Famous People with Name Alexander

Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov: was a Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the nineteenth century.

Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin: is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. He is the highest paid NHL player ever, signing a 13-year contract extension worth $124 million with the Capitals, the richest in NHL history. He l

Alexander Moiseevich Gorodnitsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexander Moiseevich Gorodnitsky: is a well-known Russian bard and poet. Professionally, he is a geologist and oceanographer

Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin: was a Russian electrical engineer and inventor, one of inventors of the Incandescent light bulb.

Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky: was a Russian playwright. Ostrovsky graduated from the First Moscow Gymnasium (1835 - 1840) and then studied law at Moscow State University (1840 - 1843), which he left without having taken the final examination. He was then employed as a clerk in the off

William Vollie ?Bill? Alexander, Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Vollie ?Bill? Alexander, Jr: is a retired politician who represented the U.S. state of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1993, rising to the post of Chief Deputy Majority Whip.He was elected as a Democrat from the 1st District of Arkansas in 1968 and

Robert Jackson "Bob" Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Jackson "Bob" Alexander: was a scholar at Rutgers University. He is best remembered for his pioneering studies on the trade union movement in Latin America and dissident communist political parties, including ground-breaking monographs on the Right Opposition, Maoist, and Trotsky

Stewart Alexis Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stewart Alexis Alexander: is an American democratic socialist politician and former Socialist Party USA nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 election and is seeking the presidential candidacy of the Socialist Party USA in the 2012 election. In August 2010, A

Rev. Avery Caesar Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rev. Avery Caesar Alexander: was a Louisiana civil rights leader and politician. He graduated from Union Baptist Theological Seminary and was ordained into the ministry in 1944. He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1975 and served in that office u

Armstead Milton Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Armstead Milton Alexander: was a lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri.In 1870, he was admitted to the bar of Missouri, and starting practicing in the Paris area, although he did not sign the record there until 1881. During this t