Editing Alexander (section)

==People known as Alexander==
Alexander has been the name of many rulers, including kings of [[Macedon]], of [[List of Scottish monarchs|Scotland]], emperors of [[Russian Empire|Russia]] and [[List of popes|popes]].

===Rulers of antiquity===
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* Alexander (''Alexandros of Ilion''), more often known as [[Paris of Troy]]
* Alexander of Corinth, 10th king of [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]] (816–791&nbsp;BC)
* [[Alexander I of Macedon]]
* [[Alexander II of Macedon]]
* [[Alexander the Great]]
* [[Alexander IV of Macedon]]
* [[Alexander V of Macedon]]
* [[Alexander of Pherae]] despot of Pherae between 369 and 358&nbsp;BC
* [[Alexander I of Epirus]] king of Epirus about 342&nbsp;BC
* [[Alexander II of Epirus]] king of Epirus 272&nbsp;BC
* [[Alexander of Corinth]], viceroy of [[Antigonus Gonatas]] and ruler of a rump state based on Corinth c. 250&nbsp;BC
* [[Alexander (satrap)]] (died 220 BC), satrap of Persis under Seleucid king Antiochus III
* [[Alexander Balas]], ruler of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria between 150 and 146&nbsp;BC
* [[Alexander Zabinas]], ruler of part of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria based in Antioch between 128 and 123&nbsp;BC
* [[Alexander Jannaeus]] king of Judea, 103–76&nbsp;BC
* [[Alexander of Judaea]], son of Aristobulus II, king of Judaea
* [[Alexander Severus]] (208–235), [[Roman emperor]]
* [[Julius Alexander]], lived in the 2nd century, an [[Royal family of Emesa|Emesene nobleman]]
* [[Domitius Alexander]], Roman usurper who declared himself emperor in 308
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===Rulers of the Middle Ages===
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* [[Alexander, Byzantine Emperor]] (912–913)
* [[Alexander I of Scotland]] (c. 1078–1124)
* [[Alexander II of Scotland]] (1198–1249)
* [[Alexander Nevsky]] (1220–1263), Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir
* [[Alexander III of Scotland]] (1241–1286)
* [[Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia]], [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Voivode]] of [[Wallachia]] (died 1364)
* [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria]], [[tsar]] of [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]] (beginnings of the 14th century – 1371)
* [[Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver]], [[Prince of Tver]] as Alexander I and Grand Prince of [[Vladimir-Suzdal]] as Alexander II (1301–1339)
* Aleksander (1338–before 1386), Prince of [[Podolia]] (son of [[Narymunt]])
* [[Alexander II of Imereti|Alexander II of Georgia]] (1483–1510)
* [[Eskender]], [[Emperor]] of [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]] (1472–1494)
* [[Alexander Jagiellon]] (Alexander of Poland), King of [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Poland]] (1461–1506)
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===Modern rulers===
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* [[Alexander I of Russia]] (1777–1825), emperor of Russia
* [[Alexander II of Russia]] (1818–1881), emperor of Russia
* [[Alexander III of Russia]] (1845–1894), emperor of Russia
* [[Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia]] (1842–1858)
* [[Alexander of Bulgaria]] (1857–1893), first prince of [[Principality of Bulgaria|modern Bulgaria]]
* [[Alexander I of Serbia|Alexander I Obrenović of Serbia]] (1876–1903), king of Serbia
* [[Alexander, Prince of Lippe]] (1831–1905), prince of Lippe
* [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] (1888–1934), first king of Yugoslavia
* [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia]] (born 1945), head of the Yugoslav Royal Family
* [[Zog I]], also known as Skenderbeg III (1895–1961), king of Albanians
* [[Alexander of Greece]] (1893–1920), king of Greece
* [[Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (born 1939)|Leka, Crown Prince of Albania]] (1939–2011), king of Albanians (throne pretender)
* [[Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands]] (born 1967), eldest child of [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix]] and [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands|Prince Claus]]
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====Other royalty====
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* [[Alexander, son of Herod|Alexander]], Judean Prince, one of the sons of [[Herod the Great]] from his wife [[Mariamne (second wife of Herod)|Mariamne]]
* [[Alexander Helios]], Ptolemaic prince, one of the sons of [[Cleopatra]] and [[Mark Antony|Mark Anthony]]
* [[Alexander (grandson of Herod the Great)|Alexander]], Judean Prince, son to the above Alexander and Cappadocian princess [[Glaphyra]]
* [[Alexander (son of Ivan Shishman)|Alexander]] (d. 1418), son of [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian]] [[tsar]] [[Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria|Ivan Shishman]]
* [[Prince Alexander John of Wales]] (1871), short-lived son of [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]]
* [[Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (1874–1899)
* [[Olav V of Norway]] (Prince Alexander of Denmark) (1903–1991)
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===Religious leaders===
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* [[Pope Alexander I]] (pope 97–105)
* [[Alexander of Apamea]], 5th-century bishop of Apamea
* [[Pope Alexander II]] (pope 1058–1061)
* [[Pope Alexander III]] (pope 1159–1181)
* [[Pope Alexander IV]] (pope 1243–1254)
* [[Pope Alexander V]] ("Peter Philarges" c. 1339–1410)
* [[Pope Alexander VI]] (1492–1503), Roman pope
* [[Pope Alexander VII]] (1599–1667)
* [[Pope Alexander VIII]] (pope 1689–1691)
* [[Alexander of Constantinople]], bishop of Constantinople (314–337)
* [[Pope Alexander I of Alexandria|St. Alexander of Alexandria]], Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria between 313 and 328
* [[Pope Alexander II of Alexandria]], Coptic Pope (702–729)
* [[Alexander of Lincoln]], bishop of Lincoln
* [[Alexander of Jerusalem]]
* See also [[Saint Alexander (disambiguation)|Saint Alexander]], various saints with this name
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===Other people===
====Antiquity====
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* [[Alexander (artists)]], the name of a number of artists of ancient Greece and Rome
* [[Alexander of Lyncestis]] (died 330 BC), contemporary of Alexander the Great
* [[Alexander (son of Polyperchon)]] (died 314 BC), regent of Macedonia
* [[Alexander (Antigonid general)]], 3rd-century BC cavalry commander under Antigonus III Doson
* [[Alexander of Athens]], 3rd-century BC Athenian comic poet
* [[Alexander Aetolus]] ({{floruit|280 BC}}), poet and member of the Alexandrian Pleiad
* [[Alexander (son of Lysimachus)]] ({{floruit|284–281 BC}}), Macedonian royal
* [[Alexander (grandson of Seleucus I Nicator)]] ({{floruit|270–240 BC}}), Greek Anatolian nobleman
* [[Alexander (Aetolian general)]], briefly conquered Aegira in 220&nbsp;BC
* [[Alexander of Acarnania]] (died 191&nbsp;BC), confidant of [[Antiochus III the Great]]
* [[Alexander Isius]] ({{floruit|198–189 BC}}), Aetolian military commander
* [[Alexander Lychnus]], early 1st-century BC poet and historian
* [[Alexander Philalethes]], 1st century BC physician
* [[Alexander Polyhistor]], Greek scholar of the 1st century BC
* [[Alexander of Myndus]], ancient Greek writer on zoology and divination
* [[Alexander of Aegae]], peripatetic philosopher of the 1st century AD
* [[Alexander of Cotiaeum]], 2nd-century Greek grammarian and tutor of Marcus Aurelius
* [[Alexander Numenius]], 2nd-century Greek rhetorician
* [[Alexander Peloplaton]], 2nd-century Greek rhetorician
* [[Alexander of Abonoteichus]] ({{circa|105–170}}), Greek religious leader and imposter
* [[Alexander of Aphrodisias]] ({{floruit|200}}), Greek commentator and philosopher
* [[Alexander of Lycopolis]], 4th-century author of an early Christian treatise against Manicheans
* [[List of minor New Testament figures#Alexander|Alexander]], a member of the Jerusalem Temple Sanhedrin mentioned in Acts 4:6
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====Middle Ages====
* [[Alexander of Hales]], English theologian in the 13th century

====Modern====
* [[Alexander (magician)]] (1880–1954), American stage magician specializing in mentalism