Alexander III was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary in domestic affairs and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II. This policy is known in Russia as "counter-reforms". Under the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827–1907), he opposed any socio-economic moves that limited his autocratic rule.
Alexander is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.
Willem-Alexander is King of the Netherlands.
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg is a public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich–Alexander comes from the university's first founder Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and its benefactor Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Alexander Kosenkow is a German sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid.
Alexander Rödiger is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Alexander Petersson is a Latvian-born Icelandic handball player for Valur. He was a member of the Icelandic national team from 2005 to 2021, appearing in 186 games.
Alexander Dobrindt is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU). He is the Chairman of the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag since 2017. Between 2013 and 2017, he served as Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Previously, he was the Secretary General of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria under the leadership of party chairman Horst Seehofer from 2009.
Alexander Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 2. Zverev's singles career highlights include a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and titles at the 2018 and the 2021 ATP Finals. He has won 21 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and contested a major final at the 2020 US Open.
Eberhardt Alexander Gauland is a German politician, journalist and lawyer who has served as leader of the right-wing political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Bundestag since September 2017 and co-leader of the party from December 2017 to November 2019. He has been a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) since September 2017. Gauland was the party's co-founder and was its federal spokesman from 2017 to 2019 and the party leader for the state of Brandenburg from 2013 to 2017.
Alexander Müller is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Since 2017, he has served as a member of the Bundestag.
Alexander Schüller is a German bobsledder.
Alexander Neu is a German politician. Born in Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, he represents The Left. Alexander Neu served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 to 2021.
Alexander Ulrich is a German politician. Born in Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, he was elected for The Left. In 2023 he switched to BSW. Alexander Ulrich has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2005.
Alexander Throm is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg, representing the Heilbronn electoral district, as a direct candidate since 2017. He was previously a member of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg from 2011 to 2016.
Markus Alexander Uhl is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saarland since 2017.
Alexander Hoffmann is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013, representing Main-Spessart.
Alexander Engelhard is a German miller and politician for the CSU and a member of the Bundestag, the federal diet since 2021.
