James Alexander may refer to:
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James Alexander (1769–1848), British banker, and Member of Parliament for Old Sarum 1812–1832
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James Alexander (lawyer)
James Alexander (May 27, 1691 – April 2, 1756) was a Scottish-born lawyer and politician in colonial New York. He served in the Colonial Assembly and as attorney general of the colony in 1721–23. His son William was later a major general in ...
(1691–1756), American lawyer and politician of the colonial period
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James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon
James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon (1730 – 22 March 1802) was an Irish landlord, merchant, politician and member of the UK's House of Lords (upper chamber of parliament) as a representative peer for Northern Ireland.
An Irish 'nabob'
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(1730–1802), Irish landlord, merchant, politician and peer of the realm
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James Alexander Jr.
James Alexander Jr. (October 17, 1789 – September 5, 1846) was a United States representative from Ohio. Born near Delta, Pennsylvania, he moved to the Northwest Territory in 1799 with his father, who settled in what is now St. Clairsville, Oh ...
(1789–1846), U.S. Congressman from Ohio
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James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon
James Du Pre Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon (27 July 1812 – 30 June 1855), styled Viscount Alexander from birth until 1839, was a soldier and politician.
Born into an Ulster-Scots aristocratic family in London, he was the son of The 2nd Ea ...
(1812–1855)
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James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon, (11 July 1846 – 27 April 1898), styled Viscount Alexander from birth until 1855, was a soldier and politician. He was the eldest son of James Du Pre Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon and his wife, Lady Jane ...
(1846–1898), soldier and politician
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Jim Alexander (footballer) (1899–1972), Australian rules footballer
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James Alexander (cricketer)
James Alexander (3 September 1916 – 23 October 1943) was an English cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Bengal between 1936 and 1938. He was killed in action during World War II.
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(1916–1943), English cricketer
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Jim Alexander (photographer) (born 1935), American documentary photographer
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James Alexander (musician) (born 1949), American bassist
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James Edward Alexander (1803–1885), British soldier and traveller
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James M. Alexander (1815–1871), African-American businessperson and politician in Arkansas
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James P. Alexander
James Patterson Alexander (April 21, 1883 – January 1, 1948) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
The Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX) is the court of last resort for civil matters (including juvenile delinquency cases, which are categor ...
(1883–1948), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
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James Peterkin Alexander (1835–1912), Scottish-born politician in Manitoba, Canada
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James R. Alexander
James Riley Alexander (September 3, 1930 – August 19, 2019) was an American sound engineer.
Alexander was born in Los Angeles, California and served in the United States Army as a communications specialist. Alexander was commissioned a sergea ...
(1930–2019), American sound engineer
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James S. Alexander
James Strange Alexander Jr. (February 21, 1865 – July 16, 1932) was an American banker from New York who served as president of the National Bank of Commerce in New York and chairman of the board of the J.P. Morgan & Co., Guaranty Trust Company ...
(1865–1932), American banker
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James Tavian Alexander (born c. 1959), a.k.a. James Alexander McQuirter, Grand Wizard on the Canadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1980s
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James Thomas Alexander
James Thomas Alexander (August 25, 1888 – January 16, 1952) was a United States Navy captain who served as the 37th naval governor of Guam. He served as a commanding officer of ships during both World War I and World War II, receiving the Navy ...
(1888–1952), US Navy captain
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James Waddel Alexander
James Waddel Alexander (March 13, 1804 – July 31, 1859) was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian who followed in the footsteps of his father, Rev. Archibald Alexander.
Early life
Alexander was born in 1804 in Louisa County, Vir ...
(1804–1859), American Presbyterian minister and author
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James Waddell Alexander II
James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 September 23, 1971) was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. ...
(1888–1971), American mathematician & topologist
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J. W. Alexander (musician)
James Woodie Alexander II (January 21, 1916 – July 8, 1996), was an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur who was a key figure in the development of gospel and soul music, most notably through his close assoc ...
(James Woodie Alexander II, 1916–1996), American singer, songwriter and record producer
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