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.
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 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