• Aeschylus (c.525 BC-c.456 BC)
• Affleck, Ben (1972)
• Alcaeus (c.620 BC-c.580 BC)
• Alcott, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
• Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321)
• Allen, Woody (1935)
• Anacreon (c.582 BC-c.488 BC)
• Andrews, Julie (1935)
• Anouilh, Jean (1910-1987)
• Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918)
• Apuleius (c.124-c.170)
• Ardant, Fanny (1949)
• Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556)
• Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533)
• Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
• Arkin, Alan (1934-2023)
• Arp, Jean (1886-1966)
• Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907)
• Atkins, Eileen (1934)
• August, Bille (1948)
• Augustine of Hippo, St. (354-430)
• Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
• Auteuil, Daniel (1950)
• Axel, Gabriel (1918-2014)
• Axelrod, George (1922-2003)