Famous People with Name Aleksander

Aleksander Arendt            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Arendt: was an activist of the Kashubians and Pomeranians (an ethnic groups in northern Poland). He was the president of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association in years 1956-1959.

Aleksander Józef Polus            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Józef Polus: was a Polish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the featherweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Louis Laurie.

Aleksander Marek Kowalski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Marek Kowalski: was a Polish ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1932 Winter Olympics[2].Four years later he was a member of the Polish team which finished fourth in the 1932 Olympic tournament[1][4]. He played all six matches and scored two goals. This made him the top scorer for the team, scoring two out of the team's three goals

Aleksander Cichon            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Cichon: is a Polish wrestler who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.Bronze medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics in wrestling in 90 kg category (light-heavyweight).

Aleksander Kawalkowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Kawalkowski: was a Polish soldier and diplomat. He joined the Polish forces (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa) in 1915, and the recreated Polish Army in 1918. During the times of the Second Polish Republic, he was a lecturer in a military academy, Oficerska Szkola Inzynieryjna (Officer's School of Engineering), member of the Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne (Military History Bureau), and a member of the Ministry of Religion and Education. From 1934 to 1936 he was a Polish military attache in Paris, France, then Polish consul general in Lille. After the fall of France during the Nazi invasion, he was active in the Polish underground in France during World War II. After liberation of Paris in 1944 he joined the Polish government in exile in a rank of a minister.

Arkadiusz Aleksander            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Arkadiusz Aleksander: an Polish footballer who currently plays for Odra Wodzislaw.

Åge Aleksandersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Åge Aleksandersen: is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's most famous singer/songwriters, musicians. Some of his most well known songs are "Lys og Varme" (Light and Warmth), "Fire Pils og en Pizza" (Four Pilseners and a Pizza) and "Rosalita". He also wrote and performed the official song of the 1997 Nordic skiing World Championship (held in Trondheim) together with two other musicians from the region, Ulf Risnes and Bjarne Brøndbo and the Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir. The song was called "Snørosa" (The Snowrose).

Oddny Aleksandersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Oddny Aleksandersen: is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Born in Vadsø, she chaired the local party chapter in Vadsø from 1979 to 1982 and was a member of the executive committee of Vadsø municipal council from 1979 to 1983. Elected to the county council in 1983, she served as deputy county mayor for one term, and acting county mayor from May 1986 to April 1987, during the illness of county mayor Helmer Mikkelsen. On the national level, she served briefly as personal secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1981. She was later Minister of Government Administration and Labour from September 1992 to October 1993, in the third cabinet Brundtland. She was the third woman in a row to hold this position; the first man to be Minister of Government Administration was Nils Olav Totland, who succeeded Aleksandersen in 1993.