Aphabetic letter pairs in words

AH = Anne Hathaway

AI - Amy Irving

AJ = Andrew Jackson

AK - Astana, Kazakhstan, or Almaty, Kazakhstan. Respectively, the capital and largest city in the world’s ninth largest country.

AL - Alice Liddell

AM - Angela Merkel

AN = Alfred Noyes

AO - Annie Oakley

AP - Allentown, Pennsylvania

AQ - Asbestos, Quebec

Surprised me, too: Val-des-Sources - Wikipedia

AR - Ayn Rand

AS - Aleppo, Syria

AT - Alan Thicke

AU = Alchevsk, Ukraine

Query: Are fictional people allowed?

I don’t see why not, if they’re well-known enough to merit their own Wiki page.

AV - Alexandria, Virginia

AW - Adam West

AX - Abel Xavier (born 1972), Portuguese footballer

AY = Andre Young (aka Dr. Dre)

AZ - Arthur Zimmermann, German Secretary of State, dispatcher of the notorious Zimmermann Telegram, in WWI.

BA = Benedict Arnold