Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...

, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of

Macedonia Macedonia most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...

who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra,

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandr ...

, and

Sasha Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or ''variant'' may refer to: People * Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha Musicians * Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe * Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sas ...

Etymology

The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (,

genitive In grammar, the genitive case ( abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can ...

: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest

attested form In linguistics, attested languages are languages (living or dead) that have been documented and for which the evidence (attestation) has survived to the present day. Evidence may be recordings, transcriptions, literature or inscriptions. In c ...

of the name, is the

Mycenaean Greek Mycenaean Greek is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC), before the hypothesised Dorian invasion, often cited as the '' terminus ad quem'' for the ...

feminine anthroponym , , (/ Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ''Alaksandus'', was a king of Wilusa who sealed a treaty with the Hittite king Muwatalli II ca. 1280 BC; this is generally assumed to have been a Greek called Alexandros. The name was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess

Hera In ancient Greek religion, Hera (; grc-gre, Ἥρα, Hḗrā; grc, Ἥρη, Hḗrē, label=none in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she ...

and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". In the

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the '' Odys ...

, the character

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

is known also as Alexander. The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of King Alexander III, commonly known as "Alexander the Great". Most later Alexanders in various countries were directly or indirectly named after him.

People known as Alexander

Alexander has been the name of many rulers, including kings of

Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled b ...

, of

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

, emperors of

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

and popes.

Rulers of antiquity

*Alexander (''Alexandros of Ilion''), more often known as

Paris of Troy Paris ( grc, Πάρις), also known as Alexander (, ''Aléxandros''), the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, is a mythological nobleman that appears in a number of Greek legends. Of these appearances, probably the best known was th ...

*Alexander of Corinth, 10th king of

Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part ...

(816–791 BC) * Alexander I of Macedon * Alexander II of Macedon *Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as

* Alexander IV of Macedon *

Alexander V of Macedon Alexander V of Macedon (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Εʹ ὁ Μακεδών; died 294, BC) was the second son of Cassander and Thessalonica of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He ruled as King of Macedon along with his broth ...

* Alexander of Pherae despot of Pherae between 369 and 358 BC *

Alexander I of Epirus Alexander I of Epirus ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος Α'; c. 371 BC – 331 BC), also known as Alexander Molossus (), was a king of Epirus (343/2–331 BC) of the Aeacid dynasty.Ellis, J. R., ''Philip II and Macedonian Imperialism' ...

king of Epirus about 342 BC * Alexander II of Epirus king of Epirus 272 BC * Alexander of Corinth, viceroy of Antigonus Gonatas and ruler of a rump state based on Corinth c. 250 BC * Alexander (satrap) (died 220 BC), satrap of Persis under Seleucid king Antiochus III * Alexander Balas, ruler of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria between 150 and 146 BC * Alexander Zabinas, ruler of part of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria based in Antioch between 128 and 123 BC * Alexander Jannaeus king of Judea, 103–76 BC * Alexander of Judaea, son of Aristobulus II, king of Judaea * Alexander Severus (208–235), Roman emperor * Julius Alexander, lived in the 2nd century, an Emesene nobleman *

Domitius Alexander Lucius Domitius Alexander (died c. 310), probably born in Phrygia, was vicarius of Africa when Emperor Maxentius ordered him to send his son as hostage to Rome. Alexander refused and proclaimed himself emperor in 308. The most detailed if som ...

, Roman usurper who declared himself emperor in 308

Rulers of the Middle Ages

* Alexander, Byzantine Emperor (912–913) * Alexander I of Scotland (c. 1078–1124) * Alexander II of Scotland (1198–1249) * Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263), Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir * Alexander III of Scotland (1241–1286) * Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia,

Voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the ...

of Wallachia (?-1364) * Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, tsar of

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

(beginnings of the 14th century-1371) *

Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver Grand Prince Alexander or Aleksandr Mikhailovich (russian: Александр Михайлович Тверской; 7 October 1301 – 29 October 1339) was a Prince of Tver as Alexander I and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal as Alexander II. His ...

Prince of Tver The title of Prince of Tver was borne by the head of the branch of the Rurikid dynasty that ruled the Principality of Tver. In 1247 Tver was allocated to Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky, and became an independent principality. In 1252, the principali ...

as Alexander I and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal as Alexander II (1301–1339) * Sikandar Khan Ghazi, Vizier of Sylhet (from 1303) *Aleksander (1338–before 1386), Prince of

Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

(son of Narymunt) * Sikandar Shah Miri, better known as Sikandar Butshikan ("Sikandar the Iconoclast"), sixth sultan of the Shah Miri dynasty of Kashmir (1353–1413) * Sikandar Shah, Sultan of Bengal (1358–1390) *

Alexander II of Georgia Alexander II ( ka, ალექსანდრე II) (died April 1, 1510) was a king of Georgia in 1478 and of Imereti from 1483 to 1510. Life In 1478, his father Bagrat VI died and Alexander became king of Georgia, initially ruling its two m ...

(1483–1510) * Alexandru I Aldea, ruler of the principality of Wallachia (1431–1436) * Eskender,

Emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife ( empress consort), mother ( e ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...

(1472–1494) *

Alexander Jagiellon Alexander Jagiellon ( pl, Aleksander Jagiellończyk, lt, Aleksandras Jogailaitis; 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506) of the House of Jagiellon was the Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland. He was the fourth son of Casimir IV Ja ...

(Alexander of Poland), King of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

(1461–1506) *

Nuruddin Sikandar Shah Nuruddin Sikandar Shah ( bn, নূরউদ্দীন সিকান্দর শাহ, fa, ) was the Sultan of Bengal in 1481 CE for a brief number of days. Early life and background Sikandar was born in the 15th-century into a ruling cl ...

, Sultan of

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

(1481) * Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, Voivode of

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centra ...

(1499–1568) * Sikandar Shah of Gujarat, ruler of Gujarat Sultanate (?-1526) * Sikandar Shah Suri, Sur dynasty, Shah of Delhi (?-1559) * Alexandru II Mircea,

Prince A prince is a Monarch, male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary title, hereditary, in s ...

of Wallachia (1529–1577)

Modern rulers

Alexander I of Russia Alexander I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death. He was the eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. The son of Gra ...

(1777–1825), emperor of Russia *

Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Fin ...

(1818–1881), emperor of Russia * Alexander III of Russia (1845–1894), emperor of Russia * Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1842–1858) * Alexander of Bulgaria (1857–1893), first prince of modern Bulgaria * Alexandru Ioan Cuza, first prince of unified Romania (1859–1866) * Alexander I Obrenović of Serbia (1876–1903), king of Serbia *

Alexander, Prince of Lippe Alexander, Prince of Lippe (german: Karl Alexander Fürst zur Lippe) (16 January 1831 – 13 January 1905) was the penultimate sovereign of the Principality of Lippe. Succeeding to the throne in 1895, Alexander had his power exercised by a regent ...

(1831–1905), prince of Lippe *

Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I ( sr-Cyrl, Александар I Карађорђевић, Aleksandar I Karađorđević, ) ( – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier, was the prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1914 and later the King of Yug ...

(1888–1934), first king of Yugoslavia * Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 1945), head of the Yugoslav Royal Family * Zog I, also known as Skenderbeg III (1895–1961), king of Albanians * Alexander of Greece (1893–1920), king of Greece * Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1939–2011), king of Albanians (throne pretender) * Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands (born 1967), eldest child of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus

Other royalty

* Alexander, Judean Prince, one of the sons of

Herod the Great Herod I (; ; grc-gre, ; c. 72 – 4 or 1 BCE), also known as Herod the Great, was a History of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Roman Jewish client state, client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian Kingdom of Judea, Herodian kingdom. He ...

from his wife Mariamne *

Alexander Helios Alexander Helios ( el, Ἀλέξανδρος Ἥλιος; late 40 BC – unknown, but possibly between 29 and 25 BC) was a Ptolemaic prince and was a son of Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic dynasty and Roman triumvir Mark Antony. Alexander's ...

, Ptolemaic prince, one of the sons of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony * Alexander, Judean Prince, son to the above Alexander and Cappadocian princess Glaphyra * Alexander (d. 1418), son of Bulgarian tsar Ivan Shishman * Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), short-lived son of Edward VII * Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942–2009) * Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899) * Olav V of Norway (Prince Alexander of Denmark) (1903–1991)

Religious leaders

* Pope Alexander I (pope 97–105) * Alexander of Apamea, 5th-century bishop of Apamea * Pope Alexander II (pope 1058–1061) * Pope Alexander III (pope 1159–1181) *

Pope Alexander IV Pope Alexander IV (1199 or 1185 – 25 May 1261) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 December 1254 to his death in 1261. Early career He was born as Rinaldo di Jenne in Jenne (now in the Province of Rome), h ...

(pope 1243–1254) * Pope Alexander V ("Peter Philarges" c. 1339–1410) * Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), Roman pope * Pope Alexander VII (1599–1667) * Pope Alexander VIII (pope 1689–1691) * Alexander of Constantinople, bishop of Constantinople (314–337) * St. Alexander of Alexandria, Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria between 313 and 328 * Pope Alexander II of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (702–729) * Alexander of Lincoln, bishop of Lincoln * Alexander of Jerusalem *See also Saint Alexander, various saints with this name

Other people

Antiquity

* Alexander (artists), the name of a number of artists of ancient Greece and Rome * Alexander of Lyncestis (died 330 BC), contemporary of Alexander the Great *

Alexander (son of Polyperchon) Alexander ( el, Αλέξανδρος; killed 314 BC) was a son of Polyperchon, the regent of Macedonia, and an important general in the Wars of the Diadochi. Alexander in Athens Antipater, on his death in 319 BC, had left the regency to Polyperch ...

(died 314 BC), regent of Macedonia * Alexander (Antigonid general), 3rd-century BC cavalry commander under Antigonus III Doson *

Alexander of Athens Alexander ( Gr. ) of Athens was a comic poet, the son of Aristion, whose name occurs in an inscription given in Böckh, who refers it to the 145th Olympiad in 200 BC. There seems also to have been a poet of the same name who was a writer of the M ...

, 3rd-century BC Athenian comic poet * Alexander Aetolus (), poet and member of the Alexandrian Pleiad * Alexander (son of Lysimachus) (), Macedonian royal * Alexander (grandson of Seleucus I Nicator) (), Greek Anatolian nobleman * Alexander (Aetolian general), briefly conquered Aegira in 220 BC *

Alexander of Acarnania Alexander of Acarnania was once a friend of Philip V of Macedon but abandoned him, and insinuated himself so much into the favor of Antiochus III the Great, that he was admitted to his most secret deliberations. He advised the king to invade Greec ...

(died 191 BC), confidante of Antiochus III the Great * Alexander Isius (), Aetolian military commander * Alexander Lychnus, early 1st-century BC poet and historian * Alexander Philalethes, 1st century BC physician * Alexander Polyhistor, Greek scholar of the 1st century BC *

Alexander of Myndus Alexander el, Ἀλέξανδρος) of Myndus in Caria was an ancient Greek writer who some believe lived during the 1st century AD but this date is uncertain. He wrote on diverse topics, including zoology and divination. His works, which a ...

, ancient Greek writer on zoology and divination * Alexander of Aegae, peripatetic philosopher of the 1st century AD *

Alexander of Cotiaeum Alexander ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος; 70–80 AD – 150) of Cotiaeum was a Greek Philologist, grammarian, who is mentioned among the instructors of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. We still possess an epitaph () pronounced upon him by the r ...

, 2nd-century Greek grammarian and tutor of Marcus Aurelius *

Alexander Numenius Alexander Numenius ( Gr. ), or (according to the ''Suda'') Alexander, son of Numenius, was a Greek rhetorician who flourished in the first half of the 2nd century. __NOTOC__ About his life almost nothing is known. We possess two works ascribed to h ...

, 2nd-century Greek rhetorician * Alexander Peloplaton, 2nd-century Greek rhetorician *

Alexander of Abonoteichus Alexander of Abonoteichus ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἀβωνοτειχίτης ''Aléxandros ho Abōnoteichítēs''), also called Alexander the Paphlagonian ( CE), was a Greek mystic and oracle, and the founder of the Glycon cult that br ...

(), Greek religious leader and imposter * Alexander of Aphrodisias (), Greek commentator and philosopher * Alexander of Lycopolis, 4th-century author of an early Christian treatise against Manicheans * Alexander, a member of the Jerusalem Temple Sanhedrin mentioned in Acts 4:6

Middle Ages

* Alexander of Hales, English theologian in the 13th century

Modern

* Alexander (magician) (1880–1954), American stage magician specializing in mentalism

People with the given name

People with the given name Alexander or variants include: * Technoblade (1999–2022), American YouTuber, real name Alexander, surname not made public * Alexander Aigner (1909–1988), Austrian mathematician * Alexander Albon (born 1996), Thai-British racing driver * Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946), Russian composer * Alexander Argov (1914–1995), Russian-born Israeli composer * Alexander Armah (born 1994), American football player * Alexander Armstrong (born 1970), British comedian and singer * Aleksandr Averbukh (born 1974), Israeli pole vaulter *

Alex Baldock Alexander David Baldock (born 21 November 1970) is a British businessman, former banker, and the chief executive (CEO) of Currys plc (formerly Dixons Carphone). Early life Alexander David Baldock was born in November 1970. He was educated at Ound ...

(born 1970), British businessman * Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor * Alexander Björk (born 1990), Swedish golfer *

Alexander Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( rus, link=no, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin , p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin, a=RU-Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.ogg, ...

(1833–1887), Russian composer *

Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and T ...

(1847–1922), Scottish inventor of the first practical telephone * Aleksander Barkov (born 1995), Finnish ice hockey player * Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor best known for making mobiles *

Aleksandr Davidovich (disambiguation) Aleksandr Davidovich may refer to: * Alexander Davidovich (wrestler), Israeli Olympic wrestler * Alyaksandr Davidovich (b. 1981), Belarusian footballer * Aleksandr Davidovich (skier), Russian Paralympic skier who participated in Cross-country sk ...

, several people * Alexander Davidson (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Day (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Nicholas de Abrew Abeysinghe (1894-1963), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Alex DeBrincat (born 1997), American ice hockey player * Alexander Edmund de Silva Wijegooneratne Samaraweera Rajapakse (1866-1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Aleksandar Djordjevic (born 1967), Serbian basketball player * Alexander Dubček (1921–1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968–1969) * Alex Ebert (born 1978). American singer-songwriter * Alexander Lee Eusebio (born 1988), also known as Alexander or Xander, South Korean singer, member of U-KISS * Alexander Exarch (1810–1891), Bulgarian revivalist, publicist and journalist, participant in the struggle for an independent Bulgarian Exarchate * Alex Ferguson (born 1941), Scottish football player and manager * Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), Scottish discoverer of penicillin * Alexander Zusia Friedman (1897–1943), Polish rabbi, educator, activist, and journalist * Alex Galchenyuk (born 1994), American ice hockey player * Alexander Gardner (disambiguation), multiple people * Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), Russian composer * Alexander Goldberg (born 1974), British rabbi, barrister, and human rights activist * Alexander Goldberg (chemical engineer), Israeli chemical engineer and President of the

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ( he, הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל) is a public research university located in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire, the Technio ...

* Alexander Goldscheider (born 1950), Czech/British composer, producer and writer * Alexander Gomelsky (1928–2005), Russian head coach of USSR basketball national team for 30 years * Alexander Gordon (disambiguation), several people * Aleksandr Gordon (1931–2020), Russian-Soviet director, screenwriter and actor * Aleksandr Gorelik (1945–2012), Soviet figure skater * Alexander Gould (born 1994), American actor * Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), German-born French mathematician * Alexander Gustafsson (born 1987), Swedish mixed martial arts fighter * Alexander Haig (1924–2010), American general and politician * Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), first United States Secretary of the Treasury and one of the founding fathers of the United States * Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1786–1875), American attorney and son of Alexander Hamilton * Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889), son of

James Alexander Hamilton James Alexander Hamilton (April 14, 1788 – September 24, 1878) was an American soldier, acting Secretary of State, and the third son of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He entered politics as a Democrat ...

and grandson of Alexander Hamilton * Alexander Held (born 1958), German actor * Alexander Henry (1823-1883), mayor of Philadelphia * Alex Higgins (1949–2010), Northern Irish snooker player *

Alexander Hollins Alexander Hollins (born November 24, 1996) is an American gridiron football wide receiver for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for Eastern Illinois. Hollins has also been a member of the Minnesota Vik ...

(born 1996), American football player * Alexander Holtz (born 2002), Swedish ice hockey player * Alex Horne (born 1978), British comedian * Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian naturalist and explorer * Aleksandr Kamshalov (1932–2019), Soviet politician * Alex Kapranos (born 1972), Scottish musician, author, songwriter and producer, front-man of Franz Ferdinand * Aleksandar Katai (born 1991), Serbian footballer * Alexander Kerensky (1881–1970) leader of Russian Provisional Government * Alexander Kerfoot (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player * Alex Killorn (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexander Klingspor (born 1977), Swedish painter and sculptor *

Aleksandr Kogan Alexandr Kogan may refer to: *Aleksandr Kogan (artist) (born 1980), Russian singer and artist *Aleksandr Kogan (politician) (born 1969), Russian politician *Aleksandr Kogan (scientist) Aleksandr Kogan (born 1986) is a Moldovan-born American scien ...

(born 1985/86), Moldovan-born American psychologist and data scientist *

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born 1954), former President of Poland * Alexander Levinsky (1910–1990), Canadian ice hockey player *

Alexander Ivanovich Levitov Alexander Ivanovich Levitov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Леви́тов; August 1, 1835 – January 16, 1877), was a Russian writer. Biography Levitov was born in the village of Dobroye, in Tambov Governorate, where hi ...

(1835–1877), Russian writer * Alexander Lévy (born 1990), French golfer * Alexandre Lippmann (1881–1960), French épée fencer * Alexander Ludwig (born 1992), Canadian actor * Alexander "Sandy" Lyle (born 1958), Scottish golfer *

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука� ...

(born 1954), President of Belarus * Alex Manninger (born 1977), Austrian footballer *

Alessandro Manzoni Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (, , ; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel '' The Betrothed'' (orig. it, I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the maste ...

(1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist * Alexander "Ali" Marpet (born 1993), American football player *

Alexander Mattison Alexander Mattison (born June 19, 1998) is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Boise State and was drafted by the Vikings in the third round, 102nd ov ...

(born 1998), American football player *Alexander Lyell McEwin (1897–1988), known as Lyell McEwin, Australian politician, Minister for Health * Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer and couturier * Alexander Michel Melki (born 1992), Swedish-Lebanese footballer * Alexander Mirsky (born 1964), Latvian politician *

Alexander Francis Molamure Sir Alexander Francis Molamure, (7 February 1888 – 25 January 1951) (commonly known as Sir Francis Molamure or A. F. Molamure) was a Ceylonese politician. He became the first speaker of both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Cey ...

(1888-1951), 1st Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and 1st Speaker of the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

* Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), Italian castrato singer *

Aleksandr Nikolayev (disambiguation) Alexander Nikolayev (1918 – 2009) was a Russian World War II hero Aleksandr Nikolayev may also refer to: * Aleksandr Nikolayev (canoeist) (born 1990), Russian canoeist * Aleksandr Nikolayev (footballer) (born 1993), Russian/Ukrainian football pl ...

, several people *

Alexander Nikolov (boxer) Alexander Nikolov ( bg, Александър Николов) (born 4 March 1940) is a boxer from Bulgaria. He competed for Bulgaria in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonk ...

(born 1940), Bulgarian boxer * Alex Norén (born 1982), Swedish golfer *

Alexander Nylander Alexander Maximiliam Michael Junior Nylander Altelius (born 2 March 1998) is a Canadian-born Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under c ...

(born 1998), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander O'Neal (born 1953), American singer * Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian hockey player * Alexander Patch (1889–1945), American general during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

* Alexander Pechtold (born 1965), Dutch politician * Alexander Penn (1906–1972), Israeli poet * Alexander Perera Jayasuriya (1901-1980), Sri Lankan Sinhala MP and Cabinet Minister * Alexander Pichushkin (born 1974), prolific Russian serial killer * Alex Pietrangelo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player *

Alexander Piorkowski Alexander Bernhard Hans Piorkowski (11 October 1904 – 22 October 1948) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and commandant of Dachau concentration camp. Following the war, he was convicted and executed. Life Born in Bremen, Piorkows ...

(1904–1948), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes * Alexander Ponomarenko (born 1964), Russian billionaire businessman *

Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, ...

(1688–1744), English poet * Alexander Popov (disambiguation), several people *

Alexander Ptushko Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (russian: Александр Лукич Птушко, – 6 March 1973) was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and a People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Ptushko is frequently (and somewhat misleadingly) referred ...

(1900–1973), Russian film director * Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian writer *

Alexander Radulov Alexander Valerievich Radulov (russian: Александр Валерьевич Радулов; born 5 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He had previously had two ...

(born 1986), Russian ice hockey player * Alexander Ragoza (1858–1919), Russian general in World War I * Alexander Rendell (born 1990), Thai actor and singer * Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), Major League Baseball star, won 3 AL MVP awards, also known as A-Rod * Alexander Rou (1906–1973), Russian film director * Alexander Rowe (born 1992), Australian athlete * Alexander Rudolph ("Al McCoy"; 1894–1966), American boxer * Alexander Rybak (born 1986), Norwegian artist and violinist * Alexander Salkind (1921–1997), French film producer * Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Russian composer and pianist * Alexander Semin (born 1984), Russian hockey player * Alexander Shatilov (born 1987), Uzbek-Israeli artistic gymnast * Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (1925–2014), American chemist, psychopharmacologist, and author * Alexander Sieghart (born 1994), Thai footballer * Alexander Stafford, British politician *

Alexander Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров, Aleksándr Vasíl'yevich Suvórov; or 1730) was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire. He was Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy ...

(1730–1800), Russian military leader, considered a national hero, Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Italy, and the last Generalissimo of the Russian Empire * Alexander Skarsgård (born 1976), Swedish actor * Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948), Scottish writer * Alexander Solonik (1960–1997), Russian murder victim * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian writer, Nobel laureate, Soviet dissident * Alexander Steen (born 1984), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexandre Texier (born 1999), French ice hockey player *

Lex van Dam Lex van Dam (born Drachten, Netherlands in June 1968) is a Dutch investment manager, investor, and writer specialising in trading in equities, currencies and financial derivatives. He lives in London. Born in a small town in Friesland, van Da ...

(born 1968), Dutch trader and TV personality * Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), President of Austria *

Alexander Varchenko Alexander Nikolaevich Varchenko (russian: Александр Николаевич Варченко, born February 6, 1949) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician working in geometry, topology, combinatorics and mathematical physics. Education and c ...

(born 1949), Russian mathematician * Aleksander Veingold (born 1953), Estonian and Soviet chess player and coach *

Aleksandr Vlasov (disambiguation) Aleksandr, Alexander or Alexandr Vlasov may refer to: * Aleksandr Vlasov (figure skater) (born 1955), former Soviet pair skater and coach * Aleksandr Vlasov (politician) (1932–2002), Soviet politician * Aleksandr Vlasov (cyclist) Aleksandr An ...

, several people * Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist * Alexander Wennberg (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander Wilson (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Wijemanne, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician * Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist * Alexander Zverev (born 1997), German tennis player

In other languages

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans g ...

: Alexander * Albanian: Aleksandër ** Albanian diminutive: Leka * Amharic: እስክንድር (Isikinidiri, Eskender) *

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...

: اسكندر ( Iskandar) * Armenian: Ալեքսանդր (Aleksandr) * Asturian: Alexandru, Xandru *

Azerbaijani Azerbaijani may refer to: * Something of, or related to Azerbaijan * Azerbaijanis * Azerbaijani language See also * Azerbaijan (disambiguation) * Azeri (disambiguation) * Azerbaijani cuisine * Culture of Azerbaijan The culture of Azerbaijan ...

: İsgəndər/Исҝәндәр/ایسگندر, Aleksandr/Александр/آلئکساندر * Basque: Alesander *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

: Аляксандр (Aliaksandr), Алесь (Ales) * Bengali: সিকান্দর (Sikandor) * Bulgarian: Александър (Aleksandŭr), Сашко (Sashko) *

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...

: Alexandre/Aleixandre * Chinese: ''Simplified'': 亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà), ''Traditional'': 亞歷山大 (Yàlìshāndà) * Czech: Alexandr, Alexander * Danish: Aleksander, Alexander * Dutch: Alexander * Esperanto: Aleksandro * Estonian: Aleksander * English: Alexander * Finnish: Aleksanteri *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

: Alexandre, Léandre, Alexis * Galician: Alexandre * Georgian: ალექსანდრე (Aleksandre) * German: Alexander *

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

: 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀫 (Aléxandros) **

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ...

: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) **

Koine Greek Koine Greek (; Koine el, ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinè diálektos, the common dialect; ), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-reg ...

: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) ** Modern Greek: Αλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) * Hawaiian: Alekanekelo *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: אלכסנדר (Aleksander) *

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

: सिकंदर (Sikandar) * Hungarian: Sándor, Alexander, Elek * Icelandic: Alexander *

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesia ...

: Iskandar * Irish: Alastar * Italian: Alessandro * Japanese: アレキサンダー (Arekisandā) * Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo) *

Kazakh Kazakh, Qazaq or Kazakhstani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Kazakhstan *Kazakhs, an ethnic group *Kazakh language *The Kazakh Khanate * Kazakh cuisine * Qazakh Rayon, Azerbaijan *Qazax, Azerbaijan *Kazakh Uyezd, administrative dis ...

: Искандер (Iskander) * Kyrgyz: Искендер (Iskender) *

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

: Alexander * Latvian: Aleksandrs *

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

: Aleksandras *

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

: Александар (Aleksandar), Сашко (Sashko, Saško) * Malay: Iskandar *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

** Syriac Origin : ചാണ്ടി (t͡ʃaːɳʈI), ഇടിക്കുള (IʈIkkʊɭa) ** Greek Origin : അലക്സിയോസ് (alaksIyos), അലക്സി (alaksI) ** Anglican Origin : അലക്സാണ്ടര്‍ (alaksa:ndar), അലക്സ് (alaks) * Mongolian: Александр (Alyeksandr) * Norwegian: Aleksander, Alexander *

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languag ...

: سکندر (Sikandar) * Persian: الکساندر (Aleksânder), اسکندر (Skandar) * Polish: Aleksander * Portuguese: Alexandre, Alexandro, Alessandro, Leandro *

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

: Sikandar * Romanian: Alexandru, Alex, Sandu * Russian: Александр (Aleksandr), Саша (Sasha) * Rusyn: Александер (Aleksander) *

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...

: अलक्षेन्द्र (Alakṣendra) *

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

: Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alister *

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

: Александар / Aleksandar * Slovak: Alexander * Slovene: Aleksander * Spanish: Alejandro *

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: Alexander *

Tagalog Tagalog may refer to: Language * Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines ** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language ** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language * Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...

: Alejandro * th, อเล็กซานเดอร์ *

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

: İskender * Ukrainian: Олександр (Oleksandr, sometimes anglicized Olexander), Сашко (Sashko), Олесь (Oles), Олелько (Olelko) *

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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: سکندر (Sikandar) * Valencian: Alecsandro, Aleksandro, Aleixandre, Alexandre * Vietnamese: Alexander, A Lịch San *

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

: Alexander * Yiddish: אלעקסאנדער (Aleksander)

Variants and Diminutives

* Alex * Alexey *

Xander Xander is an abbreviated form of the name Alexander and pronounced like "Zander". Alexander is the Latin form of the Greek name "Alexandros". The name's meaning is interpreted from "alexein" which means "to defend" plus "andros" which translates to ...

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