Famous Alexanders

Macedonian military commander of antiquity who conquered much of Persia, Central and West Asia and Egypt

Founding Father, first Secretary of the US Treasury, and the subject of a musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda

This lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys also features in the English supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets

Canadian-American game show host, best known for presenting Jeopardy!

In 1928, this Scottish microbiologist discovered penicillin

American general who served as Secretary of State during the first Reagan Administration

British politician and former professional cricketer who briefly served as Prime Minister after the resignation of Harold Macmillan

This scientist, widely credited with inventing the telephone, also founded AT&T in 1885

Conspiracy theorist who infamously claimed that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax

Russian dissident and critic of Vladimir Putin who died in suspicious circumstances in 2024 while incarcerated in a Siberian penal colony

Scottish author who wrote the "No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" book series

Russian poet and playwright, best known for his works "Boris Godunov" and "Eugene Onegin"

First Minister of Scotland during the unsuccessful 2014 independence referendum

"To err is human; to forgive divine", said this English poet famously

Among this English actor's film credits are Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai and Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Prominent British fashion designer who committed suicide in 2010

In 2021, this American actor was charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie Rust

Between 1986 and 2013, this Scotsman was the manager of Manchester United, winning more trophies for the club than any other football manager in history

18th century romantic Russian composer who wrote "In the Steppes of Central Asia" and the opera "Prince Igor"

Swedish actor who featured as Lukas Matsson in Succession, brother of Bill and son of Stellan

This authoritarian ruler and ally of Vladimir Putin has been President of Belarus since 1994

English screenwriter whose film writing credits include The Beach, 28 Days Later and Civil War

Dissident Soviet writer who chronicled political repression in the USSR in "The Gulag Archipelago"

Ben Miller's comedy partner

President of Finland since 2024