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 Koch

First Name Alexander
Last Name Koch
Born on February 24, 1988 (age 38)

Alexander Koch is an American actor. He played the series regular role of Junior Rennie on the CBS drama series Under the Dome, based on the novel by Stephen King. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Alex Koch appears in the fifth season of Lucifer as Ella Lopez's new love interest, Pete Daily. He co-starred in the 2020 meta-thriller Black Bear.

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Alexander Szymanowski

First Name Alexander
Last Name Szymanowski
Born on October 13, 1988 (age 37)
Born in Argentina
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Alexander Szymanowski, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays mainly as a left winger.

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Alexander Prosvirnin

First Name Alexander
Last Name Prosvirnin
Born on August 24, 1964
Died on January 1, 2010 (aged 45)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Alexander Prosvirnin was a Soviet Nordic combined skier who competed in the early 1980s. He was born in Vorokhta. He won a bronze medal in the 3x10 km team event at the 1984 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Rovaniemi and finished 14th in the 15 km individual event at the 1985 championships in Seefeld.

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Alexander Krauß

First Name Alexander
Last Name Krauß
Born on December 8, 1975 (age 50)
Born in Germany, Saxony

Alexander Gerd Krauß is a German politician. Since 2017, he has been a member of the German Bundestag. From 2004 until 2017 he was a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony.

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Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis

First Name Alexander
Last Name Taxis
Born on March 21, 1704
Died on March 17, 1773 (aged 68)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: Alexander Ferdinand Fürst von Thurn und Taxis was the third Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 8 November 1739 until his death on 17 March 1773. Alexander Ferdinand served as Principal Commissioner at the Perpetual Imperial Diet in Frankfurt am Main and Regensburg for Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1 February 1743 to 1745 and again from 1748 until 1773.

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Alexander Bessmertnykh

First Name Alexander
Last Name Bessmertnykh
Born on September 15, 1986 (age 39)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Alexander Andreyevich Bessmertnykh is a Russian cross-country skier. In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, as a result of doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Alexander Kačaniklić

First Name Alexander
Last Name Kačaniklić
Born on August 13, 1991 (age 34)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Alexander Kačaniklić is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Hajduk Split in Prva HNL. He normally operates on the left wing but can also play as a central midfielder.

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Alexander Yefimov

First Name Alexander
Last Name Yefimov
Born on February 6, 1923
Died on August 31, 2012 (aged 89)

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Yefimov was a senior military officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force from 1984 to 1990. Earlier in his life, he had been an Il-2 pilot for which he was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Alexander Zhilkin

First Name Alexander
Last Name Zhilkin
Born on August 26, 1959 (age 66)

Alexander Alexandrovich Zhilkin is a Russian politician who served as the Governor of Astrakhan Oblast between 2004 and 2018. He became acting governor in August 2004, when governor Anatoly Guzhvin, who had been the leader of the oblast for over a decade, died. Zhilkin was elected governor as a candidate of the United Russia party in 2004, receiving 65% of the vote; an overall majority. He was the first deputy before he became the governor. On 26 October 2018, he resigned and was replaced by Sergey Morozov

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Alexander Tairov

First Name Alexander
Last Name Tairov
Died on September 25, 1950
Born in Ukraine, Sumy Oblast

Alexander Yakovlevich Tairov was one of the leading innovators of theatrical art, and one of the most enduring theatre directors in Russia, and through the Soviet era.

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