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Aleida March

Aleida March de la Torre (born 1936), Cuban revolutionary, widow of Che Guevara, clandestine 26 July Movement activist and Santa Clara guerrilla; married Guevara 2 June 1959, mother of four children, director of the Che Guevara Studies Center and author of Remembering Che.

Aleijadinho

Aleijadinho, born Antônio Francisco Lisboa, was a Brazilian colonial sculptor and architect in Minas Gerais, known for the soapstone prophets at Congonhas carved between 1800 and 1805.

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) was an English occultist, poet, and mountaineer who founded the religion of Thelema after receiving The Book of the Law in Cairo in 1904.

Aleix Vidal

Aleix Vidal Parreu (born 1989, Puigpelat) is a Spanish retired right-back/winger; Europa League winner with Sevilla 2015, then FC Barcelona 2015-2018 (six trophies), later Sevilla, Alaves loan, and Espanyol; retired 2023.

Alejandra Guzmán

Alejandra Guzmán (Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal), born 1968, Mexican rock singer and actress called "La Reina del Rock"; daughter of Silvia Pinal and Enrique Guzmán; "Bye Mamá" (1988), Eternamente Bella, Latin Grammy winner, Los Que Nos Quedamos Tour 2026.

Alejandra Martinez

Alejandra Martinez is a Mexico-born, New York-based venture capitalist who has been a Partner at Foundation Capital since 2023, investing in crypto and Latin American fintech, and cofounding the female angel group Tarasa Collective.

Alejandra Omaña

Alejandra Omaña (Deyci Alejandra Omaña Ortiz), also known as Amaranta Hank, is a Colombian journalist and Pacto Histórico senator 2026-2030, formerly an adult film actress and sex-work rights activist.

Alejandra Orozco

Alejandra Orozco (Alejandra Orozco Loza), Mexican diver born 1997 in Zapopan, Jalisco; Olympic silver London 2012 and bronze Tokyo 2020 in 10m synchronized platform, four-time Olympian, retired after Paris 2024.

Alejandra Pizarnik

Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972) was an Argentine poet known for short, intense lyric poems on solitude, childhood, and death, and for her suicide at age 36.

Alejandra Silva

Alejandra Silva (Alejandra Gere), born 1983 in A Coruña, Spain, is a Spanish publicist, activist, and philanthropist; founder of Fundación Beautiful Life and wife of Richard Gere since 2018, with sons Alexander and James.

Alejandra Valencia Trujillo

Alejandra Valencia Trujillo, Mexican recurve archer from Hermosillo; two-time Olympic bronze medalist (Tokyo 2020 mixed team, Paris 2024 women's team), three-time Pan American Games individual champion, four-time Olympian.

Alejandro (song)

"Alejandro" is a 2009 Lady Gaga and RedOne song from The Fame Monster, released April 20, 2010 as its third single; it peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and its Steven Klein-directed religious-imagery video drew controversy.

Alejandro Abadilla

Alejandro Abadilla, better known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, novelist, and critic called the "Father of Modern Tagalog Poetry" for introducing free verse to Tagalog poetry.

Alejandro Abascal

Alejandro Abascal García, known as Jan Abascal, is a Spanish sailor who won Spain's first Olympic sailing gold, in the Flying Dutchman at the 1980 Moscow Games.

Alejandro Alfonso

Alejandro Alfonso is an Argentine technology entrepreneur who co-founded Tiendanube, the Buenos Aires e-commerce platform launched in 2011, where he served as chief technology officer.

Alejandro Álvarez

Alejandro Álvarez (1868–1960) was a Chilean jurist who argued for a distinct American international law and sat on the International Court of Justice from 1946 to 1955.

Alejandro Amenábar

Alejandro Amenábar (Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos), Spanish-Chilean director, screenwriter, and composer born 1972 in Santiago de Chile; directed Tesis, Abre los ojos, The Others, and Oscar-winning Mar adentro; latest film El cautivo (2025).

Alejandro Aramburú (singer)

Alejandro Aramburú (Alejandro Aramburú Senno), Peruvian singer, songwriter, and actor born in Lima in 2004; solo artist behind "Besarte" and member of the HYBE Latin boy band Santos Bravos, debuted 21 October 2025.

Alejandro Aranda

Alejandro Aranda, also known as Scarypoolparty, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born 1994 in Pomona, California; American Idol season 17 runner-up (2019) who performed seven original songs and later released Exit Form through Baroque.

Alejandro Ariel Montecchia

Alejandro Ariel Montecchia, 'El Puma', Argentine point guard born 1972 in Bahía Blanca; 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist with Argentina's Golden Generation, 2002 world silver medalist, club career at Viola Reggio Calabria, Pamesa Valencia, Olimpia Milano, and Regatas de Corrientes; retired 2009.

Alejandro B. Balazs

Alejandro B. Balazs is an immunologist at the Ragon Institute and Harvard Medical School known for developing vectored immunoprophylaxis, an AAV platform producing HIV-fighting antibodies.

Alejandro Baillères Gual

Alejandro Baillères Gual is a Mexican businessman, president of Grupo Bal, vice chairman of Industrias Peñoles, and chairman of Fresnillo plc, heir to Alberto Baillères.

Alejandro Balde

Alejandro Balde (Alejandro Balde Martínez, born 2003, Barcelona) is a Spanish left back for FC Barcelona, number 3, La Masia graduate from Espanyol, Spain debut at the 2022 World Cup, contract to 2028, three La Liga titles.

Alejandro Betancourt López

Alejandro Betancourt López is a Venezuelan billionaire businessman who made his fortune through Derwick Associates power-plant contracts and now leads NABEP, central to a US–Venezuela oil deal.

Alejandro Bulgheroni

Alejandro Bulgheroni (born 1943 in Rufino, Santa Fe) is an Argentine billionaire who chairs Bridas Energy Holdings and presides over Pan American Energy, Argentina's largest private energy company.

Alejandro Castillo (criminal)

Alejandro Rosales Castillo (born 1998, Arizona), also Alex Castillo, is an American fugitive charged in the 2016 murder of co-worker Sandy Ly Le in Charlotte, North Carolina; FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive #516 (2017), captured in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico on January 16, 2026.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spanish tennis player born 1999 in Malaga; 2017 Wimbledon junior champion, 2021 Roland Garros quarterfinalist, career-high ATP No. 14, and winner of the 2026 Mallorca and Chengdu titles after five lost finals.

Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt), a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001 in eastern Cuba's Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa Mountains; Cuba's most biodiverse protected area, with exceptional plant and animal endemism on toxic serpentine soils.

Alejandro Durán

Alejandro Durán, known as Alejo Durán, was a Colombian vallenato accordionist, singer, and composer, crowned the first Rey Vallenato at the 1968 festival in Valledupar.

Alejandro F. Frangi

Alejandro F. Frangi, also cited as Alejandro Frangi, is an Argentine-born biomedical engineer holding the Bicentenary Turing Chair in Computational Medicine at the University of Manchester.