Alexander (surname)
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Alexander is a surname
in the English language
. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic MacAlasdair
. It is a somewhat common Scottish name and the region of Scotland
where it traditionally is most commonly found is in the Highlands
region of Scotland.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic MacAlasdair
MacAlasdair
MacAlasdair is a masculine surname in Scottish Gaelic. The name translates into English as "son of Alasdair". The feminine form of the name is NicAlasdair, which translates into English as "daughter of Alasdair". These surnames originated as a patronyms, however they no longer refer to the actual...
. It is a somewhat common Scottish name and the region of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
where it traditionally is most commonly found is in the Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
region of Scotland.
- AJ Alexander (born 1980), American model and Playboy Playmate
- A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of HillsboroughA. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of HillsboroughAlbert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough KG, CH, PC was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee.-Background:Born in Weston-super-Mare and...
(1885–1965), British politician - Ana AlexanderAna AlexanderAna Bella Alexander Lamothe is a retired female athlete from Cuba, who mainly competed in the women's long jump event during her career.-References:*...
(born 1954), Cuban long jumper - Ann Alexander Smith (born 1947), Louisiana educator
- Barton S. AlexanderBarton S. AlexanderBarton Stone Alexander was an American engineer commander during the American Civil War who rose to the brevet rank of brigadier general in the regular army. He was a graduate of the U.S...
(1819–1878), U.S. Army brigadier general and engineer during the American Civil War - Caleb AlexanderCaleb AlexanderCaleb Alexander, D.D. , a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Yale University in 1777, was ordained at New Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1781, and dismissed in 1782...
(d. 1828), American clergyman, writer, teacher - Casey Alexander, American writer and storyboard director
- Christopher AlexanderChristopher AlexanderChristopher Wolfgang Alexander is a registered architect noted for his theories about design, and for more than 200 building projects in California, Japan, Mexico and around the world...
(born 1936), Austrian architect - Conel Hugh O'Donel AlexanderConel Hugh O'Donel AlexanderConel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, CMG, CBE was an Irish-born British cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer. He worked on the German Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during World War II, and was later the head of the cryptanalysis division at GCHQ for over 20 years...
(1909–1974), British cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer - Courtney AlexanderCourtney AlexanderCourtney Jason Alexander is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA.After playing high school basketball at Masuk High School in Monroe, CT he moved to Durham, North Carolina to play for C. E...
(born 1977), American professional basketball player - Danny AlexanderDanny AlexanderDaniel Grian Alexander is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2010. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey constituency since 2005....
(born 1972), British MP - Dari AlexanderDari AlexanderDari Alexander is an American television anchor. She is co-anchor of WNYW's FOX 5 News at 5 and FOX 5 News at 10 newscasts, along with Ernie Anastos in New York City...
(born 1969), American news anchor - Devon AlexanderDevon AlexanderDevon Alexander is a professional American boxer. Nicknamed "Alexander the Great," he is the former WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion.-Biography:...
(born 1987), American professional boxer - Douglas AlexanderDouglas AlexanderDouglas Garven Alexander is a British Labour Party politician, who is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the shadow cabinet of Ed Miliband. He has held cabinet posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including Secretary of State for Scotland and...
(born 1967), British MP - Duane AlexanderDuane AlexanderDuane Alexander, M.D. is the former director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He held this position from 1986 through 2009, when he moved to the position of senior scientific advisor to the Director of the NIH’s Fogarty International Center. The acting director of...
(born 1940), American doctor - Edward Porter AlexanderEdward Porter AlexanderEdward Porter Alexander was an engineer, an officer in the U.S. Army, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and later a railroad executive, planter, and author....
(1835–1910), officer in the U.S. Army and Confederate States Army - Ernie AlexanderErnie AlexanderErnest Joseph "Ernie" Alexander is a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafayette Parish, having served in District 43 from 2000 to 2008. Prior to his legislative tenure, Alexander served a four-year term on the newly-established Lafayette City-Parish Council...
(born 1933), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives - Evan Shelby AlexanderEvan Shelby AlexanderEvan Shelby Alexander was a United States Democratic-Republican Party Congressman from North Carolina between 1806 and 1809....
(1767–1809), American politician - F. Matthias AlexanderF. Matthias AlexanderFrederick Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique – a form of education that is applied to recognize and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking.-Early life:Alexander was born on a...
(1869–1955), Australian actor/orator, founder of the Alexander Technique - Frank Alexander (cricketer)Frank Alexander (cricketer)Francis James "Frank" Alexander was an Australian cricketer. He appeared in 13 matches for Western Australia between 1932 and 1938, scoring 391 at an average of 16.29, with a highest score of 48.-References:...
(1911–2005), Australian cricketer - Franz AlexanderFranz AlexanderFranz Gabriel Alexander was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and physician, who is considered one of the founders of psychosomatic medicine and psychoanalytic criminology.- Life :...
(1891–1964), psychoanalyst - Fred Alexander (rugby union)Fred Alexander (rugby union)Frederick Augustus "Fred" Alexander was a South African international rugby union player. Born in Malmesbury, he attended Kimberley Boys' High School before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West . He made his only two Test appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour...
(1870–1937), South African rugby union player - Grover Cleveland AlexanderGrover Cleveland AlexanderGrover Cleveland Alexander , nicknamed "Old Pete", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals and was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.-Career:Alexander was born in Elba, Nebraska, one of thirteen...
(1887–1950), baseball player - Gus Alexander, (1934–2010), Scottish footballer
- Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of TunisHarold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of TunisField Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was a British military commander and field marshal of Anglo-Irish descent who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian...
(1891–1969), British general - Horace AlexanderHorace AlexanderHorace Gundry Alexander was an English Quaker teacher and writer, pacifist and ornithologist. He was the youngest of four sons of Joseph Gundry Alexander...
(1889–1989), English ornithologist - James Waddel AlexanderJames Waddel AlexanderJames Waddel Alexander was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian who followed in the footsteps of his father, Rev. Archibald Alexander.-Early life:...
(1804–1859), American Presbyterian minister and theologian - James Waddell Alexander IIJames Waddell Alexander IIJames Waddell Alexander II was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others...
(1888–1971), mathematician - Jason AlexanderJason AlexanderJay Scott Greenspan , better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, writer, comedian, television director, producer, and singer. He is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, appearing in the sitcom from 1989 to 1998...
, stage name of American actor Jason Scott Greenspan - Jason Allen Alexander, ex-husband of Britney Spears
- Jason Scott Alexander, Canadian record producer and social media tycoon
- Jeffrey C. AlexanderJeffrey C. AlexanderJeffrey Charles Alexander is an American sociologist, and one of the main proponents of Neofunctionalism.-Career:Alexander gained his BA from Harvard in 1969 and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978...
(born 1947), American sociologist - Joe "Doc" Alexander (1898-1975), American All-Pro football player
- John White AlexanderJohn White AlexanderJohn White Alexander was an American portrait, figure, and decorative painter and illustrator.-Biography:thumb|“Isabella and the Pot of Basil”, oil on canvas, 1897, [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]...
(1856–1915), American artist - Lamar AlexanderLamar AlexanderAndrew Lamar Alexander is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and Conference Chair of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H. W...
(born 1940), U.S. Senator from Tennessee - Lincoln AlexanderLincoln Alexander-External links:* * *...
(born 1922), Canadian politician - Lloyd AlexanderLloyd AlexanderLloyd Chudley Alexander was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books...
(1924–2007), American author - Lucy AlexanderLucy AlexanderLucy Alexander is a British television presenter.Alexander graduated at the London Studio Centre in drama and dance. One of her friends there was actress Tamzin Outhwaite.-Presenting career:...
(born 1970), British television presenter - Manny AlexanderManny AlexanderManuel De Jesús Alexander is a professional baseball infielder who currently plays for the Philadelphia Phillies Of Major League Baseball. He has played for the Baltimore Orioles , New York Mets , Chicago Cubs , Boston Red Sox , Texas Rangers and San Diego Padres...
(born 1971), baseball player from the Dominican Republic - Monique AlexanderMonique AlexanderMonique Alexander is an American pornographic actress and nude model.-Career:Alexander began working in the adult industry as a stripper in Sacramento when she was 18, to supplement her daytime earnings as a receptionist. She appeared in several adult magazines with her first photo shoot being...
(born 1982), American porn star - Neil AlexanderNeil AlexanderNeil Alexander is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who is currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers.-Early career:...
(born 1978), Scottish footballer - Patrick Young AlexanderPatrick Young AlexanderPatrick Young Alexander was a British aeronautical pioneer fascinated by the prospect of heavier-than-air flight. He was an enthusiastic balloonist and he was also particularly active in meteorology. He performed many metrological and aviation experiments, designing and building his own equipment...
(1867–1943), British aviation pioneer - Peter Alexander (Austrian actor and singer) (born 1926), Austrian singer and actor
- Richard D. AlexanderRichard D. AlexanderRichard D. Alexander is an Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Curator of Insects at the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Prof...
(born 1930), professor and curator emeritus at the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor - Richard S. Alexander (born 1971), New Zealand bodyguard, actor and stunt performer.
- Robert D. Alexander (born 1944), American public policy activist
- Robert P. AlexanderRobert P. AlexanderRobert P. Alexander , of Washington, D.C., was a collector and expert on Japanese classic postage stamps.-Collecting interests:Although his collecting interests covered the entire scope of stamps and postal history of Japan, he studied and became expert in certain issues, such as the Dragon...
(1904–1985), American philatelist - Ross AlexanderRoss AlexanderRoss Alexander was an American stage and film actor.- Early life :Born Alexander Ross Smith in Brooklyn, New York, Alexander began his acting career in Broadway productions during the 1920s. By 1926 he was regarded as a promising leading man, with good looks and an easy and charming style and...
(1907–1937), American actor - Samuel AlexanderSamuel AlexanderSamuel Alexander OM was an Australian-born British philosopher. He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college.-Early life:...
(1859–1938) Australian/British philosopher and essayist - Sarah AlexanderSarah AlexanderSarah Alexander is an English actress, known for her roles in various British comedy series such as Armstrong and Miller, Smack the Pony, Coupling, The Worst Week of My Life and Green Wing....
(born 1971), British actress - Scott AlexanderScott AlexanderScott Alexander is a British millionaire and nouveau riche socialite featured in Britain's Biggest Spenders and often quoted as being "the most vain man in Britain". Alexander is frequently seen in media...
(born 1976), British socialite - Shane Alexander (born 1985), U.S. Coast Guard, Avionics Electrical Technician
- Shaun AlexanderShaun AlexanderShaun Edward Alexander is a former American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Redskins. He was drafted by the Seahawks 19th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Alabama.- Early career :Alexander was born and...
(born 1977), American football player - Stan AlexanderStan AlexanderStanley "Stan" Alexander was a professional footballer who played as inside forward. He was born in Percy Main, North Tyneside, England.Alexander's activiy benefitted the clubs:*Hull City;*Bradford City where he scored 23 goals in 61 games,...
(born 1905), English footballer - Wilfred Backhouse AlexanderWilfred Backhouse AlexanderWilfred Backhouse Alexander was an English ornithologist and entomologist. He was the brother of Horace Alexander....
(1885–1965), English ornithologist - William Alexander (bishop)William Alexander (bishop)William Alexander was an Irish cleric in the Church of Ireland.-Life:He was born in Derry on the 13 April 1824, the third child of Rev Robert Alexander. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Brasenose College, Oxford....
(1824–1911), Primate of All Ireland - William Alexander (rugby player)William Alexander (rugby player)William "Billy" Alexander was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Llwynypia.-Club career:...
(1874–1937), Wales international rugby player