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Alectrona Alectrona was an early Greek goddess (of the sun), who became a daughter of Helios once myths of Classical antiquity came along. Her center of worship was at Rhodes, which is also the center of worship of her father, Helios.
Alectrosaurus Alectrosaurus (IPA: ; "unmarried lizard") is a genus of tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Inner Mongolia. It was a bipedal carnivore with a body shape similar to its much larger relative, Tyrannosaurus rex.
Alectryomancy Alectryomancy (also called alectoromancy or alectomancy) is a form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds (or most preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain (such as wheat) that the diviner has scattered on the ground. The observer may place grain in the shape of letters and thus discern a divinatory revelation by noting which letters the birds peck at, or the diviner may just interpret the pattern left by the birds' pecking in randomly scattered grain.
Alectryon (mythology) Alectryon (αλεκτρυων) is the Ancient Greek for "rooster". In Greek mythology, Alectryon was a youth, charged by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in illicit love with Aphrodite.
Aled Haydn Jones Aled Haydn Jones (born 9 August 1976) is a Welsh radio producer and since 2004 has worked on The Chris Moyles Show (the breakfast show hosted by Chris Moyles) on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is not always heard on air but is regularly referred to by the team.
Aled Jones Aled Jones (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and television personality who first came to fame as a boy soprano. He is the only child of Nest and Derek Jones, and was raised in a Welsh-speaking community in the small Anglesey village of Llandegfan.
Aledaño Bocatoma del Canal Nuevo Imperial Protection Forest The Aledaño Bocatoma del Canal Nuevo Imperial Protection Forest is an ecological project aimed to protect the Bocatoma of the Channel NuevoImperial against the embates of the river Cañete as well as to preserve and to preserve the bordering soils and the infrastructure in order to guarantee the water normalabastecimiento for agricultural use in the vale.
Aleem Dar Aleem Sarwar Dar (Born: June 6 1968, Jhang, Punjab) played Pakistani domestic cricket for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore, and Railways (Pakistan) as a right-handed batsmen and legbreak bowler.
Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey (born November 25, 1980, in Saint Mary) is a track and field sprint specialist competing internationally for Jamaica. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team.
Alees Samaan Alees Samaan is the first woman to chair a parliament in the Middle East when in April 2005 chaired Bahrain's upper house of parliament, the Consultative Council. Ms Samaan is a Christian (Greek Orthodox) Bahraini and one of four women to sit in the Consultative Council.
Alefa Alefa is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Alefa is bordered on the south by the Benishangul-Gumaz Region, on the west by Qwara, on the northwest by Metemma, on the north by Chilga, on the northeast by Dembiya, and on the east by Lake Tana.
Alefacept Alefacept is a genetically engineered immunosuppressive drug sold under the brand name Amevive® in Canada, the United States, and Australia. It is used to control inflammation in moderate to severe psoriasis with plaque formation, where it interferes with lymphocyte activation.
Alegranza Alegranza is an island situated in the Atlantic Ocean located to the coast of Africa and is in the province of Las Palmas next to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, an autonomous region of Spain and is the northernmost point in the Canary Islands (in the area near Jameo Mosegue). The island is part of Parque Natural de Archipiélago Chinijo (Lanzarote) or the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park, a reserve of Los Islotes.
Alei Zahav Alei Zahav (), lit. Golden Leaves, is an Israeli settlement located on the western edge of the central Samarian region of the West Bank, about 20 km east of Tel Aviv, and overlooking Israel's main Ben Gurion International Airport.
Aleister Crowley in popular culture Aleister Crowley exerted a significant influence in modern pop culture and therefore is referenced, reinterpreted, and even parodied numerous times in various pop culture mediums. Some appearances are "important," i.
Alejandra and aeron Alejandra and Aeron are Alejandra Salinas (Spanish, born La Rioja 1977) and Aeron Bergman, (American, born Detroit 1971), sound and visual artists based in Barcelona, Spain. In 2002 the duo won an Award of Distinction in Digital Music for their audio installation "Revisionland" from the Prix Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.
Alejandra Guzmán Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal (born February 9 1968) is a Mexican rock singer and actress, the daughter of Mexican actress Silvia Pinal and Venezuelan rock and roll singer Enrique Guzmán. She has a young daughter, Frida, named after Frida Kahlo.
Alejandra Quintero Alejandra Quintero Velasco is a Mexican woman from the state of Nuevo LeĂłn, who represented her country and placed in the semi-finals in the 1995 Miss World pageant, held in Sun City, South Africa on November 18, 1995.
Alejandrina Cox incident The Alejandrina Cox incident was a scandal in Chilean history, involving General Carlos Prats, then Minister of the Interior for President Salvador Allende, that had a far bigger impact on the course of Chilean history and helped launch the Chilean coup of 1973.
Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Perez Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y PĂ©rez (born 1974) is the president of the Korean Friendship Association (KFA) and has been an advocate of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) since 1990. He is currently an honorary Special Delegate of the DPRK's Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and his activities are occasionally mentioned in bulletins from the Korean Central News Agency.
Alejandro Carrión Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915 - 1992) was born in Loja, Ecuador. A poet, novelist and enthusiastic journalist, he published two important novels La manzana dañada and La espina, many books of short stories as well as numerous poetry books.
Alejandro Casona Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (March 3, 1903 – September 17, 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachillerato in Gijon and later studied at Universidad de Murcia.
Alejandro Corichi Alejandro Corichi is a theoretical physicist working at the Department of Gravitation and Field Theory of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He obtained his bachelor degree at UNAM and his PhD at Pennsylvania State University (1997).
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt is a national park in the Cuban provinces of Holguín and Guantánamo. It is named after the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt who visited the island in 1800 and 1801.
Alejandro de Tomaso Alejandro de Tomaso (born in Buenos Aires, July 10, 1928 - died in Modena, Italy, May 21, 2003) was a racing driver and industrialist from Argentina. His name is sometimes seen in an Italianised form as Alessandro de Tomaso.
Alejandro Dolina Alejandro Dolina (born May 20, 1945Some sources place his birth in 1949, though this is probably Dolina intentionally taking a few years off.) is an Argentine broadcaster, who also achieved renown as a musician and a writer.
Alejandro Escovedo Alejandro Escovedo got his start in first-wave punk rock group The Nuns, with Delphine Neid, Jennifer Miro, and Jeff Olener, in San Francisco, California. After Escovedo's departure, they recorded an album on Posh Boy Records, but had little commercial success.
Alejandro Gomez Monteverde Alejandro Monteverde (born 13 July, 1977 in Tampico, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican film director. His first film, Bella took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the highly-coveted “Peoples Choice Award”, a distinction which puts it in the company of such Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hotel Rwanda.
Alejandro Hernandez Alejandro Hernandez (born October 1, 1977 in Tijuana) is a tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1995. The righthander represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round.
Alejandro Chataing Alejandro Chataing (Born February 24, 1873 in Caracas, Venezuela, Died April 16, 1928) was an important Venezuelan architect. Chataing was known as the "great constructor of the regime of Cipriano Castro.
Alejandro Melchor Alejandro Melchor (1900-1947) was a Filipino civil engineer, mathematician, educator, and member of the Cabinet of the Philippines. A native of Ibajay, Aklan, Melchor was also known for his work on pontoon bridges during the Second World War.
Alejandro Oms Alejandro Oms (March 13 1895 - November 5 1946) was a Cuban center fielder in Negro league baseball and Latin American baseball, most notably with the Cuban Stars. Born in Santa Clara, Las Villas, he died at age 51 in Havana.
Alejandro Patino Alejandro Patino is an American actor. Patino has guest starred on several present-day television programs which include a recurring role on the ABC series, Desperate Housewives as Ralph who is Gabrielle Solis' new Latino gardener.
Alejandro Planchart Alejandro Enrique Planchart (born July 29, 1935) is a Venezuelan-American musicologist, conductor, and composer. He is considered to be one of the leading scholars on the music of Guillaume Dufay, and in general he is a specialist on music of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
Alejandro R. Roces Alejandro Reyes "Anding" Roces (born July 13, 1924) is a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. He is short story writer and essayist, and is acknowledged to be the best Filipino author of comic short stories.
Alejandro R. Ruiz Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz, born June 26, 1923 in Loving, New Mexico, was a United States Army soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions on Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands during World War II.
Alejandro Ramírez Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez (born in San Jose, Costa Rica, June 21, 1988) is a chess Grandmaster. He was inspired to become a chess player after watching the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer when he was four years old.
Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18 1968 in Madrid, Spain, is a Grammy Award winning Spanish pop/ballad musician. The second son of María Pizarro Medina from Alcalá de los Gazules, and Jesús Sánchez Madero from Algeciras, Sanz began playing guitar at the age of seven and composing his first songs three years later.
Alejandro Scopelli Alejandro Scopelli Casanova (born 12 May 1908 – died 23 October 1987 in Mexico City) was an Argentine football player and coach. He played for Argentina between 1929 and 1941, and competed at the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup.
Alejandro Tommasi Alejandro Tommasi (born August 14, 1957 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican television, stage and film actor. He enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educacion Artistica (CEA), where he studied acting, dancing and singing.
Alejandro Viñao Alejandro Viñao (Born September 4, 1951) in Argentina is a composer currently living in the UK. Viñao has received a number of international prizes and awards including the 'Golden Nica' Prix Ars Electronica (1992), 1st Prize at The International Rostrum at the Unesco World Music Council (1984) and many others.
Aleje Jerozolimskie Aleje Jerozolimskie (literally Jerusalem Avenue) is one of the principal streets of the city of Warsaw in Poland. It runs through the City Centre along the East-West axis, linking the western borough of Wola with the bridge on the Vistula River and the borough of Praga on the other side of the river.
Alejo Carpentier Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essay writer, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
Alejo Maldonado Alejo Maldonado (born 1938) is a Puerto Rican former policeman who was convicted, in 1982, with charges of corruption and kidnapping. According to police records, he was involved in the kidnapping of one Mario Consuegra.
Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca (born May 20, 1945 in Barcelona) is a Spanish Member of the European Parliament, and a radiation physicist. He was elected on the People's Party ticket and sits with the European People's Party group.
Alek Knight Alek Knight is the antihero protagonist of the popular underground dark fantasy vampire series Slayer (Black Death Books, 2002) written by Karen Koehler. Slayer was first published in 2000 and has never been out of print.
Alek Stojanov Alek Stojanov (born April 25, 1973 in Windsor, Ontario) is a former National Hockey League Right Winger who played for the Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins. He is best known for his trade from Vancouver to Pittsburgh in exchange for Markus Näslund.
Alek Wek Alek Wek (born April 16 1977) is a Sudanese supermodel who appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995. She is from the Dinka ethnic group in the Sudan, but her family fled to Britain to escape the civil war between the Muslim North and the Christian South of the Sudan.
Aleka Papariga Aleka Papariga (Greek: Αλέκα Παπαρήγα) (born 1945) is a communist Greek politician who has served the Communist Party of Greece (CPG; in Greek: KKE) as its general secretary, since 1991. She is the first woman to head the party.
Alekhine's gun Alekhine's gun is a formation in chess named after the former World Chess Champion, Alexander Alekhine. This formation was first played against another illustrious Grandmaster, Aaron Nimzowitsch in San Remo 1930, ending with Alekhine’s victory.
Aleks Krotoski Aleks Krotoski is an academic and journalist who writes about and studies technology and interactivity. In addition to writing a column for The Guardian's Technology section, she blogs on Guardian Unlimited and is currently working towards a PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Surrey, examining the social networks of cyberspace.
Aleksa Gajić Aleksa Gajić is a Serbian comic book artist whose best-known work "Technotise" (a pop European/manga comic) was graduate work. He is currently drawing four "Attila" graphic novels for the French.
Aleksa Palladino Aleksa Palladino (born 1981) is an actress who has starred in Find Me Guilty, Spectropia (post-production) and in Wrong Turn 2 (post-production). She has also appeared on Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Sopranos.
Aleksandar Aleksandrov Aleksandar Aleksandrov () (born January 19, 1975 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian soccer player, playing as an attacking midfielder. He is well-known localy for his technique and creativity, which often provides memorable moments for the supporters.
Aleksandar Deroko Aleksandar Deroko (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Дероко) (September 4, 1894, Belgrade - November 30, 1988, Belgrade) was a famous Serbian architect, artist, and author. He was a professor of the Belgrade University and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Aleksandar Hristov Aleksandar Hristov () (born July 28, 1964) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the bantamweight (– 54kg) division.
Aleksandar Maćašev Aleksandar Maćašev (Matyashev), born in 1971, is a Serbian artist and designer known for the use of advertising and mass media vocabulary in his work. He is best known for his controversial Joseph Goebbels (TM)Joseph Goebbels TM project in which Joseph Goebbels was depicted as the father of contemporary media culture.
Aleksandar Malinov Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov () (1867-1938) was a leading Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister on three occasions. He was born in Bessarabia (present-day Moldova) in a family of Bessarabian Bulgarians.
Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar Nikolić (Александар Николић; October 28, 1924 – March 12, 2000) was a renowned basketball player and coach from Yugoslavia. He was so instrumental and important to the game's development in the country that he was often referred to as the Father of Yugoslav basketball.
Aleksandar Pavlović Aleksandar "Sasha" Pavlović (born November 15 1983 in Bar, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in present-day Montenegro)) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player in the NBA, for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Aleksandar Petrović Aleksandar "Saša" Petrović (1929–1994) was a well known Yugoslav film director who was one of the leading European directors in the 1960s. Nominated for an Oscar in 1967 for his film I Even Met Some Happy Gypsies (Skupljači perja) he narrowly missed out, but won the Jury Prize at Cannes the same year.
Aleksandar Radojević Aleksandar Radojević (born August 8 1976 in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, then Yugoslavia) is a professional basketball player. A 7'3" center, he was drafted from Barton Community College by the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 1999 NBA Draft and played twelve games for the Utah Jazz in 2004.
Aleksandar Shalamanov Aleksandar Shalamanov () (born 4 September 1941) is a former football (soccer) player and professional alpine skier and is known as the only Bulgarian to have taken part in both the Summer and Winter Olympics and a Football World Cup.
Aleksandar Stamboliyski Aleksandar Stamboliyski () (March 1, 1879 - June 14, 1923) was the prime minister of Bulgaria from 1918 until 1923. Stamboliyski was a member of the Agrarian Union, a movement which was not allied to the monarchy, and edited their newspaper.
Aleksandar Tijanić Aleksandar Tijanić (Александар Тијанић), Serbian journalist and current national TV director, was born in Đakovica, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia on 13 December, 1949. Throughout his colourful career he's been a star columnist for leading newspapers and magazines in SFR Yugoslavia and Serbia, chief executive of several prominent TV stations, political advisor to some of the most notable figures in recent Serbian politics, and finally even Minister of Information for 4 months in the government headed by PM Mirko Marjanović.
Aleksandar Trišović Aleksandar Trišović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Тришовић; born November 25 1983 in Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), midfielder, is a Serbian football player currently playing for Red Star Belgrade and the Serbia national football team.
Aleksandar Tunchev Aleksandar Tunchev () (born 10 July 1981) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for PFC CSKA Sofia as a defender. He has also played one match for the Bulgarian national team against Romania in a UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying match.
Aleksandar Višnjić Aleksandar Višnjić (Александар Вишњић) is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Reformist Party which will took part as an independent list in Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 but won no seats.
Aleksander (Hasidic dynasty) Now nearly extinct, the Aleksander chasidim (also written as Alexander) were the second largest chasidic group in pre-holocaust Poland. Between the world wars, chasidic Jews from all over flocked to the small village of Aleksandrów Łódzki near Łódź, to spend the holiest days of the year under the presence of their spiritual leader, their rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchak Menachem Dancyger (1879-1943).
Aleksander BrĂĽckner Aleksander BrĂĽckner (1856 - 1939) was a Polish scholar of Slavic languages and literatures (Slavistics), philologist, lexicographer and historian of literature. He is among the most notable Polish scholars of the late 19th century and early 20th century, as well as the first to prepare complete monographs on the history of the Polish language and culture.
Aleksander Bychowiec Aleksander Bychowiec of Mogiła was a 19th century Polish noble and an amateur historian. He is best known as the discoverer (and the name-sake) of the so-called Bychowiec Chronicle, a set of 16th century texts related to the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski (1862–1938) was a Polish politician and Catholic priest, member of the Regency Council, the archbishop of Warsaw, and the last titular primate of the Kingdom of Poland before Poland regained its independence in 1918.
Aleksander Chłopek Aleksander Chłopek (born December 13, 1946 in Chrzanów) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5366 votes in 29 Gliwice district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Aleksander Kwaśniewski Aleksander Kwaśniewski (; born November 15 1954) is a Polish politician who served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during the communist era he was active in the communist Socialist Union of Polish Students (Socjalistyczny Związek Studentów Polskich) and was sports minister in the communist government in 1980s.
Aleksander Świętochowski Aleksander Świętochowski (1849-1938) was a Polish writer of that country's Positivist period, following the January 1863 Uprising. He popularized "Positivist" thought and opposed the undue influences of the clerical and aristocratic establishments.
Aleksander Marek Szczygło Aleksander Marek Szczygło (born October 27, 1963 in Jeziorany) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 19006 votes in 35 Olsztyn district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Aleksander Meksi Aleksander Gabriel Meksi (born 1939) was the prime minister of Albania from April 13 1992 to March 11 1997. A former archaeologist, he was the first person to be prime minister of Albania after the end of communist rule.
Aleksander Moisiu University Aleksander Moisiu University is the newest public academic institution of the Republic of Albania. It was inaugurated in 2006 and is pursuing to adapt the American system of education, unlike the rest of the public universities in the country.
Aleksander Sopliński Aleksander Sopliński (born March 25, 1942 in Ciechanów) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 2589 votes in 16 Płock district, candidating from Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe list.
Aleksander Stavre Drenova Aleksander Stavre Drenova, also known under his pen name Asdreni (December 11, 1872-1947), was one of the most well-known Albanian poets. One of his most recognizable poems is the Albanian national anthem, Hymni i Flamurit.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (January 15, 1963, Riga - July 14, 2006, Baltimore) was an International Grandmaster of chess. He was Polish by nationality but was born in Latvia, USSR; his name was originally spelled Aleksandrs VoitkeviÄŤs.
Aleksandr Afanas'ev Aleksandr Nikolaevich Afanas'ev (Александр Николаевич Афанасьев, 1826-1871) was a Russian ethnographer in the 19th century. He is most famous for recording and publishing nearly two hundred Russian folktales and fairytales.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vishnevskiy Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vishnevskiy (, , Kazan—December 19, 1975, Moscow) was a Soviet surgeon, member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1953), honoured worker of science of RSFSR (1956), Colonel General of Medical Corps (1963) and a Hero of Socialist Labor (1966). Vishnevskiy first conducted a cardiac surgery under the local anesthesia (1953).
Aleksandr Amfiteatrov Aleksandr Valentinovich Amfiteatrov (Russian: Александр Валентинович Амфитеатров) (December 26, 1862 – February 26, 1938) was a Russian writer. Born a priest's son in Kaluga, he was trained as a lawyer but became a journalist and popular novelist.
Aleksandr Averbukh Aleksandr Averbukh (; born October 1, 1974 in Irkutsk, Russia) is an Israeli athlete competing in the pole vault. He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but in 1999 he became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault.
Aleksandr Bek Aleksandr Bek (Russian: Александр Альфредович Бек) (1903-1972) was a Soviet novelist whose main themes included Red Army military action during the Second World War, particularly the defense of Moscow (Volokolamskoe shosse (Volokolamsk Highway, 1944)).
Aleksandr Belenky Aleksandr Belenky, also Aleksandr Belenkiy, was a Russian immigrant to the United States who worked at a General Electric plant during World War II and allegedly provided information to the KGB through another immigrant. Belenky is referenced in the Venona project materials of deciphered Soviet intelligence messages (1341 KGB New York to Moscow, 21 September 1944.
Aleksandr Bessmertnykh Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bessmertnykh (Александр Александрович Бессмертных in Russian) (born 1933) briefly served as foreign minister of the USSR during 1991. He replaced Eduard Shevardnadze, but was sacked by Mikhail Gorbachev following the 1991 Soviet coup attempt.
Aleksandr Bestuzhev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bestuzhev (November 4, 1797 - June 19, 1837) was Russian writer and Decembrist. After the Decembrist revolt he was sent into exile to Caucasus where Russian Empire was waging the war against the Circassians.
Aleksandr Boloshev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev () (born March 12 1947 in Elektrogorsk, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.
Aleksandr Bratchikov Alexsandr Bratchikov was a Russian athlete who participated in world athletics under the Soviet Union in the late 1960s and 1970s. He specialized in the 400 metres and won gold at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics.
Aleksandr Burago Aleksandr Petrovich Burago () was an officer of the Russian Imperial army. Serving as a captain under Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko, he commanded the force that liberated Plovdiv from the Ottoman rule on January 16, 1878.
Aleksandr Butlerov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov (Александр Михайлович Бутлеров) (September 15, 1828 – August 17, 1886, new style) was a Russian chemist, the creator of the theory of chemical structure (1861), and the discoverer of formaldehyde.
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (, alternative transliterations: Alexandr or Alexander (first name), and Alexandrov (last name)) (August 4, 1912–July 27, 1999), was a Soviet/Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and mountaineer.
Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov (Александр Данилович Меншиков) (1673 – 1729) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Izhora (Duke of Ingria). Highly appreciated associate and friend of Tsar Peter the Great, he was the de facto ruler of Russia for 2 years.
Aleksandr Dralkin Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin () (born November 3 1911) was a Soviet oceanologist, geographer and polar explorer. He was a leader of the Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the Seventh Soviet Antarctic Expedition.
Aleksandr Dugin Aleksandr Gel'yevich Dugin (Russian: Александр Гельевич Дугин) (born January 7, 1962) is a Russian scholar, political activist, and founder of the contemporary Russian school of geopolitics often known as "Eurasianism". He is often seen to be an advocate of National Bolshevism.
Aleksandr Fedotkin Aleksandr Fedotkin (born 3 November 1955) is a retired long-distance runner who represented the USSR. He won a silver medal at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics, tied with Markus Ryffel, as well as a bronze medal at the 1979 European Indoor Championships in Athletics.
Aleksandr Filimonov Aleksandr Filimonov is one of the best 1990's Russian football goalkeepers. His best years now are definitely over, with the Euro 2000 qualifying accidental goal from Andriy Shevchenko, but he was number 1 in Spartak Moscow from 1996 until 2001 and gained a number of caps for the Russia national football team.
Aleksandr Galibin Aleksandr Galibin (, born September 27 1955 in Leningrad) is a Russian actor, famous for playing the Master in The Master and Margarita. His television career spans over 3 decades and he has played countless memorable characters including Tsar Nikolai II in Romanovi: Ventsenosnaya semya, also known in English as Romanovs: Imperial Family

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