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Alexander Gurwitsch

Alexander Gurwitsch (Александр Гурвич) was a Russian and Soviet embryologist who introduced the morphogenetic field concept into biology and claimed in 1923 to have discovered mitogenetic radiation.

Alexander Gusev

Alexander Gusev is an American statistical geneticist, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, known for the TWAS method and immunotherapy genetics research.

Alexander Gustafsson

Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson, Swedish light heavyweight MMA fighter; boxing-based striker who took Jon Jones to a 48-47 decision at UFC 165, lost rematches and title fights to Jones and Cormier, 85% takedown accuracy.

Alexander H. Glassman

Alexander H. Glassman was an American psychiatrist who spent over 40 years at Columbia University, showing that depression after a heart attack predicts later death.

Alexander H. Sox-Harris

Alexander H. Sox-Harris is an American health services researcher at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, who received the 2008 PECASE award.

Alexander H. Stephens

Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812–1883), Georgia congressman and vice president of the Confederacy 1861–1865, gave the March 21, 1861 Cornerstone Speech declaring slavery the Confederacy's foundation, later served in the U.S. House 1873–1882 and died in office as Georgia's governor in 1883.

Alexander Haig

Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (1924–2010), American Army general and statesman; Nixon and Ford White House chief of staff, NATO's SACEUR 1974–79, and Reagan's 59th secretary of state 1981–82, known for the 'I'm in control' remark.

Alexander Hale

Alexander Hale is an American politician and the Republican nominee for the U.S. House in Texas's 7th Congressional District in 2026, facing Democratic incumbent Lizzie Fletcher in November.

Alexander Halliday

Alexander Halliday is a British isotope geochemist, professor at Columbia University, known for developing MC-ICPMS and showing Mars and most of Earth formed within 10 million years of the Solar System's birth.

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (born 1757, Nevis; died 1804) was the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795), author of most of The Federalist Papers, founder of the First Bank of the United States, and founder of the first American political party; killed in a duel with Aaron Burr.

Alexander Hamilton Jr.

Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1786-1875), second son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, was a Columbia-educated lawyer, War of 1812 captain, Florida district attorney, and Eliza Jumel's divorce lawyer against Aaron Burr.

Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and 7th Duke of Brandon (1767–1852), Scottish Whig politician, diplomat, and art collector; MP for Lancaster, ambassador to Russia, rebuilder of Hamilton Palace, and owner of the Egyptian sarcophagus in which he was buried mummified.

Alexander Hammerstone

Alexander Hammerstone (Alexander Rohde, born 1991) is an American powerhouse professional wrestler, inaugural MLW National Openweight Champion and former MLW World Heavyweight Champion, later with TNA and NWA.

Alexander Heger

Alexander Heger is a professor of astrophysics at Monash University who studies the evolution and explosive deaths of massive stars, including pair-instability supernovae and the universe's first stars.

Alexander Helios

Alexander Helios, son of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, was born in 40 BC and proclaimed king of Armenia at the Donations of Alexandria in 34 BC.

Alexander Hernandez

Alexander Hernandez is an American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC lightweight division, known for his 42-second knockout of Beneil Dariush in his March 2018 UFC debut.

Alexander Herzen

Alexander Herzen (Александр Иванович Герцен) was a Russian political thinker and writer who, from exile in London, founded the Free Russian Press and the journal Kolokol.

Alexander Hleb (Аляксандр Паўлавіч Глеб)

Alexander Hleb (Аляксандр Паўлавіч Глеб), Belarusian attacking midfielder born 1981 in Minsk; Stuttgart, Arsenal, Barcelona (2008, €17m, 19 La Liga games), 2006 Champions League finalist, 2009 treble squad member.

Alexander Hoffmann (systems biologist)

Alexander Hoffmann is a German-born systems biologist and Distinguished Professor at UCLA who studies NF-κB signaling dynamics and directs UCLA's Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences.

Alexander Holevo

Alexander Semenovich Holevo (Александр Семёнович Холево), born 1943 in Moscow, is a Russian mathematician and full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, one of the founders of quantum information theory.

Alexander Hollaender

Alexander Hollaender was a German-born American biophysicist and radiation biologist who directed the Biology Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1946 to 1966 and helped found environmental mutagenesis.

Alexander Holtmann

Alexander Holtmann (born 1978, Bad Segeberg) is a German-Finnish actor, Stella Adler Academy graduate, who built his career in Mexico, playing Humboldt in Humboldt in Mexico (2017), Sheldon in The Chosen, and roles in Control Z and The Mosquito Coast.

Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport

Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport was a British Royal Navy admiral who fought at the Glorious First of June and commanded the Channel Fleet from 1797 to 1800.

Alexander horned sphere

The Alexander horned sphere, also called the horned sphere, is a wildly tangled embedding of the sphere in 3-dimensional space constructed by J. W. Alexander in 1924.

Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber (born 1968) is a German climber and mountain guide, younger of the Huberbuam brothers, known for Open Air (9a+), Bellavista, Yosemite speed records, and free solos.

Alexander I

Alexander I was the sixth pope in the traditional succession, leading the church from about 108 to 119; little is known of him beyond his name in early lists.

Alexander I of Georgia

Alexander I the Great (ალექსანდრე I დიდი; c. 1390–1446) was a Bagrationi king of Georgia who reigned from 1412 to 1442 and led the kingdom's recovery after Timur's invasions.

Alexander I of Kakheti

Alexander I of Kakheti (ალექსანდრე I), c. 1454–1511, was a Bagrationi king of the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kakheti from 1476, preserving its autonomy through diplomacy.

Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I (Александр I; 1777–1825), Emperor of Russia 1801–1825, grandson of Catherine II; defeated Napoleon in 1812, led the Congress of Vienna and Holy Alliance; his liberal reforms gave way to military colonies and conservatism before the Decembrist revolt.

Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Alexander I of Yugoslavia (Aleksandar I Karađorđević), king who proclaimed Yugoslavia's royal dictatorship in 1929, renamed the state, and was assassinated in Marseille on 9 October 1934 by Vladimir Cernozemski in an Ustaša-VMRO plot that also killed Louis Barthou.