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Aleppo Codex The Aleppo Codex (the Keter ("Crown") Aram Tzova) was the oldest complete manuscript of the Masoretic Hebrew Bible, (parts of it, including virtually the entire Torah portion have been missing since 1947). There exist scrolls of individual books of the Tanakh which are much older (see Dead Sea scrolls), and some extant codices of the Septuagint, which was written in Greek, also far outdate it.
Aleppo Pine The Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. The range extends from Morocco and Spain north to southern France, Italy and Croatia, and east to Greece and northern Libya, with an outlying population (from which it was first described) in Syria (including Aleppo), Jordan and Israel.
Aleppo Shrine Auditorium The Aleppo Shrine Auditorium is a 2,650-seat indoor arena located in Wilmington, Massachusetts. It was built in 1977 as the headquarters for the Aleppo Shriners, who had been based in Boston, Massachusetts since 1882.
Aleramici The Aleramici were a medieval family of Italian nobility which ruled various northwestern counties and marches from the tenth to the fourteenth century. The founder of the family was William I of Montferrat, a Frank, who came over to Italy in 888 or 889 to aid his fellow Frank Guy III of Spoleto in a quest for the Iron Crown of Lombardy.
Alert dialog box An alert dialog is a colloquial (though commonly accepted technical) term for a particular type of dialog box that occurs in a graphical user interface. It is also known as an alert box, alert window, or alert popup.
Alert, Nunavut Alert is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world. It is located at , about 10 km west of Cape Sheridan, the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, on the shore of ice-covered Lincoln Sea, in the territory of Nunavut in Canada.
Alert, Ohio Alert is an unincorporated community of central Morgan Township, Butler County, Ohio, in the United States. It is located about ten miles southwest of Hamilton on Howards Creek, a tributary of the Great Miami River in section 28 of R1ET3N of the Congress Lands.
Alertness Alertness is the the process of paying close and continuous attention. It is the opposite of: Inattention: which is failure to pay close attention to details or making careless mistakes when doing schoolwork or other activities, trouble keeping attention focused during play or tasks, appearing not to listen when spoken to, failure to follow instructions or finish tasks, avoiding tasks that require a high amount of mental effort and organization, such as school projects, frequently losing items required to facilitate tasks or activities, such as school supplies, excessive distractibility, forgetfulness, Procrastination i.
Alerton Alerton (sometimes misspelled "Allerton") is a United States company based in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1981, Alerton is a manufacturer of building automation systems for heating, ventilation and air conditioning HVAC equipment.
Ales Adamovich Ales Adamovich (, , full name: Александр Михайлович Адамович; born 3 September 1927 in Glusha village in the Minsk Province, Belarus, died 26 January 1994) is a Belarusian writer and a critic, Professor and Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Doctor of Philosophy in philology, Doctorate in 1962 (a degree in Russia corresponding to Habilitation); the people's deputy (1989-92). He wrote in Russian and Belarusian.
Alesana Tuilagi Alesana "Alex" Tuilagi is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Leicester Tigers in the English club competition, the Guinness Premiership, and has appeared numerous times for his national team Samoa.
Aleshenka Aleshenka (, Alyoshenka, a hypocoristic for a Russian male first name Alexey) was a small creature found in a village Kaolinovy located near a town Kyshtym in a Russian province Chelyabinsk in August, 1996. Aleshenka was found by an old woman Tamara Prosvirina (Tamara Vasilievna Prosvirina) who was mentally ill.
Alesis Andromeda A6 The Alesis Andromeda A6 is a 16-voice, 16-channel multitimbral analog synthesizer by Alesis and was released in 2000, before the company went bankrupt and was acquired by Numark Industries. It has analog oscillators combined with modern and comprehensive digital control.
Alessandra de Rossi Alessandra Schiavone, better known by her stage name Alessandra de Rossi (born on July 19, 1984 in England, United Kingdom), is an Italian-Filipino actress. She is the younger sister of actress Assunta de Rossi.
Alessandra Ferri Alessandra Ferri (born in 1963) is a Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theater in New York and permanent guest artist with the La Scala Ballet in Milan. Having gained immense critical acclaim worldwide, she is one of the most famous ballerinas of the late twentieth century.
Alessandra Martines Alessandra Martines (born september 19, 1963, Rome, Italy) is an italian-french actress, best known for her portrayal of the princess in the TV serie Fantaghiro and her interpretations under the direction of her husband, the french director Claude Lelouch, in several movies (Les Misérables, And now... Ladies and Gentlemen ...
Alessandra Rosaldo Alessandra Rosaldo (born Alejandra Sánchez Barredo on September 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress and singer, earning her acting fame in the the Spanish soap-opera DKDA. She was recognized as the best debut actress with the TVyNovels Award.
Alessandra Toreson Alessandra Olivia Toreson (born May 29, 1987 in Palo Alto, California), an American actress whose most notable role to date is as "Holly Pryor" in the TV show Newton. She also co-starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Going to the Mat.
Alessandri family The Alessandri family of Chile is of Italian origin, became politically influential during the early part of the 20th century, and has played and still plays a significant role in Chilean politics. Its most prominent members are:
Alessandro Algardi Alessandro Algardi (July 31,1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was the major rival of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900, Rome, Latium, Italy, 1 February 1987, Rome, Lazio, Italy was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism. He was president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967.
Alessandro Cagliostro Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (June 2, 1743 – August 26, 1795) was a traveller, occultist and Freemason. "Cagliostro" is widely held to have been an alias for the charlatan Giuseppe Balsamo, born to a poor family in Palermo, Sicily.
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese Alessandro Cardinal Farnese (5 October 1520–2 March 1589) was an Italian cardinal and diplomat, the grandson of Pope Paul III (who also bore the name Alessandro Farnese), and the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma who was murdered in 1547.
Alessandro Cortini Alessandro Cortini (born May 24, 1976) is an Italian musician best known as a touring keyboardist with Nine Inch Nails. He joined Nine Inch Nails to support With Teeth after impressing band-leader Trent Reznor in audition.
Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence Alessandro de' Medici (July 22, 1510 – January 6, 1537) called "il Moro" ("the Moor"), Duke of Penne and also Duke of Florence (from 1532), ruler of Florence from 1530 until 1537), though illegitimate, was the last of the "senior" branch of the Medici to rule Florence and the first to be hereditary duke.
Alessandro Galilei Alessandro Maria Gaetano Galilei (Florence, August 25, 1691 - Rome, December 21, 1736) was a Florentine mathematician, architect and theorist, a member of the same patrician family as Galileo. He received architectural and engineering training from Anton Maria Ferri, an outstanding figure of the Accademia dei Nobili, who lectured and wrote a treatise on perspective, fortifications and artillery.
Alessandro Gavazzi Alessandro Gavazzi (March 21, 1809-1889) was an Italian preacher and patriot. He at first became a monk (1825), and attached himself to the Barnabites at Naples, where he afterwards (1829) acted as professor of rhetoric.
Alessandro Grandi Alessandro Grandi (1586 – 1630) was a northern Italian composer of the early Baroque era, writing in the new concertato style. He was one of the most inventive, influential and popular composers of the time, probably second only to Monteverdi in northern Italy.
Alessandro Maganza Alessandro Maganza (1556-1630) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, born and active in Vicenza and Venice. He likely trained with his father, Giambattista Maganza also a painter; as well as by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo.
Alessandro Magnasco Alessandro Magnasco also known as il Lissandrino (February 4, 1667–1749), was a Italian Rococo painter from Northern Italy. He is best known for stylized, fantastic, often phantasmagoric genre or landscape scenes.
Alessandro Malaspina Alessandro Malaspina (also found as Alexandro and Alejandro) (November 5, 1754 - April 9, 1810) was an Italian-Spanish naval officer and explorer. Under a royal commission, he undertook a scientific expedition around the world in 1789, and explored the Pacific Ocean and the west coast of Spain's North American possessions.
Alessandro Moreschi Alessandro Moreschi (November 11, 1858 - April 21, 1922) was one of the most famous castrati singers of the late 19th century, and was the only castrato of the classic bel canto tradition to make sound recordings. He was, in fact, the only castrato ever to make solo recordings.
Alessandro Peretti di Montalto Alessandro Damasceni Peretti di Montalto (1571 - 1623) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal Deacon. He received the title by his uncle Felice Peretti after the latter was elected Pope Sixtus V on April 24, 1585, in the consistory on May 13; the cardinal was then fourteen years old.
Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi (born on January 3, 1974 in La Spezia, Liguria) is an Italian professional road cyclist. He turned professional in 1996, and currently rides for Team Milram, along with another of the world's best cycling sprinters, Erik Zabel, following the disbanding of his former Fassa Bortolo team.
Alessandro Piccolomini Alessandro Piccolomini (June 13, 1508 - March 12, 1579) was a Sienese humanist and philosopher who promoted the popularization in the vernacular of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises. His early works include Il Dialogo della bella creanza delle donne, o Raffaella (1539) and the comedies Amor costante, and Alessandro, (other titles are erroneously attributed to him) which were sponsored and produced by the Sienese Accademia degl'Intronati, of which he was a member and an official.
Alessandro Poerio Alessandro Poerio (1802 - November 3 1848), Italian poet and patriot, descended from an old Calabrian family, his father, Baron Giuseppe Poerio, being a distinguished lawyer of Naples. In 1815 he and his brother Carlo accompanied their father, who had been identified with Murat's cause, into exile, and settled at Florence.
Alessandro Poglietti Alessandro Poglietti (died July 1683) was an Italian Baroque organist and composer. Although he was one of the most important composers of keyboard music in south Germany and an acclaimed teacher during his lifetime, Poglietti's music is rarely performed or recorded today.
Alessandro Rolla Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841) is one of those examples of a today neglected musician who nevertheless was widely acknowledged in his time as a violin and, especially, viola virtuoso, composer and teacher and whose contribution to technique, repertoire and history of music is greatly underestimated.
Alessandro Valignano Alessandro Valignano, (Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān) (February 15, 1539 in Chieti, Kingdom of Naples - January 20, 1606, Macao was an Italian Jesuit] missionary who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the [[Far East, and especially to Japan.
Alessandro Viana da Silva Alessandro Viana da Silva (better known just as Alessandro, born August 10, 1983) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for A-League club Melbourne Victory. He has previously played for Brazilian clubs sides Internacional Porto Alegre, ADAP and Angra dos Reis.
Alessandro Vittoria Alessandro Vittoria (1525 – 1608) was a Venetian Mannerist sculptor, who was trained in the atelier of the architect-sculptor Jacopo Sansovino and a contemporary of Titian who was influenced by the painter in his compositions. He was a virtuoso in terracotta, marble and bronze.
Alessandro Vollero Alessandro Vollero was a New York mobster and a high ranking member of the Cammora, serving as a lieutenant to Pelligino Morano during the Mafia-Cammora War of 1916. He later participated in the murders of Nicholas Morello and Charles Unbriaco by luring the two Sicilian mafiosi to Navy Street's Vollero's Cafe on the pretext of arranging a ceasefire with Morano where Morello and Umbraico were gunned down on November 6, 1916.
Alessi Alessi is an Italian family-run company famous for its playful design of affordable objects and appliances for the kitchen, created in colorful plastics and stainless steel. For the designs, Alessi contracts a selection of celebrity architects and designers.
Alessia di Matteo Alessia di Matteo (July 2003-January 12, 2005) was an Italian from Genoa. Di Matteo became the first person in history to survive the transplantion of eight organs in a single operation, although she died a year later of complications.
Alessio Morosin Alessio Morosin is a Venetist politician and national president of Liga Fronte Veneto. In 1995-98 he has been a member of the Veneto Regional Council for the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord, before switching to the Liga Veneta Repubblica.
Aleta Wendo (woreda) Aleta Wendo is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone, Aleta Wendo is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west and north by Dale, on the east by Hula, and on the southeast by Dara.
Alethea Kontis Alethea Kontis is an American author and editor living in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Her first published book was a children's picture book, AlphaOops: The Day Z Went First (2006), published by Candlewick Press.
Alethea McGrath Alethea McGrath is an Australian actress who played the role of Jocasta Nu in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. She is also known for her roles on television, playing Dot Farrar in Prisoner and two parts in Neighbours: Mary Crombie from 1989 to 1990 and Lilly Madigan in 1998.
Aletheia Aletheia is the Greek word for truth, and implies sincerity, actuality, and reality. It is a significant concept in the study of philosophy and epistemology because defining truth as "aletheia," instead of as correspondence or coherence, represents a clear departure from nearly every philosophical tradition since the Ancient period.
Aletheia University Aletheia University (after Greek αλήθεια, truth) is a university in Tamsui, Taipei County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China founded by George Leslie Mackay as the Oxford (University) College. It has close links to the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, and is the oldest institution of higher-learning in Taiwan by some measure.
Alethic moods Some languages distinguish between alethic moods and non-alethic moods. Alethic moods indicate logical possibility, impossibility or necessity, whereas different moods are used to indicate other types of possibility/necessity.
Alethiology Alethiology (or Alethology) literally means 'the study of truth', but can more accurately be translated as 'the study of the nature of truth'. It could be argued that this is synonymous with epistomology, the study of knowledge, and that dividing the two is mere semantics, but there is a defintite distinction between the two.
Aletsch Glacier Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in the Alps, covers more than 120 square kilometres (more than 45 square miles) in southern Switzerland. It descends round the south of the Jungfrau into the valley of the Upper Rhône; at its eastern extremity lies a glacier lake, Lake Märjelen (Gr.
Alette Pos Esther ("Alette") Pos (born on March 30, 1962 in Arnhem) is a former Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, who won the golden medal with the Dutch National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. From 1982 to 1988 she played a total number of 28 international matches for Holland, mostly as a stand-in for first choice Det de Beus.
Aleut Restitution Act of 1988 The Aleut Restitution Act of 1988 (also known as the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act) was a reparation settlement passed by the United States Congress in 1988, in response to the internment of Aleut people living in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.
Aleutian (band) Aleutian, a band based in chicago, which had developed 7 years of collaborative music projects. This band consists of singer/guitarist Bradford Prenda, bassist Michael Dobkowski, drummer Stephen Dobkowski and keyboardist Jeremy Prevost.
Aleutian Current Aleutian current - also called subarctic current. An eastward flowing ocean current which lies north of the North Pacific Current; it is the northern branch of the Kuroshio Current which moves northeast then east between 40=AE$=AFN and 50=AE$=AFN.
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, "island") are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, occupying an area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km²) and extending about 1,200 mi (1,900 km) westward from the Alaska Peninsula toward the Kamchatka Peninsula. Crossing longitude 180°, they are the westernmost part of the United States (and technically also the easternmost; see Extreme points of the United States).
Aleutian Range The Aleutian Range is a major mountain range of southwest Alaska, extending from Chakachamna Lake (80 miles/130 km southwest of Anchorage) to Unimak Island, at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. It includes all of the mountains of the Peninsula.
Alevtina Kolchina Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina ( alternate spelling: Alevtina Koltsjina, born November 11 1930 in village Pavlovsk, Ochersky District, Perm Oblast) was a Soviet cross country skier who competed during the 1950's and 1960's for Burevestnik and later for Dynamo sports societies. She competed in three Winter Olympics, earning a total of five medals.
Alevtina Oljunina Alevtina Sergeevna Oljunina () (born August 15 1942 in village Pchelkino, Kostroma Oblast) was a female Soviet former cross country skier who competed during the early 1970s for Trud Voluntary Sports Society. She won two medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo with a gold in the 3 x 5 km and a silver in the 10 km.
Alex (parrot) Alex is an African grey parrot. Since 1977 he has been the subject of a running experiment under animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and currently at Brandeis University.
Alex Anderson (cartoonist) Alex Anderson is a cartoonist who created the characters of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right, as well as the more obscure Crusader Rabbit. He was not directly involved in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show though, because he did not want to move from San Francisco to Los Angeles with business partner and childhood friend Jay Ward.
Alex Anmahian Alex Anmahian is a Boston-based architect, co-founding partner of Anmahian Winton Architects and a faculty member of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University's department for architecture. He received his BA from the University of Florida and his MArch from Harvard.
Alex Arrowsmith Alex Arrowsmith (born July 10, 1982) is a singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon whose songs range from abstract and eclectic to folky and melodic. They consist almost entirely of his own performances on vocals, keyboard, guitar, bass guitar, drums, and other miscellaneous instruments.
Alex Arthur Alex Arthur (born June 26, 1978 in Edinburgh) is a professional super featherweight boxer from Scotland, who is nicknamed "Amazing". He is currently the British, Commonwealth and European (EBU) Super Featherweight Champion.
Alex Atamanenko Alex Atamanenko MP (born January 24, 1945 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons in 2006, winning the riding of British Columbia Southern Interior for the New Democratic Party in the 2006 federal election. He is a retired school teacher.
Alex Auld Alexander Auld (born January 7, 1981 in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, but raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Florida Panthers and has also played for the Vancouver Canucks. Auld has appeared internationally for Canada on three occasions, and has emerged as a quality NHL starter.
Alex Avery Alex Avery is an English actor who played SC Terry Knowles in The Bill in 2001, and played Carl in Holby City in 1999, and has guest starred in Shameless and appeared in the movie Quills and will be appearing in a Neil Jordan film in the future.
Alex Bannister Alex Bannister (born April 13, 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a National Football League wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens. He attended Eastern Kentucky University and was selected in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.
Alex Barbosa de Azevedo Terra Alex Barbosa de Azevedo Terra, or simply Alex (born September 2 1982 in SĂŁo JoĂŁo de Meriti), is a Brazilian football striker. He currently plays for Fluminense on loan from Portuguese club Nacional for the 2006 season.
Alex Beaton Alexander Macleod Beaton is guitar-playing folksinger who currently makes more than 20 concert appearances annually at various events across the United States. These are primarily highland games, Scottish clan reunions, and other Celtic events.
Alex Bell Alex Bell (born in Cape Town, died 30 November, 1934 at Chorlton-cum-Hardy) was a South African footballer who played at half back. He was signed by Manchester United from Ayr Parkhouse for ÂŁ700 in January 1903, becoming the first South African player at United.
Alex Beram Alex Beram was the trombonist for John Brown's Body (JBB) from 2000-2005, also handling management duties for the group before leaving the road to focus solely on management and begin his company, ACB Management. JBB is an eight piece modern original reggae group, playing their own style of the music which has been termed "future roots".
Alex Black Alexander Anthony Black (born April 20 1989 in Redwood City, California) is an American television and motion picture child actor. He has appeared in several popular movies, as well as a minor role on Charmed.
Alex Blackwell Robert Alexander (Alex) Blackwell (born June 27 1970, in Toms River, New Jersey) is an American former professional basketball player, who had a brief stint with the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. A 6'6", 250 lb forward, he attended Monmouth College.
Alex Bourret Alex Bourret (born October 5, 1986 in Drummondville, Quebec) is a Canadian junior ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL. He was a first round draft-pick, 16th overall of the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
Alex Bradford Professor Alex Bradford (1927-1978) was a multi-talented gospel composer, singer, arranger and choir director who was a great influence on artists such as Little Richard and Ray Charles and who helped bring about the modern mass choir movement in gospel.
Alex Brummer Alex Brummer (born in Hove, England on 25 May, 1949) is a British journalist, editor, and author. He has been the City Editor of the Daily Mail (London) since May 2000, where he writes a daily column on economics and finance.
Alex Bugnon Alex Bugnon (born October 10, 1958) is a jazz pianist and composer from Montreux, Switzerland. His hometown is also the home of the Montreux Jazz Festival, which led to jazz being in his life at an early point.
Alex Bunbury Alex Bunbury (born June 16, 1967 in Plaisance, Guyana) is a former Canadian elite professional soccer player. A striker, Bunbury became Portuguese club CS MarĂ­timo's all-time goal scoring with 59 goals in 165 games.
Alex Callinicos Alex Callinicos (born 1950 in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)) is a Marxist intellectual and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers' Party. He received his BA and DPhil from the University of Oxford, and was Professor of Politics at the University of York before being appointed Professor of European Studies at King's College London in 2005.
Alex CintrĂłn Alexander CintrĂłn [sin-TROWN] (born December 17, 1978 in Humacao, Puerto Rico) is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who plays for the Chicago White Sox (since 2006). He is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed.
Alex Cline Alex Cline (born January 4, 1956 in Los Angeles) is an American percussionist and composer who has converted his years as a presence in the jazz and creative music scenes of Los Angeles into a career international in scope.
Alex Comfort Alexander Comfort (February 10, 1920 - March 26, 2000) was a medical professional, gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist and writer, best known for The Joy of Sex, which played a part in what is often called the sexual revolution. He was also the author of many other books on a variety of topics.
Alex Connell Alexander Connell (b. February 8, 1902 in Ottawa, Ontario - May 10, 1958) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the New York Americans (loaned from the Ottawa Senators) , Ottawa Senators, Detroit Falcons (rights transferred from the Ottawa Senators for that season) and the Montreal Maroons in the National Hockey League.
Alex Coomber Alex Coomber (born on 28 December 1973) was the winner of the bronze medal for the bob skeleton in the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics. She won the medal whilst competing with a broken wrist, having broken it in training 10 days prior to her race.
Alex Cullen Alex Cullen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a current member of Ottawa City Council, representing the Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end.
Alex d'Arbeloff Alex d’Arbeloff was a co-founder of Teradyne, a multi-billion dollar Boston, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of automatic test equipment. With Nick DeWolf, another MIT alumnus, he built Teradyne into one of the largest players in the global ATE market as integrated circuits became increasingly important to every aspect of modern technology.
Alex de Renzy Alex de Renzy, (born 1935, in San Francisco , California , USA , died June 8 , 2001 ) was an American porn director. He was sometimes credited as Rex Borski , Rex Borsky , Alex DeRenzy , Alex Derenzy or Alexander E.
Alex de Waal Alexander de Waal is a British writer and researcher on African issues. He is a fellow of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University, as well as program director at the Social Science Research Council in New York City.
Alex D Alex D is the player character of Deus Ex: Invisible War throughout the game. Alex may have one of three different skin shades (light, medium, or dark) and be male or female, depending on the player's decision at the start of the game (for simplicity, this article will refer to Alex as being male).
Alex Deakin Alex Deakin (born North Ferriby, outside Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire) is a weatherman for the BBC, broadcasting on British television and radio. Alex appears regularly on BBC News 24, BBC Radio 4, BBC World and BBC One, and is one of the main weather presenters on the BBC Six O'Clock News.
Alex DeCroce Alex DeCroce (born June 10, 1936) is a American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1989, where he represents the 26th legislative district. He has been the Assembly's Republican Leader since 2003, served as the Republican Conference Leader from 2002-2003 and was the Deputy Speaker from 1994-2001.
Alex Delaware Alex Delaware is the fictional protagonist of Jonathan Kellerman's popular murder mystery series. Alex Delaware is a child psychologist who solves mysteries, often with the help of his best friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis.
Alex Diggelmann Alex Diggelmann was a Swiss artist who won three medals in the Olympic Games. He won a gold medal in 1936 for a poster entitled Arosa I Placard, and a bronze one and a silver one in 1948 for two commercial posters.
Alex Dimitriades Alex Dimitriades (born 28 December 1973 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor. The son of first generation Greek immigrants, Dimitriades grew up in Earlwood, a working-class suburb of Sydney.
Alex Doduk Alex Doduk is a voice actor who was the first voice of Lan Hikari for 16 episodes on the English version of Megaman NT Warrior. Doduk has appeared in other English versions of anime such as InuYasha and Escaflowne.
Alex Downie Alexander Frank Downie FIMarEST MCMI FFB MLC, is currently a Member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man and a former Trade and Industry Minister of the Government. He was a Member of the House of Keys from 1991 until his election to the Legislative Council in 2005.
Alex Ebel Alex Ebel (1932–) is a fantasy and science fiction illustrator. He has illustrated for both novels and magazines; books include Galaxies and The Sun by Isaac Asimov, and Evil Earths by Brian Aldiss; magazines include Space Science Fiction, Heavy Metal Magazine, and Fantastic Story Magazine.

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