2) Kantrowitz, Adrian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kantrowitz, Adrian, (kanītrwitsī) (KEY) , 1918-, American surgeon. The son of a physician, Kantrowitz received his M.D. from Western Reserve Univ. (1943), returning...

3) Willaert, Adrian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Willaert, Adrian, (adīrean vilīart) (KEY) , c.1490-1562, Flemish composer. After brief engagements at Ferrara and Milan, he was choirmaster at St. Mark's, Venice,...

4) Anson, Adrian Constantine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Anson, Adrian Constantine, (anīsn) (KEY) , 1851-1922, American baseball player-manager, known usually as "Cap" Anson, b. Marshalltown, Iowa. For most of his career...

5) Adrian IV, pope. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Adrian IV, pope, d. 1159, pope (1154-59), an Englishman (the only English pope), b. Nicholas Breakspear at Langley, near St. Albans. He was successor of Anastasius...

6) Adrian VI, pope. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Adrian VI, pope, 1459-1523, pope (1522-23), a Netherlander (b. Utrecht) named Adrian Florensz; successor of Leo X. He taught at Louvain and was tutor of the young...

7) Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron, 1889-1977, English physiologist, M.D. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1915. He was research professor (1929-37) of the Royal Society...

8) Boult, Sir Adrian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Boult, Sir Adrian, (bolt) (KEY) , 1889-1983, English conductor. Boult studied conducting in Leipzig with Arthur Nikisch (1912-13). In 1930 he became conductor of...

9) Hadrian, for popes, variant spelling of Adrian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hadrian, for popes, variant spelling of Adrian, For popes of that name, use Adrian....

10) Adrian, Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Adrian, Roman emperor, Roman emperor: see Hadrian....