Biographies

Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.

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Alex Clare

Alex Clare: British singer-songwriter known for 'Too Close'

Álex Figueroa

Álex Figueroa — Chilean physician and former Minister of Health

Alex Fraser (scientist)

Alex Govan

Alex Grammas

Alex Haley

Alex Haley (1921–1992): Author of Roots and collaborator on Malcolm X's autobiography

Alex Hawkins

Alex Hawkins: NFL Running Back and Special Teams Captain

Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme

Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme: Nigeria’s first elected vice-president and elder statesman

Alex Kaleta

Alexander "Killer" Kaleta — NHL left winger and hat-trick figure

Alex Karras

Alex McLeish

Alex McLeish — Scottish footballer and manager

Alex Polidori

Alex Polidori — Italian voice actor

Alex Smart

Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946)

Alexander Alexandrov

Alexander Alexandrov

Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov

Soviet composer (1883–1946), founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble and author of the music for the Soviet national anthem, whose melody was reused for the Russian national anthem in 2

Alexander B. Morrison

Alexander Chizhevsky

Alexander Fernando

Alexander Fernando — Sri Lankan film actor and stunt director

Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming — discoverer of penicillin

Alexander Frater

Alexander Glazunov

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936): Russian composer, conductor and educator

Alexander Gode

Alexander Gode — linguist and principal developer of Interlingua

Alexander Gorsky

Alexander Gorsky — Reformer of Russian Ballet (1871–1924)

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Gutman

Alexander Gutman (1945–2016) — Russian documentary filmmaker

Alexander Hickman

Alexander Hickman — Canadian lawyer, politician and judge

Alexander I of Scotland

Alexander III of Russia

Alexander III (Emperor of Russia, 1881–1894)

Alexander III of Scotland

Alexander Joseph Brunett

Alexander J. Brunett, American Catholic Archbishop (1934–2020)

Alexander Kadakin

Alexander Kerensky

Alexander Kuznetsov (actor)

Alexander Kuznetsov (1959–2019) — Russian‑American film and television actor

Alexander Litvinenko

Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)

Alexander Münninghoff

Alexander Münninghoff — Dutch journalist, author and chess writer

Alexander Nadson

Alexander Nadson: Belarusian émigré priest, scholar and leader of the diaspora

Alexander Parkes

Alexander Parkes and the invention of Parkesine, an early synthetic plastic

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin: life, works, and legacy of Russia’s foundational poet

Alexander Ross (writer)

Alexander Rusev

Alexander Rybak

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski: East German economic coordinator and KoKo chief

Alexander Selkirk

Alexander Selkirk: the Scottish castaway linked to Robinson Crusoe

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev

Alexander Shilov

Alexander Shulgin