state, former Hennepin County attorney, 2020 presidential candidate, and 2026 DFL nominee for Minnesota governor.

Amy M. Baggio

Amy Margaret Baggio, born 1973, is an American federal district judge in Oregon since 2024, appointed by President Biden after serving on the Multnomah County Circuit Court.

Amy M. Totenberg

Amy M. Totenberg, also known as Amy Mil Totenberg, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Georgia since 2021.

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.

Amy Mek

Amy Mek is the online pseudonym of Amy Mekelburg, an American far-right commentator and anti-Islam activist from New York who founded RAIR Foundation USA and was identified by journalists in 2018.

Amy Nicholson

Amy Nicholson, American film critic for the Los Angeles Times, co-host of the Unspooled podcast with Paul Scheer, author of Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor (2014), former LA Weekly and MTV critic.

Amy Paulin

Amy Paulin is an American politician who has represented New York's 88th Assembly district, including Scarsdale, as a Democrat since 2001, and chairs the Assembly Health Committee.

Amy Robach

Amy Robach (Amy Joanne Robach, born 1973, Detroit) is an American TV journalist, former ABC News GMA, GMA3, and 20/20 anchor, known for her 2013 on-air mammogram breast cancer diagnosis, the 2019 Epstein hot-mic recording, and her 2023 ABC exit with T.J. Holmes.

Amy Sacco

Amy Sacco, American nightclub owner from Chatham, New Jersey, founder of Manhattan clubs Lot 61 (1998) and Bungalow 8 (2001) and the restaurant Bette; called queen of New York nightlife.

Amy Sinclair

Amy Sinclair, born in 1975 in Unionville, Missouri, is an American Republican politician who has served in the Iowa Senate since 2013 and serves as its president.

Amy Walter

Amy Walter (born 1969) is an American political analyst, editor-in-chief and publisher of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, former ABC News Political Director (2010-12), and PBS NewsHour Politics Monday analyst with Tamara Keith.

Amyrtaeus of Sais

Amyrtaeus of Sais (Greek Amyrtaios) was a prince of the Delta city of Sais who, invested as king of Egypt, joined Inaros in the rebellion against Persian king Artaxerxes I around 460 BC.

Amytis (daughter of Astyages)

Amytis was, according to the Greek historian Ctesias, a daughter of Astyages, the last king of the Medes, and later a wife of Cyrus the Great.

Amytis of Media

Amytis of Media is a Median princess whom Berossus reports as the wife of Nebuchadnezzar II, married to seal the Median-Babylonian alliance after the capture of Aššur in 614 BC.

An = Anum

An = Anum is the longest and most comprehensive god list of ancient Mesopotamia, a Babylonian lexical series cataloging roughly 2000 deities in equational form.

An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code

Bill C-16 (42-1), the 2016 Canadian statute adding gender identity or expression to the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code hate propaganda and sentencing provisions; Royal Assent 19 June 2017, S.C. 2017 c. 13.

An Chonghui

An Chonghui (安重诲) was a military executive of Later Tang who served six years as Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs under Emperor Mingzong, deciding nearly all matters of state.

An Chongrong's Rebellion

An Chongrong's Rebellion (安重荣之乱) was the rising of An Chongrong, Later Jin military governor of Chengde, against Emperor Shi Jingtang, crushed by Du Chongwei at Zongcheng and Zhenzhou.

An Dao

An Dao (安焘), courtesy name Houqing, was a Northern Song Confucian scholar-official from Kaifeng who placed third in the 1059 jinshi examination and rose to Commissioner of Military Affairs.

An Duong Vuong

An Duong Vuong (An Dương Vương), personal name Thuc Phan, was the king who founded Au Lac in the Red River Delta around 257 BCE and built the Co Loa citadel.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a 1748 book by the Scottish philosopher David Hume, recasting his Treatise of Human Nature in shorter, more accessible form.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work of philosophy by John Locke, first published in 1689, arguing that all human ideas and knowledge derive from experience.

An Essay on the Principle of Population

An Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Robert Malthus's 1798 anonymously published treatise arguing population grows geometrically while food grows arithmetically, with preventive and positive checks, poor-law policy implications, and influence on Darwin, economics, and neo-Malthusian thought.

An Gyeon

An Gyeon (안견) was a leading early Joseon court painter active under King Sejong, remembered for Mongyudowondo of 1447 and as the founder of Joseon-style landscape painting.

An Hyang

An Hyang (안향) was a Goryeo scholar-official who brought Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian books and portraits of Confucius back from Yuan China in 1289, reforming the National Academy.

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation is a 1789 book by the English reformer Jeremy Bentham that makes utility the sole standard for morality and law.

An Jeong-bok

An Jeong-bok (안정복, 1712–1791), pen name Sunam, was a Korean scholar and historian of the late Joseon dynasty who wrote the major history Dongsa gangmok.

An Lushan

An Lushan (安禄山) was a Tang dynasty frontier general who commanded three northeastern provinces and launched the rebellion of 755 that permanently weakened the Tang.