List of Famous people named Alfred

Name Alfred is among the most common names in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Shortened forms: Al. Similar names: Al, Alfredo, Alfreda. Here are some famous Alfreds:

Alfred Worden

First Name Alfred
Born on February 7, 1932
Died on March 17, 2020 (aged 88)

Colonel Alfred Merrill Worden USAF was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour.

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Alfred Jodl

First Name Alfred
Born on May 10, 1890
Died on October 16, 1946 (aged 56)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl was a German Generaloberst who served as the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the German Armed Forces High Command, throughout World War II.

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Alfred Ellis

First Name Alfred
Born on April 21, 1941
Died on September 24, 2021 (aged 80)

Alfred James Ellis, known as Pee Wee Ellis due to his diminutive stature, was an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. With a background in jazz, he was a member of James Brown's band in the 1960s, appearing on many of Brown's recordings and co-writing hits like "Cold Sweat" and "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud". He also worked with Van Morrison.

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Alfred Dorfer

First Name Alfred
Born on October 11, 1961 (age 62)
Born in Austria

Alfred Dorfer is an Austrian comedian, writer, and actor. He is one of the most well-known cabaret artists and comedians in Austria, not least due to his commitment to numerous Austrian film productions. After initial success with the group Schlabarett he attained more widespread recognition as the writer and star of the film Indien.

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Alfred Mendes

First Name Alfred
Born on November 18, 1897
Died on January 1, 1991 (aged 93)

Alfred Hubert Mendes MM was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian novelist and short-story writer. He was a leading member of the 1930s "Beacon group" of writers in Trinidad and Tobago which included Albert Gomes, C. L. R. James and Ralph de Boissière. Mendes is best known as the author of two novels — Pitch Lake (1934) and Black Fauns (1935) — and for his short stories written during the 1920s and 1930s. He was "one of the first West Indian writers to set the pattern of emigration in the face of the lack of publishing houses and the small reading public in the West Indies.

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Alfred S. Bloomingdale

First Name Alfred
Born on April 15, 1916
Died on August 23, 1982 (aged 66)

Alfred Schiffer Bloomingdale was an heir to the Bloomingdale's department store fortune, "father of the credit card", and the lover of murdered Hollywood sex worker and dominatrix Vicki Morgan.

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Alfred Jarry

First Name Alfred
Born on September 8, 1873
Died on November 1, 1907 (aged 34)

Alfred Jarry was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), a pataphysical work which depicts the bourgeoisie as the super-mediocre. He coined the term and philosophical concept of pataphysics, which uses absurd irony to portray symbolic truths.

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Alfred Pfaff

First Name Alfred
Born on July 16, 1926
Died on December 27, 2008 (aged 82)

Alfred Pfaff was a German football player and World Cup winner with West Germany in 1954.

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Alfred Lee Loomis

First Name Alfred
Born on November 4, 1887
Died on August 11, 1975 (aged 87)

Alfred Lee Loomis was an American attorney, investment banker, philanthropist, scientist, physicist, inventor of the LORAN Long Range Navigation System, and a lifelong patron of scientific research. He established the Loomis Laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, and his role in the development of radar and the atomic bomb contributed to the Allied victory in World War II. He invented the Aberdeen Chronograph for measuring muzzle velocities, contributed significantly to the development of a ground-controlled approach technology for aircraft, and participated in preliminary meetings of the Manhattan Project.

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Alfred Morris

Alfred Bruce Morris

Alfred Bruce Morris is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Florida Atlantic and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He has also previously played for the San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, and Arizona Cardinals.

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