Alexander is a male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, 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 Iskandar, Iskander, Askander, Eskinder, or Scandar ( ar, إسكندر ( fa, اسکندر ''Eskandar'' or سکندر ''Skandar''), is a variant of the given name Alexander in cultures such as Iran (Persia), Arabia and others throughout the Middle Ea ...

, Alec, Alek,

Alex Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple pe ...

, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include

Alexandra Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...

, Alexandria, and

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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 al ...

: , ; 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 line of battle is a tactic in naval warfare in which a fleet of ships forms a line end to end. The first example of its use as a tactic is disputed—it has been variously claimed for dates ranging from 1502 to 1652. Line-of-battle tacti ...

. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine

anthroponym Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ''anthrōpos'' / 'human', and ὄνομα ''onoma'' / 'name') is the study of ''anthroponyms'', the proper names of human beings, both individual and co ...

, , (/

/), written in the

Linear B Linear B was a syllabic script used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries. The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1400 BC. It is descended from ...

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 An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, di ...

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 character Paris 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, of Scotland, emperors of Russia and

popes The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

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 (816–791 BC) *

Alexander I of Macedon Alexander I of Macedon ( el, Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μακεδών), known with the title Philhellene (Greek: φιλέλλην, literally "fond/lover of the Greeks", and in this context "Greek patriot"), was the ruler of the ancient Kingdom of ...

* Alexander II of Macedon *Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great *

Alexander IV of Macedon Alexander IV (Greek: ; 323/322– 309 BC), sometimes erroneously called Aegus in modern times, was the son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Princess Roxana of Bactria. Birth Alexander IV was the son of Alexander th ...

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 Alexander II (Greek: Άλέξανδρος) was a king of Epirus, and the son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles. Reign He succeeded his father as king in 272 BC, and continued the war which his father had beg ...

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 Alexander II Theos Epiphanes Nikephoros ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος Θεός Ἐπιφανής Νικηφόρος ''Áléxandros Theós Épiphanḗs Nikēphóros'', surnamed Zabinas; 150 BC – 123 BC) was a Hellenistic period, Hellenistic Se ...

, 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 Alexander II ( Gr. , died 48 or 47 BC), or Alexander Maccabeus, was the eldest son of Aristobulus II, king of Judaea. He married his cousin Alexandra Maccabeus, daughter of his uncle, Hyrcanus II. Their grandfather was Alexander Jannaeus, the sec ...

, 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 somew ...

, Roman usurper who declared himself emperor in 308

Rulers of the Middle Ages

Alexander, Byzantine Emperor Alexander Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Αλέξανδρος, ''Alexandros'', 23 November 8706 June 913) was briefly Byzantine emperor from 912 to 913, and the third emperor of the Macedonian dynasty. Life Alexander was the third son of Emperor Basil ...

(912–913) * Alexander I of Scotland (c. 1078–1124) * Alexander II of Scotland (1198–1249) *

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand P ...

(1220–1263), Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir * Alexander III of Scotland (1241–1286) * Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia, Voivode of Wallachia (?-1364) * Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria,

tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East Slavs, East and South Slavs, South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''Caesar (title), caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" i ...

of Bulgaria (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 r ...

, Prince of Tver as Alexander I and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal as Alexander II (1301–1339) *

Sikandar Khan Ghazi Sikandar Khān Ghāzī ( fa, , bn, সিকান্দার খান গাজী) was the first wazir of Srihat under the Lakhnauti Kingdom ruled by Shamsuddin Firuz Shah. Prior to this, Khan was one of the commanders of the Battles of ...

, Vizier of Sylhet (from 1303) *Aleksander (1338–before 1386), Prince of Podolia (son of Narymunt) * Sikandar Shah Miri, better known as Sikandar Butshikan ("Sikandar the Iconoclast"), sixth

sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...

of the

Shah Miri dynasty The Shah Mir dynasty was a dynasty that ruled the region of Kashmir in the Indian subcontinent. The dynasty is named after its founder, Shah Mir. During the rule of the dynasty from 1339 to 1561, Islam forcefully established in Kashmir. Orig ...

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

(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 of Ethiopia (1472–1494) * Alexander Jagiellon (Alexander of Poland), King of Poland (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 (1481) * Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, Voivode of Moldavia (1499–1568) * Sikandar Shah of Gujarat, ruler of Gujarat Sultanate (?-1526) * Sikandar Shah Suri, Sur dynasty, Shah of Delhi (?-1559) * Alexandru II Mircea, Voivode or Prince of Wallachia (1529–1577)

Modern rulers

* Alexander I of Russia (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, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Gra ...

(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 (1888–1934), first king of Yugoslavia *

Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia ( sr, Александар Карађорђевић, Престолонаследник Југославије; born 17 July 1945 in London), is the head of the House of Karađorđević, the former royal h ...

(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 Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born ) is King of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne following Beatrix of the Netherlands, his mother's abdication in 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht as the old ...

(born 1967), eldest child of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus

Other royalty

* Alexander, Judean Prince, one of the sons of Herod the Great 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 Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

and Mark Anthony * Alexander, Judean Prince, son to the above Alexander and Cappadocian princess Glaphyra * Alexander (d. 1418), son of

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

Ivan Shishman Ivan Shishman ( bg, Иван Шишман) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria in Tarnovo from 1371 to 3 June 1395. The authority of Ivan Shishman was limited to the central parts of the Bulgarian Empire. In the wake of the death of Ivan Alexan ...

* 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 Alexander II (1010/1015 – 21 April 1073), born Anselm of Baggio, was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1061 to his death in 1073. Born in Milan, Anselm was deeply involved in the Pataria refor ...

(pope 1058–1061) *

Pope Alexander III Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland ( it, Rolando), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181. A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a con ...

(pope 1159–1181) * Pope Alexander IV (pope 1243–1254) * Pope Alexander V ("Peter Philarges" c. 1339–1410) *

Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI ( it, Alessandro VI, va, Alexandre VI, es, Alejandro VI; born Rodrigo de Borja; ca-valencia, Roderic Llançol i de Borja ; es, Rodrigo Lanzol y de Borja, lang ; 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Churc ...

(1492–1503), Roman pope *

Pope Alexander VII Pope Alexander VII ( it, Alessandro VII; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death in May 1667. He began his career as a vice- papal legate, an ...

(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 Alexander of Lincoln (died February 1148) was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln, a member of an important administrative and ecclesiastical family. He was the nephew of Roger of Salisbury, a Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of England und ...

, bishop of Lincoln * Alexander of Jerusalem *See also Saint Alexander, various saints with this name

Other people

Antiquity

Alexander (artists) Alexander ( Gr. ) was the name of a number of different artists in ancient Greece and Rome: *Alexander, a painter, one of whose productions was said by Johann Joachim Winckelmann to be extant, painted on a marble tablet which bears his name. *Alexan ...

, 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 Polypercho ...

(died 314 BC), regent of Macedonia *

Alexander (Antigonid general) Alexander ( Gr. ) was commander of the cavalry in the army of Antigonus III Doson during the war against Cleomenes III of Sparta. He fought against Philopoemen, then a young man, whose prudence and valor forced him to a disadvantageous engagemen ...

, 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) Alexander ( el, Ἀλέξανδρος, flourished 3rd century BC) was a son of the Diadochi, diadochus Lysimachus, a Greeks, Greek nobleman of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonian Thessaly, Thessalian origin, by an Odrysian kingdom, Odrysian concubine ...

(), Macedonian royal * Alexander (grandson of Seleucus I Nicator) (), Greek Anatolian nobleman *

Alexander (Aetolian general) Alexander ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος) of Aetolia, in conjunction with Dorimachus, put himself in possession of the town of Aegeira in Achaea during the Social War, in 220 BC. But the conduct of Alexander and his associates was so insolent an ...

, 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 Alexander ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος), surnamed Isius (Ἴσιος), the chief commander of the Aetolians, was a man of considerable ability and eloquence for an Aetolian. In 198 BC he was present at a colloquy held at Nicaea on the Maliac Gulf, a ...

(), Aetolian military commander *

Alexander Lychnus Alexander (ancient Greek, Gr. ) surnamed Lychnus (), was an ancient Greek rhetorician and poet. He was a native of Ephesus, from which he is sometimes called Alexander Ephesius, and must have lived shortly before the time of Strabo (i.e., the 1st ...

, early 1st-century BC poet and historian *

Alexander Philalethes Alexander Philalethes (ancient Greek, Gr. ) was an Ancient Greek medicine, ancient Greek physician, whom Priscian called Alexander Amator Veri (Alexander Truth-Lover),Priscian, iv. p. 102, d. and who was probably the same person quoted by Caelius A ...

, 1st century BC physician *

Alexander Polyhistor Lucius Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Πολυΐστωρ; flourished in the first half of the 1st century BC; also called Alexander of Miletus) was a Greek scholar who was enslaved by the Romans during the Mithrida ...

, Greek scholar of the 1st century BC *Alexander of Myndus, ancient Greek writer on zoology and divination *Alexander of Aegae, peripatetic philosopher of the 1st century AD *Alexander of Cotiaeum, 2nd-century Greek grammarian and tutor of Marcus Aurelius *Alexander Numenius, 2nd-century Greek rhetorician *Alexander Peloplaton, 2nd-century Greek rhetorician *Alexander of Abonoteichus (), 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 *List of minor New Testament figures#Alexander, 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 (born 1970), British businessman *Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor *Alexander Björk (born 1990), Swedish golfer *Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), Russian composer *Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), Scottish inventor of the first practical telephone *Aleksander Barkov Jr., Aleksander Barkov (born 1995), Finnish ice hockey player *Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor best known for making mobiles *Aleksandr Davidovich (disambiguation), several people *Alexander Davidson (disambiguation), several people *Alexander Day (disambiguation), several people *A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe, Alexander Nicholas de Abrew Abeysinghe (1894-1963), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician *Alex DeBrincat (born 1997), American ice hockey player *A. E. Rajapakse, 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 *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, founding fathers of the United States *Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1786–1875), American attorney and son of Alexander Hamilton *Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889), Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889), son of James Alexander Hamilton and grandson of Alexander Hamilton *Alexander Held (born 1958), German actor *Alexander Henry (Philadelphia), Alexander Henry (1823-1883), mayor of Philadelphia *Alex Higgins (1949–2010), Northern Irish snooker player *Alexander Hollins (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 (band), 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 (scientist), Aleksandr Kogan (born 1985/86), Moldovan-born American psychologist and data scientist *Alexander Korda (1893–1956), Hungarian film director *Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born 1954), former President of Poland *Alexander Levinsky (1910–1990), Canadian ice hockey player *Alexander Ivanovich Levitov (1835–1877), Russian writer *Alexander Lévy (born 1990), French golfer *Alexandre Lippmann (1881–1960), French épée fencer *Alexander Ludwig (born 1992), Canadian actor *Sandy Lyle, Alexander "Sandy" Lyle (born 1958), Scottish golfer *Alexander Lukashenko (born 1954), President of Belarus *Alex Manninger (born 1977), Austrian footballer *Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist *Ali Marpet, Alexander "Ali" Marpet (born 1993), American football player *Alexander Mattison (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 (1888-1951), 1st Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka *Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), Italian castrato singer *Aleksandr Nikolayev (disambiguation), several people *Alexander Nikolov (boxer) (born 1940), Bulgarian boxer *Alex Norén (born 1982), Swedish golfer *Alexander Nylander (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 *Alexander Pechtold (born 1965), Dutch politician *Alexander Penn (1906–1972), Israeli poet *A. P. Jayasuriya, 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 (1904–1948), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes *Alexander Ponomarenko (born 1964), Russian billionaire businessman *Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English poet *Alexander Popov (disambiguation), several people *Alexander Ptushko (1900–1973), Russian film director *Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian writer *Alexander Radulov (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 (runner), 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 Shulgin, Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (1925–2014), American chemist, psychopharmacologist, and author *Alexander Sieghart (born 1994), Thai footballer *Alexander Stafford, British politician *Alexander Suvorov (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 (born 1968), Dutch trader and TV personality *Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), President of Austria *Alexander Varchenko (born 1949), Russian mathematician *Aleksander Veingold (born 1953), Estonian and Soviet chess player and coach *Aleksandr Vlasov (disambiguation), several people *Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist *Alexander Wennberg (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player *Alexander Wilson (disambiguation), several people *A. F. Wijemanne, 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: Alexander * Albanian language, Albanian: Aleksandër ** Albanian language, Albanian diminutive: Leka * Amharic: እስክንድር (Isikinidiri, Eskender) * Arabic: اسكندر (

) * Armenian language, Armenian: Ալեքսանդր (Aleksandr) * Asturian language, Asturian: Alexandru, Xandru * Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani: İsgəndər/Исҝәндәр/ایسگندر, Aleksandr/Александр/آلئکساندر * Basque language, Basque: Alesander * Belarusian language, Belarusian: Аляксандр (Aliaksandr), Алесь (Ales) * Bengali language, Bengali: সিকান্দর (Sikandor) * Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Александър (Aleksandŭr), Сашко (Sashko) * Catalan language, Catalan: Alexandre/Aleixandre * Chinese language, Chinese: ''Simplified'': 亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà), ''Traditional'': 亞歷山大 (Yàlìshāndà) * Czech language, Czech: Alexandr, Alexander * Danish language, Danish: Aleksander, Alexander * Dutch language, Dutch: Alexander * Esperanto: Aleksandro * Estonian language, Estonian: Aleksander * English language, English: Alexander * Finnish language, Finnish: Aleksanteri * French language, French: Alexandre, Léandre, Alexis * Galician language, Galician: Alexandre * Georgian language, Georgian: ალექსანდრე (Aleksandre) * German language, German: Alexander * Greek language, Greek ** Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀫 (Aléxandros) **Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) ** Biblical Greek, Koine Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) ** Modern Greek: Αλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) * Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: Alekanekelo * Hebrew language, Hebrew: אלכסנדר (Aleksander) * Hindi: सिकंदर (Sikandar) * Hungarian language, Hungarian: Sándor, Alexander, Elek * Icelandic language, Icelandic: Alexander * Indonesian language, Indonesian: Iskandar * Irish language, Irish: Alastar * Italian language, Italian: Alessandro * Japanese language, Japanese: アレキサンダー (Arekisandā) * Korean language, Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo) * Kazakh language, Kazakh: Искандер (Iskander) * Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz: Искендер (Iskender) * Latin: Alexander * Latvian language, Latvian: Aleksandrs * Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: Aleksandras * Macedonian language, Macedonian: Александар (Aleksandar), Сашко (Sashko, Saško) * Malay language, Malay: Iskandar * Malayalam language, Malayalam ** Syriac language, Syriac Origin : ചാണ്ടി (t͡ʃaːɳʈI), ഇടിക്കുള (IʈIkkʊɭa) ** Greek language, Greek Origin : അലക്സിയോസ് (alaksIyos), അലക്സി (alaksI) ** English language, Anglican Origin : അലക്സാണ്ടര്‍ (alaksa:ndar), അലക്സ് (alaks) * Mongolian language, Mongolian: Александр (Alyeksandr) * Norwegian language, Norwegian: Aleksander, Alexander * Pashto: سکندر (Sikandar) * Persian language, Persian: الکساندر (Aleksânder), اسکندر (Skandar) * Polish language, Polish: Aleksander * Portuguese language, Portuguese: Alexandre, Alexandro, Alessandro, Leandro * Punjabi language, Punjabi: Sikandar * Romanian language, Romanian: Alexandru, Alex, Sandu * Russian language, Russian: Александр (Aleksandr), Саша (Sasha) * Rusyn language, Rusyn: Александер (Aleksander) * Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: अलक्षेन्द्र (Alakṣendra) * Scottish Gaelic, Scottish: Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alister * Serbo-Croatian: Александар / Aleksandar * Slovak language, Slovak: Alexander * Slovene language, Slovene: Aleksander * Spanish language, Spanish: Alejandro * Swedish language, Swedish: Alexander * Tagalog language, Tagalog: Alejandro * th, อเล็กซานเดอร์ * Turkish language, Turkish: İskender * Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Олександр (Oleksandr, sometimes anglicized Olexander), Сашко (Sashko), Олесь (Oles), Олелько (Olelko) * Urdu: سکندر (Sikandar) * Valencian language, Valencian: Alecsandro, Aleksandro, Aleixandre, Alexandre * Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: Alexander, A Lịch San * Welsh language, Welsh: Alexander * Yiddish: אלעקסאנדער (Aleksander)

Variants and Diminutives

*Alexey *Xander *

References

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