Famous People with Name Aleksander

Aleksander Fredro            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Fredro: was a Polish poet, playwright and author.Count Aleksander Fredro, of the Boncza coat of arms, was born in the village of Surochów near Jaroslaw, then a crown territory of Austria. A landowner's son, he was educated at home. He entered the Polish army at age 16 and saw action in the Napoleonic wars, including the Moscow campaign. His memoir Topsy Turvy Talk, which echoes the style of Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, recounts his military experiences during Bonaparte's last campaign. While in France in 1814, he took an active interest in French drama. After leaving the army he settled on his estate and began as a writer.

Aleksander Kaminski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Kaminski: was a Polish pedagogue, form tutor, author of Polish Cub Scout and Brownie method, writer, historian, Scoutmaster (harcmistrz), and soldier of the Armia Krajowa in the ranks of the Szare Szeregi during the Second World War

Aleksander Komarov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Aleksander Komarov: is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow.

Aleksander Vladimirovich Povetkin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Aleksander Vladimirovich Povetkin: is a Russian boxer. His height is 188 cm (6 ft 2 in). Because of his amateur success, as well as his early pro accomplishments, he is seen as a leading contender in professional boxing's Heavyweight division.

Aleksander Vladimirovich Emelianenko            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Aleksander Vladimirovich Emelianenko: more commonly known as Aleksander Emelianenko or Alexander Emelianenko, is a Russian mixed martial artist. He is a three-times Russian national Sambo champion and three-time world Sambo champion in the absolute division. He is the brother of Fedor Emelian

Arkadiusz Aleksander            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Arkadiusz Aleksander: an Polish footballer who currently plays for Odra Wodzislaw.

Åge Aleksandersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Åge Aleksandersen: is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's most famous singer/songwriters, musicians. Some of his most well known songs are "Lys og Varme" (Light and Warmth), "Fire Pils og en Pizza" (Four Pilseners and a Pizza) and "Rosalita". He also wrote and performed the official song of the 1997 Nordic skiing World Championship (held in Trondheim) together with two other musicians from the region, Ulf Risnes and Bjarne Brøndbo and the Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir. The song was called "Snørosa" (The Snowrose).

Oddny Aleksandersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Oddny Aleksandersen: is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Born in Vadsø, she chaired the local party chapter in Vadsø from 1979 to 1982 and was a member of the executive committee of Vadsø municipal council from 1979 to 1983. Elected to the county council in 1983, she served as deputy county mayor for one term, and acting county mayor from May 1986 to April 1987, during the illness of county mayor Helmer Mikkelsen. On the national level, she served briefly as personal secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1981. She was later Minister of Government Administration and Labour from September 1992 to October 1993, in the third cabinet Brundtland. She was the third woman in a row to hold this position; the first man to be Minister of Government Administration was Nils Olav Totland, who succeeded Aleksandersen in 1993.