Browse Historical People

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 133,342 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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133,342 people found

Alexander Vladimirovich Fadeyev

b. 1964 figure skater, figure skating coach Kazan

Alexander Volkov

1891–1977 children's writer, mathematician, playwright, school teacher, translator, university teacher, writer Oskemen

Alexander Voormolen

1895–1980 composer Rotterdam

Alexander Voskresensky

1809–1880 chemist, university teacher Torzhok

Alexander Vouros

Alexander Vvedensky

1889–1946 theologian Vitebsk

Alexander W. Stow

1805–1854 judge, lawyer, politician Lowville

Alexander Wadsworth

1806–1898 architect, civil engineer, landscape architect, politician, surveyor

Alexander Wallace Matheson

1903–1976 lawyer, politician

Alexander Warenberg

b. 1998 cellist, musician Voorburg

Alexander Weddell

Ambassador

Alexander Weinstein

1897–1979 mathematician, university teacher Saratov

Alexander West Russell

1879–1961 politician

Alexander Wetmore

Assistant Secretary

Alexander Whitney

President

Alexander Whyte

1836–1921 theologian Kirriemuir

Alexander Wielemans

1843–1911 architect Vienna

Alexander Wiley

Senator

Alexander Wilhelm August Oheimb

1820–1903 assessor, politician Stadthagen

Alexander William Jardine

1843–1920 civil engineer, engineer, explorer

Alexander William Sheppard

1913–1997 businessperson, journalist, military personnel, publisher, writer East Melbourne

Alexander Wilson Drake

1843–1916 writer Westfield

Alexander Winogradsky

1855–1912 classical composer Kyiv

Alexander Winter

1836–1909 entrepreneur Tvrdošovce

Alexander Winterberger

1834–1914 composer, music critic, music educator, organist, pianist Weimar

Alexander Witcomb

1835–1905 photographer London

Alexander Witt

b. 1952 camera operator, film director, painter Santiago

Alexander Worthy Clerk

1820–1906 missionary

Alexander Wrangell

1896–1987 politician Ostrołęka

Alexander Wunderer

1877–1955 composer, oboist

Alexander Yuzhin

1852–1927 actor, playwright, writer Tula Governorate

Alexander Zagarov

1877–1941 actor, stage actor, theatrical director Kropyvnytskyi

Alexander Zholtkevich

1872–1943 sculptor Volytsia-Kerekeshyna

Alexander de Savornin Lohman

1837–1924 journalist, judge, lawyer, politician, university teacher Groningen

Alexander del Mar

1836–1926 economist New York City

Alexander von Güldenstubbe

1801–1884 military officer Kaunivere manor

Alexander von Meck

1864–1911 businessperson Moscow

Alexander von Middendorff

1815–1894 biologist, botanist, explorer, land owner, naturalist, ornithologist, physician, traveler, university teacher, zoologist Saint Petersburg

Alexander von Niedermüller

1851–1937 military personnel Riga

Alexander von Obermüller

1828–1892 physician, public health physician, scientist Saint Petersburg

Alexander von Quist

1820–1878 teacher

Alexander von Summer

1820–1882 politician

Alexander von Vegesack

b. 1945 art historian, collector Jena

Alexander von Weiss

1840–1921 engineer, land owner, politician Estonia

Alexander von Weissenberg

1822–1901 politician

Alexander zu Solms-Braunfels

1855–1926 sports executive Poděbrady

Alexander, 2nd Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

1801–1874 lord of the manor, mediatized houses Wittgenstein Castle

Alexander, Prince of Lippe

1831–1905 Detmold

Alexandr Hovhannisyan

1895–1949 stage actor Baku

Alexandr Jobánek

b. 2009 gymnast