Aubrey Wyatt Tilby, known as A. Wyatt Tilby was a British author, journalist and traveller. He was born in Addiscombe, Surrey.

Aage Friis was a Danish historian and professor at the University of Copenhagen.

Agatha ("Aagje") Deken (1741 in Nieuwer-Amstel – 14 November 1804, in The Hague) was a Dutch writer.

Aale Maria Tynni-Haavio was a Finnish poet and translator. She is best known for editing and translating European poetry ranging from the Middle Ages into Finnish in a comprehensive anthology of entitled Tuhat Laulujen Vuotta in (1957). She participated in the Art Competitions of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and won the Gold Medal in the Lyric Works, Literature category for "Laurel of Hellas".

Aaly Tokombaev was a poet, composer, and a famous novelist who greatly influenced the Kyrgyz nation. In 1927 he graduated from the Middle Asian Community University (presently National University of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent. After graduation, he fully devoted himself to Soviet Kyrgyz literature.

Aapo Ilves is an Estonian poet, writer, playwright, artist and musician. He writes in Estonian, Võro and Seto languages. Ilves has also written song lyrics for other artists, including several "Hits of the Year" and also Estonian Eurovision entries "Tii" in 2004 and Kuula in 2012.

Aarne Michaël Tallgren was a Finnish archaeologist.

Aaro Hellaakoski was a Finnish poet whose work includes some of the earliest examples of modernism in Finnish literature.

Aaron Becker is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his wordless children's book Journey, which received positive reviews in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and a Caldecott Honor in 2014.

Aaron ben Joseph of Constantinople, was an eminent teacher, philosopher, physician, and liturgical poet in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.