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Alexandra Romanova Alexandra Romanova () may refer to a number of persons from the Romanov family. The Romanov dynasty had several daughters named Alexandra (who all happened to die before the 20th birthday, wherefore the name was later regarded unlucky for imperial daughters).
Alexandra Rose Day Alexandra Rose Day is a charitable fund raising event held in the United Kingdom since 1912. It was first launched on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Queen Alexandra, the consort of King Edward VII, from her native Denmark to the UK.
Alexandra Shulman Alexandra Shulman (born 1957 or 1958) is the editor of the British edition of Vogue. She was a regular columnist for the Daily Telegraph newspaper but has recently started writing a column every saturday for the Daily Mail.
Alexandra Stadium The Alexandra Stadium (formerly known as Gresty Road, due to its location in a road of that name) is a multi-use stadium in Crewe, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Crewe Alexandra.
Alexandra Sviridova Alexandra Sviridova (, alternate spellings: Alexandra Sviridov and Aleksandra Sviridov) is a writer, journalist and filmmaker from Moscow, Russia. She immigrated to America in 1993, with her son Lev Sviridov (who later won a Rhodes Scholarship after the graduation from CUNY).
Alexandra Timoshenko Alexandra Alexandrovna Timoshenko Russian: Александра Александровна Тимошенко Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Timoshenko (born 18 February, 1972 in Boguslav, Ukraine) is a former Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1980 at age 8 and she retired at age 20 in 1992.
Alexandra Wilson Alexandra Wilson (born July 17, 1968 in Pasadena, California) is an American actress, best known for being the original actress to play the role of "Josie Watts" on the soap opera Another World. Wilson played the role from 1988 to 1991.
Alexandra, Gauteng Alexandra (sometimes nicknamed "Alex") is a township located in Gauteng province, South Africa. It is situated on the outskirts of Johannesburg, close to the wealthy suburb of Sandton and is bounded by Wynberg on the west, Marlboro and Kelvin on the north, and Kew, Lombardy West and Lombardy East on the south.
Alexandra, New Zealand Alexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Clutha River (at the confluence of the Manuherikia River), on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell.
Alexandra, Victoria Alexandra is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway (B340) and Maroondah Highway (B360), 26 kilometres east of Eildon, in the Murrindindi Shire local government area.
Alexandras Avenue Alexandra's Avenue (Greek: Λεωφορος Αλεξάνδρας, Leoforos Alexandras) is a main east-west thoroughfare linking Patision Street and Kifissias Avenue as well as Vasilissis Sofias Avenue and Mesogeion Avenue via Pheidippidou Street, in the northern part of the city of Athens. It was originally named after Princess Alexandra, later Queen of Yugoslavia.
Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker Alexandre Alexeieff, sometimes credited as Alexander Alexeieff/Alexander Alexeïeff/Alexandre Alexieff (August 5, 1901 - August 9, 1982) was born in the town of Kazan in Russia. He spent his early childhood near Istanbul where his father was a military attaché.
Alexandre Auffredi Alexandre Auffredi was a wealthy bourgeois of the city of La Rochelle in France, who in 1196 sent a fleet of seven ships to Africa to tap the riches of the continent. He went bankrupt and went into poverty as he waited for the return of his ships, but they finally returned seven years later filled with riches.
Alexandre Bisson Alexandre Charles Auguste Bisson (April 9, 1848 - January 27, 1912) was an important French playwright, vaudeville creator, and novelist. Born in Briouze, Orne in Lower Normandy, he was successful in his native France as well as in the United States.
Alexandre Brongniart Alexandre Brongniart (1770 – 1847) was a French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology of the region around Paris. He was the son of the architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart and father of the botanist Adolphe Théodore Brongniart.
Alexandre Colin Alexandre Colin (1526-1612), Flemish sculptor, was born at Mechelen. In 1563 he went, at the invitation of the emperor Ferdinand I, to Innsbruck, to work on the magnificent monument which was being erected to Maximilian I in the nave of the Franciscan church.
Alexandre de Laborde Comte Laborde was made a Count of the Empire under Napoleon but at the Bourbon Restoration assumed the title of marquis de Laborde purchased by his father. Louis-Joseph-Alexandre de Laborde (Paris 17 September 1773 — Paris 20 October 1842) was a French antiquary, liberal politician and writer, a member of the Académie des Sciences morales et politiquesThe Académie des Sciences morales et politiques is one of five learned societies that make up the Institut de France.
Alexandre de Merode Prince Alexandre de Merode (1934 - November 19, 2002) was a member of a Belgian princely house and the head of drug testing policy for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Born in Etterbeek, Belgium, de Merode was criticized for his lax policies regarding drug testing in the Olympic Games.
Alexandre de Pontes Alexandre de Pontes (1968 - 1993), also known as Xandinho, was a Brazilian bodyboarder, and one of the first Brazilians to have widespread international recognition in the sport. He was the first Brazilian to reach the finals on the Pipeline bodyboarding world championship event.
Alexandre Despatie Alexandre Despatie (born June 8, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian diver. He is the current World champion at the 1 and 3m springboard and is the first diver to have been World champion in the three categories (1, 3, 10m platform).
Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Desplat (born August 23, 1961 in Paris, France) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning film composer. He most recently scored the music for the movie Firewall, a primarily digital, synthesized soundtrack.
Alexandre Deulofeu Alexandre Deulofeu i Torres (L'Armentera, 1903 – Figueres, 1978) was a Catalan politician and philosopher of history, he wrote about what he called Mathematics of History, a cyclical theory on the evolution of civilizations.
Alexandre Dumas, père Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24 1802 – December 5 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iron Mask were serialized, and he also wrote plays, magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.
Alexandre Exquemelin Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin (also spelled Esquemeling, Exquemeling, or Oexmelin) (c. 1645-1707) was a French writer most known as the author of one of the most important sourcebooks of seventeenth century piracy, first published in Dutch as De Americaensche Zee-Roovers, in Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, in 1678.
Alexandre Feklisov Aleksandr Semyonovich Feklisov (born 1914) was the KGB Case Officer who recruited Julius Rosenberg and Klaus Fuchs, among others. Feklisov worked as a KGB case officer in the Russian consulate office in New York from 1940-1946.
Alexandre Frota Alexandre Frota (born October 14, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an actor and model who became a pornographic actor. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Frota made regular appearances as an actor in Brazilian telenovelas (soap operas).
Alexandre Frutos Alexandre Frutos (born April 23, 1982 in Vitry-on-François, France) is a professional football player currently playing for Brighton and Hove Albion. The left footed winger began his football career in France for Metz in 2000.
Alexandre Gaydamak Alexandre Gaydamak (Russian: Александр Гайдамак, Hebrew: אלכסנדר גאידמק) (born May 1976 in France) is a French businessman of Russian descent, and also holds an Israeli passport. A member of the wealthy Gaydamak family, he is the son of Arcadi Gaydamak.
Alexandre GuimarĂŁes Alexandre Borges GuimarĂŁes (born November 7, 1959) is a Brazilian-born (MaceiĂł in the northeast of Brazil), Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer. He arrived at Costa Rica at the age of eleven, and since then became one of the most loved football figures in Costa Rica's history.
Alexandre Herchcovitch Alexandre Herchcovitch (born in 21 July, 1971, in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil) is a notorious fashion designer. He had his first contact with fashion through his mother, Regina, at the age of ten, when she gave him basic lessons of modelling and sewing at Herchcovitch's request.
Alexandre Chkheidze Alexandre Chkheidze, also known under his Polish name of Aleksander Czcheidze (probably died 1940), was a Polish-Georgian military officer. He served with the rank of Colonel in the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Georgia during the short period of its independence following World War I Following the Bolshevik occupation of his country, Chkheidze (along with thousands of other Georgian officers) migrated to Poland, where he received further training in the Higher War School].
Alexandre Julliard Alexandre Julliard is a computer programmer who is best known as the project leader and Benevolent Dictator for Life for Wine, a compatibility layer to run Microsoft Windows programs on Unix-like operating systems.
Alexandre Koriakine Alexandre Koriakine () is a native of Moscow Oblast, Russia. He graduated from Plekhanov Academy of Economics in 1998 and then studied French language and culture at the University of Lyon (Université Lumière, Lyon 2).
Alexandre Licata Alexandre Licata (born January 2 1984 in Grenoble) is a French soccer player who currently plays for AS Monaco in Ligue 1 after signing in 2006 from CS Louhans-Cuiseaux. Licata joined CS Louhans-Cuiseaux when they were in the Championnat National, scoring 20 goals in his first two season.
Alexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram Alexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier (July 20, 1883 - May 30, 1918, 4th Prince de Wagram) was the son of Bertha Clara von Rothschild of the prominent Rothschild banking family of Germany and Louis Philippe Marie Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince de Wagram (1836-1911). The family resided in the ancestral home, the Château de Grosbois, a large estate in Boissy-Saint-Léger, southeast of Paris.
Alexandre Luigini Alexandre Clement Leon Joseph Luigini was born in Lyon, France in 1850. His grandparents moved there from Modena, Italy, when his grandfather took up the post of trumpeter with the orchestra of the Grand-Theatre.
Alexandre Marie Aguado Alexandre Marie Aguado marquis de Las Marismas del Guadalquivir, viscount de Monte Ricco (June 29, 1784 - April 14, 1842), Spanish banker, was born of Jewish parentage at Seville. He began life as a soldier, fighting with distinction in the Spanish war of independence on the side of Joseph Bonaparte.
Alexandre Massura Alexandre Massura Neto (born June 19, 1975 in SĂŁo Bernardo do Campo, SĂŁo Paulo) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. A resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he won the gold medal wit the men's relay team in the 4x100m Freestyle at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships.
Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive (1754-1830), French statesman and diplomatist, was born at Aspres (Hautes-Alpes) on the 14th of April 1754, and was educated at Grenoble, where he became a professor. Later he held a similar position at Tours, and there he attracted the attention of the duc de Choiseul, who invited him to visit him at Chanteloup.
Alexandre Millerand Alexandre Millerand (February 10, 1859 - April 7, 1943) was a French socialist and politician. He was President of France from September 23, 1920 to June 11, 1924 and Prime Minister of France January 20 to September 23, 1920.
Alexandre Picard (ice hockey) Alexandre Picard (born October 6, 1985, in Les Saules, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey wing. He was drafted in the first round, 8th overall, by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Alexandre Quintanilha Alexandre Tiedtke Quintanilha, GOSE was born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) Mozambique on August 9, 1945, at the time a Portuguese colony. His father was a Portuguese from the Azores islands, one of the first persons to study fungi, and worked in Berlin and Paris.
Alexandre Rey Colaço Alexandre Rey Colaço (born in Tangier, Morocco) was a Portuguese pianist of a French father and Spanish-Portuguese mother. He studied piano at the Conservatory of Music of Madrid and gave his first performance in Lisbon in 1881.
Alexandre Rodrigues Alexandre Rodrigues (born 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor. He is most famous for playing the part of Busca-pé (Rocket in the English subtitled version), the narrator and main protagonist in the 2002 film Cidade De Deus (City Of God).
Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva (born September 2, 1989, in Pato Branco, Paraná) is better known for his nickname: Alexandre Pato (or Pato Alexandre, as the club directors want the journalists to call him). It is translated as Alexander Duck, and he is a Brazilian striker, a soccer prodigy who has been playing for Internacional since 2002.
Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre 1842 - 1909 was a French occultist who adapted the works of Fabre d'Olivet and, in turn, had his ideas adapted by Papus. He coined the term Synarchy - the association of everyone with everyone else.
Alexandre Yersin Alexandre Emile John Yersin (September 22, 1863–March 1, 1943) was a Swiss physician and bacteriologist. Along with Shibasaburo Kitasato he is remembered as the co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was re-named in his honour (Yersinia pestis).
Alexandre-Athenase Noghès Alexandre-Athenase Noghès (Monaco, June 15, 1916-February 15, 1999) was an international tennis champion, best known as the first husband of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, whom he married as his second wife in December 1951.
Alexandre-Étienne Choron Alexandre-Étienne Choron (Caen 21 October 1771 — Paris 29 June 1834) was a French musicologist, who played an essential role in distinguishing sacred from secular music and was at the origin of the study of the history of music.
Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry (March 26 1818 – December 19 1880 ) was a Quebec seigneur, lawyer and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Lauzon division from 1871 to 1876 and also represented the same division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1867 to 1880.
Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (28 February 1735 – 1 January 1796) was a French musician and chemist who worked with Bezout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. He was born in Paris, and died there.
Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais Alexandre François Marie, vicomte de Beauharnais (May 28, 1760 – July 23, 1794) was a French political figure and general during the French Revolution. He was the first husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais, who later married Napoleon Bonaparte, and became Empress of the First Empire.
Alexandreis Alexandreis, sive Gesta Alexandri Magni ("The Deeds of Alexander the Great") is a medieval Latin epic poem by Walter of Châtillon, a 12th century French writer and theologian. The poem was popular and influential in Walter's own times; Matthew of Vendôme and Alan of Lille borrowed from it and Henry of Settimello imitated it, but it is now seldom read.
Alexandria Blizzard The Alexandria Blizzard are a Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's central division. For the 2005-2006 season, the team was known as the Minnesota Blizzard, one of four expansion teams that started operations that year.
Alexandria class heavy cruiser By the end of the One Year War it had become obvious to the Earth Federation that the primary weapon in any future war would be the Mobile Suit. Because of this the Federation began to study the lessons learned from the Pegasus class program (several units of which, including Albion, were still building) in order to create a better carrier for their mobile suit forces, and the result was the Alexandria class cruiser.
Alexandria County Alexandria County was part of the original 10-mile square created as the District of Columbia in 1791 pursuant to Article I, Section 8, paragraph 17, of the United States Constitution. The portion of the District created from territory ceded by Virginia in Fairfax County was termed Alexandria County of the District of Columbia.
Alexandria Dukes The Alexandria Dukes were a baseball team in the minor-league Class A Carolina League, beginning in 1978. Their home park throughout their six-year existence was known as Municipal Stadium at Four Mile Run Park--a ballfield adjacent to Cora Kelly Elementary School, located in Alexandria, Virginia.
Alexandria Eschate Alexandria Eschate (Greek , “Alexandria the Furthest”) was founded by Alexander the Great in 329 BCE as his most advanced base in Central Asia. It was established in the southwestern part of the Fergana Valley, on the southern bank of the river Jaxartes (modern name Syr Darya), at the location of the modern city of Khujand (also called Khodzhent, formerly Leninabad), in the state of Tajikistan.
Alexandria Friends School Alexandria Friends School (AFS) is a private, non-profit Quaker high school (grades 9-12) located at 25 South Quaker Lane in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Founded in 2006 by faculty and staff from another Friends school which closed at the end of the 2005-2006 school year, AFS’ goal is to help students who need to reconnect with their education.
Alexandria Harmonizers The Alexandria Harmonizers are an international champion barbershop chorus, founded on 1948-06-29 and based in Alexandria, Virginia. The 200-man chorus has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the White House.
Alexandria Meat , or as he is frequently called, is a main character from Yudetamago's manga/anime series Kinnikuman and later it's sequel Kinnikuman Nisei. Meat served as the servant and personal trainer of main character Kinniku Suguru, the prince of their home, Planet Kinniku.
Alexandria National Cemetery (LA) Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Pineville, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It occupies approximately 8 acres, and is site to 10,164 interments as of the end of 2005.
Alexandria of Sofia Codex The Alexandria Codex of Sofia is a 15th century manuscript collection that includes the illustrated "Alexandria", the Trojan Legend (a story about the Trojan war), the Legend for the Indian Kingdom, and various liturgical articles, proverbs and texts devoted to fortune-telling. The manuscript was for a long time in the possession of Mano Kalpakchim, a well-known contractor and book-lover of the 18th century.
Alexandria of the Caucasus Alexandria of the Caucasus (Askandria-e-Qafqaz or Askandria Paro paizad) was a city founded by Alexander the Great (one of many given the name Alexandria), at an important junction of communications in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush, about 45 miles North of Kabul, in the country of the Paropamisadae. The area of the Hindu Kush was also designated as "Caucasus" in Classical times, in a parallel to its Western equivalent in eastern Europe.
Alexandria on the Indus Alexandria on the Indus was a city founded by Alexander the Great at the junction of the Indus and the Acesines river, and 10,000 colonists were settled there (Diodorus). The satrap of the west bank of the Indus, Philip, son of Machatas, was put in charge of building the city:
Alexandria Park Community School Alexandria Park Community School is a public school in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia. It is a combined public and high school (classed from kindergarten to Year 12) and is located on two campuses: a junior campus opposite Alexandria Park, and a senior campus on Mitchell Road in Alexandria.
Alexandria Port The Port of Alexandria is on the West Verge of the Nile Delta between the Mediterranean Sea and Mariut Lake. It is considered the second most important city and the main port in Egypt, it handles over three quarters of Egypt’s foreign trade.
Alexandria Potomac Little League Alexandria Potomac Little League is a member of Virginia Little League District 9, located in Fairfax County along the Potomac River on its eastern border and just south of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Alexandria Potomac Little League is additionally both the oldest and newest league in District 9.
Alexandria Township School District The Alexandria Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Alexandria Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.
Alexandria Troas Alexandria Troas ("Alexandria of the Troad", mod. Eski Stambul) is an ancient Greek city of the Troad, situated on the Aegean coast at nearly the middle of the western side of Turkey, a little south of Tenedos (modern Bozcaada).
Alexandria, Eastern Cape Alexandria, South Africa, possibly established by Dutch Colonial Government in the late 18th Century but named as such in 1856 after Reverand Alexander Smith, is a small farming town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is situated 100 km North East of Port Elizabeth on the way to Bushman's River Mouth, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred .
Alexandria, New South Wales Alexandria is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alexandria is located 4kms south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
Alexandrian Crusade The Alexandrian Crusade of October 1365Van Steenbergen, Jo (2003) "The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani" (PDF) was a seaborneA Short History of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem Crusade on Alexandria led by Peter I of Cyprus.
Alexandrian Rite The Alexandrian Rite is officially called the Liturgy of Saint Mark, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Alexandria. Their present liturgy contains elements of Byzantine Rite of Saint Basil and the Liturgies of Saints Mark, Cyril, and Gregory Nazianzus.
Alexandrian school The Alexandrian school is a collective designation for certain tendencies in literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences that developed in the Hellenistic cultural center of Alexandria, Egypt around the 1st century. Alexandria was a remarkable center of learning due to the blending of Greek and Oriental influences, its favorable situation and commercial resources, and the enlightened energy of some of the Macedonian Dynasty of the Ptolemies ruling over Egypt.
Alexandrian text-type The Alexandrian text-type (also called Neutral or Egyptian) is a group of early manuscripts of the New Testament in the original Greek. The oldest near-complete manuscripts of the New Testament (Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, both believed to be from the early 4th century CE) belong to this text-type.
Alexandrian Wicca Alexandrian Wicca is a tradition of the Neopagan religion of Wicca, founded by Alex Sanders (also known as "King of the Witches") who, with his wife Maxine Sanders, established the tradition in the 1960s. Alexandrian Wicca is similar in many ways to Gardnerian Wicca, and receives regular mention in books on Wicca as one of the religion's most widely-recognized traditions.
Alexandrina Maria da Costa Alexandrina Maria da Costa (30 March 1904 – 13 October 1955) also known as Santinha de Balasar (Little Saint of Balasar), Alexandrina de Balasar and in English as Alexandrina of Portugal was a Portuguese mystic, who was born and died in Balasar (a rural parish of Póvoa de Varzim). Alexandrina left many written works, which have been studied mainly in Italy by Fr Umberto Pasquale and Signorile couple.
Alexandrina van Donkelaar-Vink Alexandrina van Donkelaar-Vink (January 31, 1895 - Bunnik, 19 may 2006) was the oldest person in the Netherlands and, at the time of her death aged 111, the thirty-fifth oldest verified person in the world. Alexandrina Vink married Koos van Donkelaar in 1917.
Alexandrine An alexandrine is a line of poetic meter. Alexandrines are common in the German literature of the Baroque period and in French poetry of the early modern and modern periods and much less common in English poetry, which more frequently uses iambic pentameter (5-foot verse).
Alexandrine Tinné Alexandrine Petronella Francina Tinne (alternative spellings: Pieternella, Françoise, Tinné) (October 17, 1839 – August 1, 1869) was a Dutch explorer in Africa and the first woman to attempt to cross the Sahara. She was born at The Hague in the Netherlands.
Alexandrine-Jeanne d'Étiolles Alexandrine-Jeanne d'Étiolles, also called Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étoilles, was born on August 10, 1744, during the "Scenes of Metz." She was the daughter of the famous courtesan Madame de Pompadour.
Alexandroni Brigade The Alexandroni Brigade (the 3rd Brigade) is an Israel Defense Forces brigade that fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Along with the 7th Armored Brigade both units had 139 killed during the Battles at Latrun.
Alexandros (Lefkada), Greece Alexandros (Greek: Αλέξανδρος) is a town of the municipality of Lefkada, Greece in the island and the prefecture of the same name. The seat of the municipal district is in nearby Nikiana due to its population loss or dislocation.
Alexandros Diomidis Alexandros Diomedes (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Διομήδης, January 3, 1875 - November 11, 1950) was a former governor of the Central Bank of Greece who became Prime Minister of Greece upon the death of Themistoklis Sophoulis.
Alexandros Giotopoulos Alexandros Giotopoulos (born 1939) is serving lifetime imprisonment, after having been found guilty of leading the Marxist Greek terrorist group November 17th, responsible for several murders of prominent Greek and foreign politicians, journalists, diplomats and businessmen. He was identified as the leader after the apprehension and confession of Savvas Xiros, another member of the 17N group, following a failed bombing attempt on a Flying Dolphin company in Piraeus.
Alexandros Koumoundouros Alèxandros Koumoundoùros (in Greek:Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος) (1817 - February 26 1883) was born in “Zarnàta” (part of Stavropìgio), located in the Messenian side of the Mani Peninsula. He was the son of Spirìdonas-Galànis Koumoundoùros who was the Bey of the area during the last period of the administration of the region by the Ottoman Empire.
Alexandros Margaritis Alexandros (Alex) Margaritis (born September 20, 1984 in Bonn, Germany) is a Greek racing driver. He is currently driving with the 'Easy Rent' AMG-Mercedes team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car championship.
Alexandros Nikolaidis Alexandros Nikolaidis (born October 17, 1979) is an olympic taekwondo athlete from Greece. Initially the favorite, he eventually won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens after being knocked out by a reverse roundhouse kick(Jump Spinning Hook Kick) from his opponent and gold medalist, Dae Sung Moon of South Korea.
Alexandros of Antioch Alexandros of Antioch was an otherwise unknown artist of the Hellenistic age who is most well known today for the Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. He is known from several ancient inscriptions including one from a now missing plinth that was a part of the Venus de Milo but was removed and "lost" due to museum politics and national pride at the Louvre Museum in the 1820s.
Alexandros Panayi Alexandros Panayi (Αλέξανδρος Παναγής in Greek characters, also known as Alex Panayi), was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. Alex is a Cypriot singer, vocal coach, vocal arranger and composer, best known for having represented his country twice at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 & 2000.
Alexandros Schinas Alexandros (Alekos) Schinas (1870s, Volos - May 6 1913), was a GreekKing of Greece Murdered at Salonika; Slayer Mad; Political Results Feared By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph New York Times March 19, 1913; pg. 1 anarchist who assassinated King George I of Greece in Thessaloniki in 1913.
Alexandros Tzorvas Alexandros Tzorvas (born August 12 1982 in Athens) is a Greek goalkeeper currently playing for Panathinaikos FC. Be begun his career in Panathinaikos FC Youth Academy and played mainly for not very known teams for about 4 years.
Alexandros Zaimis Alexandros Thrasivoulou Zaimis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Θρασύβουλου Ζαΐμης) (9 November 1855 – 15 September 1936) was a Greek politician. The son of Thrasivoulos Zaimis, a former Prime Minister of Greece, he entered politics at a young age, becoming a Member of Parliament in 1885, and a Prime Minister for the first time in 1897.
Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky () is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located near the Tatar Strait on the western shores of Northern Sakhalin at the foot of the Western Sakhalin Mountains. Population: 12,826 (2002 Census); 21,000 (1968).
Alexandrovsk, Russia Alexandrovsk () is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, situated some 185 km north-east of Perm on the Lytva River (Kama's tributary). Founded in 1783; urban-type settlement status granted in 1929; town status since 1951.
Alexandru Apolzan Alexandru Apolzan (born February 6, 1927 in Sibiu - died December 23, 1982) was a Romanian football player, who played mainly for CCA Bucharest and also for Romania. He is considered as one of the best fullbacks in the history of Romanian football, only Miodrag Belodedici and Gheorghe Popescu, in the recent years, being able to play at the same level.
Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu ( — October 2, 1938) was a Romanian general and populist politician. A Romanian Army Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets (as well as being interim Foreign Minister in January-March 1918).
Alexandru cel Bun Alexandru cel Bun (Alexandru I MuĹźat, Alexander the Kind) was a Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between 1400 and 1432, son of Roman I MuĹźat. He succeeded Iuga to the throne, and, as a ruler, initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Moldavian Principality.
Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol (March 23 1847 - February 27, 1920) was a Romanian scholar, economist, philosopher, historian, professor, sociologist, and author. Among his many major accomplishments, he is credited with being the Romanian historian credited with authoring the first major synthesis of the history of the Romanian people.

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