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and a

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originated in the

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. The name can derive from '' Ealdwine'' (meaning "old friend") or (in the

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) from ''

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People with the surname

Alvin Alden Alvin Alden (March 1, 1818 – August 18, 1882) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Stafford, Connecticut or Stamford, Connecticut, Alden moved to Randolph, Wisconsin, Randolph, Wisconsin Territory in 1844 and then moved to P ...

(1818–1882), American politician * Blanche Ray Alden (1870–1934), American musician and composer * Charles Henry Alden (1836–1906), American military officer *

Chris Alden Christopher J. Alden is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of ''Red Herring'', a magazine focused on the business of technology, and Rojo.com, an early web-based RSS reader. Alden was chairman and chief executive officer of the ...

, American entrepreneur *

Christopher Alden (director) Christopher Alden (born 1949 in New York) is an American theater and opera director. He is the twin brother of David Alden, also an opera director. Both brothers belong to a generation of modernist directors that includes Robert Wilson and Pete ...

(born 1944), American theatre director *

Cynthia May Alden Cynthia May Westover Alden (May 31, 1862 – January 8, 1931), also known as Cynthia W. Alden and Cynthia M. Westover, was an American journalist, author, inventor, and New York City municipal employee. Early life and education She was born ...

(1862–1931), American journalist, author, and municipal employee *

David Alden David Alden (born 1949 in New York City) is a prolific theater and film director known for his post-modernist settings of opera. He is the twin brother of Christopher Alden, also an opera director in the revisionist mold. The two brothers have cove ...

(born 1949), American theatre and film director *

Edward Alden Edward Alden (born 1961) is an American journalist, author, and the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Alden specializes in U.S. economic competitiveness, U.S. trade policy, and visa and immigration policy. Ald ...

(born 1961), American-Canadian journalist and policy analyst *

Emily Gilmore Alden Emily Gillmore Alden (pen name, E. G. A.; January 21, 1834 – June 6, 1914) was an American author and educator. For forty years, Alden was a member of the faculty of Monticello Seminary, and for nearly fifty years, the poet of the school. Alden ...

(1834–1914), American author and educator *

George I. Alden George I. Alden (22 April 1843 – 13 September 1926) was a mechanical engineer and academic innovator. Alden was raised in Templeton, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School and taught mechanical engineering for twenty-e ...

(1843–1926), American mechanical engineer and educator *

Ginger Alden Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the " King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His ener ...

, American actress and model *

Harold Alden Harold Lee Alden (January 10, 1890 – February 3, 1964) was an American astronomer. Early years and education Harold Lee Alden was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College (Illinois) in 1912 and his mas ...

(1890–1964), American astronomer *

Henry Mills Alden Henry Mills Alden (November 11, 1836 – October 7, 1919) was an American author and editor of ''Harper's Magazine'' for fifty years—from 1869 until 1919. Early years He was born on November 11, 1836, in Mount Tabor near Danby, Vermont, eighth ...

(1836–1919), American author and publication editor *

Howard Alden Howard Vincent Alden (born October 17, 1958) is an American jazz guitarist born in Newport Beach, California. Alden has recorded many albums for Concord Records, including four with seven-string guitar innovator George Van Eps. Early life How ...

(born 1958), American jazz guitarist *

Ichabod Alden Ichabod Alden (August 11, 1739 – November 11, 1778) was an American Revolutionary War officer and commanding officer during the Cherry Valley Massacre. Early life and family The great-grandson of the Mayflower pilgrim John Alden, Ichabod Ald ...

(1739–1778), American military officer *

Isabella Macdonald Alden Isabella Macdonald Alden (nickname and pen name, Pansy; November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author. Her best known works were: ''Four Girls at Chautauqua'', ''Chautauqua Girls at Home'', ''Tip Lewis and his Lamp'', ''Three Pe ...

(1841–1930), American author * James Alden Jr. (1810–1877), American military officer *

Jerome Alden Jerome Alden (March 5, 1921 – May 4, 1997) was an American playwright and screenwriter for television and documentary films. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon. He wrote the one-man play ''Bully (music ...

(1921–1997), American playwright, father of Christopher Alden and David Alden *

John Alden John Alden (c. 1598 - September 12, 1687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the ''Mayflower'' which brought the English settlers commonly known as Pilgrims to Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, US. He was hired in Sou ...

( 1598–1687), one of the Pilgrims on the ''Mayflower'' *

John Alden (sailor) Capt. John Alden Jr. (ca. 1626 or 1627 –
homepages.rootsweb.com; accessed January 20, 2019.John Richard Alden John Richard Alden (23 January 1908, Grand Rapids, Michigan – 14 August 1991, Clearwater, Florida) was an American historian and author of a number of books on the era of the American Revolutionary War. Biography Alden graduated from the Univ ...

(1908–1991), American historian *

Joseph Alden Joseph Alden (January 4, 1807 – August 30, 1885) was an American academic and Presbyterian pastor. Education Alden was born in Cairo, New York, on January 4, 1807, and he began there to teach school when fourteen years of age, in order to pay ...

(1807–1885), American scholar, educator, and author *

Kay Alden Priscilla Kay Alden (born October 24, 1946) is an American television writer and the former head writer for the soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless''. Career Alden began writing for ''The Young and the Restless'' as a script writer in 197 ...

(born 1946), American television writer *

Lucy Morris Chaffee Alden Lucy Morris Chaffee Alden (, Chaffee; November 20, 1836 - December 20, 1912) was a 19th-century American author, educator, and hymnwriter of the long nineteenth century. Over 200 of her works appeared in various periodicals. Biography Lucy Morris ...

(1836–1912), American author, educator, and hymn writer *

Mary Alden Mary Maguire Alden (June 18, 1883 – July 2, 1946) was an American motion picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses to work in Hollywood. Life Alden was born in New York City on June 18, 1883. She performed on Br ...

(1883–1946), American actress *

Norman Alden Norman Alden (born Norman Adelberg, September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures. He first appeared on television on ''The 20th Century Fox Hour'' in 1957. He p ...

(1924–2012), American actor *

Priscilla Alden Priscilla Alden (, ) was a noted member of Massachusetts's Plymouth Colony of Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrims and the wife of fellow colonist John Alden (1687). They married in 1621 in Plymouth. Biography Priscilla was most likely born in ...

( 1602–1685), one of the Pilgrims on the ''Mayflower'', wife of John Alden and mother of John Alden Jr. * Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873–1924), American scholar and educator * Raymond W. Alden III, American educator and academic administrator *

Roy Alden Royal Penny Alden (July 22, 1863 – August 7, 1937) was an American politician and newspaper editor. Alden was born in Tamaroa, Illinois and went to the public schools. He lived in Pinckneyville, Illinois and was the editor of the ''Pickneyvi ...

(1863–1937), American newspaper editor and politician *

Timothy Alden Rev Timothy Alden, Jun. (August 28, 1771 – July 5, 1839) was an educator and founder of Allegheny College. Early life Timothy Alden was born in Yarmouth, Massachusetts on August 28, 1771. After receiving a theology degree from Harvard Coll ...

(1771–1839)), American clergyman and academic administrator *

Timothy Alden (politician) Timothy Alden (born 1991) is a Maltese environmental activist and former politician, and was the last leader of the Democratic Party before it merged with Democratic Alternative to create AD+PD. Early life Timothy Alden was born in Swieqi in ...

(born 1991), Maltese politician *

Scott Alden Samuel Scott Alden (1907 – December 12, 1977) was an American special assistant to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director J. Edgar Hoover, FBI special agent, director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, lawyer, college profe ...

(1907–1977), American law enforcement official, lawyer, college professor, and college athletics head coach * Vernon Roger Alden, American academic administrator *

William L. Alden William Livingston Alden (1837–1908) was a prominent American journalist, fiction writer, humorist and canoe enthusiast. He was a US diplomat in Rome from 1885 to 1890 and thereafter lived in Europe until shortly before his death. Biography W ...

(1837–1908), American journalist and writer

People with the given name

Alden Aaroe Alden Peterson Aaroe (May 5, 1918 – July 7, 1993) was a broadcast journalist and announcer for WRVA, a radio station in Richmond, Virginia. Career Before coming to WRVA, Aaroe was a newscaster at WCHV in Charlottesville, Virginia, 1939–1941 ...

(1918–1993), American broadcast journalist and announcer *

Alden Anderson Alden Anderson (October 11, 1867 – September 23, 1944) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from California. He served as the Lieutenant Governor of California from 1903 to 1907. Prior to that he had been a member of t ...

(1867–1944), American politician * Alden G. Barber (1919–2003), American scouting executive * Alden Brock ( 2002–2015), American flooding victim *

Alden Brown Alden Joseph Brown (born May 11, 1957), known professionally as Peter North, is a Canadian retired pornographic actor, director and producer. He has 2,588 credits as an actor (plus 13 as a director). Career In a 1996 interview published in Nor ...

(born 1957), also known as Peter North, Canadian pornographic actor, film director, and film producer *

Alden Carter Alden R. Carter (born April 7, 1947) is an American writer primarily known for his young adult novels, stories, and non-fiction. His works have won numerous awards including six American Library Association Best Book awards. In 2002 Carter was nam ...

(born 1947), American author * Alden W. Clausen (1923–2013), American businessman *

Alden Partridge Colvocoresses Alden Partridge Colvocoresses (September 23, 1918 – March 27, 2007) helped to develop the Space-oblique Mercator projection with John P. Snyder and John Junkins, and developed the first satellite map of the United States in 1974. Biograph ...

(1918–2007), American military officer and cartographer *

Alden B. Dow Alden B. Dow (April 10, 1904 – August 20, 1983) was an American architect based in Midland, Michigan, and known for his contributions to the style of Michigan Modern. During a career that spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, he designed more than ...

(1904–1983), American architect *

Alden Ehrenreich Alden Caleb Ehrenreich (; born November 22, 1989) is an American actor. He began his career by appearing in '' Supernatural'' (2005), and Francis Ford Coppola's films ''Tetro'' (2009) and ''Twixt'' (2011). Following supporting roles in the 2013 ...

(born 1989), American actor * Alden Jenks (born 1940), American composer *

Alden Knipe Alden Arthur Knipe (June 1870 – May 22, 1950) was an American football player and coach. He served as the sixth head football coach at the University of Iowa, serving from 1898 to 1902 and compiling a record of 30–11–4. Knipe was also the ...

(1870–1950), American football player and coach *

Alden McLaughlin Sir Alden McNee McLaughlin Jr. (born 6 September 1961) is a Caymanian politician, former Premier of the Cayman Islands. McLaughlin previously served as leader of the People's Progressive Movement party from February 2011 – March 2021. McLaug ...

(born 1961), Cayman Islands politician *

Alden H. Miller Alden Holmes Miller (February 4, 1906 – October 9, 1965) was an American ornithologist and director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley for 25 years. He published over 250 papers on the biology, distribut ...

(1906–1965), American ornithologist, zoologist, and museum director *

Alden Nowlan Alden Albert Nowlan (; January 25, 1933 – June 27, 1983) was a Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright. History Alden Nowlan was born into rural poverty in Stanley, Nova Scotia, adjacent to Mosherville, and close to the small town of Windsor ...

(1933–1983), Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist *

Alden Partridge Alden Partridge, (February 12, 1785 - January 17, 1854) was an American author, legislator, officer, surveyor, an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and a controversial pioneer in U.S. military educ ...

(1785–1854), American author, legislator, military officer, and surveyor * Alden Pasche (1910–1986), American basketball coach *

Alden Penner Alden Penner (born 12 January 1983) is a Canadian musician and producer best known for his work with the Unicorns, Clues, and for his solo output. Career The Unicorns (2000–05) In December 2000 Penner formed the Unicorns with Nicholas Thorb ...

(born 1983), Canadian musician, songwriter, and businessman *

Alden Richards Richard Reyes Faulkerson Jr. (born January 2, 1992), known professionally as Alden Richards, is an award-winning Filipino actor, singer, host, and entrepreneur. He is dubbed as "The Asia's Multimedia Star" after receiving the Asian Star Pri ...

(born 1992), Filipino actor, host, model, and recording artist *

Alden Roche Alden Stephen Rochè Jr. ( ; April 9, 1945 – May 29, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, an ...

(born 1945), American football player *

Alden Sanborn Alden Ream "Zeke" Sanborn (May 22, 1899 – December 1, 1991) was an American rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He won a gold medal in men's eight. He also served as a United States Naval Aviator. Biography Sanborn wa ...

(1899–1991), American rower *

Alden Thompson Alden Lloyd Thompson is a Seventh-day Adventist Christian theologian, author, and seminar presenter. He is also a professor of biblical studies at Walla Walla University in Washington, United States. Biography He graduated from Walla Walla Co ...

, American theologian *

Alden Whitman Alden Rogers Whitman (October 27, 1913 – September 4, 1990) was an American journalist who served as chief obituary writer for ''The New York Times'' from 1964 to 1976. In that role, he pioneered a more vivid, biographical approach to obituaries ...

(1913–1990), American journalist

People with the middle name

Don Alden Adams Don Alden Adams (January 16, 1925 – December 30, 2019) was president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (2000–2014), the principal corporation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Biography Born in January 16, 1925 in Oak Park ...

(born 1925), American clergyman * Neil Alden Armstrong (1930–2012), American naval officer, test pilot, astronaut, and educator * Vaughan Alden Bass, American painter *

Benjamin Alden Bidlack Benjamin Alden Bidlack (September 8, 1804 – February 6, 1849) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney who served as a member of the US House of Representatives and was later appointed chargé d'affaires to New Granada. While s ...

(1804–1849), American politician *

Charles Alden Black Charles Alden Black (March 6, 1919 – August 4, 2005) was an American businessman known for his work in aquaculture and oceanography as well as his marriage to Shirley Temple Black. Career He served in the Navy during World War II as an intell ...

(1919–2005), American businessman, aquaculturalist, and oceanographer *

John Alden Carpenter John Alden Carpenter (February 28, 1876 – April 26, 1951) was an American composer. Carpenter's compositional style was considered to be mainly "mildly modernistic and impressionistic"; many of his works strive to encompass the spirit of America ...

(1876–1951), American composer *

Henry Alden Clark Henry Alden Clark (January 7, 1850 – February 15, 1944) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Career After admission to the bar in 1878, Clark was associated with the Edison electric light interests ...

(1850–1944), American politician * Stuart Alden Cook (born 1945), American musician *

John Alden Dix John Alden Dix (December 25, 1860 – April 9, 1928) was an American businessman and politician who served as 38th Governor of New York from January 1911 to January 1913. A native of Glens Falls, New York, Dix attended Cornell University befo ...

(1860–1928), American politician *

Walter Alden Dyer Walter Alden Dyer (October 10, 1878 in Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts – June 20, 1943) was an American author and journalist. He joined the staff of the ''Springfield Union'' in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1901, edited many publications, a ...

(1878–1943), American author and journalist *

John Alden Mason John Alden Mason (January 14, 1885 – November 7, 1967) was an American archaeological anthropologist and linguist. Mason was born in Orland, Indiana, but grew up in Philadelphia's Germantown. He received his undergraduate degree from the Univ ...

(1885–1967), American anthropologist, linguist, and curator *

Daniel Alden Reed Daniel Alden Reed (September 15, 1875 – February 19, 1959) was an American football player, coach, and U.S. Representative from the state of New York. Reed was attorney for the excise department of New York from 1903 to 1909. He served in th ...

(1875–1959), American football player, American football coach, and politician *

Phil Alden Robinson Phil Alden Robinson (born March 1, 1950) is an American film director and screenwriter whose films include ''Field of Dreams'', ''Sneakers (1992 film), Sneakers'', and ''The Sum of All Fears (film), The Sum of All Fears''. Early life and educatio ...

(born 1950), American film director and screenwriter *

William Alden Smith William Alden Smith (May 12, 1859 – October 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'', Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaster. The audience ...

(1859–1932), American politician * Elizabeth Alden Stam (1906–1934), American religious missionary *

J. Alden Weir Julian Alden Weir (August 30, 1852 – December 8, 1919) was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony near Greenwich, Connecticut. Weir was also one of the founding members of "The Ten", a loosely allied group of ...

(1852–1919), American painter * Harold Alden Wheeler (1903–1996), American engineer

Fictional people

* Alden (''The Walking Dead''), a character in the horror drama television series ''The Walking Dead'' * The Alden family, four siblings of which are the main characters of '' The Boxcar Children'' novel series * The Alden family, one of the two main families portrayed in the American soap opera '' Loving'' * James Alden, the main character in the 1931 American film ''The Millionaire'' * Oliver Alden, the main character in the novel ''

The Last Puritan ''The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel'' is a 1935 novel by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana. Set largely in the fictional town of Great Falls, Connecticut, Boston, and England, in and around Oxford, it relates the l ...

'' * Rev. Robert Alden, a character in the American television drama series ''Little House on the Prairie'' * Roberta Alden, a character in the novel ''

An American Tragedy ''An American Tragedy'' is a 1925 novel by American writer Theodore Dreiser. He began the manuscript in the summer of 1920, but a year later abandoned most of that text. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of ...

'' *

Terri Alden ''Three's Company'' is an American sitcom television series that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. It is based on the British sitcom ''Man About the House''. The story revolves around three single roomma ...

, a character in the American television sitcom series ''

Three's Company ''Three's Company'' is an American sitcom television series that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. It is based on the British sitcom ''Man About the House''. The story revolves around three single roomma ...

'' * Thomas and Amy Alden, father and daughter that are main characters in the American film ''

Fly Away Home ''Fly Away Home'' ( ''Flying Wild'' and ''Father Goose'') is a 1996 family drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, and Dana Delany. ''Fly Away Home'' was released on September 13, 1996, by Columbia Pic ...

'' * Alden Jones, a character in the Canadian television cartoon series ''

Braceface ''Braceface'' is an animated television series that aired on Teletoon in Canada and the Fox Family Channel in the U.S. The series was produced by Nelvana and Jade Animation, the show features actress Alicia Silverstone from the movie ''Clueless'' ...

'' * Alden Pyle, a character in the novel ''

The Quiet American ''The Quiet American'' is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene. Narrated in the first person by journalist Thomas Fowler, the novel depicts the breakdown of French colonialism in Vietnam and early American involvement in the Vietnam W ...

'' * Alden, a secondary main villain and boss from the game ''

inFamous Infamous may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * ''Infamous'' (2006 film), an American drama film * ''Infamous'' (2020 film), an American crime thriller film * "Infamous", an episode of ''Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinj ...

'' *Alden Dedrick Vacker, a character in the Keeper Of The Lost Cities book series by

Shannon Messenger Shannon Messenger is an American author. She writes the middle-grade series ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'', which was a ''New York Times'' bestseller; ''Unlocked'', book 8.5 in the series, reached number 8 on USA Today's list in 2020. She also w ...

*Alden Carruthers, a character from the game

Red Dead Redemption 2 ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in 1899 and f ...

Aldén surname

Aldén is a nearly homonymic surname that seems to be of Swedish or other Scandinavian origin, apparently unrelated to the English Alden surname. Among people with the Aldén surname are: *

Sebastian Aldén Sebastian Carl Aldén (born 7 November 1985 in Västerås, Sweden) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. Career He rode for the King's Lynn Stars in the British Elite League. He sustained a broken heel in the Robins' Elite League f ...

(born 1985), Swedish motorcycle racer *

Sonja Aldén Sonja Annika Maria Aldén (born 20 December 1977) is a Swedish singer mostly famous for her 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2020 Melodifestivalen entries, and for working together with Shirley Clamp and Sanna Nielsen, as well as her songwriting for other ar ...

(born 1977), English-Swedish singer-songwriter

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