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Anirudh Singh (Himachal Pradesh politician)

Anirudh Singh is an Indian National Congress politician and three-time MLA from the Kasumpti seat, serving as a Himachal Pradesh minister with the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj portfolio.

Anis al-Dowleh

Anis al-Dowleh (انیس‌الدوله), born Fatema-Soltan around 1842, was the favorite wife of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, influential in court appointments until her death in 1896.

Anisa Makhlouf (أنيسة مخلوف)

Anisa Makhlouf (أنيسة مخلوف), also spelled Anissa, was the wife of Syrian president Hafez al-Assad and mother of successor Bashar, dying in Damascus in 2016.

Anish Dayal Singh

Anish Dayal Singh (अनीश दयाल सिंह), 1988-batch Manipur-cadre IPS officer; nearly 30 years in the Intelligence Bureau; Director General of ITBP and CRPF (2023-2024); appointed India's Deputy National Security Advisor in August 2025.

Anish Shah (businessman)

Anish Shah is an Indian businessman who has led the Mahindra Group as CEO and Managing Director since 2021, its first head from outside the founding family.

Anisha Rosnah

Anisha Rosnah binti Adam (Anisha Rosnah Isa-Kalebic), born 1994, is the wife of Brunei's Prince Abdul Mateen, titled Pengiran Anak Isteri; married January 2024, daughter born 2026.

Anishinaabe

Anishinaabe (Anishinaabeg) is the collective identity of Great Lakes Indigenous peoples including Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, united historically in the Three Fires alliance, with oral treaty traditions and modern self-government agreements.

Anishinaabe treaty areas

The Anishinaabe treaty areas are Upper Great Lakes and northwestern Ontario territories that the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi ceded to the United States and Canada between the 1820s and 1873.

Anísio Teixeira

Anísio Spínola Teixeira (1900–1971) was a Brazilian educator and jurist who led education reform in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, founded CAPES, and co-founded the University of Brasília.

Anita Anand

Anita Anand names two figures: Anita Indira Anand (born 1967), Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs and former University of Toronto law professor, and Anita Anand (born 1972), a British BBC broadcaster and author.

Anita B. Brody

Anita B. Brody is an American jurist, a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, best known for overseeing the NFL concussion litigation.

Anita Bose Pfaff

Anita Bose Pfaff, born 1942 in Vienna, is an Austrian economist who taught at the University of Augsburg and is the only child of Subhas Chandra Bose.

Anita Bryant

Anita Bryant, American singer, Miss Oklahoma 1958, and Florida orange juice spokeswoman, led the 1977 Save Our Children campaign that repealed Dade County's gay-rights ordinance, triggering a national orange juice boycott; died 2024 at 84.

Anita Dunn

Anita Dunn, American Democratic political strategist, interim Obama White House communications director 2009, cofounder-partner of SKDK, Senior Advisor to President Biden 2021-2024, later advised the pro-Harris Future Forward super PAC.

Anita Garibaldi

Anita Garibaldi, born Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro in Laguna, Brazil, in 1821, fought alongside Giuseppe Garibaldi in Brazil, Uruguay, and Italy, dying near Ravenna in 1849.

Anita Hill

Anita Hill (born 1956) is an American lawyer and Brandeis University professor who testified in 1991 that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her; Thomas was confirmed 52-48, and her testimony transformed U.S. workplace sexual harassment law and awareness.

Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic

Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic (born 1972 in Wołczyn) is a Polish politician of the New Left who has served in the Sejm since 2023, as vice-chair of the Left club.

Anita Mahto (अनीता महतो)

Anita Mahto (अनीता महतो) refers to two women: Anita Kisku alias Babita Mahto, a CPI (Maoist) area committee member who surrendered in Giridih, Jharkhand in 2026, and Anita Devi Mahto, an RJD politician and wife of Ashok Mahto who won Bihar's Warsaliganj seat in 2025.

Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan

Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician, born in 1984, who has represented the Ratlam constituency of Madhya Pradesh in the Lok Sabha since 2024.

Anita Orbán

Anita Orbán (Orbán Anita, born 1974) is a Hungarian economist, diplomat and former energy executive; foreign minister and deputy prime minister since 12 May 2026 under PM Péter Magyar, unrelated to Viktor Orbán; previously energy security ambassador 2010–2015 and executive at Cheniere, Tellurian and Vodafone.

Anita Rani

Anita Rani, British broadcaster born 1977 in Bradford, presenter of BBC's Countryfile, The One Show and Radio 4's Woman's Hour; author of The Right Sort of Girl and host of the Sisters of Defiance podcast.

Anita Roddick

Anita Lucia Roddick (1942–2007) was a British businesswoman and campaigner who founded The Body Shop in Brighton in 1976, building it into a global cosmetics chain known for opposing animal testing.

Anita Somani

Anita Somani is an American physician and Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 8th district, serving Dublin and Worthington after three decades as an OB/GYN in Columbus.

Anita Sowińska

Anita Sowińska is a Polish politician who has served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Climate and Environment since 2023, after sitting in the Sejm from 2019.

Anita Subhadarshini

Anita Subhadarshini, born 1972, in Bhubaneswar, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented the Aska constituency in Odisha in the Lok Sabha since 2024.

Anitta (king of Kussara)

Anitta, also known as Anittas, was an Anatolian king of Kussara, son of Pithana, who conquered Nesa and destroyed Hattusa around 1730 BC and is known from the Anitta Text.

Anitta text

The Anitta text, also called the Anitta inscription, is the oldest known text in the Hittite language, narrating King Anitta's conquests, including his destruction of Hattusa around 1730 BC.

Anja Hazekamp

Anja Hazekamp, born 1968 in Vlagtwedde, is a Dutch Party for the Animals politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014.

Anjan V. Thakor

Anjan V. Thakor is a finance economist at Washington University in St. Louis, known for work on why banks exist and how bank-firm relationships respond to competition.

Anjana Om Kashyap (अंजना ओम कश्यप)

Anjana Om Kashyap (अंजना ओम कश्यप), Indian TV journalist and Aaj Tak anchor and senior editor, host of Halla Bol and Black & White, known for aggressive debate anchoring, election coverage, awards, and controversies.