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Alexander Zamolodchikov
Alexander Zamolodchikov is a theoretical physicist known for foundational work on conformal field theory and his c-theorem, who won the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Alexander Zarbock
Alexander Zarbock is a German physician-scientist who directs anesthesiology at University Hospital Münster and led the BigpAK-2 trial, which reduced post-surgery kidney injury from 22.3% to 14.4%.
Alexander Zverev
Alexander Zverev, German tennis player born 1997 in Hamburg; two-time Grand Slam champion (Roland Garros 2026, US Open 2026), Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist, two-time ATP Finals champion, career-high ranking No. 2.
Alexander Zverev Sr.
Alexander Zverev Sr., former Soviet tennis player (ATP No. 175 in 1985, USSR Davis Cup team) and coach of sons Alexander Zverev, Roland Garros 2026 champion, and Mischa Zverev; constant head coach despite Ferrero, Lendl, Bruguera stints.
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (Aleksandar Karađorđević), born 1945 at Claridge's Hotel, London; head of the House of Karađorđević, heir of King Peter II, exiled by the 1947 decree, returned to Belgrade in 2001.
Alexander's campaign against the Aspasii and Assakenoi
Alexander's campaign against the Aspasii and Assakenoi (اسپاسی و اسکینی مہم) was Alexander the Great's winter campaign of 327–326 BC in Gandhara, defeating the Aspasii and storming Massaga, Ora, and Aornos.
Alexander's conquest of Egypt
Alexander's conquest of Egypt was the bloodless takeover of the Persian satrapy in late 332 BC by Alexander the Great, welcomed as a liberator after Issus.
Alexander's conquest of the Achaemenid Empire
Alexander's conquest of the Achaemenid Empire (الإسكندر) was the campaign by which Alexander III of Macedon overthrew Darius III's Persian empire between 334 and 330 BC, winning at Issus and Gaugamela.
Alexanderplatz
Alexanderplatz ("Alex") is Berlin's central square and busiest transport hub in Mitte, renamed for Tsar Alexander in 1805, rebuilt as the GDR capital's center, and now the site of the Kollhoff master plan's 130–150 m tower projects.
Alexanderson alternator
The Alexanderson alternator was a radio-frequency generator invented by Ernst Alexanderson at General Electric, used in long-wave stations for reliable transoceanic telegraphy from about 1906.
Alexandr N. Simonov
Alexandr N. Simonov is a chemistry professor at Monash University in Melbourne whose research centers on electrocatalysis for renewable energy, including water splitting and ammonia synthesis.
Alexandr Vondra
Alexandr Vondra, born in Prague in 1961, is a Czech Civic Democratic Party politician, a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, and a former deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic.
Alexandr Wang
Alexandr Wang is an American technology entrepreneur who co-founded the data-labeling company Scale AI in 2016 at age 19, then became Meta's first chief AI officer in June 2025.
Alexandra
Alexandra (Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα) is a feminine given name, feminine form of Alexander, meaning "defender of men." Known from Hera's epithet, Cassandra, Lycophron's poem, Queen Alexandra of Judea, and modern popularity across Europe and the US.
Alexandra (musician)
Alexandra, born Doris Nefedov, was a German Schlager and chanson singer whose hits "Zigeunerjunge" and "Sehnsucht" made her a cult figure before her death in a 1969 car crash at 27.
Alexandra Araujo
Alexandra Araujo, Brazilian-born Italian water polo centre forward (born 1972, Rio de Janeiro), won gold with Italy at the 2004 Athens Olympics and World Championship titles in 1998 and 2001.
Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Bastedo (1946-2014), British actress who played agent Sharron Macready in the 1968 ITC series The Champions, later founded the ABC Animal Sanctuary in West Sussex and was a Compassion in World Farming patron.
Alexandra Billings
Alexandra Billings (born 1962, Schaumburg, Illinois) is an American transgender actress, singer, and USC theater professor, known as Davina on Transparent, for the TV first Romy and Michele: In the Beginning, and as the first trans actor to play Madame Morrible in Broadway's Wicked.
Alexandra Boltasseva
Alexandra Boltasseva is an electrical engineer and the Ron and Dotty Garvin Tonjes Distinguished Professor at Purdue University, known for work on plasmonic materials, metamaterials, and quantum photonics.
Alexandra Botez
Alexandra Botez (born 1995, Dallas) is an American-Canadian Woman FIDE Master, peak FIDE 2092, three-time Chess Olympiad competitor, and co-creator of the BotezLive Twitch and YouTube chess channel with sister Andrea.
Alexandra Breckenridge
Alexandra Breckenridge (born 1982, Connecticut) is an American actress known for Mel Monroe on Virgin River, Jessie Anderson on The Walking Dead, Sophie on This Is Us, Moira on American Horror Story, and Family Guy voice work; also a photographer married to Casey Hooper.
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke (born 1988, Islington, London) is an English singer and musical theatre star who won The X Factor 2008, scored the UK Christmas Number 1 "Hallelujah" (the first British female soloist million seller), three UK #1 singles, the #1 album Overcome, and led West End musicals including The Bodyguard, Sister Act, Chicago, Joseph, and I'm Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical.
Alexandra C. McPherron
Alexandra C. McPherron is a molecular biologist who co-discovered myostatin, the secreted protein that limits skeletal muscle growth, at Johns Hopkins, then studied its metabolic effects at the NIH.
Alexandra C. Newton
Alexandra C. Newton is a Canadian-born American biochemist and Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at UC San Diego, known for showing that protein kinase C acts as a tumor suppressor.
Alexandra C. Walls
Alexandra C. Walls is an American structural biologist who led the 2020 Cell paper defining the SARS-CoV-2 spike structure, designed RBD nanoparticle vaccines, and joined BioNTech US in 2024.
Alexandra Cabot
Alexandra "Alex" Cabot, fictional ADA of Law & Order: SVU played by Stephanie March; first appeared 2000 in "Wrong Is Right," entered Witness Protection, led Conviction, and last appeared in "Sunk Cost Fallacy."
Alexandra Căpitănescu
Alexandra Căpitănescu, Romanian singer-songwriter from Galați, winner of Vocea României 2023 (season 11, Tudor Chirilă's team). Represented Romania at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna with nu-metal-pop song Choke Me, placing 3rd in the Grand Final; Master's physics student.
Alexandra Daddario
Alexandra Daddario (born 1986) is an American actress known as Annabeth Chase in Percy Jackson, Lisa Tragnetti in True Detective, and Emmy-nominated Rachel Patton in The White Lotus, now leading AMC's Mayfair Witches.
Alexandra Dovgan
Alexandra Dovgan (Алекса́ндра Серге́евна До́вгань, born 2007, Moscow) is a Russian pianist, Grand Piano Competition Grand Prix winner at age 10, Prix Serdang laureate, now studying in Malaga with 2025-26 debuts at Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw.
Alexandra Dowling
Alexandra Dowling (born 1990) is an English actress trained at the Oxford School of Drama, known for Queen Anne in BBC One's The Musketeers (2014–2016), Roslin Frey in Game of Thrones, and films Emily and Hammer of the Gods.