Society and history

Anemoia

Anemoia, from John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, means nostalgia for a time one never experienced. Not a clinical term; studied as vicarious or historical nostalgia and linked to populism and vintage marketing.

Sep 19, 2026

Anen

Anen was an official of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who served as Second Prophet of Amun under Amenhotep III, brother of Queen Tiye and son of Yuya and Thuya.

Anerood Jugnauth

Anerood Jugnauth, known in Mauritius as SAJ, was a Mauritian politician who served three times as Prime Minister, from 1982 to 1995, 2000 to 2003, and 2014 to 2017.

Anette Kramme

Anette Kramme, born 1967, is a German politician of the SPD who has sat in the Bundestag since 1998 and became a Parliamentary State Secretary in 2013.

Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin "Nye" Bevan (1897–1960), Welsh Labour MP for Ebbw Vale 1929–1960, was Minister of Health who created the National Health Service, launched 5 July 1948; he resigned in 1951 over NHS charges and became Labour deputy leader in 1959.

Anfal campaign (حملة الأنفال)

Anfal campaign (حملة الأنفال): eight-stage 1988 Ba'athist Iraqi military offensives against Iraqi Kurdistan's Kurds under Saddam Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid; killed an estimated 50,000-182,000 civilians and is legally recognized as genocide.

Sep 24, 2026

Ang Chan I

Ang Chan I was king of Cambodia from 1516 to 1566, who moved the capital to Lovek, raided Siamese territory in 1549, and submitted to Ayutthaya in 1551.

Sep 24, 2026

Ang Chan II

Ang Chan II (អង្គចន្ទទី២) was king of Cambodia from 1806 to 1834, crowned in Bangkok, who paid tribute to both Siam and Vietnam before fleeing to Vietnam during the Siamese invasion of 1832.

Sep 24, 2026

Ang Duong

Ang Duong (អង្គឌួង) was king of Cambodia, crowned at Oudong in 1848 after ending Vietnamese occupation, and the last king before the French protectorate of 1863.

Ang Mey

Ang Mey (អង្គម៉ី, 1815–1874) was a queen regnant of Cambodia, installed by Vietnam in 1835 as a client ruler during its annexation of the country.

Anga

Anga (Aṅga) was an ancient Indian kingdom and one of the sixteen mahajanapadas, east of Magadha in modern Bihar, capital Campā near Bhagalpur; annexed by Bimbisara of Magadha.

Angara Airlines Flight 2311

Angara Airlines Flight 2311 (AGU-2311), An-24RV RA-47315, crashed near Tynda, Russia on 24 July 2025, killing all 48 aboard; MAK found a QNH/QFE altimeter mismatch left it 600 m low.

Angel

Angel: a supernatural messenger being in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hebrew mal'akh, Arabic malak/mala'ikah, Greek angelos). Distinguished by biblical messenger origins, Second Temple hierarchy speculation, Pseudo-Dionysius's nine orders, and Islam's six pillars of faith.

Angel investor

An angel investor, also called a business angel, is a high-net-worth individual who invests personal money in seed and early-stage businesses, unlike venture capital funds.

Angel Kanchev

Angel Kanchev (Ангел Кънчев) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, assistant to Vasil Levski in building the secret committee network, who died at Ruse in 1872 aged 21.

Angel Kelley

Angel Kelley, born in 1967, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Massachusetts since 2021, appointed by President Biden after 12 years as a Massachusetts state court judge.

Ángel Maturino Reséndiz

Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, "the Railway Killer" (el asesino del ferrocarril), was a Mexican serial killer who traveled by freight train, killed at least 15 people, was captured in 1999, and executed in Texas in 2006.

Angel Moroni

The angel Moroni, known as Mormoni, is a resurrected being in Latter-day Saint belief who appeared to Joseph Smith starting in 1823 to reveal the golden plates.

Angel Oakley

Angel Oakley is an American politician and the 2026 Republican nominee for the U.S. House in Illinois's 3rd Congressional District, with a background in hospitality, wellness advising, and consulting.

Angel of the Lord (מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה)

The Angel of the Lord (מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה), also called the Angel of Yahweh, is a Hebrew Bible divine messenger at times addressed as God himself.

Angel Uribe

Angel Uribe is a Latin America-focused private equity and venture capital investor, a partner at Kaszek Ventures since 2023 and former CIO of MELI Kaszek Pioneer Corp.

Ángel Vicente Peñaloza

Ángel Vicente Peñaloza, known as El Chacho, was an Argentine federal caudillo from La Rioja whose 1863 defeat and murder ended the armed federal resistance to Buenos Aires.

Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez

Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez (born 1966 in Arucas, Gran Canaria) is a Spanish Socialist politician, Minister for Territorial Policy since 2023 and previously President of the Canary Islands.

Angela Ahrendts

Angela Ahrendts is an American business executive from New Palestine, Indiana, who led Burberry as CEO from 2006 to 2014 and then Apple's retail stores from 2014 to 2019.

Angela Alsobrooks

Angela Deneece Alsobrooks, Democratic U.S. senator from Maryland since 2025, Class 1. Former Prince George's County state's attorney and county executive; first Black senator from Maryland, elected 2024 over Larry Hogan.

Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts

Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, was an English philanthropist who inherited a vast fortune in 1837 and became the first woman raised to the peerage in 1871.

Angela Chao

Angela Chao (赵安吉) was an American shipping executive, chair and CEO of the Foremost Group from 2018, and sister of Elaine Chao, who died in 2024 at age 50.

Angela Constance

Angela Constance is a Scottish National Party politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since 2007 and serves as Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care.

Angela Davis

Angela Yvonne Davis, born in 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, is an American political activist and scholar known for the Communist Party USA, her 1970–1972 trial, and prison abolition.