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Aleksandar Rakić (Александар Ракић)

Aleksandar Rakić (Александар Ракић), nicknamed Rocket, Austrian UFC light heavyweight and later heavyweight fighter born 1992 in Vienna to a Serbian family; 15-6 record, kickboxing-based power striker, ACL injury in 2022 Blachowicz loss.

Aleksandar Ranković

Aleksandar Ranković (Александар Ранковић, 1909–1983) was a Serbian Yugoslav communist leader who founded the OZNA security service and was Vice President of Yugoslavia until his removal at the Brioni Plenum in 1966.

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Александър Стефанов Шаламанов)

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Александър Стефанов Шаламанов, 'Shami'), 1941–2021, Bulgarian alpine skier and footballer; 1960 Squaw Valley Olympian (downhill 47th, giant slalom 37th) and 1966/1970 World Cup right back with 42 caps.

Aleksandar Stamboliyski

Aleksandar Stamboliyski (Александър Стамболийски, 1879–1923) was a Bulgarian statesman who founded the Agrarian National Union and served as prime minister from 1919 until his overthrow and killing in the 1923 coup.

Aleksandar Tsankov

Aleksandar Tsankov (Александър Цанков, 1879–1959) was a Bulgarian economist and politician, professor at Sofia University, who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 1923 to 1926.

Aleksandar Vezenkov (Александър Везенков)

Aleksandar Vezenkov (Александър Везенков), known as Sasha Vezenkov, Bulgarian forward born 1995 in Nicosia, Cyprus; two-time EuroLeague MVP (2023, 2026) with Olympiacos, 2017 Nets draft pick 57th, one NBA season with Sacramento Kings.

Aleksandar Vučić (Александар Вучић)

Aleksandar Vučić (Александар Вучић), Serbian populist leader, SNS co-founder, prime minister 2014–2017, president 2017–2026; resigned September 2026 after Novi Sad disaster protests; elections criticized by OSCE/ODIHR.

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Norwegian alpine skier (born 1992, Bærum), 2019/20 overall World Cup winner with 21 World Cup wins, Beijing 2022 silver and bronze, 2023 world silver, comeback after 2024 Wengen crash.

Aleksander Barkov

Aleksander Barkov, also known as Sasha Barkov, is a Finnish ice hockey center and captain of the NHL's Florida Panthers, drafted second overall in 2013.

Aleksander Čeferin

Aleksander Čeferin, Slovenian lawyer and UEFA president since 2016 (elected after Platini's resignation), FIFA vice-president, led opposition to the Super League and Infantino's FIFA plans, and will seek a final term in 2027.

Aleksander Doba

Aleksander Ludwik Doba (1946-2021), Polish engineer and ocean kayaker, made three solo Atlantic kayak crossings, including a record 7,716-mile Lisbon-to-Florida paddle, and died on Kilimanjaro.

Aleksander Gierymski

Aleksander Gierymski, full name Ignacy Aleksander Gierymski, was a Polish painter of Realism and a precursor of Impressionism, born in Warsaw in 1850 and died in Rome in 1901.

Sep 24, 2026

Aleksander Lisowski

Aleksander Lisowski (c. 1575 or 1580 to 1616) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and royal colonel who led the Lisowczycy light cavalry in Russia's Time of Troubles.

Aleksander Tõnisson

Aleksander Tõnisson (1875–1941) was an Estonian major general who built the national military units in 1917, commanded the Viru front in the War of Independence, and was executed by the Soviets in 1941.

Aleksander Warma

Aleksander Warma, also spelled Varma, was an Estonian diplomat who, as envoy in Helsinki, refused to accept the 1940 Soviet occupation and later led Estonia's government-in-exile.

Aleksander Wolszczan

Aleksander Wolszczan is a Polish astronomer who, with Dale Frail, discovered the first planets outside the solar system, orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12, in 1992.

Aleksander Zawadzki

Aleksander Zawadzki was a Polish communist politician and general who served as formal head of state of communist Poland from 1952 until his death in 1964.

Aleksandr Akimov (Александр Фёдорович Акимов)

Aleksandr Akimov (Александр Фёдорович Акимов) was a Soviet nuclear engineer who was shift chief of Chernobyl Unit 4 during the 1986 disaster and died of radiation sickness.

Aleksandr Aksinin

Aleksandr Aksinin (Александр Тимофеевич Аксинин, 1954–2020), Soviet sprinter from Leningrad; 1980 Olympic 4x100 m relay gold (38.26) and 1976 bronze, fourth in the 1980 Olympic 100 m final, 1982 European relay champion.

Aleksandr Aleksandrov

Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (Александр Данилович Александров, 1912–1999) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician who created a curvature theory for surfaces and metric spaces and served as rector of Leningrad State University.

Aleksandr Almetov

Aleksandr Almetov (Александр Давлетович Альметов), Soviet ice hockey center for CSKA Moscow, 1964 Olympic champion and 1960 bronze medalist, five-time world champion, famous Aleksandrov–Almetov–Loktev line, died 1992.

Aleksandr Andronov

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Andronov (1901–1952) was a Soviet physicist who founded the theory of self-oscillation, identified it with Poincaré's limit cycles, and led a research school at Gorky.

Aleksandr Arbuzov

Aleksandr Erminingeldovich Arbuzov (1877–1968) was a Russian and Soviet organic chemist in Kazan whose 1905 dissertation described the Arbuzov reaction, a main route to organophosphorus compounds.

Sep 27, 2026

Aleksandr Avdeyev (Vladimir Oblast politician)

Aleksandr Avdeyev is a Russian politician and United Russia member who has served as Governor of Vladimir Oblast since 2022, after two terms in the State Duma.

Aleksandr Barabanov

Aleksandr Barabanov (Александр Барабанов), born 1994 in St. Petersburg, Russian ice hockey winger; Olympic gold 2018, Gagarin Cup 2015 and 2017 with SKA, NHL with Toronto and San Jose, now Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Aleksandr Baryshnikov

Aleksandr Baryshnikov was a Soviet shot putter, the first prominent user of the spin technique, who set a 22.00 m world record in 1976 and won Olympic bronze and silver.

Aleksandr Beketov

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Beketov (Александр Владимирович Бекетов), born 1970, Russian épée fencer; 1996 Atlanta Olympic champion in individual épée (15–14 over Iván Trevejo) and team silver medalist; later senior coach of Russia's men's épée team.