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Alexander I of Serbia
King / 1876 - 1903
Aleksandar Obrenovi was King of Serbia (1889–1903), whose authoritarian reign resulted in his assassination and the end of the Obrenovi dynasty.
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(1876-1903)
King
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Alexander I of Yugoslavia
General, King / 1888 - 1934
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia ruled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921–29) and of Yugoslavia (1929–34).
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(1888-1934)
General, King
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Alexander Graham Bell
Educator, Linguist, Inventor, Scientist / 1847 - 1922
Alexander Graham Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone, did important work in communication for the deaf and held more than 18 patents.
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(1847-1922)
Educator, Linguist, Inventor, Scientist
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Alexander Calder
Illustrator, Sculptor / 1898 - 1976
Alexander Calder was an influential American artist and sculptor who invented the mobile.
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(1898-1976)
Illustrator, Sculptor
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Alexander Crummell
Educator, Scholar, Civil Rights Activist / 1819 - 1898
Alexander Crummell was an African-American scholar, abolitionist, and Episcopalian minister. He founded the American Negro Academy.
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(1819-1898)
Educator, Scholar, Civil Rights Activist
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Alex Ferguson
Coach, Soccer Player / 1941 -
Alex Ferguson is a Scottish soccer player known for his highly successful, long-term management of the Manchester United league.
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(1941-)
Coach, Soccer Player
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Alexander Fleming
Biologist / 1881 - 1955
Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, receiving the Nobel Prize in 1945.
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(1881-1955)
Biologist
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Alexander Gardner
Photographer / 1821 - 1882
Alexander Gardner was a Scottish photographer who moved to the United States and took some of the most memorable photos of the American Civil War.
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(1821-1882)
Photographer
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Alexander Haig
General, Diplomat, Government Official / 1924 - 2010
Alexander Haig was White House chief-of-staff under Richard Nixon, commander of NATO, and US Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan.
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(1924-2010)
General, Diplomat, Government Official
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Alexander Hamilton
Economist, Lawyer, Military Leader, Political Scientist, Journalist, Government Official / 1755 - 1804
Alexander Hamilton, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and major author of the Federalist papers, was the United States' first secretary of the treasury.
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(1755-1804)
Economist, Lawyer, Military Leader, Political Scientist, Journalist, Government Official
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Alexander McQueen
Fashion Designer / 1969 - 2010
Alexander McQueen was a London-based, English fashion designer who was head designer of the Louis Vuitton Givenchy fashion line, before starting his own line.
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(1969-2010)
Fashion Designer
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Alexander Pichushkin
Serial Killer / 1974 -
Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, nicknamed "The Chessboard Killer," was caught in Moscow and convicted in 2007 of killing 48 people.
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(1974-)
Serial Killer
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Alexander Pope
Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Poet / 1688 - 1744
Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet best known for his epic poem, The Rape of the Lock, and his translation of Homer's Iliad.
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(1688-1744)
Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Poet
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
Author, Poet / 1799 - 1837
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is a Russian poet an fiction writer who is considered the founder of modern Russian literature.
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(1799-1837)
Author, Poet
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Alexander Skarsgard
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1976 -
Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård was cast in Alan Ball's HBO series True Blood as Eric Northman, a powerful thousand-year-old Viking vampire.
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(1976-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Educator, Activist, Journalist, Author / 1918 - 2008
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist and historian, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970.
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(1918-2008)
Educator, Activist, Journalist, Author
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Alexander Stephens
U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor, Government Official / 1812 - 1883
Alexander Stephens was the Confederate vice president during the American Civil War.
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(1812-1883)
U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor, Government Official
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Alexander Lucius Twilight
Educator, Political Leader / 1795 - 1857
Alexander Lucius Twilight is thought to be the first African American to graduate from an American university (Middlebury College, 1823).
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(1795-1857)
Educator, Political Leader