Famous People with Name Aleksander

Aleksander Zyw            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Zyw: can be seen as a quintessentially European artist. His roots start in Poland, living in France, Britain and Italy, exhibiting in them all during his career. Taking his early Impressionist landscapes as a start, we see him as an artist changed by war. In the horrors he witnessed as a soldier, but more devastatingly in the horrors which befell his family and homeland. His art turned inward and to express these pains. His abstract works of the 1950s explore the human psyche and worlds beyond the reach of our vision. In the later period of Zyw's career we see him become contemplative. Turning his efforts to studying the ethereal qualities of nature in minute detail. He is one of the finest emigre painters to emerge from Poland in the twentieth century.

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).

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.