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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Alexander Stephens

Alexander Tamanian

Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath

Alexander Tikhanovich

Alexander Tolmer

Alexander Tolmer: South Australian police leader and gold escort commander

Alexander Tschäppät

Alexander V. Acebo

Alexander V. Acebo — Vermont State Auditor (1927–2019)

Alexander Volkov (tennis)

Alexander Volkov (tennis player)

Alexander von Humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt: explorer, naturalist, and founder of modern biogeography

Prussian naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) whose expeditions, measurements, and publications helped establish biogeography and a holistic view of nature’s interconnections.

Alexander Vraciu

Alexander Vraciu — United States Navy fighter ace (1918–2015)

Alexander Vustin

Alexander Vustin — Russian composer (1943–2020)

Alexander Ypsilantis

Alexander Ypsilantis (1792–1828): Greek revolutionary and Russian cavalry officer

Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom (1844–1925)

Alexandre Astruc

Alexandre Benois

Alexandre Benois (1870–1960)

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, fils

Alexandru Lăpușan

Alexandru Lăpușan (1955–2016) — Romanian politician and agriculture minister

Alexei Kosygin

Alexei Kosygin: Soviet Premier and Economic Reformer (1904–1980)

Alexei Yashin

Alexei Yashin — Russian centre who starred for Ottawa and New York

Alexey Kazannik

Alexey Ivanovich Kazannik

Alexey Sorokin (admiral)

Alexey Ivanovich Sorokin (Soviet Admiral)

Alexine Tinne

Alexine Tinne: Dutch heiress, explorer and 19th‑century African traveler

Alexis Arquette

Alexis Bouvard

Alexis Hunter

Alexis Hunter (1948–2014)

Alexis Jordan discography

Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau

Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau: French Painter Associated with Fauvism

Alexis Weissenberg

Alexis Weissenberg — Bulgarian-born French classical pianist (1929–2012)

Alf Ivar Samuelsen

Alf Ivar Samuelsen — Norwegian Centre Party politician (1942–2014)

Alf Lüdtke

Alf Lüdtke — German Historian and Pioneer of Everyday History

Alf Ramsey

Sir Alf Ramsey

Alfie Moore

Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao

Alfonso La Marmora

Alfonso La Marmora: Italian general, reformer and statesman

Alfonso Lacadena

Alfonso Lacadena — Spanish Mayanist, epigrapher and scholar

Alfonso Lovo Cordero

Alfonso Lovo Cordero: Nicaraguan politician and member of the Nationalist Liberal Party