Leadership

• Archibald Percival Wavell (born 1883, died 1950)

  British nobleman, military leader and author.

  • British commander in the early years of World War II; viceroy of India, 1943-47 (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)

Miscellaneous

• Archibald H. Grimké
  • 1919 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)
• Archibald MacLeish (born 1892, died 1982)

  American poet and playwright.

  • 1977 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Archibald V. Hill (born 1886, died 1977)

  English physiologist who investigated the liberation of energy in muscles.

  • 1922 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Otto Meyerhof (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)

The Literary World

• Archibald
  • A minor character in Henry IV, Pt. I (see list of Shakespearean Characters)
• Archibald MacLeish (born 1892, died 1982)

  American poet and playwright.

  • 1959 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for J.B. (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
  • 1952 Bollingen Prize winner (see list of Winners of the Bollingen Prize for Poetry)
  • Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry, in 1933 for Conquistador and in 1953 for Collected Poems 1917-1952 (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
  • 1953 National Book Award winner for Poetry, for Collected Poems 1917-1952 (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Poetry)
• Archibald McNally

  Fictional detective.

  • Created by author Lawrence Sanders (see list of Fictional Detectives)