In the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Alexander usually refers to

• Alexander III. (356–323 b.c.), king of Macedon.

Alexander may also refer to:

Mononymous Alexanders

• Alexander, king of Poland (1461–1506)
• Alexander, king of Servia [i.e. Serbia] (Alexander Obrenovich) (1876–1903)
• Alexander, prince of Bulgaria (Alexander of Battenberg) (1875–1893)
• Alexander, Greek rhetorician (fl. 2nd century a.d.)
• Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. c. a.d. 200), Greek commentator on the writings of Aristotle
• Alexander of Hales (Alexander Halensis) (fl. 13th century), English theologian
• Alexander the Paphlagonian (fl. 2nd century a.d.), celebrated imposter and worker of false oracles
• Alexander of Pherae, a Thessalian despot (r. 369–358 b.c.)
• Alexander of Tralles (Alexander Trallianus) (fl. c. a.d. 550), Greek physician
• Alexander I., pope (r. c. 106–115)
• Alexander I., emperor of Russia (Aleksander Pavlovich) (1777–1825)
• Alexander I., king of Epirus (fl. c. 342 b.c.), king of Epirus
• Alexander I., king of Scotland (c. 1078–1124)
• Alexander II., pope (Anselmo Baggio) (r. 1061–1073)
• Alexander II., emperor of Russia (1818–1881)
• Alexander II., king of Epirus (fl. c. 272 b.c.), king of Epirus
• Alexander II., king of Scotland (1198–1249)
• Alexander III., pope (Orlando Bandinelli) (r. 1159–1181)
• Alexander III., emperor of Russia (1845–1894)
• Alexander III., king of Scotland (1241–1285)
• Alexander IV., pope (Rinaldo) (r. 1254–1261)
• Alexander V., pope (Peter Philargès) (r. 1409–1410)
• Alexander VI., pope (Rodrigo Borgia) (1431–1503)
• Alexander VII., pope (Fabio Chigi) (r. 1655–1667)
• Alexander VIII., pope (Pietro Ottoboni) (r. 1689–1691)
• Alexander Aetolus of Pleuron (fl. c. 280 b.c.), Greek poet
• Alexander Balas, king of Syria (r. 150–146 b.c.)
• Alexander Cornelius Polyhistor (fl. c. 70 b.c.), Greek grammarian
• Alexander Jannaeus, king of the Jews (r. 103–76 b.c.)
• Saint Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263), grand-duke of Vladimir
• Alexander Severus (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander) (208–235), Roman emperor

Messrs Alexander

• Archibald Alexander (1772–1851), American divine
• Francis Alexander (1800–1881), American portrait-painter
• George Alexander (1858–⁠), English actor
• Sir James Edward Alexander (1803–1885), British soldier and traveller
• John White Alexander (1856–⁠), American painter
• Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), American Biblical scholar
• Natalis Alexander (Noël Alexandre) (1639–1724), French theologian and ecclesiastical historian
• William Alexander (1824–⁠), Protestant archbishop of Armagh
• William Lindsay Alexander (1808–1884), Scottish divine

See also

• Other surnames for figures with the given name Alexander
• Alexanders
• The Alexandrian School
• The Alexandrists
• Alexis
• Alexius