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1. Aaron (Aaron, Hank - Player)
   In 1954 Aaron was brought up to the Milwaukee Braves to replace an injured outfielder. Aaron hit a home run in his first major league at-bat. He would continue to hit home runs in remarkable fashion for the next two decades. Aaron was the only major league player to hit at least 20 home runs in every season for 20 consecutive years, at least 30 for 15 years, or at least 40 for 8 years. He was the first player to record more than 3.000 hits and 500 home runs. On April 8, 1974, Aaron hit his 715th career home run, breaking the record long held by Babe Ruth.
2. Aaron (Aaron, Hank - Player) -- Henry Aaron
   "Sure, Henry Aaron has a hitting weakness," the Hall of Famer said. "It's a pitch with something on it right across the letters and in close. But, that's the hitting weakness of every great hitter, regardless of what else they can or can't hit."
3. Aaron (Aaron, Lee - Musical Act) -- Aaron Neville
   Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American soul and R&B singer. Aaron is the third of the four famous The Neville Brothers (Aaron, Charles, Cyril and Art Neville) of New Orleans. A product of that city's richly complex musical culture, his first vocal model was older brother Art, keyboardist and founder of the Meters. Brother Charles played sax with B.B. King while brother Cyril became Aaron's partner in a funk band they called the Soul Machine.
4. Aaron (Aaron, Lee - Musical Act) -- Aaron Carter
   PopEater Music Blog: Pop singer Aaron Carter was arrested on Thursday after being found in possession of marijuana. The 20-year-old singer was pulled over for speeding in his Cadillac Escalade in Junction, Texas, when police spotted the marijuana. Read more
5. Aaron (Aaron, Hank - Player) -- Hank Aaron
   On August 1, 1982 Hank Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and received votes on 97.8 percent of the ballots. At the time, only Ty Cobb received a higher percentage (98.2) of votes cast.[citationneeded] Aaron was then named Atlanta's vice president of player development. This made him one one of the first minorities in Major League Baseball upper-level management.[citationneeded]
6. Aaron (Aaron, Hank - Player) -- Henry Louis Aaron
   (Henry Louis Aaron), 1934–, U.S. baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. A durable outfielder noted for his powerful wrists, Aaron was among the first blacks to play a full career in the major leagues (1954–76). In 1974 “Hammerin’ Hank” broke Babe Ruth’s legendary lifetime mark of 714 home runs, eventually setting a record of 755 homers, which held until Barry Bonds hit his 756th in 2007. Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, Aaron is baseball’s career leader in runs batted in (2,297) and extra-base hits (1,477) and was an All Star a record 24 times. He ... was the National League’s most valuable player in 1957 and won three Gold Gloves. In 1976 he became one of the first black executives in the game, beginning a long tenure in the Atlanta Braves front office. He also is a successful Atlanta businessman.
7. Aaron (Aaron, Lee - Musical Act) -- Aaron Copland
   Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, he was widely known as “the dean of American composers.” Copland's music achieved a difficult balance between modern music and American folk styles, and the open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are said to evoke the vast American landscape. He incorporated percussive orchestration, changing meter, polyrhythms, polychords and tone rows. Aside from composing, Copland taught, presented music-related lectures, wrote books and articles, and served as a conductor (generally, but not always, of his own works).
8. Aaron Norris
   Aaron Norris diente als Soldat im Vietnam-Krieg. Seine Karriere im Filmgeschäft begann er als Stuntman 1974. Zu Beginn der 80iger Jahre begann er auch als Produzent von Filmen seines Bruders zu arbeiten und gab 1988 sein Debüt als Regisseur mit Braddock: Missing in Action III, mit Chuck Norris in der Hauptrolle.
9. Tommy Aaron
   Among the winners since that event are Doug Sanders, Tommy Aaron, Danny Edwards, Curtis Strange, Columbus native Kenny Knox, and 5 time champion Allen Doyle. Included one the runner-up list are Mason Randolph, Gardner Dickinson, Bert Greene, Steve Melnyk, Gary Koch, Ben Crenshaw, Fuzzy Zoeller, Andy Bean, Willy Wood, and Paul Azinger. Aaron, Crenshaw, and Zoeller wear the green jacket of a Masters Champion, and Mr. Doyle launched into his senior tour career shortly after winning his fifth Southeastern, where he has won the Senior U.S. Open twice.
10. Aaron Carter
    Aaron Carter is the younger brother of Nick Carter, one of the stars of the teen supergroup The Backstreet Boys. Nick's success opened the door for Aaron, whose career got started after he performed with the Backstreet Boys during a European tour in 1997. Only 10 at the time, Aaron quickly became a popular teen heartthrob. His albums include Aaron Carter (1998) and Aaron's Party (2000). In 2001 he appeared briefly as Jojo the Who in the Broadway musical Seussical.

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