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Alexander Johnston (1775–1849) Sir Alexander Johnston, Privy Council (United Kingdom), PC, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (died 6 March 1849), was a British colonial official who served as third Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Chief Justice of Ceylon and second Advocate Fiscal ...

, British colonial official and orientalist in Ceylon *

Alexander Johnston (Scottish politician) Alexander Johnston (1790 – 9 May 1844) was a Scottish Whig Party politician. He was elected at the 1841 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock Burghs, and held the seat until his death three years later, aged 53. ...

(1790–1844) *

Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871) Alexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer. Biography He was born at Kirkhill near Penicuik, south of Edinburgh. He was the son of Andrew Johnston and Isabel Keith. His brothe ...

, Scottish geographer *

Alexander Robert Johnston Alexander Robert Johnston, FRS (formerly Campbell-Johnston, 14 June 1812 – 21 January 1888) was a British colonial official who served twice as Acting Administrator of Hong Kong from 1841 to 1842. He also served in the Executive and Legislati ...

(1812–1888), British colonial official *

Alexander Johnston (artist) Alexander Johnston (1816 – 1891) was a Scottish painter, known for genre and history paintings. Life Born at Edinburgh, he was son of an architect, who placed him at the age of fifteen with a seal-engraver there. He was a student in the Tru ...

(1816–1891), Scottish painter *

Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879) Alexander Keith Johnston (24 November 184428 June 1879 in Tanzania) was a Scotland, Scottish List of explorers, explorer, cartographer and geographer. He was the son of published geographer Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871), Alexander Keith ...

, Scottish geographer *

Alexander Johnston (footballer) Alexander Brown Johnston (1881 – 17 August 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Falkirk as an outside right. He was nicknamed 'Spinner'. Personal life Johnston worked for the Post Office for 20 ...

(1881–1917), Scottish footballer *

Alexander Johnston (historian) Alexander Johnston (died July 21, 1889) was an American historian. Biography He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, graduated from Rutgers College in 1870, and was admitted to the bar in 1875 in ...

(died 1889), American historian *

Alexander Johnston (Canadian politician) Alexander Johnston, CMG (April 24, 1867 – November 30, 1951) was a Canadian journalist, civil servant and politician. Born in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Johnston was educated at the Common Schools and St. Francis Xavier College, Antigo ...

(1867–1951), Canadian journalist, civil servant and politician *

Alexander Johnston (Ontario politician) Alexander Johnston was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He represented Middlesex West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1883 before he was unseated Unseating is a political term which refers to a legislator who loses their seat in a ...

, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP *

Alexander Johnston (British Army officer) Alexander Colin Johnston (26 January 1884 – 27 December 1952) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army. Johnston graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and entered into the Worcestershire Regime ...

(1884–1952), Hampshire cricketer and army officer *

Alexander Johnston (businessman) Alexander Johnston (31 December 1774 – 16 March 1864) was a Scottish mill owner and woollen manufacturer who founded the luxury woollen company Johnstons of Elgin in Elgin in 1797. Early life and career Alexander Johnston was born at Ardiffr ...

(1774–1864), Scottish mill owner * Alexander W. Johnston (died 1932), Member of the Legislative Council of Samoa * Alex Johnston (Australian rules footballer) (1881–1965), Australian rules footballer *

Alex Johnston (rugby league) Alex Johnston (born 14 January 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who primarily plays on the for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He has played for both and at international level. He played for the In ...

(born 1995), Australian professional rugby league footballer

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