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- Rudolf Abel, intelligence agent (1990)
- Khachatur Abovian, Armenian writer (1948, 1956)
- Yuldash Akhunbabayev, politician (1965)
- Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Azeri writer and philosopher (1962)
- Sergey Aksakov, Russian writer (1959)
- Vladimir Aksyonov, cosmonaut (1976, 1980)
- Ivan Akulov, first Prosecutor General of the USSR (1988)
- Sholem Aleichem, Yiddish writer (1959)
- Alexander Alexandrov, composer (1983)
- Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (1965)
- Salvador Allende, President of Chile (1973)
- Alexander Alyabyev, Russian composer (1951)
- Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (1972)
- Vladimir Arsenyev, travel writer (1956)
- Lev Artsimovich, physicist (1974)
- Boris Asafyev, composer (1984)
- Oleg Atkov, cosmonaut (1985)
- Hunan Avetisyan, World War II soldier (1963)
- Sadriddin Ayni, Tajik writer (1958)
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