Alexander

Alexander may refer to:

• articles in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:

  Mononymous Alexanders

  • "Alexander (prince of Bulgaria)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Alexander (rhetorician)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Alexander (despot)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Alexander (popes)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Alexander (king of Servia)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Alexander (king)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • Alexander, king of Poland (1461–1506)
  • Alexander, king of Servia [i.e. Serbia] (Alexander Obrenovich) (1876–1903)
  • Alexander, prince of Bulgaria (Alexander of Battenberg) (1875–1893)
  • Alexander, Greek rhetorician (fl. 2nd century a.d.)
  • Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. c. a.d. 200), Greek commentator on the writings of Aristotle
  • Alexander of Hales (Alexander Halensis) (fl. 13th century), English theologian
  • Alexander the Paphlagonian (fl. 2nd century a.d.), celebrated imposter and worker of false oracles
  • Alexander of Pherae, a Thessalian despot (r. 369–358 b.c.)
  • Alexander of Tralles (Alexander Trallianus) (fl. c. a.d. 550), Greek physician
  • Alexander I., pope (r. c. 106–115)
  • Alexander I., emperor of Russia (Aleksander Pavlovich) (1777–1825)
  • Alexander I., king of Epirus (fl. c. 342 b.c.), king of Epirus
  • Alexander I., king of Scotland (c. 1078–1124)
  • Alexander II., pope (Anselmo Baggio) (r. 1061–1073)
  • Alexander II., emperor of Russia (1818–1881)
  • Alexander II., king of Epirus (fl. c. 272 b.c.), king of Epirus
  • Alexander II., king of Scotland (1198–1249)
  • Alexander III., pope (Orlando Bandinelli) (r. 1159–1181)
  • Alexander III., emperor of Russia (1845–1894)
  • Alexander III., king of Scotland (1241–1285)
  • Alexander IV., pope (Rinaldo) (r. 1254–1261)
  • Alexander V., pope (Peter Philargès) (r. 1409–1410)
  • Alexander VI., pope (Rodrigo Borgia) (1431–1503)
  • Alexander VII., pope (Fabio Chigi) (r. 1655–1667)
  • Alexander VIII., pope (Pietro Ottoboni) (r. 1689–1691)
  • Alexander Aetolus of Pleuron (fl. c. 280 b.c.), Greek poet
  • Alexander Balas, king of Syria (r. 150–146 b.c.)
  • Alexander Cornelius Polyhistor (fl. c. 70 b.c.), Greek grammarian
  • Alexander Jannaeus, king of the Jews (r. 103–76 b.c.)
  • Saint Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263), grand-duke of Vladimir
  • Alexander Severus (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander) (208–235), Roman emperor

• Messrs Alexander

  • Archibald Alexander (1772–1851), American divine
  • Francis Alexander (1800–1881), American portrait-painter
  • George Alexander (1858–⁠), English actor
  • Sir James Edward Alexander (1803–1885), British soldier and traveller
  • John White Alexander (1856–⁠), American painter
  • Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), American Biblical scholar
  • Natalis Alexander (Noël Alexandre) (1639–1724), French theologian and ecclesiastical historian
  • William Alexander (1824–⁠), Protestant archbishop of Armagh
  • William Lindsay Alexander (1808–1884), Scottish divine

• surnames for figures with the given name Alexander

  • Alexanders
  • The Alexandrian School
  • The Alexandrists
  • Alexis
  • Alexius

• articles in The New Student's Reference Work:
  • "Alexander (Severus)," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
  • "Alexander (popes)," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• articles in Complete Encyclopaedia of Music:
  • "Alexander," by John Weeks Moore in Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company (1880)
• articles in the Dictionary of National Biography:
  • "Alexander (d.1148)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• articles in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897):
  • "Alexander," in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
• articles in Catholic Encyclopedia (1913):
  • "Alexander (Early Bishops)," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Alexander" in Plutarch's Lives (Dryden translation)
• "Alexander" in Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History.

Authors

• Alexander III of Macedon, a.k.a. Alexander the Great (356 BCE–323 BCE)
• Pope Alexander I (died c. 115)
• Alexander of Jerusalem, Christian martyr (died 251)
• Patriarch Alexander of Alexandria (died 326)
• Alexander of Lycopolis, Christian theologian (4th century)
• Pope Alexander II (died 1073)
• Pope Alexander III (died 1181)
• Alexander of Hales, English philosopher (1185–1245)
• Pope Alexander IV (1185/1199–1261)
• Pope Alexander VI (1431–1503)
• Pope Alexander VII (1599–1667)
• Pope Alexander VIII (1610–1691)
• Emperor Alexander I of Russia (1777–1825)
• Emperor Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)