Famous People with Name Aleksander

Aleksander Tammert            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Aleksander Tammert: is an Estonian discus thrower. He competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finished fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified Tammert got the bronze medal. A month later he placed third at the World Athletics Final.

Aleksander Tõnisson            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Aleksander Tõnisson: was a famous Estonian military commander (Major General) during the Estonian War of Independence. In 1899 he graduated Vilnius Military Academy. Tõnisson participated in Russo-Japanese war and in World War I.

Aleksander Warma            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Aleksander Warma: was an Estonian navy officer, diplomat and painter. Aleksander Warma studied at marine schools of Käsmu and Narva, took a deep sea captain's exam in Riga. In 1920, he took the high school exams to the examination committee of the Tallinn Teachers' Seminar

Aleksander Kwiek            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Kwiek: a Polish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Korona Kielce.Kwiek started his career with Rymer Niedobczyce. In 2000 he moved to Odra Wodzislaw Slaski where he was a key player. In 2004 he join to Wisla Kraków where he won league title, but he was never a regular player so in 2005 he moved to Kolporter Korona Kielce , where he stayed for two seasons. In 2006 he signed for Górnik Leczna. Upon the expiry of his Górnik contract in 2007 he joined for one season to Jagiellonia Bialystok. In 2008 he rejoined to Korona Kielce.

Aleksander Mysiak            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Aleksander Mysiak: a football player, midfielder, who in the late 1920s and early 1930s represented both Cracovia Kraków and the Polish National Team. With Cracovia, twice won the Championships of Poland (1930, 1932), altogether playing in 230 games. As a member of the National Team, Mysiak was fielded in 17 international matches. His career was suddenly stopped at the age of 26, rumor has it that it was due to his wife's dislike of football.

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.