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 Ragoza (1858–1919), Russian general in World War I 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 (born 1992), Australian athlete Alexander Rudolph ("Al McCoy"; 1894–1966), American boxer Alexander Rybak (born 1986), Belarusian-born Norwegian artist and violinist Alexander Salkind (1921–1997), French film producer Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Russian composer and pianist Alexander Semin (born 1984), Russian hockey player Alexander Shatilov (born 1987), Uzbek-Israeli artistic gymnast Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (1925–2014), American chemist, psychopharmacologist, and author Alexander Sieghart (born 1994), Thai footballer Alexander Stafford, British politician 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 Skarsgård (born 1976), Swedish actor 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 Alexandre Texier (born 1999), French ice hockey player 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 Aleksandr Vlasov (disambiguation), several people Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist Alexander Wennberg (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player Alexander Wilson (disambiguation), several people Alexander Wijemanne, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist Alexander Zverev (born 1997), German tennis player In other languages Afrikaans: Alexander Albanian: Aleksandër Albanian diminutive: Leka Amharic: እስክንድር (Isikinidiri, Eskender) Arabic: اسكندر (Iskandar) Armenian: Ալեքսանդր (Aleksandr) Asturian: Alexandru, Xandru Azerbaijani: İsgəndər/Исҝәндәр/ایسگندر, Aleksandr/Александр/آلئکساندر Basque: Alesander Belarusian: Аляксандр (Aliaksandr), Алесь (Ales) Bengali: সিকান্দর (Sikandor) Bulgarian: Александър (Aleksandŭr), Сашко (Sashko) Catalan: Alexandre/Aleixandre Chinese: Simplified: 亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà), Traditional: 亞歷山大 (Yàlìshāndà) Czech: Alexandr, Alexander Danish: Aleksander, Alexander Dutch: Alexander Esperanto: Aleksandro Estonian: Aleksander English: Alexander Finnish: Aleksanteri French: Alexandre, Léandre, Alexis Galician: Alexandre Georgian: ალექსანდრე (Aleksandre) German: Alexander Greek Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀫 (Aléxandros) Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) Koine Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) Modern Greek: Αλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) Hawaiian: Alekanekelo Hebrew: אלכסנדר (Aleksander) Hindi: सिकंदर (Sikandar) Hungarian: Sándor,