List of Famous people named Alexander

Very Rev Dr Alexander Duff, was a Christian missionary in India; where he played a large part in the development of higher education. He was a Moderator and Convenor of the Church of Scotland and an unashamed scientific liberal reformer of anglicized evangelism across the Empire. He was the first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland to India. On 13 July 1830 he founded the General Assembly's Institution in Calcutta, now known as the Scottish Church College. He also played a part in establishing the University of Calcutta. He was twice Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland in 1851 and 1873, the only person to serve the role twice.

Alexander Hugh Macmillan, also referred to as A. H. Macmillan, was an important member of the Bible Students, and later, of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He became a board member of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in 1918. He presented a history of the religious movement in his book Faith on the March, published in 1957.

Alexander Allan Shand was a British banker most known for his work in the development of accountacy and early proposal of a central bank in the Japanese banking system during the meiji period.

Alexander Rondón Heredia is a football manager and Venezuelan football striker And has played over 44 times for the Venezuela national team since his debut in 1999.

Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd was a Scottish biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Prof Alexander Smith FRSE LLD was a Scottish chemist, who spent his working life teaching in the universities of America.