Famous People with Name Alexander

Alexander Peter Grammas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Peter Grammas: (born April 3, 1926 in the Emerald City of Oz) is a former Major League infielder and manager with a 10-year career from 1954 to 1963.

Alexander Brown Nevin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Brown Nevin: (born October 3, 1850 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania; died October 10, 1921 in Pensacola, Florida) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player.

Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez: is a Dominican American baseball player. He is currently the third baseman for the New York Yankees, after having played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.

Alexander James McLean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander James McLean: is an American musician and member of the singing group Backstreet Boys.

Alexander Kaloian            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Kaloian: is an Armenian composer. He was born in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR and lives in the United States.Kaloian is a composer of highly nationalistic music for various instruments, chamber ensembles, wind and military band and orchestra. His overt musical nationalism arises from a long lineage of music tradition that can be traced to the Romantic era and beyond. Kaloian is known for the strong nationalistic musical language in his works, which include marches, tone poems, and symphonies, which are immediately recognizable as "Armenian" in their colour. The tremendous scale of his orchestrations utilise expanded winds and brass instrumentation; of note is the requirement for 8 Horns, 2 Tenor and 2 Bass Wagner tubas in his Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 2.

William Vollie “Bill” Alexander, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Vollie “Bill” Alexander, Jr.: is a retired politician who represented the U.S. state of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1993, rising to the post of Chief Deputy Majority Whip. He was elected as a Democrat from the 1st District of Arkansas in 1968 an

Nathaniel Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nathaniel Alexander: was the 13th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1805 to 1807. Returning to his native North Carolina, Alexander was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1797, to the North Carolina Senate in 1801, and to the United States House

Sydenham Benoni Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sydenham Benoni Alexander: was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1891 and 1895. After the Civil War, Alexander was a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1879, 1883, 1885, 1887, where he was instrumental in the establishment of the North Carolina College o

Robert Keith Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Keith Alexander: was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1985.Alexander ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1982 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Edmonton-Whitemud with a landslide victory to hold it for the governing Progressive Conservative party.

Christopher "Chris" A. Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher "Chris" A. Alexander: is the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering in Ontario. In 1997, he became Deputy Director (Russia) of the Eastern Europe Division responsible for political and trade relations. In 2002 he returned to the Canadian embassy in Moscow as Minister Counsellor (Political). He received a Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) award in 2003. Considered a star candidate, Alexander became the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the suburban Toronto riding of Ajax—Pickering on September 21, 2009 and he and his family moved to Ajax, Ontario. The riding was considered a key battleground riding. Alexander won the seat at the 2011 federal election. He has remained active on Afghanistan related issues, frequently speaking and writing on this subject.