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 Peters Macdowall

First Name Alexander

Last Name Macdowall

Born on January 1, 1777

Died on January 1, 1808 (aged 31)

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Alexander Macdowall

First Name Alexander

Last Name Macdowall

Born on January 8, 1755 (age 271)

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Alexander Macdowall

First Name Alexander

Last Name Macdowall

Born on January 1, 1800

Died on January 1, 1817 (aged 17)

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Alexander Pym

First Name Alexander

Last Name Pym

Born on January 1, 1854

Died on January 1, 1888 (aged 34)

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Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky

First Name Alexander

Last Name Ilyin-Genevsky

Born on November 16, 1894

Died on September 3, 1941 (aged 46)

Born in Russia

Alexander Fyodorovich Ilyin, known with the party name Zhenevsky, "the Genevan" because he joined the Bolshevik group of Russian émigrés while exiled in that city, was a Soviet chess master and organizer, one of founders of the Soviet chess school, an Old-Guard Bolshevik cadre, a writer, a military organizer, a historian and a diplomat. He was born in Saint Petersburg and was the younger brother of Red Navy leader Fedor Raskolnikov.

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