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- Alden Aaroe – WRVA talk show host
- Caroline Aaron – actress and producer
- Tim Abell - actor, Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
- John Aboud – writer, comedian and regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows
- Hunter "Patch" Adams § – doctor, author, and social activist
- Xavier Adibi § – linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings
- Chris Adler – drummer (Lamb of God)
- Willie Adler – guitarist (Lamb of God) who go
- Danny Aiken - long snapper for the New England Patriots
- James Anderson § – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
- V.C. Andrews – born in Portsmouth, Virginia
- David Arquette – born on a commune in Winchester (raised there for 2 years)
- Arthur Ashe (1943–1993), tennis player and social activist
- Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), 1st Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas.
- Kevin Aviance – dancer
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