Alexander Milne may refer to:
- Alexander Milne (entrepreneur) (1742–1838), Scottish-American entrepreneur
- Alexander Milne (civil servant) (died 1850), British civil servant
- Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet (1806–1896), Royal Navy admiral
- Alexander Taylor Milne (1906–1994), English historian
- Alec Milne (Alexander Soutar Milne, born 1937), Scottish former professional footballer for Cardiff City
- Alec Milne (footballer, born 1889) (Alexander James Milne, 1889–1970), footballer for Doncaster Rovers and Stoke
- Alex Milne (artist), Canadian comic book artist
- Alan Alexander (A. A.) Milne (1882–1956), English writer
Alexander Milne (1742–1838) was a Scottish American entrepreneur and philanthropist and was born in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland. He was employed as a footman by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon and when ordered by the duke to powder his red hair, Milne declined, left his employment and emigrated to the American colonies. By 1776, Milne had moved to New Orleans in Louisiana, where, after doing well in the hardware business, he set up a brick-making company using mainly slave labour—by the late 18th century most of the brick used in New Orleans was made at his works.
Alexander Milne was a British civil servant who worked as a Commissioner of Woods and Forests for many years.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain on the North America and West Indies Station he was employed capturing slave-traders and carrying out fishery protection duties. He served as a Junior Naval Lord under both Liberal and Conservative administrations and was put in charge of organising British and French transports during the Crimean War. He became Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station and in this role he acted with diplomacy, especially in response to the Trent Affair on 8 November 1861 during the American Civil War, when USS San Jacinto, commanded by Union Captain Charles Wilkes, intercepted the British mail packet RMS Trent and removed, as contraband of war, two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell. He became First Naval Lord in the third Derby–Disraeli ministry in July 1866 and in this role took advantage of the Government's focus on spending reduction to ask fundamental questions about naval strategy. He again became First Naval Lord in the first Gladstone ministry in November 1872, remaining in office under the second Disraeli ministry and identifying the critical need for trade protection at times of War and demanding new cruisers to protect British merchant shipping.
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