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Alexander Bortnikov (Александр Васильевич Бортников)
Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov (Александр Васильевич Бортников), born 1951 in Perm, is a Russian security official and General of the Army who has directed the FSB since 2008 and chairs the National Anti-Terrorism Committee; he is sanctioned by the US, EU, and UK.
Alexander Cochrane
Alexander Cochrane (1758–1832) was a Scottish Royal Navy admiral who commanded British forces in the War of 1812 and issued an 1814 proclamation offering enslaved Americans freedom and resettlement in British territory.
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 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 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 Kolchak (Александр Васильевич Колчак)
Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (Александр Васильевич Колчак), 1874–1920, Russian admiral, polar explorer with Toll's 1900–1902 expedition, Black Sea Fleet commander, and Supreme Ruler of White Russia 1918–1920, executed at Irkutsk.
Alexander Litvinenko (Александр Вальтерович Литвиненко)
Alexander Litvinenko (Александр Вальтерович Литвиненко), ex-KGB and FSB officer who defected to Britain, died in London on 23 November 2006 after ingesting polonium 210; the 2016 Owen inquiry and 2021 ECHR Carter v. Russia ruling blamed Lugovoy, Kovtun, and the Russian state.
Alexander Marinesko (Александр Иванович Маринеско)
Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko (Александр Иванович Маринеско, 1913–1963), Soviet submarine captain of S-13, sank the Wilhelm Gustloff and General von Steuben in 1945, leading Soviet submariners in tonnage sunk; posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union, 1990.
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg, was a grandson of Queen Victoria who served in the Royal Navy and Grenadier Guards.
Alexander Orlov (Александр Михайлович Орлов) (Soviet defector)
Alexander Orlov (Александр Михайлович Орлов), born Leiba Feldbin, 1895-1973, was an NKVD officer, Soviet spy chief in Republican Spain and 1938 defector to the U.S., author of The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes.
Alexander Selkirk
Alexander Selkirk, born Alexander Selcraig, was a Scottish sailor left alone on the island of Más a Tierra in 1704 for four years and four months after quarreling with his captain.
Alexander Suvorov
Alexander Suvorov (Александр Васильевич Суворов), 1729/30-1800, Russian generalissimo who never lost a battle; victor of Rymnik, Izmail, and Novi; author of The Science of Victory; led the 1799 Alpine crossing. Not the pen name of writer Viktor Suvorov.
Alexander Vindman
Alexander Vindman (born 1975), retired US Army lieutenant colonel and NSC director for Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Russia; key 2019 impeachment witness, Purple Heart recipient, author of Here, Right Matters and The Folly of Realism.
Alexander von Falkenhausen
Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878-1966), German general, adviser to Chiang Kai-shek 1934-1938, and military governor of occupied Belgium and northern France 1940-1944; linked to the 20 July 1944 plot, tried in Brussels in 1951, sentenced to 12 years, released within weeks.
Alexander von Kluck
Alexander von Kluck (1846–1934), Prussian Generaloberst and commander of the German 1st Army in 1914, led the Schlieffen Plan's right wing through Belgium and France and was blamed by many for the Marne defeat.
Alexandru Cernat
Alexandru Cernat (1828–1893) was a Romanian divisional general and politician who served as minister of war and commander of the Army of Operations in the 1877–1878 War of Independence.
Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov
Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (Алексей Орлов) was a Russian general and admiral who helped Catherine the Great take the throne and won the naval Battle of Chesme in 1770.
Alexios I Komnenos (Ἀλέξιος Αʹ Κομνηνός)
Alexios I Komnenos (Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός) was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118 and founder of the Komnenian dynasty, who seized the throne in 1081 and restored an empire that had lost vast territories.
Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787–1862) was an Austrian field marshal best known for suppressing the 1848 revolutions in Prague and Vienna and leading the campaign in Hungary.
Alfred von Tirpitz
Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), German grand admiral and State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office 1897–1916, architect of the High Seas Fleet, the Tirpitz Plan, risk theory, and the Anglo-German naval race; resigned 1916 over unrestricted U-boat war.
Alfred von Waldersee
Alfred Graf von Waldersee (1832–1904), German field marshal, Chief of the General Staff 1888–91 after Moltke, dismissed under Wilhelm II, and commander of the allied Boxer expedition in China 1900–01.
Alfreda Frances Bikowsky
Alfreda Frances Bikowsky, also known as Alfreda Bikowsky, is a former CIA counterterrorism officer who led Alec Station.
Alfredo Astiz
Alfredo Ignacio Astiz (born 1951), Argentine Navy officer of GT 3.3.2 at ESMA who infiltrated the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo as "Gustavo Niño"; convicted of crimes against humanity in Argentina, France, and Italy.
Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss (1904–1996), American State Department official and UN Charter planner, accused by Whittaker Chambers in 1948, convicted of perjury in 1950 in the Pumpkin Papers case; guilt still debated.
Alha
Alha (आल्हा) is a 12th-century warrior and general of the Banaphar clan who served the Chandela king of Mahoba and is the central hero of the Alha-Khand epic.
Ali Azmaei
Ali Azmaei (علی عظمایی, also Ozma'i) is an Iranian IRGC officer commanding the IRGC Navy since July 2026, succeeding the killed Alireza Tangsiri; former Fifth Naval Region commander, US-sanctioned since 2019.
Ali ben Ghedhahem
Ali ben Ghedhahem (علي بن غذاهم) was a Tunisian tribal leader of the Majer tribe who led the 1864 popular uprising against a doubled poll tax, acclaimed "Bey of the People."
Ali Hassan al-Majid (علي حسن المجيد)
Ali Hassan al-Majid (علي حسن المجيد), "Chemical Ali", Saddam Hussein's cousin and Iraqi general, headed the General Security Service, directed the 1988 Anfal genocide against the Kurds, governed occupied Kuwait, and was hanged in 2010 after genocide convictions.
Ali Hassan Salameh (علي حسن سلامة)
Ali Hassan Salameh (علي حسن سلامة), Abu Hassan, the 'Red Prince', was chief of operations of Black September, linked to the 1972 Munich massacre; he survived the 1973 Lillehammer mistaken killing and was assassinated by Mossad car bomb in Beirut on 22 January 1979.
Ali Karaki (علي كركي)
Ali Karaki (علي كركي), born 1967, Hezbollah Southern Front commander and Jihad Council member; survived a September 23, 2024 Israeli strike in Beirut's Dahieh, then killed September 27, 2024 alongside Nasrallah; US-sanctioned 2019; succeeded by Haytham Ali Tabatabai.