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Alevi music
Alevi music is the repertoire of Alevi religious and cultural life, centered on the bağlama lute, with deyiş songs and semah ritual dances performed in the cem.
Alevi villages of Turkey
Alevi villages of Turkey are rural settlements where Alevis form a majority, concentrated in Central and Eastern Anatolia, especially Sivas and Tunceli, typically without mosques and affected by heavy depopulation and forced evacuations.
Alevism
Alevism (Alevilik) is a religious tradition followed by an estimated 10 to 25 million people in Turkey, where Alevis are the largest religious minority, with smaller communities in the Balkans.
Alevtina Kolchina
Alevtina Kolchina (Алевтина Колчина), Soviet cross-country skier (1930–2022), five Olympic medals including 1964 relay gold, seven world titles, and 1963 Holmenkollen Medal with husband Pavel Kolchin.
Alevtina Olyunina Smirnova
Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova (Алевтина Олюнина-Смирнова, 1942–2025), Soviet cross-country skier; 1972 Sapporo Olympic relay gold and 10 km silver, 1970 world 10 km and relay champion.
Alewife (fish)
Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), a small anadromous Atlantic herring also called river herring or sawbelly; invasive and dominant forage fish in the Great Lakes, commercially harvested in Maine, and depleted along the US Atlantic coast.
Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
Alex (Alex DeLarge in Kubrick's film) is the narrator-antihero of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange and its 1971 film, a violent teen who loves Beethoven, undergoes the Ludovico conditioning, and differs between book and film endings.
Alex (parrot)
Alex (1976 to 2007) was an African gray parrot studied for thirty years by Irene Pepperberg, known for learning over 100 labels and counting concepts.
Alex (Street Fighter)
Alex (Street Fighter): American pro wrestler from New York, main character of Street Fighter III (1997), later SFV (2016) and SF6 Year 3 DLC (March 17, 2026) with Prowler Stance; Flash Chop and Power Bomb; SF6 story controversy over Patricia, patched April 2026.
Alex & Sierra
Alex & Sierra were the American indie folk-pop duo of Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton, winners of The X Factor USA season 3 (2013); debut album It's About Us (2014) reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200 before their 2017 split.
Alex A. Pollen
Alex A. Pollen is a neuroscientist and Professor of Neurology at UCSF who studies the genetic control of human brain development and evolution using single-cell genomics and great ape cerebral organoids.
Alex Acero
Alex Acero (Alejandro Acero), born in Madrid in 1961, is a Spanish-American speech technology researcher whose Microsoft team's 2010 deep-learning result helped launch modern speech recognition.
Alex Agius Saliba
Alex Agius Saliba, born in Malta in 1988, is a Maltese Labour Party politician and Member of the European Parliament since 2019, known for consumer protection work.
Alex Aiono
Alex Aiono (Martin Alexander Aiono, born 1996, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor who rose via YouTube mashups, signed with Interscope in 2017, released The Gospel at 23 and Old Ways, and stars in Finding 'Ohana, Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., and Rescue: HI-Surf.
Alex Akpobome
Alex Akpobome (Alex Alomar Akpobome), American actor from Los Angeles, LAMDA-trained, known as Danny Van Deventer in HBO's Industry season 2, plus Twenties, For All Mankind, Based on a True Story, Mr. Crocket, and the thriller Pumping Black. Not the Nigerian comedian Ali Baba (Atunyota Akpobome).
Alex Albert
Alex Albert is a private equity investor who co-leads healthcare investing for TPG Capital and TPG Healthcare Partners, joining TPG in 2025 after co-founding Patient Square Capital.
Alex Albon
Alex Albon (Alexander Albon, born 1996, London) is a Thai-licensed Formula One driver racing for Williams; ex-Toro Rosso and Red Bull, two 2020 podiums, 2021 DTM sixth, 2025 championship eighth.
Alex Albrecht
Alex Albrecht is an Australian electronic music producer, live act, and DJ based in Melbourne, known for blending house, jazz, and ambient with field recordings.
Alex Amen
Alex Amen (born 1996) is a Texas-born indie-folk singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, signed to ATO Records; his debut album Sun of Amen (2026) followed the EP The Zorthian Tapes.
Alex Amorim
Alex Amorim (Alexsandro Amorim de Freitas Filho), born 2005 in Fortaleza, is a Brazilian central midfielder for Genoa in Serie A, formerly of Fortaleza, Athletic-MG, and Alverca, transferred for R$ 47 million.
Alex Anderson (quilter)
Alex Anderson (quilter), American quiltmaker and author, host of HGTV's Simply Quilts, co-founder of The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims; distinct from the animator Alex Anderson and other namesakes.
Alex Antetokounmpo
Alex Antetokounmpo (born 2001) is a Greek 6'8" forward, youngest Antetokounmpo brother, undrafted in 2021, who signed a two-way Milwaukee Bucks contract in October 2025, joining Giannis and Thanasis.
Alex Anthopoulos
Alex Anthopoulos (born 1977) is a Canadian baseball executive, president of baseball operations and GM of the Atlanta Braves since 2017, 2021 World Series winner, previously GM of the Toronto Blue Jays (2009-2015).
Alex Antic
Alex Antic (Alexander Charles Antic, born 1974, Adelaide) is a Liberal Party Senator for South Australia since 2019, re-elected 2025, a conservative factional figure and, since September 2026, president of the SA Liberal Party; distinct from Serbian MP Aleksandar Antić and ANU data scientist Dr Alex Antic.
Álex Arce
Álex Arce (Alex Adrián Arce Barrios), Paraguayan centre forward born 1995 in Carapeguá. Record 35-goal 2024 season with LDU Quito; Independiente Rivadavia striker; Paraguay international and 2026 World Cup squad member.
Àlex Arenas
Àlex Arenas, also known as Alex Arenas, is a Spanish physicist, Full Professor at Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, known for community detection and epidemic spreading on multilayer networks.
Alex Azar
Alex Azar (born 1967) is an American lawyer and former Eli Lilly executive who was the 24th US Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2018-2021, under Trump, after serving as HHS general counsel and deputy secretary under Bush.
Alex B. Novikoff
Alex B. Novikoff (1913–1987) was an American cell biologist and histochemist who produced the first electron micrographs of lysosomes, described autophagy, and developed the Novikoff hepatoma.
Alex Baena
Álex Baena (Alejandro Baena Rodríguez, born 2001, Roquetas de Mar), Spanish midfielder for Atlético de Madrid; first footballer to win Euro 2024, Paris 2024 Olympic gold, and the 2026 World Cup consecutively with Spain.
Alex Balkanski
Alex (Alexandre) Balkanski is a General Partner at Benchmark since 2000 who founded C-Cube Microsystems, led its MPEG-2 technology to a 1995 Emmy, and has led Picarro since 2013.