Namesakes for Alfred

Albanian Presidents and Prime Ministers: 1 president

      (president) Alfred Moisiu   2002-2007  

Australian Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister

      Alfred Deakin   1903-1904; 1905-1908; 1909-1910  

Austrian Chancellors and Presidents: 2 chancellors

      (chancellor) Fred Sinowatz (a.k.a. Alfred)   1983-1986  
      (chancellor) Alfred Gusenbauer   2007-2008  

English and British Kings and Queens: 1 king

      King Alfred the Great   871-899  

French Presidents and Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister

      (prime minister) Joseph Paul-Boncour (a.k.a. Alfred)   1932-1933  

Nobel Prize Winners: 2 medicine, 2 peace, 2 physics, 1 chemistry

      (peace) Alfred Hermann Fried   1911  
      (chemistry) Alfred Werner   1913  
      (physics) Alfred Kastler   1966  
      (medicine) Alfred Hershey   1969  
      (peace) Henry Kissinger (a.k.a. Alfred)   1973  
      (physics) William Alfred Fowler   1983  
      (medicine) Alfred G. Gilman   1994  

Notable Actors and Actresses: 2 actors

      Benny Hill (a.k.a. Alfred)   1924-1992  
      Alfred Molina   1953-  

Notable Artists: 1 painter

      Alfred Sisley   1839-1899  

Notable Businesspeople: 2 businesspersons

      Alfred Nobel   1833-1896  
      Alfred Peet   1920-2007  

Notable Filmmakers: 1 director

      Alfred Hitchcock   1899-1980  

Notable Musicians: 1 musician

      "Weird" Al Yankovic (a.k.a. Alfred)   1959-    

Notable Philosophers and Thinkers: 1 economist, 1 mathematician, 1 psychologist

      Alfred Marshall   1842-1924  
      Alfred North Whitehead   1861-1947  
      Alfred Adler   1870-1937  

Notable Scientists and Inventors: 1 biologist/naturalist, 1 geologist, 1 inventor/chemist

      Alfred Russel Wallace   1823-1913  
      Alfred Nobel   1833-1896  
      Alfred Wegener   1880-1930  

Notable Writers: 1 poet

      Alfred Tennyson   1809-1892  

Olympic Medalists: 8 gold, 6 bronze, 4 silver

      (gold) Alfréd Hajós   1896   swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 1200 m freestyle  
      (gold) Alfred Tysoe   1900   5000 m team  
      (bronze) Alfred Braunschweiger   1904   diving - platform  
      (gold) Alfred Carlton Gilbert   1908   pole vault  
      (silver) Alfred Nichols   1920   cross country team  
      (gold) Arlie Schardt (a.k.a. Alfred)   1920   3000 m team  
      (silver) Alfred Schmidt   1920   weightlifting  
      (gold) Al LeConey (a.k.a. Alfred)   1924   4x100 m relay  
      (gold) Louis Clarke (a.k.a. Alfred)   1924   4x100 m relay  
      (bronze) Eino Purje (a.k.a. Alfred)   1928   1500 m  
      (bronze) Al Bates (a.k.a. Alfred)   1928   long jump  
      (gold) Hack Simpson (a.k.a. Alfred)   1932   ice hockey  
      (bronze) Alfred Warngård   1936   hammer throw  
      (silver) Alfred Fitch   1936   4x400 m relay  
      (silver) Alfred Kienzle   1936   water polo  
      (bronze) Alfred Dompert   1936   3000 m steeplechase  
      (gold) Alfred Oerter   1956; 1960; 1964; 1968   discus throw  
      (bronze) Alfred Kirwa Yego   2008   800 m  

Other Leaders: 2 prime ministers

      Prime Minister Alfred Hilbe   1970-1974   Liechtenstein  
      Prime Minister Alfred Sant   1996-1998   Malta  

Other Royalty: 1 prince

      Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (a.k.a. Alfred)   1938-1989   Liechtenstein  

Pulitzer Award Winners: 1 winner

      A. B. Guthrie Jr. (a.k.a. Alfred)   1950   The Way West  

Saints: 2 blessed, 1 saint

      Saint Alfred the Great   849-899  
      Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (a.k.a. Alfred)   1880-1954  
      Blessed Alfredo Parte Saiz (a.k.a. Alfred)   ?-1936  

Title Characters: 2 books

      (book) J. Alfred Prufrock   1915   The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems  
      (book) Alfred G. Graebner   1976   The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations