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 Borthwick

First Name Alexander

Last Name Borthwick

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Alexander Murray MacGregor

First Name Alexander

Last Name MacGregor

Born on November 27, 1778

Died on August 20, 1827 (aged 48)

Major-General Alexander Murray Macgregor, born Alexander Murray, was a Scottish army officer in the British East India Company.

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Alexander Hamilton

First Name Alexander

Last Name Hamilton

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Alexander Lindsay of Vane

First Name Alexander

Last Name Vane

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Alexander Haldane

First Name Alexander

Last Name Haldane

Died on January 9, 1764

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Alexander Samoylovich

First Name Alexander

Last Name Samoylovich

Born on December 17, 1880

Died on February 13, 1938 (aged 57)

Born in Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Alexander Nikolaevich Samoylovich was a Russian Orientalist-Turkologist who served as a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929), Rector of the Leningrad Oriental Institute (1922–1925), academic secretary of the Humanities Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929–1933), and director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1934–1937). He was arrested by the NKVD in October 1937, and was executed on 13 February 1938.

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