Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Television:
1 character
Aleksandr Petrovsky 1998 Sex and the City 
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 literature, 1 physics
(physics) Alexander Prokhorov (a.k.a. Aleksandr) 1964
(literature) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1970
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
2 actors
Aleksandr Baluev 1958-
Aleksandr Yatsenko 1977-
Notable Artists:
1 painter/photographer
Aleksandr Rodchenko 1891-1956
Notable Athletes:
4 soccer, 1 swimming, 1 wrestling
(wrestling) Aleksandr Karelin 1967-
(swimming) Aleksandr Popov 1971-
(soccer) Aleksandr Kerzhakov 1982-
(soccer) Aleksandr Samedov 1984-
(soccer) Aleksandr Kokorin 1991-
(soccer) Aleksandr Golovin 1996-
Notable Military Figures:
1 commander, 1 general
Aleksandr Nevskiy 1220-1263
Aleksandr Suvorov 1730-1800
Notable Musicians:
1 composer
Aleksandr Skriabin 1871-1915
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Alexander Prokhorov (a.k.a. Aleksandr) 1916-2002
Notable Writers:
2 poets, 1 author
Aleksandr Pushkin 1799-1837
Aleksandr Blok 1880-1921
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1918-2008
Olympic Medalists:
10 bronze, 9 silver, 7 gold, 3 bronze/gold, 2 gold/silver, 2 silver/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold/bronze, 1 silver/bronze
(bronze) Aleksandr Anufriyev 1952 10000 m
(silver) Aleksandr Moiseyev 1952 basketball
(silver) Aleksandr Travin 1964 basketball
(silver) Aleksandr Petrov 1960; 1964 basketball
(silver/gold) Aleksandr Shidlovsky 1968; 1972 water polo
(gold) Aleksandr Dreval 1972 water polo
(silver/gold) Aleksandr Dolgushin 1968; 1972 water polo
(gold) Aleksandr Boloshev 1972 basketball
(silver) Aleksandr Kornelyuk 1972 4x100 m relay
(gold/bronze) Aleksandr Belov 1972; 1976 basketball
(bronze) Aleksandr Kosenkov 1976 diving - springboard
(bronze/silver) Aleksandr Baryshnikov 1976; 1980 shot put
(gold) Aleksandr Kabanov 1972; 1980 water polo
(bronze) Aleksandr Salnikov 1976; 1980 basketball
(silver) Aleksandr Makarov 1980 javelin throw
(bronze/gold) Aleksandr Aksinin 1976; 1980 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Aleksandr Puchkov 1980 110 m hurdles
(gold) Aleksandr Portnov 1980 diving - springboard
(silver) Aleksandr Chayev 1980 swimming - 1500 m freestyle
(bronze/gold) Oleksandr Belostenny (a.k.a. Aleksandr) 1980; 1988 basketball
(bronze) Aleksandr Kovalenko 1988 triple jump
(gold) Aleksandr Kurlovich 1988; 1992 weightlifting
(bronze) Aleksandr Kolotov 1988; 1992 water polo
(bronze) Aleksandr Ogorodnikov 1992 water polo
(gold/silver) Aleksandr Karelin 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000 wrestling
(bronze) Aleksandr Chigir 1992 water polo
(gold/silver) Aleksandr Popov 1992; 1996; 2000 swimming - 50 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 100 m freestyle
(silver) Aleksandr Dobroskok 2000 diving - synchronized springboard
(silver/bronze) Aleksandr Yeryshov 2000; 2004 water polo
(bronze) Aleksandr Fyodorov 2004 water polo
(silver) Aleksandr Sukhorukov 2008 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Aleksandr Sokolov 2012 volleyball
(bronze/gold) Aleksandr Volkov 2008; 2012 volleyball
(gold) Aleksandr Butko 2012 volleyball
(bronze) Aleksandr Kazakevič 2012 Greco-Roman wrestling
(silver) Aleksandr Ivanov 2012 weightlifting
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
3 tsars, 1 duke
Duke Aleksandr Nevskiy 1252-1263
Tsar Aleksandr I 1801-1825
Tsar Aleksandr II 1855-1881
Tsar Aleksandr III 1881-1894