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Angelique Ashby

Angelique Ashby is an American Democratic politician and Majority Leader of the California State Senate, the first woman elected to represent Sacramento there in over 20 years.

Angelo Bruno

Angelo Bruno (Angelo Annaloro), "The Docile Don" or "Gentle Don," Sicilian-born boss of the Philadelphia Mafia from 1959 until his March 21, 1980 shotgun assassination, which triggered decades of family warfare.

Angelo Buono Jr.

Angelo Anthony Buono Jr. (1934-2002), with cousin Kenneth Bianchi one of the Hillside Stranglers, murdered young women in Los Angeles in 1977-78; convicted 1983 of nine murders after the longest U.S. criminal trial, died in prison.

Angelo Epaminonda

Angelo Epaminonda, "il Tebano" (1945-2016), Catania-born boss of Milan's clan dei catanesi; controlled gambling, prostitution and drugs in the 1980s, became northern Italy's first mafia pentito in 1985, revealing 44 murders.

Angelo Gaja

Angelo Gaja, born in 1940 in Alba, Piedmont, is a fourth-generation Italian winemaker who joined his family's Barbaresco estate in 1961 and expanded it to Tuscany and Sicily.

Angelo Gordon & Co

Angelo Gordon & Co, also known as Angelo Gordon, was a New York alternative investment firm founded in 1988 by John Angelo and Michael Gordon, specializing in distressed debt.

Angelo Mai

Angelo Mai (1782–1854) was an Italian cardinal and Vatican Library scholar who recovered lost ancient texts from palimpsests, most famously Cicero's long-lost De re publica in 1819.

Angelo Maria Quirini

Angelo Maria Quirini, born Girolamo Quirini (1680–1755), was a Venetian Benedictine monk who became archbishop of Corfù, cardinal and bishop of Brescia, and Vatican Librarian, best known for founding the Biblioteca Queriniana in Brescia.

Angelo Morinello

Angelo J. Morinello is an American politician and retired judge who has represented New York's 145th Assembly district, including Niagara Falls, as a Republican since 2017.

Angelo Paoli

Angelo Paoli (1642–1720), born Francesco Paoli, was an Italian Calced Carmelite priest called Father Charity who founded Rome's first convalescent home and was beatified in 2010.

Angelo Ruggiero

Angelo "Quack Quack" Ruggiero, Gambino crime family caporegime, nephew of Aniello Dellacroce and friend of John Gotti; his bugged heroin-trafficking conversations, 1983 indictment with Gene Gotti and Carneglia, refusal to give Paul Castellano his tapes, and death of cancer December 4, 1989.

Angelo Santabarbara

Angelo Santabarbara is an American politician and Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from the 111th district, first elected in 2012 after serving on the Schenectady County Legislature.

Angelo Scola

Angelo Scola, born in 1941, is an Italian cardinal and theologian who served as Patriarch of Venice and Archbishop of Milan and was the leading candidate for pope in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.

Angelo Sodano

Angelo Sodano was an Italian cardinal and Vatican diplomat who served as secretary of state under John Paul II and Benedict XVI, then as dean of the College of Cardinals.

Angelo State University

Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas, founded in 1928. It is a component of the Texas Tech University System and offers doctoral degrees.

Angels in Christianity

Angels in Christianity, also called Christian angelology, are spiritual beings created by God as messengers and ministers, inherited from Judaism and elaborated by medieval theology.

Angels in Islam

Angels in Islam, known in Arabic as Mala'ikah, are unseen beings created from light who convey revelation, record human deeds, and administer death and the grave; belief in them is a pillar of faith.

Angels in Judaism

Angels in Judaism, called mal'akhim (messengers) in Hebrew, are spiritual beings serving God; Jewish angelology covers their nature, ranks, and roles, including named angels like Michael and Gabriel.

Angels of Mons

Angels of Mons: WWI legend of angels or phantom Agincourt bowmen saving the British retreat from Mons, August 1914; traced to Arthur Machen's fictional story "The Bowmen" (Evening News, 29 September 1914), which he admitted inventing.

Angelus

The Angelus is a Catholic devotion honoring the Incarnation, recited three times daily at 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. at the sound of a bell.

Anger

Anger is a basic human emotion triggered by perceived offense or obstruction, distinct from hostility (attitude) and aggression (behavior); venting does not reduce it, while CBT and arousal-lowering strategies are effective treatments.

Anger management

Anger management, also called anger management therapy, is CBT-based treatment teaching relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and communication skills; arousal-decreasing activities work (g = -0.63) while venting does not.

Angevin Empire

The Angevin Empire (l'espace Plantagenêt) was the modern name for Henry II's composite lands, 1154–1204, from Northumbria to Gascony, assembled by inheritance and marriage and lost under John.

Angevin kings of England

Angevin kings of England: Henry II (1154–1189), Richard I, and John, founders of the Plantagenet line, ruling England plus the "Angevin Empire" from Normandy to Aquitaine until John lost most French lands by 1215.

Angevin Poland

Angevin Poland is the period of the Kingdom of Poland from 1370 to 1399, ruled by Louis I of Hungary and then his daughter Jadwiga, ending with the Polish-Lithuanian union.

Anghami

Anghami is a music streaming platform for the Middle East and North Africa, founded in Beirut in 2012 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi since 2021.

Angie Button

Angie Button is an American politician who has served as the Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 112 in Dallas County since 2009, chairing the Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development Committee.

Angie Craig

Angie Craig, Democratic U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 2nd District since 2019, former medical device executive who flipped the swing seat in 2018, held it against Tyler Kistner, and is running in the 2026 DFL Senate primary against Peggy Flanagan.

Angie Guerrero-Cuellar

Angie Guerrero-Cuellar, born Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, is a Democratic Illinois state representative for the 22nd district and the first woman and first Latina to hold the seat.

Angie King

Angie King is an American Republican politician who has represented Ohio's 84th House district since 2023, after serving on the Celina City Council and as Mercer County Recorder.