Christian Boehme Anfinsen

(1915-1995). Chemist. Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 1972. Convert to Judaism.

Rabbi Marc Dwight Angel

Sephardic Orthodox Rabbi, Congregation Shearith Israel, New York, New York. President, Rabbinical Council of America.

Walter Annenberg

(1908-2002). Publisher and philanthropist. U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-1974.

Herbert Aptheker

(1915-2003). Marxist historian. Member of the Communist Party, 1939-2003 (National Committee, 1957-1991).

Hannah Blucher Arendt

(1906-1975). German philosopher and political theorist. Noted for her work on totalitarianism.

Meir Argov

(1905, Ukraine-November 24, 1963). Born Meir Grabovsky. Expelled from Soviet Union for Zionist activities, 1924. Member, Vaad Leummi, 1930. Secretary-General, World Zionist Labor Movement. Signer of the Declaration of Independence of Israel, 1948. Mapai Member of the Israeli Knesset, 1949-1963.

Adam Arkin

(1956-Alive). Actor. Son of Alan Arkin.

Alan Arkin

(1934-Alive). Actor. Member, Tarriers folk singers. Father of Adam Arkin.

David Aronberg

(May 4, 1971, Miami, Florida-Alive). Democratic Member, Florida State Senate, 2003-Current.

Stanley J. Aronoff

(June 8, 1932, Cincinnati, Ohio-Alive). Republican Member, Ohio House of Representatives, 1961-1967. Republican Member, Ohio State Senate, 1967-1997 (President, 1989-1997). Pleaded guilty to fee-pancaking in violation of state ethics laws, 1995, and sentenced to community service.

Kenneth J. Arrow

(1921-Alive). Economist. Nobel Prize in Economics, 1972.

Bea Arthur

(May 13, 1922, New York, New York-April 25, 2009, Los Angeles, California). born Bernice Frankel. Actress. Star of the television sitcom Maude.