Namesakes for ALEXANDER:
Biblical Characters:
4 characters
Alexander (m) Acts 4:6 
Alexander (m) Mark 15:21
Alexander (m) Acts 19:33
Alexander (m) 1 Tim. 1:19
Bishops of Rome and the Popes:
7 popes, 1 antipope
Alexander I 107-115
Alexander II 1061-1073
Alexander III 1159-1181
Alexander IV 1254-1261
Alexander 1409-1410
Alexander VI 1492-1503
Alexander VII 1655-1667
Alexander VIII 1689-1691
British Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Alexander Douglas-Home 1963-1964
Bulgarian Kings and Tsars:
1 prince
Prince Alexander I 1879-1886
Canadian Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
John A. Macdonald (a.k.a. Alexander) 1867-1873; 1878-1891
Alexander Mackenzie 1873-1878
Characters in Greek Mythology:
2 characters
Alexander (m)
Paris (a.k.a. Alexander) (m)
Egyptian Pharaohs:
1 pharaoh
Pharaoh Alexander the Great 332-323 BC
German Chancellors:
1 chancellor
Maximilian of Baden (a.k.a. Alexander) 1918
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 literature, 1 medicine
(medicine) Sir Alexander Fleming 1945
(chemistry) Lord Alexander R. Todd 1957
(literature) Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1970
Notable Actors and Actresses:
2 actors
Alexander Skarsgård 1976-
Alexander Ludwig 1992-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Sandro Botticelli (a.k.a. Alexander) 1445-1510
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
2 explorers
Sir Alexander MacKenzie 1764-1820
Alexander von Humboldt 1769-1859
Notable Military Figures:
1 commander
Alexander the Great 356-323 BC
Notable Musicians:
2 composers
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin 1833-1887
Edward Alexander MacDowell 1860-1908
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 biologist, 1 inventor, 1 physicist
Alessandro Volta (a.k.a. Alexander) 1745-1827
Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922
Sir Alexander Fleming 1881-1955
Notable Writers:
2 authors, 2 poets
Alexander Pope 1688-1744
Aleksandr Pushkin (a.k.a. Alexander) 1799-1837
Alexandre Dumas (a.k.a. Alexander) 1802-1870
A. A. Milne (a.k.a. Alexander) 1882-1956
Olympic Medalists:
1 gold/silver
(gold/silver) Aleksandr Popov (a.k.a. Alexander) 1992; 1996; 2000 Swimming
Other Royalty:
2 kings
Alexander III the Great 336-323 BC Macedon
King Willem-Alexander 2013- Netherlands
Persian Kings:
1 king
King Alexander the Great 330-323 BC
Polish High Dukes and Kings:
1 king
King Aleksander (a.k.a. Alexander) 1501-1506
Roman and Byzantine Emperors:
1 emperor
Emperor Alexander 912-913
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
3 tsars, 1 duke
Duke Aleksandr Nevski (a.k.a. Alexander) 1252-1263
Tsar Aleksandr I (a.k.a. Alexander) 1801-1825
Tsar Aleksandr II (a.k.a. Alexander) 1855-1881
Tsar Aleksandr III (a.k.a. Alexander) 1881-1894
Saints:
20 saints, 2 blessed
Saint Alexander I ?-115
Saint Alexander ?-177
Saint Alexander ?-178
Saint Alexander of Fermo ?-250
Saint Alexander of Comana ?-250
Saint Alexander 250-328
Saint Alexander of Jerusalem ?-251
Saint Alexander ?-260
Saint Alexander the Charcoal-Burner ?-275
Saint Alexander ?-295
Saint Alexander ?-300
Saint Alexander ?-313
Saint Alexander ?-326
Saint Alexander ?-340
Saint Alexander ?-361
Saint Alexander Akimetes ?-403
Saint Alexander of Arumentum ?-434
Saint Alexander ?-590
Saint Alessandro Sauli (a.k.a. Alexander) 1534-1592
Saint Alexander Briant 1556-1581
Blessed Alexander Rawlins ?-1595
Blessed Alessandro Baldrati da Lugo (a.k.a. Alexander) 1595-1645
Scottish Kings and Queens:
3 kings
King Alasdair I the Fierce (a.k.a. Alexander) 1107-1124
King Alasdair II (a.k.a. Alexander) 1214-1249
King Alasdair III (a.k.a. Alexander) 1249-1286
Serbian Kings, Tsars and Princes:
2 kings, 1 prince
Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević (a.k.a. Alexander) 1842-1858
King Aleksandar (a.k.a. Alexander) 1889-1903
King Aleksandar (a.k.a. Alexander) 1921-1934
Shakespearian Characters:
3 characters
Alexander Troilus and Cressida
Alexander Court Henry V
Alexander Iden Henry VI (2)
