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Aric Nesbitt

Aric Nesbitt is an American Republican politician and Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate, elected in 2022 to represent Van Buren, Allegan, and Kent counties.

Arie Belldegrun

Arie Belldegrun (אריה בלדגרון) is a physician and biotechnology entrepreneur who founded Kite Pharma, sold it to Gilead Sciences for $11.9 billion in 2017, and co-founded Allogene Therapeutics.

Arie W. Kruglanski

Arie W. Kruglanski, born in Poland in 1939, is a social psychologist at the University of Maryland known for the need for cognitive closure and theories of terrorism.

Ariel (angel)

Ariel (Hebrew: lion of God, disputed) is a biblical word for a man, Jerusalem, and an altar hearth, not a biblical angel; the angelic Ariel arises in Gnostic, Kabbalistic, Shem ha-Mephorash, and occult traditions, often confused with Uriel.

Ariel Castro kidnappings

Ariel Castro kidnappings: 2002-2004 abductions of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus in Cleveland; decade-long captivity at 2207 Seymour Avenue; Castro's 937-count guilty plea, life plus 1,000 years, and 2013 prison suicide.

Ariel Helwani

Ariel Helwani, Montreal-born combat sports journalist and Syracuse Newhouse graduate, hosts The Ariel Helwani Show and leads Uncrowned with Yahoo Sports; formerly of MMA Fighting, ESPN, and Fox Sports, and famously banned then unbanned by the UFC in 2016.

Ariel Henry

Ariel Henry (born 1949), Haitian neurosurgeon and unelected prime minister July 2021 to April 2024 after Jovenel Moïse's assassination; ruled by decree, faced charges over suspect Badio links, resigned amid gang insurrection.

Ariel Pakes

Ariel Pakes, born 1949 in Edmonton, Canada, is a Harvard economist whose empirical industrial organization methods, including the BLP demand model, are widely used in antitrust.

Ariel Rubinstein

Ariel Rubinstein, born 1951 in Jerusalem, is an Israeli economist and game theorist whose 1982 alternating-offers model reshaped bargaining theory; he teaches at Tel Aviv University and New York University.

Ariel School UFO incident

Ariel School UFO incident: 16 September 1994 at Ariel School, Ruwa, Zimbabwe; about 62 pupils aged 6-12 reported silver craft and dark-clad beings during recess. Investigated by Cynthia Hind and John E. Mack; no physical evidence; known for child drawings and the 2022 documentary Ariel Phenomenon.

Ariel Sharon (אריאל שרון)

Ariel Sharon (אריאל שרון, born Ariel Scheinermann, 1928–2014) was an Israeli general and the 11th prime minister, 2001–2006. Known for Unit 101, the 1973 Suez crossing, the 1982 Lebanon war and Kahan Commission removal, and the 2005 Gaza disengagement before his fatal stroke.

Ariel Szarfsztejn

Ariel Szarfsztejn is an Argentine business executive who became president and CEO of MercadoLibre, Latin America's largest online commerce and fintech company, on January 1, 2026.

Ariel Yaroshevich

Ariel Yaroshevich is an Israeli software engineer who co-founded Firebolt, the Tel Aviv cloud data warehouse company, with Eldad Farkash and Saar Bitner, and served as its first CTO.

Arif Alvi

Arif Alvi (عارف علوی), born 1949, is a Pakistani dentist and PTI founding member who served as Pakistan's 13th president from 9 September 2018, marked by the Isa reference, the 2022 assembly dissolution, and the 2023 bills controversy.

Arif Dirlik

Arif Dirlik (阿里夫·德里克, 1940–2017), Turkish-born American historian at Duke, Oregon, and CUHK; author of Revolution and History on Chinese Marxist historiography and of the 1994 essay 'The Postcolonial Aura,' a leading Marxist critique of postcolonial studies.

Arif Janmohamed

Arif Janmohamed is a venture capitalist who spent 18 years as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, backing Navan, Netskope, and Moveworks before founding Duration Ventures in 2026.

Arif Mohammad Khan

Arif Mohammad Khan, born 1951 in Bulandshahr, is an Indian politician, four-time Lok Sabha member, former union minister, author of Text and Context, and Governor of Kerala (2019–2025), then Bihar; known for his 1986 Shah Bano resignation and anti-triple-talaq advocacy.

Arif Naqvi

Arif Naqvi, also known as Arif M. Naqvi, is a Pakistani businessman who founded the Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj, which collapsed into liquidation in 2018.

Arignar Anna Zoo Park

Arignar Anna Zoo Park (Vandalur Zoo), Chennai's Arignar Anna Zoological Park, is India's first zoo, founded 1855 as Madras Zoo, moved to Vandalur Reserve Forest in 1985; 602 hectares, 2,300 animals, 172 species.

Arik Shtilman

Arik Shtilman (אריק שטילמן) is an Israeli entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of fintech company Rapyd, which he built from 2015 into a payments firm serving over 100 countries.

Arik Vardi

Arik Vardi (אריק ורדי) is an Israeli internet entrepreneur who co-founded Mirabilis, the Tel Aviv company behind ICQ, and was its chief executive when AOL bought it in 1998 for $287 million.

Arik-den-ili

Arik-den-ili, also written Ārik-dēn-ili, was a king of Assyria in the early Middle Assyrian period, reigning about 1307–1296 BC and campaigning against nomads and Kassite Babylonia.

Arikara

The Arikara (Sahnish) are a Caddoan-speaking Missouri River earth lodge people of North and South Dakota, closely related to the Pawnee, now one of the Three Affiliated Tribes at Fort Berthold.

Arikara War

The Arikara War of 1823 was a conflict between the United States and the Arikara nation on the Missouri River, the first major U.S. expedition against the Plains Indians.

Arikesari Maravarman

Arikesari Maravarman (அரிகேசரி மாறவர்மன்) was an early Pandya king of southern Tamil Nadu, remembered for defeating the Chera at the battle of Nelveli and for his traditional conversion from Jainism to Saivism.

Arikhankharer

Arikhankharer (Arikankharer) was a 1st-century AD crown prince of the kingdom of Kush, son of the co-regents Natakamani and Amanitore, who died before he could come to power.

Arild Underdal

Arild Underdal (1946–2025) was a Norwegian political scientist at the University of Oslo, its rector from 2002 to 2005, known for research on the effectiveness of international environmental agreements.

Arima Harunobu

Arima Harunobu (有馬晴信, 1567–1612) was a Japanese daimyo of Hizen Province, based at Hinoe Castle, best known as a Christian lord who promoted the Jesuit mission in Japan.

Arin Karapet

Arin Karapet, born 1988, Swedish Riksdag member for the City of Stockholm since 2018, originally a Moderate Party politician, defected to the Sweden Democrats in March 2026; focused on migration, integration, and labor market policy.

Arinçkus stele of Argishti I

The Arinçkus stele of Argishti I is a fragmentary Urartian stela of King Argishti I (reigned about 785/80–756 BC), found at Arinçkus near Lake Van, Turkey.