List of Famous people named Alexander

Name Alexander is among the most common names in Russia, Germany, England, Austria. Often it's a shorthand for Aleksandr. Similar names: Aleksandr, Aleksander. Here are some famous Alexanders:

Alexander Robert Leith

First Name Alexander

Last Name Leith

Born on February 22, 1878

Died on May 13, 1950 (aged 72)

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Alexander Howatson

First Name Alexander

Last Name Howatson

Born on January 1, 1811 (age 215)

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Alexander Dityatin

First Name Alexander

Last Name Dityatin

Born on August 7, 1957 (age 69)

Born in Russia

Height 178 cm | 5'10

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Dityatin is a retired Soviet/Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic champion, and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he set the record for achieving the most medals of any type at a single Olympic Games. The American swimmer Michael Phelps has now twice equalled this record, at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. competed for the Leningrad Dinamo sports society.

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Alexander Duff, 2nd of Muirtown

First Name Alexander

Last Name Muirtown

Born on January 1, 1737

Died on January 1, 1778 (aged 41)

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Alexander Graf von Westenholz

First Name Alexander

Last Name Westenholz

Born on August 7, 1971 (age 55)

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Alexander Macdonald, 9th of Glenaladale

First Name Alexander

Last Name Glenaladale

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Alexander Beilinson

First Name Alexander

Last Name Beilinson

Born on June 13, 1957 (age 69)

Born in Russia

Alexander A. Beilinson is the David and Mary Winton Green University Professor at the University of Chicago and works on mathematics. His research has spanned representation theory, algebraic geometry and mathematical physics. In 1999 Beilinson was awarded the Ostrowski Prize with Helmut Hofer. In 2017 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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Alexander Courage

First Name Alexander

Last Name Courage

Born on January 1, 1686 (age 340)

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Alexander Polovtsov

First Name Alexander

Last Name Polovtsov

Born on June 12, 1832

Died on October 7, 1909 (aged 77)

Born in Russia, Leningrad Oblast

Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsov was a Russian Imperial statesman, historian and maecenas; he was also known as the founder of the Russian Imperial Historian Society.

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Alexander Hood

First Name Alexander

Last Name Hood

Born on January 1, 1687 (age 339)

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