Alexander or Alex Wilson may refer to:

Literature

Alexander Wilson (English writer) Alexander Joseph Patrick "Alec" Wilson (24 October 18934 April 1963) was an English writer, spy, MI6 officer, and Polygamy, polygamist. He wrote under the names Alexander Wilson, Geoffrey Spencer, Gregory Wilson, and Michael Chesney. After hi ...

(1893–1963), MI6 officer and writer of a series of spy novels * L. Alex Wilson (1909–1960), African-American journalist * Alexander Wilson (Canadian writer) (1953–1993), American-born Canadian writer, landscape designer, and community activist

Military

* Alexander Wilson (Royal Navy officer) (1760–1834), Royal Navy rear-admiral * Sir Alexander Wilson (British Army officer) (1858–1937), British Army major-general and Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey * Sir James Wilson (British Army officer) (Alexander James Wilson, 1921–2004), British Army lieutenant-general

Politics

* Alexander Wilson (Virginia politician), United States Representative from Virginia, 1803–1809 *

Alexander Wilson (Wisconsin politician) Alexander Wilson (August 16, 1833March 4, 1888) was an Americans, American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician. He was the 12th Attorney General of Wisconsin, serving from 1878 through 1882, and served several years ...

(1833–1888), attorney general of Wisconsin, 1878–1882 *

Alexander Wilson (New South Wales politician) Alexander Wilson (c. 1849 – 3 December 1927) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in County Antrim to William Watson and Jane Smyth. He attended the Royal Academical Institution of Belfast before arriving in New South Wale ...

(1849–1927), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Alexander Wilson (Australian politician) (1889–1954), Member of the Australian House of Representatives * Alexander Wilson (Scottish politician) (1917–1978), Labour Member of Parliament for Hamilton * Alex Wilson (Australian politician) (1920–2004), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Alex Wilson (British politician), member of the London Assembly

Sports

* Alexander Wilson (cricketer) (1840–1911), New Zealand cricketer * Alex Wilson (rugby union) (1874–1932), New Zealand rugby union player *

Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter) Alexander S. Wilson (December 1, 1907 – December 9, 1994) was a Canadians, Canadian sprint (running), sprinter who competed in both the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Montreal and died in Mission, Texas, Unit ...

(1907–1994) * Alex Wilson (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1971), Scottish football goalkeeper *

Alex Wilson (footballer, born 1933) Alexander Wilson (29 October 1933 – 29 July 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender (left or right full-back), mainly for Portsmouth. Career Having signed for his local junior club Buckie Rovers (based in Banffshire, north ...

(1933–2010), Scottish football defender * Alex Wilson (skier) (born 1974), American skier * Alex Wilson (baseball) (born 1986), baseball pitcher * Alex Wilson (Swiss sprinter) (born 1990) *

Alex Wilson (basketball) Alex Brooke "Ally" Wilson (born 21 March 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Mandurah Magic of the NBL1 West. Career WNBL Wilson debuted in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 2010–11 season for th ...

(born 1994), Australian basketball player

Other people

Alexander Wilson (astronomer) Alexander Wilson (171416 October 1786) was a Scottish surgeon, type-founder, astronomer, mathematician and meteorologist. He was the first scientist to use kites in meteorological investigations. He was the first Regius Professor of Practic ...

(1714–1786), Scottish type-maker, meteorologist and astronomer *

Alexander Wilson (ornithologist) Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, Natural history, naturalist, and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as the "Father of American Ornithology", Wilson is regarded as the greatest A ...

(1766–1813), Scottish-American poet and ornithologist *

Alexander Stoddart Wilson Alexander Stoddart Wilson (1854–1909) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who was also a scientist, serving as interim Professor of Botany at Glasgow University. Life He was born in Glasgow in 1853. He was the son of Alex ...

(1854–1909), Scottish minister and botanist *

Alexander Wilson (photographer) Alexander Wilson (born in Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland; died 1922) was a noted amateur photographer who worked as supervisor in a Dundee Dundee (; ; or , ) is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, fourth-largest city in ...

(died 1922), Scottish amateur photographer of Dundee *

Alexander Brown Wilson Alexander Brown Wilson (5 June 1857, in Glasgow, Scotland – 5 May 1938, in Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia) was an architect in Queensland, Australia. A number of his works are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. Life Alexande ...

(1857–1938), Australian architect based in Queensland *

Alexander Wilson (British architect) Alexander Wilson LRIBA (26 December 1888 - 30 April 1969) was an architect based in Nottingham. Some of his most significant work include the 900 houses built on the Beeston Rylands estate in the late 1930s. Architectural career He entered into ...

(1888–1969), English architect based in Nottingham *

Alex Wilson (musician) Alex Wilson (born 21 November 1971) is a British pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and educator. Biography Alex Wilson was born in the UK and was brought up in Sierra Leone, UK, Austria and Switzerland. In 1993, after gaining a degree in ...

(born 1971), English salsa and Latin jazz pianist

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