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Origin

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The name in English is taken from the Latin "Alexander", which is a romanization of the Greek name Αλέξανδρος (Alexandros). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb ἀλέξειν (alexein) "to defend" and the noun ἀνδρός (andros), genitive of ἀνήρ (anēr) "man". Thus it may be roughly translated as "protector of man". The term is either a rare type of "inverse tatpurusha" compound, with the modifier in second position (the cognate Sanskrit tatpurusha being *nararakṣa, cf. Ramayana 6.33.45; the exact Sanskrit counterpart would be *rakṣinara, from PIE hleks(i)-hnros), or a worn-down terpsimbrotos type compound, whose original verbal meaning was "he protects men". The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... Languages can be romanized in a variety of ways, as shown here with Mandarin Chinese In linguistics, romanization (or Latinization, also spelled romanisation or Latinisation) is the representation of a word or language with the Roman (Latin) alphabet, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language... Etymologies redirects here. ... A Tatpurusha is a type of compound in Sanskrit grammar. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... For the television series by Ramanand Sagar, see Ramayan (TV series). ... Terpsimbrotos is the term for a type of compound, on a par with the bahuvrihi and tatpurusha types. ...

The earliest attested record of the name is the Mycenaean Greek of the feminine Alexandra, written in Linear B^[1] (The Mycenaean World, by John Chadwick, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976, 1999). Map of Bronze Age Greece as described in Homers Iliad Mycenaean is the most ancient known form of the Greek language, spoken on the Greek mainland and on Crete in the 16th to 11th centuries BC, before the Dorian invasion. ... Alexandra is the feminine version of the given name Alexander. ... This article is about the ancient syllabary. ...

The name was one of the titles ("epithets") given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to the aid of 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 of Macedonia, commonly known as "Alexander the Great". Most later Alexanders in various countries were directly or indirectly named for him. For other uses, see Hera (disambiguation). ... title page of the Rihel edition of ca. ... See List of King Priams children Statue of Paris in the British Museum This article is about the prince of Troy. ... For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ...

In Russia, the name was uncommon until the time of Tsar Alexander I, due to whom it became one of the most common of Russian first names and gained a considerable number of Russian variations and abbreviations (see following). Alexander I of Russia (Russian: Александр I Павлович / Aleksandr I Pavlovich) (December 23, 1777 – December 1?, 1825) served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. ...

Variants and diminutives

• Albanian – Aleksandër, Aleks, Leka i Madh, Lekë (mostly in north Albania) Sandër, Skëndër, Skender (The name of national heroes of Albanians Skenderbeu is a remain of Alexander, Iskander)
• Amharic – Eskender
• Arabic – الاسكندر / اسكندر (Iskandar), Skandar, Skender
• Belarusian – Аляксандp (Aliaksandr), Алeсь (Ales'), Алелька (Alyel'ka)
• Catalan – Alexandre, Àlex, Xandre
• English – Alexander, Alec, Alex, Lex, Sandy, Andy, Alexis, Alexa, Alexandria, Alexandra, Sandra, Al, Sasha, Ali, Lexxi, Zander, Xander, Sashi, Eck
• Galician – Alexandre, Álex
• Georgian/ქართულად – ალექსანდრე (Alexandre), ალეკო (Aleko), ლექსო (Lekso), სანდრო (Sandro)
• Greek - Αλέξανδρος
• Hebrew – אלכסנדר (Alexander)
• Hindi – Hindustani – Sikandar
• Irish (Gaeilge) – Alasandar
• Italian – Alessandro, Leandro, Ale, Sandro, Alessio
• Kyrgyz – Искендер (İskender)
• Macedonian - Александар
• Malay – Iskandar
• Malayalam – ചാണ്ടി (Chandy)
• Maltese – Lixandru
• Persian – اسكندر (Eskandar)
• Polish - Aleksander, Alek, Olek, Aleks
• Portuguese – Alexandre, Alexandra (feminine), Alexandro (rare), Xana (feminine), Alex, Xande, Sandro, Sandra (feminine), Sandrina (feminine)
• Russian — Александр (Alexandr)
• Sanskrit language – Alekchendra
• Scots Gaelic – Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alisdair
• Tamil language – Aleksandar
• Turkish – İskender
• Urdu – Hindustani – Sikandar
• Urdu – Pakistani – Sikander ("Sikander-e-Azam" is "Alexander the Great")
• Uzbek – Iskandar
• Yiddish – סענדער – Sender, Senderl

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Alexander as a given name

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Monarchs

Antiquity

• Alaksandu, ca. 1280 BC
• Alexander of Corinth, 10th king of Corinth (816–791 BC)
• Alexander I of Macedon
• Alexander of Pherae despot of Pherae between 369 and 358 BC
• Alexander I of Epirus king of Epirus about 342 BC
• Alexander II of Epirus king of Epirus 272 BC
• Alexander II of Macedon
• Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon), King of Macedon, 336–323 BC
• Alexander IV of Macedon
• Alexander Balas, ruler of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria between 150 and 146 BC
• Alexander Severus, (208–235), Roman Empire

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Middle Ages

• Alexander, Byzantine Emperor (912–913)
• Alexander I of Scotland (c. 1078–1124)
• Alexander II of Scotland (1198–1249)
• Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263), Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
• Alexander III of Scotland (1241–1286)
• Aleksander (1338–before 1386), prince of Podolia (son of Narymunt)
• Sikandar Butshikan, Sultan of Kashmir (1389–1413)
• Alexandru cel Bun, voivode of Moldavia (1400–1432)
• Skenderbeg (1405–1468), prince of Albania
• Alexandru I Aldea, ruler of the principality of Wallachia (1431–1436)
• Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (1472–1494)
• Alexander of Poland (1461–1506), king of Poland
• Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, voivode of Moldavia (1552–1561 and 1564–1568)
• Sikandar Shah Suri, Shah of Delhi (1555)
• Sikandar Lodhi, Sultan of Delhi (16th Century)

A Byzantine Mosaic portrait of Emperor Alexander (870 - 913) which was completed in the Emperors short reign. ... Alexander I (Alasdair mac Maíl Coluim) (c. ... Alexander II (August 24, 1198 – July 6, 1249), king of Scotland, son of William I, the Lion, and of Ermengarde of Beaumont, was born at Haddington, East Lothian, in 1198, and succeeded to the kingdom on the death of his father on 4 December 1214. ... For other uses, see Alexander Nevsky (disambiguation). ... Coronation of King Alexander on Moot Hill, Scone. ... Fortress of Ladoga (Ladozhskaya krepost) Narimantas (Narymunt, Gleb, ca 1277 – 2 February 1348) was the Prince of Pinsk 13?? – 1348, Polock, Novgorod (Ladoga, Korela (Käkisalmi). ... Sikandar Butshikan of Kashmir (AD 1389-1413) was a Muslim Sultan of Kashmir. ... Alexandru cel Bun Alexandru cel Bun on a Moldovan coin Alexandru cel Bun (Alexandru I MuÅŸat, Alexander the Kind) was the ruler of Moldavia 1400-1432, son of Roman I MuÅŸat. ... Scanderbeg sculpture Gjergj Kastrioti (Italian: Giorgio Castriota) (1405–January 17, 1468), better known as Skanderbeg or Skenderbej, was an Albanian leader who resisted the expanding Ottoman Empire for 25 years and is today considered a national hero of Albania. ... Alexandru I (1397; 1436)was a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, (1431-1436). ... Eskender (or Alexander, Geez እስክንድር) (July 15, 1471 - 1494) was (1478 - 1494) of Ethiopia (throne name Constantine II), and a member of the Solomonid dynasty. ... Reign December 12, 1501 - August 19, 1506. ... Alexandru LăpuÅŸneanu Alexandru LăpuÅŸneanu was Prince of Moldavia between September 1552 and 18 November 1561 and then between October 1564 and 5 May 1568. ... Sikandar Shah Suri was the sixth ruler of Sur dynasty. ... Sikandar Lodhi (born Nizam Khan, died November 21, 1517) was the second ruler of the Lodhi Dynasty. ...

Modern

• Alexander I of Russia (1777–1825), emperor of Russia
• Sikandar Jah, Nizam of Hyderabad, (1803–1829)
• Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881), emperor of Russia
• Alexander III of Russia (1845–1894), emperor of Russia
• Alexander Karadjordjevic, Prince of Serbia (1842–1858)
• Alexander of Bulgaria (1857–1893), first prince of Bulgaria
• Alexander John Cuza, prince of Romania (1859–1866)
• Alexander Obrenovic (1876–1903), king of Serbia
• Alexander, Prince of Lippe (1831–1905), prince of Lippe
• Alexander of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), first king of Yugoslavia
• Zog I also known as Skenderbeg III, (1895–1961), king of Albanians
• Alexander of Greece (king) (1917–1920), king of Greece
• Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, (born 1939), king of Albanians (throne pretender)
• Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange
• Alexander (count of Bergstien, Norway)

Alexander I of Russia (Russian: Александр I Павлович / Aleksandr I Pavlovich) (December 23, 1777 – December 1?, 1825) served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. ... Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah Asif Jah III, Nizam of Hyderabad, was the ruler of Hyderabad state in India from 1803 to 1829. ... Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (Moscow, 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881 in St. ... Alexander III Alexandrovich (10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) (Russian: Александр III Александрович) reigned as Emperor of Russia from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. ... Aleksandar Karađorđević was the Prince of Serbia between 1842 and 1858. ... Alexander Joseph of Battenberg (April 5, 1857 - November 17, 1893), the first prince of modern Bulgaria, reigned from April 29, 1879 to September 7, 1886). ... Alexander John Cuza Alexandru Ioan Cuza (March 20, 1820, GalaÅ£i – May 15, 1873, Heidelberg), more commonly known in English as Alexander John Cuza, was the domnitor (ruler) of the United Principalites of Romania between 1859 and 1866. ... King Alexander Obrenovich Alexander Obrenovich (Aleksandar Obrenović (Roman), Александар Обреновић Serbian (Cyrillic)) (August 14, 1876 - June 11, 1903), was king of Serbia. ... Alexander, Prince of Lippe (16 January 1831-13 January 1905) was the penultimate Prince of Lippe. ... Aleksandar I Karađorđević King Alexander I of Yugoslavia - Serbian Kralj Aleksandar I Karađorđević, in Cyrillic Краљ Александар I Карађорђевић (Cetinje, Montenegro, 16 December 1888 - France, 9 October 1934) of the Royal House of Karadjordjevic was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929-1934) and before that king of... King Zog of Albania King Zog (October 8, 1895–April 9, 1961) was an Albanian politician and the first king of Albania from 1928 to 1939. ... Alexander I, King of the Hellenes, ruled Greece from 1917-1920. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, (Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand Prins van Oranje, Prins der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, born April 27, 1967) is the eldest son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and is the heir apparent to the Dutch throne, with the style...

Religious leaders

• Pope Alexander I, (pope 97–105)
• Pope Alexander II, (pope 1058–1061)
• Pope Alexander III, (pope 1164–1168)
• Pope Alexander IV, (pope 1243–1254)
• Pope Alexander V, ("Peter Philarges" ca. 1339–1410)
• Pope Alexander VI, (1493–1503), 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 Essebiensis aka Alexander of Ashby, 13th century prior and poet
• See also Saint Alexander, various saints with this name

Alexander I was Pope from about 106 to 115. ... Alexander II (died April 21, 1073), born Anselmo da Baggio , Pope from 1061 to 1073, was a native of Milan. ... Pope Alexander III (c. ... Alexander IV, né Rinaldo Conti (Anagni, ca. ... Alexander V (also Peter of Candia or Peter Philarges, c. ... Pope Alexander VI (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born Roderic Borja (Italian: Borgia), (reigned from 1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the secular popes of the Renaissance and one whose surname became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era. ... Alexander VII, né Fabio Chigi (February 13, 1599 – May 22, 1667) was Pope from April 7, 1655 until his death in 1667. ... Alexander VIII, né Pietro Vito Ottoboni (April 22, 1610 - February 1, 1691), pope from 1689 to 1691, was born of a noble Venetian family, and was the son of Marco Ottoboni, chancellor of the Republic of Venice. ... Saint Alexander (between 237 and 244 - 337), bishop of Byzantium and first bishop of Constantinople until his death, as the city was then called (Theod. ... St. ... Pope Alexander II was the Coptic Pope from 702 to 729. ... Alexander of Lincoln (Latin: Alexander Lincolniensis) (died 1147), bishop of Lincoln, one of the most magnificent prelates of his day, was born in Blois, France, and was nephew to the famous Roger, bishop of Salisbury. ... Alexander Essebiensis (Latin, Alexander of Ashby, or of Esseby) was a celebrated English theologian and poet, who flourished about the year 1220. ... Saint Alexander can refer to: Saint Alexander I Saint Alexander of Constantinople Saint Alexander of Jerusalem Saint Alexander Nevsky Saint Alexander Sauli Saint Alexander (Bishop of Comana) Saint Alexander (Patriarch of Alexandria) Epipodius and Alexander One of the seven sons of Felicitas of Rome. ...

Other people

• Alexander (general), son of Polyperchon, the regent of Macedonia
• Alexander Beyer (* 1973), German actor
• Claude Alexander Conlin (1880–1954), stage magician
• Alexander of Aphrodisias, Greek commentator and philosopher
• Alexander of Greece (rhetorician)
• Alexander of Hales, 13th-century Medieval theologian
• Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a German natural scientist
• Alexander, le Pargiter, 13th-century abbot
• Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian author (Germanized form of name)
• Paris (mythology) aka Alexander, the Trojan prince who kidnapped Helen
• Alexandre, Chevalier de Vendôme (1598–1629), illegitiate child of Henry IV of France
• Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), short-lived son of Edward VII

A few other princes have borne the name Alexander: Alexander (in Greek Αλέξανδρος; killed 314 BC) was son of Polyperchon, the regent of Macedonia, and an important general in the wars of the diadochi. ... Alexander Beyer (born June 24, 1973 in Erfurt) is a German actor. ... Claude Alexander Conlin (1880 - 1954), also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was a stage magician who specialized in mentalism and psychic reading acts, often using a crystal ball as a prop. ... Alexander of Aphrodisias, a pupil of Aristocles of Messene, was the most celebrated of the Greek commentators on the writings of Aristotle. ... Alexander, son of Numenius, Greek rhetorician, flourished in the first half of the 2nd century. ... Alexander Hales (also Halensis, Alensis, Halesius, Alesius; called Doctor Irrefragabilis and Theologorum Monarcha) was a scholastic theologian. ... An 1859 portrait of Alexander von Humboldt by the artist Julius Schrader, showing Mount Chimborazo in the background. ... Alexander (died about 1220), said to have been known by the surname of Le Pargiter (The Plasterer), was an English ecclesiastic of the thirteenth century. ... Pushkin redirects here. ... See List of King Priams children Statue of Paris in the British Museum This article is about the prince of Troy. ... Henry IV of France, also Henry III of Navarre (13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. ... Prince Alexander John Charles Albert of Wales, was the youngest son and sixth child of Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and his wife Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. ...

• George V of Hanover (1819–1878)
• Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899)
• Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922)
• Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942)
• Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944–)

George V, King of Hanover and 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August (27 May 1819 – 12 June 1878) was the only son of Ernst August I, King of Hanover and 1st Duke of Cumberland (fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom... This December 2006 does not cite any references or sources. ... Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor and innovator who is credited with the invention of the telephone. ... The Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 - 25 August 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of George V and Mary of Teck. ... Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of George V. He has been Duke of Gloucester since his fathers death in 1974. ...

People with the surname Alexander

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• AJ Alexander (born 1980), American model and Playboy Playmate
• Barton S. Alexander (1819–1878), U.S. Army brigadier general and engineer during the American Civil War
• Caleb Alexander (d. 1828), American clergyman, writer, teacher
• Christopher Alexander (born 1936), Austrian architect
• Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909–1974), British cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer
• Dari Alexander, American news anchor
• Douglas Alexander (born 1967) , British MP
• Edward Porter Alexander (1835–1910), officer in the U.S. Army and Confederate States Army
• Ernie Alexander (born 1933), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafayette
• Evan Shelby Alexander (1767–1809), American politician
• F. Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), Australian actor/orator
• Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887-1950), Major League Baseball player
• Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969), British Field Marshall in WWII
• Horace Alexander (1889–1989), English ornithologist
• James Waddell Alexander II (1888–1971), mathematician
• Jason Alexander, stage name of American actor Jason Scott Greenspan
• Jason Allen Alexander, ex-husband of Britney Spears
• John White Alexander (1856–1915), American artist
• Lamar Alexander (born 1940), U.S. Senator from Tennessee
• Lincoln Alexander (born 1922), Canada's first black Member of Parliament and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario
• Manny Alexander (born 1971), baseball player from the Dominican Republic
• Monique Alexander (born 1982), American porn star
• Neil Alexander (born 1978), Scottish footballer
• Peter Alexander (born 1926), Austrian singer and actor
• Robert D. Alexander (born 1944), American public policy activist
• Ross Alexander (1907–1937), American actor
• Samuel Alexander (1859–1938) Australian/British philosopher and essayist
• Sarah Alexander (born 1971), British actress
• Shaun Alexander (born 1977), American football player
• Wilfred Backhouse Alexander (1885–1965), English ornithologist
• William Alexander (bishop) (1824–1911), Primate of All Ireland

Barton Stone Alexander (September 4, 1819 – December 15, 1878) was an American engineer commander during the American Civil War who rose to the brevet rank of brigadier general in the regular army. ... Caleb Alexander, D.D. (born 17?? - d. ... Christopher Alexander (born October 4, 1936 in Vienna, Austria) is an architect noted for his theories about design, and for more than 200 building projects in California, Japan, Mexico and around the world. ... (Conel) Hugh ODonel Alexander (19 April 1909 – 15 February 1974) was a British cryptanalyst and chess player. ... Dari Alexander Dari Alexander (born October 26, 1963) is the co-anchor of WNYWs weeknight 5 p. ... This article is about the British politician. ... Edward Porter Alexander Edward Porter Alexander (May 26, 1835 – April 28, 1910) was an engineer, an officer in the U.S. Army and Confederate States Army, an author, and a railroad executive. ... Ernest Joseph Ernie Alexander (born 1933) is a retiring Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafayette Parish, having served in District 43 since 2000. ... The Louisiana State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... : Hub City : The Heart of Cajun Country United States Louisiana Lafayette 47. ... Evan Shelby Alexander (c. ... Frederick Matthias Alexander (January 20, 1869–October 10, 1955) was an actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique—a method of helping people learn to free habitual reactions of moving, learned by improving ones kinesthetic judgment. ... Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1915. ... Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, KG, OM, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, MC, LL.D, PC (10 December 1891 - 16 June 1969) was a British military commander and field marshal, notably during the Second World War as the commander of the 15th Army... Horace Gundry Alexander (July 30, 1889 - September 30, 1989) was an English Quaker teacher and writer, pacifist and ornithologist. ... James Waddell Alexander II James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 – September 23, 1971) was an important topologist of the pre-WWII era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. ... Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan on September 23, 1959) is a Jewish American television, cinema and musical theatre actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the hit television series Seinfeld. ... Jason Allen Alexander (born October 16, 1981) was briefly married to pop music star Britney Spears in 2004. ... For other persons named John Alexander, see John Alexander (disambiguation). ... Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. ... The Honourable Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, seen here in a screenshot from CBC speaking to press about the Fuddle Duddle incident of 1971, involving Prime Minister Trudeau. ... Manuel de Jesús (Manny) Alexander (born March 20, 1971 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a professional baseball infielder who currently plays for the Columbus Clippers. ... Monique Alexander (born May 26, 1982) is an American pornographic actress and nude model. ... Neil Alexander (born 10 March 1978 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish born professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for Ipswich Town. ... Peter Alexander Peter Alexander (born Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer June 30, 1926 in Vienna, Austria), is an Austrian singer and actor, who became popular in the 1950s and 60s with his numerous roles in German musical films. ... Ross Alexander (July 27 1907 - January 2, 1937) was an United States film actor. ... Samuel Alexander (January 6, 1859 - September 13, 1938) was an Australian-born philosopher. ... Sarah Alexander (née Smith, born 3 January 1971) is an English actress, known for her roles in various British comedy series. ... Shaun Edward Alexander (born August 30, 1977 in Florence, Kentucky) is an American football player in the National Football League. ... Wilfred Backhouse Alexander (February 4, 1885 - December 8, 1965) was an English ornithologist and entomologist. ... William Alexander (1824–1911) was an Irish cleric in the Church of England. ...

Fictional

• Hamish Alexander, a character in David Weber's Honorverse
• Alexander (Summons), a summoned avatar from the Final Fantasy series of games. He is one of the terrestrial avatars in Final Fantasy XI
• Lyta Alexander, a Telepath in the Science fiction TV-series Babylon 5
• Alexander Anderson, a regenerative warrior-priest from the Hellsing series.

Admiral of the Green Hamish Alexander, Thirteenth Earl of White Haven, is a fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber. ... Edea using an Ice-based limit break, Ice Strike in Final Fantasy VIII Magic is one of the two principal forms of attack in Square Enixs (formerly Square Co. ... Lyta Alexander, played by Patricia Tallman, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ... There are multiple Alexander Andersons: For the British army general, see Alexander Anderson (British general) (1807-1877). ... This article is about the manga and anime franchise. ...

See also

• All pages beginning with Alexander

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