Alexander () is a male

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of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of

Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...

who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include

Iskandar Iskandar (name) or Eskandar also Iskander, Skandar, or Scandar is a given name and a surname. Iskandar or Eskandar or their varieties may also refer to: Places * Iskandar Malaysia, the new main southern development corridor in Johor, Malaysia * ...

Alec Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a shortened form of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People * Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat * Alec Acton ...

Alek Alek is a given name and alternative form of Alec. Notable people with the name include: * Alek Bédard (born 1996), Canadian curler * Alek D. Epstein (born 1975), Russian-Israeli sociologist of culture and politics * Alek Dzhabrailov (1976 ...

Alex Alex is a given name. Similar names are Alexander, Alexandra, Alexey or Alexis. People Multiple * Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people * Al ...

Alexsander Alexsander is a Portuguese people, Portuguese male given name, derived from Alexander. It may also refer to: * Alexsander (footballer, born 1998), Alexsander Jhonatta de Oliveira Andrade, Brazilian football midfielder for Vitória * Alexsander (f ...

, Alexandre,

Aleks ALEKS (Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces) is an online tutoring and assessment program that includes course material in mathematics, chemistry, introductory statistics, and business. Rather than being based on numerical test scores ...

, Aleksa,

Aleksandre Aleksandre ( ka, ალექსანდრე) is a Georgian masculine given name, an equivalent of Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient ...

Alejandro Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander ( Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros ( Greek), Alsander ( Irish), Alessandro ( Italian), Aleksand ...

, Alessandro,

Alasdair Alasdair () is a Scottish Gaelic given name. The name is a Gaelic form of ''Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

, Sasha,

Sandy Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sandy (surname), a list of people * Sandy (Iranian music band), Iranian singer, comp ...

Sandro Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to: Given name or nickname Sports * Sandro (footballer, born 1973), Braz ...

, Sikandar,

Skander Skander is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Skander Djamil Athmani, (born 1992), Algerian athlete *Skander Cheikh (born 1987), Tunisian footballer *Skander Kasri (born 1958), Tunisian football mana ...

Sander A sander is a power tool used to smooth surfaces by abrasion with sandpaper. Sanders have a means to attach the sandpaper and a mechanism to move it rapidly contained within a housing with means to handhold it or fix it to a workbench. Woodw ...

and

Xander Xander is an abbreviated form of the name Alexander and pronounced like "Zander". Alexander is the Latin form of the Greek name "Alexandros". The name's meaning is interpreted from "alexein" which means "to defend" plus "andros" which translates ...

; feminine forms include

Alexandra Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (, ). Etymology, Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; genitive, GEN , ; ...

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, and Sasha.

Etymology

The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (,

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: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest

attested form Attestation may refer to: * Attestation clause, verification of a document * The date from which the service of a member of the armed forces begins is the date of ''attestation'', on which the oath of allegiance is sworn (though the recruit migh ...

of the name, is the

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feminine

anthroponym Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ''anthrōpos'', 'human', and ὄνομα ''onoma'', 'name') is the study of ''anthroponyms'', the proper names of human beings, both individual and coll ...

, , (/

/), written in the

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syllabic script.

Alaksandu Alaksandu (Hittite language, Hittite: ), alternatively called Alakasandu or Alaksandus, was a king of Wilusa who sealed a treaty with Hittite empire, Hittite king Muwatalli II ca. 1280 BC. This treaty implies that Alaksandu had previously secure ...

, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ''Alaksandus'', was a king of

Wilusa Wilusa () or Wilusiya was a Late Bronze Age city in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) known from references in fragmentary Hittites, Hittite records. The city is notable for its identification with the archaeological site of Troy, and thus its ...

who sealed a treaty with the Hittite king

Muwatalli II Muwatalli II (also Muwatallis, or Muwatallish; meaning "mighty") was a king of the New Kingdom of the Hittite empire c. 1295–1282 ( middle chronology) and 1295–1272 BC in the short chronology. Biography He was the eldest son of Mursili II ...

c. 1280 BC; this is generally assumed to have been a Greek called Alexandros. The name was one of the

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s given to the Greek goddess

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and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". In the ''

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'', the character

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is also known as Alexander. The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of

. Most later Alexanders in various countries were directly or indirectly named after him.

People known as Alexander

Alexander has been the name of many rulers, including kings of

Macedon Macedonia ( ; , ), also called Macedon ( ), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal ...

, of

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, emperors of

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and

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Rulers of antiquity

* Alexander (''Alexandros of Ilion''), more often known as Paris of Troy * Alexander I of Macedon * Alexander II of Macedon *

* Alexander IV of Macedon * Alexander V of Macedon * Alexander of Pherae despot of Pherae between 369 and 358 BC * Alexander I of Epirus king of Epirus about 342 BC * Alexander II of Epirus king of Epirus 272 BC * Alexander of Corinth, viceroy of Antigonus Gonatas and ruler of a rump state based on Corinth c. 250 BC * Alexander (satrap) (died 220 BC), satrap of Persis under Seleucid king Antiochus III * Alexander Balas, ruler of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria between 150 and 146 BC * Alexander Zabinas, ruler of part of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria based in Antioch between 128 and 123 BC * Alexander Jannaeus king of Judea, 103–76 BC * Alexander of Judaea, son of Aristobulus II, king of Judaea * Alexander Severus (208–235), Roman emperor * Julius Alexander, lived in the 2nd century, an Royal family of Emesa, Emesene nobleman * Domitius Alexander, Roman usurper who declared himself emperor in 308

Rulers of the Middle Ages

* Alexander, Byzantine Emperor (912–913) * Alexander I of Scotland (c. 1078–1124) * Alexander II of Scotland (1198–1249) * Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263), Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir * Alexander III of Scotland (1241–1286) * Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia, List of rulers of Wallachia, Voivode of Wallachia (died 1364) * Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, tsar of Second Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria (beginnings of the 14th century – 1371) * Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver, Prince of Tver as Alexander I and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal as Alexander II (1301–1339) * Aleksander (1338–before 1386), Prince of Podolia (son of Narymunt) * Alexander II of Imereti, Alexander II of Georgia (1483–1510) * Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia (1472–1494) * Alexander Jagiellon (Alexander of Poland), King of Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Poland (1461–1506)

Modern rulers

* Alexander I of Russia (1777–1825), emperor of Russia * Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881), emperor of Russia * Alexander III of Russia (1845–1894), emperor of Russia * Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1842–1858) * Alexander of Bulgaria (1857–1893), first prince of Principality of Bulgaria, modern Bulgaria * Alexander I of Serbia, Alexander I Obrenović of Serbia (1876–1903), king of Serbia * Alexander, Prince of Lippe (1831–1905), prince of Lippe * Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), first king of Yugoslavia * Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 1945), head of the Yugoslav Royal Family * Zog I, also known as Skenderbeg III (1895–1961), king of Albanians * Alexander of Greece (1893–1920), king of Greece * Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (born 1939), Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1939–2011), king of Albanians (throne pretender) * Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands (born 1967), eldest child of Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Prince Claus

Other royalty

* Alexander, son of Herod, Alexander, Judean Prince, one of the sons of Herod the Great from his wife Mariamne (second wife of Herod), Mariamne * Alexander Helios, Ptolemaic prince, one of the sons of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Mark Anthony * Alexander (grandson of Herod the Great), Alexander, Judean Prince, son to the above Alexander and Cappadocian princess Glaphyra * Alexander (son of Ivan Shishman), Alexander (d. 1418), son of Second Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian tsar Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, Ivan Shishman * Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), short-lived son of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Edward VII * Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899) * Olav V of Norway (Prince Alexander of Denmark) (1903–1991)

Religious leaders

* Pope Alexander I (pope 97–105) * Alexander of Apamea, 5th-century bishop of Apamea * Pope Alexander II (pope 1058–1061) * Pope Alexander III (pope 1159–1181) * Pope Alexander IV (pope 1243–1254) * Pope Alexander V ("Peter Philarges" c. 1339–1410) * Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), Roman pope * Pope Alexander VII (1599–1667) * Pope Alexander VIII (pope 1689–1691) * Alexander of Constantinople, bishop of Constantinople (314–337) * Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, St. Alexander of Alexandria, Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria between 313 and 328 * Pope Alexander II of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (702–729) * Alexander of Lincoln, bishop of Lincoln * Alexander of Jerusalem * See also Saint Alexander (disambiguation), Saint Alexander, various saints with this name

Other people

Antiquity

* Alexander (artists), the name of a number of artists of ancient Greece and Rome * Alexander of Lyncestis (died 330 BC), contemporary of Alexander the Great * Alexander (son of Polyperchon) (died 314 BC), regent of Macedonia * Alexander (Antigonid general), 3rd-century BC cavalry commander under Antigonus III Doson * Alexander of Athens, 3rd-century BC Athenian comic poet * Alexander Aetolus (), poet and member of the Alexandrian Pleiad * Alexander (son of Lysimachus) (), Macedonian royal * Alexander (grandson of Seleucus I Nicator) (), Greek Anatolian nobleman * Alexander (Aetolian general), briefly conquered Aegira in 220 BC * Alexander of Acarnania (died 191 BC), confidant of Antiochus III the Great * Alexander Isius (), Aetolian military commander * Alexander Lychnus, early 1st-century BC poet and historian * Alexander Philalethes, 1st century BC physician * Alexander Polyhistor, Greek scholar of the 1st century BC * Alexander of Myndus, ancient Greek writer on zoology and divination * Alexander of Aegae, peripatetic philosopher of the 1st century AD * Alexander of Cotiaeum, 2nd-century Greek grammarian and tutor of Marcus Aurelius * Alexander Numenius, 2nd-century Greek rhetorician * Alexander Peloplaton, 2nd-century Greek rhetorician * Alexander of Abonoteichus (), Greek religious leader and imposter * Alexander of Aphrodisias (), Greek commentator and philosopher * Alexander of Lycopolis, 4th-century author of an early Christian treatise against Manicheans * List of minor New Testament figures#Alexander, Alexander, a member of the Jerusalem Temple Sanhedrin mentioned in Acts 4:6

Middle Ages

* Alexander of Hales, English theologian in the 13th century

Modern

* Alexander (magician) (1880–1954), American stage magician specializing in mentalism

People with the given name

People with the given name Alexander or variants include: * Technoblade (1999–2022), American YouTuber, real name Alexander, surname not made public * Alexander Aigner (1909–1988), Austrian mathematician * Aleksandr Akimov (1953–1986), Russian nuclear engineer who died in Chernobyl * Alexander Albon (born 1996), Thai-British racing driver * Aleksander Allila (1890–?), Finnish politician * Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946), Russian composer * Alexander Argov (1914–1995), Russian-born Israeli composer * Alexander Armah (born 1994), American football player * Alexander Armstrong (born 1970), British comedian and singer * Aleksandr Averbukh (born 1974), Israeli pole vaulter * Alex Baldock (born 1970), British businessman * Alec Baldwin (born Alexander Rae Baldwin III, 1958), American actor * Aleksander Barkov (born 1995), Finnish ice hockey player * Alexander G. Bassuk, American pediatric neurologist * Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), Scottish inventor of the first practical telephone * Alexander Björk (born 1990), Swedish golfer * Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), Russian composer * Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor best known for making mobiles * Aleksandr Davidovich (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Davidson (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Day (disambiguation), several people * A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe, Alexander Nicholas de Abrew Abeysinghe (1894–1963), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Alex DeBrincat (born 1997), American ice hockey player * Alexander Dilman, Alexander Davidovich Dilman (born 1976), Russian organic chemist * Aleksandar Djordjevic (born 1967), Serbian basketball player * Alexander Dubček (1921–1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968–1969) * Alex Ebert (born 1978), American singer-songwriter * Alexander Lee (entertainer), Alexander Lee (born 1988), also known as Alexander or Xander, South Korean singer, member of U-KISS * Alexander Exarch (1810–1891), Bulgarian revivalist, publicist and journalist, participant in the struggle for an independent Bulgarian Exarchate * Alex Ferguson (born 1941), Scottish football player and manager * Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), Scottish discoverer of penicillin * Alexander Zusia Friedman (1897–1943), Polish rabbi, educator, activist, and journalist * Aleksander Gabelic (born 1965), Swedish politician * Alex Galchenyuk (born 1994), American ice hockey player * Alexander Gardner (disambiguation), multiple people * Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), Russian composer * Alexander Goldberg (born 1974), British rabbi, barrister, and human rights activist * Alexander Goldberg (chemical engineer), Israeli chemical engineer and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology * Alexander Goldscheider (born 1950), Czech/British composer, producer and writer * Alexander Gomelsky (1928–2005), Russian head coach of USSR basketball national team for 30 years * Alexander Gordon (disambiguation), several people * Aleksandr Gordon (1931–2020), Russian-Soviet director, screenwriter and actor * Aleksandr Gorelik (1945–2012), Soviet figure skater * Alexander Gould (born 1994), American actor * Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), German-born French mathematician * Alexander Gustafsson (born 1987), Swedish mixed martial arts fighter * Alexander Haig (1924–2010), American general and politician * Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), first United States Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, founding fathers of the United States * Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1786–1875), American attorney and son of Alexander Hamilton * Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889), Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889), son of James Alexander Hamilton and grandson of Alexander Hamilton * Alexander Haugg (born 1968), German actor * Alexander Held (born 1958), German actor * Alexander Henn, German anthropologist * Alexander Henry (Philadelphia), Alexander Henry (1823–1883), mayor of Philadelphia * Alex Higgins (1949–2010), Northern Irish snooker player * Alexander Hollins (born 1996), American football player * Alexander Holtz (born 2002), Swedish ice hockey player * Alex Horne (born 1978), British comedian * Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian naturalist and explorer * Alexander Ilečko (1937–2023), Slovak sculptor * Alexander Isak (born 1999), Swedish Football Player * Alexander Isakov (1730–1794), Russian major general * Alex Israel (born 1982), American artist * Alex Israel (businessman), Alex Israel, founder of Metropolis Technologies * Alex Jones (born 1974), American radio show host and conspiracy theorist * Aleksandr Kamshalov (1932–2019), Soviet politician * Alex Kapranos (born 1972), Scottish musician, author, songwriter and producer, front-man of Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand * Aleksandar Katai (born 1991), Serbian footballer * Alexander Kerensky (1881–1970) leader of Russian Provisional Government * Alexander Kerfoot (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player * Alex Killorn (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexander Klaws (born 1983), German singer and songwriter * Alexander Klingspor (born 1977), Swedish painter and sculptor * Aleksandr Kogan (scientist), Aleksandr Kogan (born 1985/86), Moldovan-born American psychologist and data scientist * Alexander Korda (1893–1956), Hungarian film director * Alexander Kucheryavenko (born 1987), Russian ice hockey player * Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born 1954), former President of Poland * Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter, illustrator, and art critic * Alexander Levinsky (1910–1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexander Ivanovich Levitov (1835–1877), Russian writer * Alexander Lévy (born 1990), French golfer * Alexander Ludwig (born 1992), Canadian actor * Sandy Lyle, Alexander "Sandy" Lyle (born 1958), Scottish golfer * Alexander Lukashenko (born 1954), President of Belarus * Alex Manninger (born 1977), Austrian footballer * Ali Marpet, Alexander "Ali" Marpet (born 1993), American football player * Aleksandr Marshal (born 1957), Russian singer, songwriter, and musician * Alexander Mattison (born 1998), American football player * Alexander McClure (1828–1909), American politician, editor and writer * Alexander Lyell McEwin (1897–1988), known as Lyell McEwin, Australian politician, Minister for Health * Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer and couturier * Alexander Michel Melki (born 1992), Swedish-Lebanese footballer * Alexander Mirsky (born 1964), Latvian politician * Alexander Francis Molamure (1888–1951), 1st Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka * Aleksandr Nikolayev (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Nikolov (boxer) (born 1940), Bulgarian boxer * Alex Norén (born 1982), Swedish golfer * Alexander Nylander (born 1998), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander O'Neal (born 1953), American singer * Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian hockey player * Alexander Patch (1889–1945), American general during World War II * Aleksandr Panayotov, Russian-Ukrainian singer and songwriter * Alexander Pechtold (born 1965), Dutch politician * Alexander Penn (1906–1972), Israeli poet * A. P. Jayasuriya, Alexander Perera Jayasuriya (1901–1980), Sri Lankan Sinhala MP and Cabinet Minister * Alexander Pichushkin (born 1974), prolific Russian serial killer * Alex Pietrangelo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexander Piorkowski (1904–1948), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes * Alexander Ponomarenko (born 1964), Russian billionaire businessman * Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English poet * Alexander Popov (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Ptushko (1900–1973), Russian film director * Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian writer * Alexander Radulov (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player * Alexander Raevsky (aviator) (1887–1937), Russian aviator * Alexander Ragoza (1858–1919), Russian general in World War I * A. E. Rajapakse, Alexander Edmund de Silva Wijegooneratne Samaraweera Rajapakse (1866–1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Alexander Rendell (born 1990), Thai actor and singer * Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), Major League Baseball star, won 3 AL MVP awards, also known as A-Rod * Alexander Rou (1906–1973), Russian film director * Alexander Rowe (runner), Alexander Rowe (born 1992), Australian athlete * Alexander Rudolph ("Al McCoy"; 1894–1966), American boxer * Alex Russell (cricketer), Alexander Russell (born 2002), Welsh cricketer * Alexander Rybak (born 1986), Belarusian-born Norwegian artist and violinist * Alexander Salkind (1921–1997), French film producer * Alex Salmond (1954–2024), Scottish politician, first minister of Scotland (2007–2014) * Alexander Scholz (born 1992), Danish footballer * Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Russian composer and pianist * Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721), Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer * Alexander Semin (born 1984), Russian hockey player * Aleksander Serov (born 1954), Russian singer * Alexander Serov (1820–1871), Russian composer * Alexander Shatilov (born 1987), Uzbek-Israeli artistic gymnast * Alexander Shulgin, Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (1925–2014), American chemist, psychopharmacologist, and author * Alexander Sieghart (born 1994), Thai footballer * Alexander Skarsgård (born 1976), Swedish actor * Alexander Stafford, British politician * Alexander Stavenitz (1901–1960), Russian Empire-born American visual artist and educator * Alex Stitt (1939–2016), Australian graphic designer and animator * Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800), Russian military leader, considered a national hero, Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Italy, and the last Generalissimo of the Russian Empire * Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948), Scottish writer * Alexander Solonik (1960–1997), Russian murder victim * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian writer, Nobel laureate, Soviet dissident * Alexander Steen (born 1984), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander Stubb (born 1968), Finnish politician, president of Finland 2024–2030 * Alexander Thorburn (1836–1894), Canadian politician * Alexander Tikhonov (born 1947), Russian biathlete * Alex Turner (born 1986), British musician, songwriter and producer, front-man of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets * Alexander Vainberg (born 1961), Russian politician * Lex van Dam (born 1968), Dutch trader and TV personality * Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), President of Austria * Alexander Varchenko (born 1949), Russian mathematician * Aleksander Veingold (born 1953), Estonian and Soviet chess player and coach * Alexander Verkhovskiy (born 1956), Russian entrepreneur * Aleksandr Verkhovsky (1886–1938), Russian military and political figure * Aleksandr Vlasov (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Volkanovski (born 1988), UFC Fighter * Alexander Voltz (born 1999), Australian composer * Aleksandar Vučić (born 1970), President of Serbia * Alexander Wennberg (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander Vika (1933–2025), Slovak sculptor * Alexander Wilson (disambiguation), several people * A. F. Wijemanne, Alexander Wijemanne, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician * Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist * Aleksandar Zečević (basketball, born 1996), Aleksandar Zečević (born 1996), Serbian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Oleksandr Zubov (born 1983), Ukrainian chess player and Grandmaster * Oleksandr Usyk (born 1987), Ukrainian professional boxer * Alexander Zverev (born 1997), German tennis player

In other languages

* Afrikaans: Alexander * Albanian language, Albanian: Aleksandër ** Albanian language, Albanian diminutive: Leka * Amharic: እስክንድር (Isikinidiri, Eskender) * Arabic: (

) * Armenian language, Armenian: Ալեքսանդր (Aleksandr) * Asturian language, Asturian: Alexandru, Xandru * Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani: İsgəndər/Исҝәндәр/ایسگندر, Aleksandr/Александр/آلئکساندر * Basque language, Basque: Alesander * Belarusian language, Belarusian: Аляксандр (Aliaksandr), Алесь (Ales) * Bengali language, Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (''Alēkjānḍār''), সিকান্দার (''Sikāndār''), ইস্কান্দার (''Iskāndār'') * Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Александър (Aleksandŭr), Сашко (Sashko) * Catalan language, Catalan: Alexandre/Aleixandre * Chinese languages, Chinese: ** Historical: *** ''Traditional Chinese, Traditional'': , ''Simplified Chinese, Simplified'': , ''Reconstructions of Old Chinese#Baxter–Sagart (2014), Baxter-Sagart'': *** ''Traditional and Simplified'': , ''Baxter's transcription for Middle Chinese, Baxter Romanization'': 'a lejH sanH ** Contemporary: ''Traditional Chinese, Traditional'': , ''Simplified Chinese, Simplified'': , ''Hanyu Pinyin, Pinyin'': Yàlìshāndà, ''Jyutping'': aa³ lik⁶ saan¹ daai⁶, ''Romanization of Wu Chinese, Wugniu'': iá-liq-sé-da, ''Bang-ua-ce, BUC'': Ā-lĭk-săng-dâi * Czech language, Czech: Alexandr, Alexander * Danish language, Danish: Aleksander, Alexander * Dutch language, Dutch: Alexander * Esperanto: Aleksandro * Estonian language, Estonian: Aleksander * English language, English: Alexander * Finnish language, Finnish: Aleksanteri * French language, French: Alexandre * Galician language, Galician: Alexandre * Georgian language, Georgian: ალექსანდრე (Aleksandre) * German language, German: Alexander * Greek language, Greek **

: 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀫 (Aléxandros) **Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) ** Biblical Greek, Koine Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) ** Modern Greek: Αλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) * Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: Alekanekelo * Hebrew: אלכסנדר (Aleksander) * Hindi: सिकंदर (Sikandar) * Hungarian language, Hungarian: Sándor, Alexander, Elek * Icelandic language, Icelandic: Alexander * Indonesian language, Indonesian: Iskandar, Alexander * Irish language, Irish: Alastar * Italian language, Italian: Alessandro * Japanese language, Japanese: アレキサンダー (Arekisandā) * Korean language, Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo) * Kazakh language, Kazakh: Искандер (Iskander) * Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz: Искендер (Iskender) * Latin: Alexander * Latvian language, Latvian: Aleksandrs * Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: Aleksandras * Macedonian language, Macedonian: Александар (Aleksandar), Сашко (Sashko, Saško) * Malay language, Malay: Iskandar * Malayalam ** Syriac language, Syriac Origin : ചാണ്ടി (t͡ʃaːɳʈI), ഇടിക്കുള (IʈIkkʊɭa) ** Greek language, Greek Origin : അലക്സിയോസ് (alaksIyos), അലക്സി (alaksI) ** English language, Anglican Origin : അലക്സാണ്ടര്‍ (alaksa:ndar), അലക്സ് (alaks) * Mongolian language, Mongolian: Александр (Alyeksandr) * Norwegian language, Norwegian: Aleksander, Alexander * Pashto: سکندر (Sikandar) * Persian language, Persian: (Aleksânder), (Eskandar) * Polish language, Polish: Aleksander * Portuguese language, Portuguese: Alexandre, Alexandro, Alessandro, Leandro * Punjabi language, Punjabi: Sikandar * Romanian language, Romanian: Alexandru, Alex, Sandu * Russian language, Russian: Александр (Aleksandr), Саша (Sasha) * Rusyn language, Rusyn: Александер (Aleksander) * Sanskrit: अलक्षेन्द्र (Alakṣendra) * Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair * Scots language, Scots: Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Sandy * Serbo-Croatian: Александар / Aleksandar * Slovak language, Slovak: Alexander * Slovene language, Slovene: Aleksander * Spanish language, Spanish: Alejandro * Swedish language, Swedish: Alexander * Syriac language, Syriac: ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪ (Alexander) * Tagalog language, Tagalog: Alejandro * * Turkish language, Turkish: İskender * Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Олександр (Oleksandr, sometimes anglicized Olexander), Сашко (Sashko), Олесь (Oles), Олелько (Olelko) * Urdu: سکندر (Sikandar) * Valencian language, Valencian: Alecsandro, Aleksandro, Aleixandre, Alexandre * Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: Alexander, A Lịch San * Welsh language, Welsh: Alexander * Yiddish: אלעקסאנדער (Aleksander), סענדער (Sender (name), Sender)

Variants and diminutives

*Alexey *Sasha (name), Sasha/Sash *

References

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